The Leinster Society Annual Rugby Luncheon returns to the Aviva Stadium on Friday 8 March. The event, sponsored by Bank of Ireland and PeopleSource, kicks off at 1pm with a drinks reception followed by a sit down 3 course lunch. With the Ireland V France match happening two days later join us and a very exciting panel of experts from the world of rugby for pre-match analysis and banter. This secret panel will be announced closer to the date and you can be sure it will be worth the wait. We are also running a competition over on our LinkedIn page to win two free tickets to this event. Click here to enter now.  Date: 8 March 2019 Time: 1pm Location: The 1872, Level 3, Aviva Stadium Cost: €80pp / €750 for a table of 10 (tables of 12 also available) To book: email Leinstersociety@charteredaccountants.ie

On behalf of Peter McVerry Trust, I would like to thank you and all at Chartered Accountants Ireland, Leinster Society, for the very generous donation of €15,153.55 which was raised at your annual Christmas Lunch. With your help, Peter McVerry Trust were able to support 1,400 people every night this Christmas across our homeless & housing services. We are committed to a housing-led approach to ending homelessness and currently provide homes for over 400 people, thereby taking them out of homelessness for good. Your kindness ensures that we can continue to provide crucial accommodation and support services when they are needed most. Thank you on behalf of all Peter McVerry Trust clients, staff and management for your support in helping us continue to move more people out of homelessness, permanently.  

CRH plc has been announced as the Overall Winner of this year’s Chartered Accountants Leinster Society Published Accounts Awards, in addition to winning the ‘Large Companies – Main Securities Market’ Award category.  Now in its 41st year, the awards, which are sponsored by Euronext (formerly the Irish Stock Exchange) took place at a special gala evening event on Thursday 8 November 2018, attended by over 300 business professionals in The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. A total of 27 public and private companies, including not-for-profit organisations competed as finalists across eleven distinct award categories.  Among the category winners were IFG Group plc, which took the award for Small/Medium Quoted Companies and DCC plc, which won the ‘Irish Companies listed on a Foreign Market’ Award for the fourth consecutive year. In the ‘Enterprise Securities Market’ category, Total Produce plc claimed first place. ESB maintained its remarkable track record, winning the ‘Statutory Unquoted Large Entities’ Award for the eighth time.  In the ‘Not-For-Profit’ Award categories, Concern and Aidlink came out on top among the various finalists. Best Digital Reporting award went to Kingspan Group plc. And in the final two awards on the night, Kerry Group plc came out winners in the ‘Social Responsibility Reporting Award with  Green Reit scooping the ‘Branding, Communication & Marketing’ Award category for the presentation and design of its financial accounts Annual Report.     The full list of award winners is as follows: Overall Winner: CRH plc Small/Medium Quoted Company: IFG Group plc Large Quoted Company: CRH plc  Large Company listed on a foreign market: DCC plc Enterprise Securities Market Company: Total Produce Statutory Unquoted Large Entity: ESB Large not-for-profit: Concern Small/Medium not-for-profit: Aidlink Best Digital Reporting Award: Kingspan Group plc Best Social Responsibility Reporting Award: Kerry Group plc Best Branding Communication and Marketing Award: Green REIT