{"id":401237,"date":"2026-04-16T07:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401237\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:50:10","slug":"audit-and-assurance-remains-a-cornerstone-of-bdo-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401237\/","title":{"rendered":"Audit and assurance remains a cornerstone of BDO Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For clients, AI presents opportunity and risk in equal measure&#8221; &#8211; Brian McEnery, Managing partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdo.ie\/en-gb\/bdo-ireland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BDO Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ACTIVITY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessplus.ie\/tag\/bdo-ireland\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BDO Ireland<\/a> continues to build on its position as a leading adviser providing audit, tax, advisory and consulting services across a broad range of sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, our activity has evolved in response to a more complex regulatory and economic landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Audit and assurance remains a cornerstone of the firm. In an environment of heightened scrutiny and rising stakeholder expectations, we have continued to invest in audit quality, systems of quality management and senior expertise.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of our financial services audit and advisory team reflects sustained demand and our commitment to deep sector specialism.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability continues to be firmly embedded in boardroom discussions. In response, we have strengthened our sustainability services capability.<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPMENTS<\/p>\n<p>A significant strategic development has been the exchange of contracts for the merger of BDO UK and BDO Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Completion is expected in spring 2026, subject to regulatory approval.<\/p>\n<p>The move will generate revenues of nearly \u20ac1.26bn and employ approximately 8,500 people, including around 550 partners.<\/p>\n<p>It consolidates our position as one of Europe\u2019s largest accountancy organisations focused on the entrepreneurial and ambitious mid-market.<\/p>\n<p>TECHNOLOGY<\/p>\n<p>For clients, AI presents opportunity and risk in equal measure. Our role is to help clients adopt technology responsibly, with appropriate controls and oversight.<\/p>\n<p>BDO is committed to maintaining the highest standards of audit quality and compliance.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome the recent findings of IAASA\u2019s latest quality assurance review and are pleased that they recognise the strong standards applied across our audit practice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BDO-Ireland.jpg\" alt=\"Brian McEnery\" class=\"wp-image-238599\"  \/>Brian McEnery pictured with Stan Barnes. Photo Chris Bellew \/ Fennell Photography<\/p>\n<p>OUTLOOK<\/p>\n<p>We will focus on sustaining quality, deepening sector expertise and preparing for the completion of the merger.<\/p>\n<p>Our ambition is to build a firm that reflects the scale and sophistication of the clients we serve, while remaining firmly grounded in our purpose and values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;For clients, AI presents opportunity and risk in equal measure&#8221; &#8211; Brian McEnery, Managing partner, BDO Ireland ACTIVITY&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-401237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}