Jack Chambers

Seen & Heard: Aer Lingus job cuts, State’s AIB share sales, Pfizer’s Irish subsidiaries and the creep of cashless payments

This is largely down the lunacy of the Irish system where capital gains tax on individual investments is levied at a rate of 33 %

Strategies, slogans and manifestos are being finalised behind the scenes as polling day looms

Is inheritance tax a form of discrimination?

Parties will make a raft of pledges during the election campaign - but voters would be wise to be sceptical about their delivery

Coalition party leaders agreed on Monday night that polling day will be this year but not on an exact date

Officials recommend that taxation on investments in funds be aligned with the lower 33 per cent capital gains tax rate

Once polling date is announced, legislation will be sequenced to be completed and become law before Oireachtas is dissolved

General election: Minister for Finance Jack Chambers will direct Fianna Fáil’s national campaign

With climate change driving concerns, a report estimates losses from a quarter-of-a-century flooding event would top €510m

Industry confederation to publish manifesto calling for policy reforms

In recent polls, a coalition of left parties has 28 per cent of the vote in the capital compared with 13 per cent for Sinn Féin

So-called bad bank has moved to take direct ownership of certain land ahead of its wind-down next year

Brian Stanley accuses Mary Lou McDonald of abusing Dáil privilege ‘in desperate attempt’ to shift focus off Sinn Féin

European governments selling down crisis-era bank stakes, taking advantage of strong sector valuations amid heightened interest rates

Future contracts will not be able to include a ‘no cash’ clause

Minister for Finance Jack Chambers says plan is part of a new EU-wide focus on medium-term budgetary policies

The hospitality sector will take to the streets on Tuesday over what they say is the Government’s failure to deal with the increased costs that is shuttering restaurants

Taskforce report contains 10 proposals for initiatives to revive Dublin city centre

Budget 2025 tax break for homeowners is hard to justify when the extra tax credit for renters costs €65 million

Why put up the inheritance threshold when 90 per cent of people have told the Revenue Commissioners their house is worth less than €365,000?

Minister for Finance ‘not aware’ of any further claims being made on Apple back taxes by others

Ireland needs a business environment that is attractive and competitive, and having a simpler tax system that is easy to navigate is a critical component

Chambers or Donohoe can’t be accused of perpetuating the hype swirling around generative AI

Plus: You can’t keep Phil Hogan down, trouble at Jack’s Hole in Brittas, and Ireland’s starring role in reality TV

Tax authority sees jump in number of cases initiated

About €1 billion in giveaways was added in the final days of internal Coalition negotiations amid tense meetings against the backdrop of an approaching general election

Budget 2025: Chambers and Donohoe cautioned colleagues about expenditure growth in once-off measures

Radio review: With robust public finances allowing Ministers a Teflon complacency, the fireworks of old are missing from the post-budget airwaves

The lessons– both positive and negative – that have been gleaned while delivering past projects must be learned

Minister for Finance staunchly defends measure as ‘investment in children’s welfare’ and stresses international research shows it ‘has made a difference’

They didn’t even mention the €14 billion figure, perhaps not wanting to rile the tech giant

Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees

Special Assignee Relief Programme costs included €500,000 in tax relief on school fees

Budget 2025: No big new policies, no inspired plans, just more than €2 billion in a budget-day giveaway

Budget 2025: Chambers of Commerce Jack and Been-there-Donahoed-that Paschal cheerily served up a belly buster budget buffet for the voters

Budget 2025: Will it alter our shaky trajectory on housing? Will it end emergency department overcrowding in hospitals?

Budget 2025: ‘Source of great pride’ that Ireland has international reputation as centre of excellence for screen production, says Minister for Finance

The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected

Spending boost set ‘to stoke inflation’, adding an estimated €1,000 to cost of a typical household’s yearly outgoings