Tensions have flared up over the Northern Ireland Protocol that was part of the Brexit agreement. The Northern Ireland Protocol — part of the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement — was created to ensure there is no hard border on the island of Ireland and therefore preserve the Good Friday Agreement of the late 1990s. The protocol pushes the border between Ireland the UK out to the...

It’s another grey, chilly, hazy/foggy day in Dublin — good weather for focusing on the next lessons in my CMA study programme. However, I didn’t get out at all yesterday, so I’m determined to go for at least a short walk this afternoon. By default I head towards Stephen Green, walking down Grafton Street. On the way I stop into Bewley’s Oriental Cafe for a chai...

It’s been a busy day — went through my usual morning routine, began reading up on Strategic Planning and Budgeting for the next section of my CMA study programme, sent a follow-up email about the CFO job at OCCRP (I haven’t heard anything for a couple of weeks), attended a 2-hour webinar on tax issues pertaining to charities in Ireland sponsored by The Wheel (a nonprofit support...