Format

This course will be delivered via our online conference platform on Wednesday 3 December 2025 from 9.30am to 1.30pm . The link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.

Who should attend

This course is suitable for accountants and other tax professionals at all stages of their career. It is suitable for advisors and professionals who work in business.

Course overview

• Pensions update: Auto enrolment - Owen Redmond - Goodbody
• Succession Planning - Morna Aherne, Brass Tax Consultancy
• Finance Act - UK Cross Border impact – Eunan Ferguson - KPMG
• Finance Act – ROI - Shane McCarthy – Grant Thornton
• R&D - Eoin Brennan – Scimet R&D
• VAT Update - Mairead Hennessey - TaxKey

The conference will be moderated by Gearóid O’Sullivan, Chartered Accountants Ireland

Key learning outcomes

Have a good understanding of the implications of the Budget and key insights into significant tax areas

Speaker Bio

Gearóid O’Sullivan is the Institute’s Tax Leader and is responsible for driving tax policy within the Institute. 

Owen Redmond is Head of Financial Planning & Pension Strategy in Goodbody has over 30 years’ experience in financial services in Ireland and has worked in the areas of retail banking, private banking, financial consultancy, wealth management and stockbroking. He joined Goodbody in 2013 to establish the Goodbody Financial Planning. His team specialise in cohesive financial plans designed to extract value and attain client goals. Owen has a MSc Degree in Financial Services and is a Certified Financial Planner.

Morna Aherne, Brass Tax Consultancy is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Consultant, and Lecturer in Taxation at TUS. Morna is the owner of Brass Tax Consultancy, a boutique tax advisory firm based in the Mid-West and is a Member of Mid-West Society for Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Shane McCarthy, Grant Thornton 

Mairéad Hennessy is Principal at Taxkey, a specialised tax consultancy practice that she founded in 2016. Mairéad leads a team of expert Chartered Tax Consultants to advise business owners, high net worth individuals and property investors to navigate complex tax matters. Taxkey partners with other professional advisors (namely accountants, solicitors and financial advisors) to provide a holistic service in delivering practical and proactive tax solutions to clients.  Mairéad is a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA AITI) and Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland (FCA) with over 20 years’ experience as a tax practitioner. She regularly speaks on tax technical matters at professional conferences and is a frequent contributor of tax articles in several professional journals.  She also contributes to tax policy discussions through her involvement on the Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC), representing the Irish accountancy bodies on relevant working groups.

Eoin Brennan, Scimet R&D

Eunan Ferguson, KPMG

Contact us

If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930