The board of stockbroking firm
Davy is expected to examine whether other cases of wrongdoing occurred at the brokerage, as it starts a review of Central Bank findings that it had breached market rules on conflicts of interest. Joe Brennan reports that Davy has also promised it will take âappropriate actionâ at the end of the review.
Along with Jack Horgan-Jones, Joe also reports that the review will be led by
Davyâs four non-executive directors, while the Oireachtas finance committee is separately to ask Davy for an explanation of the events that led to it being hit with the â¬4.1 million fine.
Mr Goveâs meeting in London this week with Mr Sevcovic, his counterpart on the joint committee overseeing the protocol, follows the British ministerâs demand that grace periods affecting some goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland should be extended until 2023.
Mr Gove also demanded that the EU move quickly to resolve problems faced by consumers and businesses in Northern Ireland as a result of new procedures required by the protocol.
The EU complains that Britain has failed to fulfil some of its obligations under the protocol, including sharing data on goods coming into Northern Ireland. But Mr Gove said it could be necessary to ârefineâ the protocol to address some of its consequences for trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The article added: Now that he has fulfilled his promise to achieve Brexit, his challenge is to make it a success.”
Le Monde had a number of articles on the news from the House of Commons yesterday, but also carried an editorial focussing on the UK’s decision to leave the European academic exchange, Erasmus. The editorial titled
Britons orphaned by Erasmus questioned the tactics of the UK government in seeking a new exchange programme stating: “British universities will seek alternative solutions and conclude bilateral exchange agreements. Why make it simple when you can make it complicated? This is one of the many mysteries of Brexit.”