Irish central bank's Brexit authorisations top 100

Well over 100 financial-services firms that applied to set up or extend operations in Ireland because of Britain's plans to quit the European Union have been authorised to do so by the Irish central bank, deputy governor Ed Sibley said on Thursday.Banks, insurers and asset managers have spent the last three years moving operations to Dublin and other financial centres like Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Luxembourg to ensure they keep servicing clients in the EU's single market after Brexit.Irel