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From crisis-era mandarin to State’s first directly-elected mayor, who is John Moran?
The former lawyer, banker and at one time the State’s most recognisable civil servant has been elected the country’s first directly-elected mayor in Limerick
John Moran changes his tune on lobbying as he runs for Limerick mayor
Web Summit’s Lobbying Register absence; why Simon Harris won’t lodge in the Phoenix Park; and more bad news for EV drivers
Department of Finance’s split personality relies on personal relations
Splitting the finance function of Government into two departments runs the risk of discordant budgetary policy
NTMA spends €37bn mopping up legacy of notorious IBRC promissory notes
State keen to close the door on the last of the debt used to prop up Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide whose failure triggered the financial crisis
Do politicians have it in for RTÉ, or does RTÉ have it in for politicians?
Analysis: The next steps in the secret payments drama will be determined by politics. That can’t be good news for RTÉ, whose co-dependent relationship with Government is always strained
The €13bn Apple Tax case is entering its final chapter. Here’s what you need to know
European Commission’s last-ditch effort to make Apple pay the Republic more than €13 billion of alleged back taxes came before EU’s highest court this week
Government should expand controversial executive tax break, accountants say
Report calls for longer tax break covering more staff and including accommodation costs in move to boost Republic’s lucrative aircraft leasing business
Republic to bid for EU anti-money laundering agency
State to compete with nine others seeking to host new authority
Ireland’s young people are leaving as they are no longer proud to call this country home
Official Ireland preaches tolerance and multiculturalism while staying a monoculture and ensuring asylum seekers are sent only to our poorest neighbourhoods
Hugh Wallace: We have a real chance to alleviate Ireland’s desperate housing needs. This is how we can do it
We have more than 160,000 vacant properties across the island of Ireland, in various states of repair, but all ready to be refurbished and reoccupied
Fine Gael used Uber text in 2016 election manifesto, US firm claimed in leaked files
Files reveal American cab-hailing company’s intensive efforts to sway FG ministers and top officials to back rule changes in face of opposition from State’s taxi regulator
The Uber Files timeline: How the company lobbied the Irish government to approve its business model
Between 2014 and 2017 the cab-hailing company engaged in intensive but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to seek regulatory change to permit it to operate in Ireland
Caveat: Donohoe boxes clever this time round on tourism’s special 9% VAT rate
Dragging out debate around restoring the higher rate would be a mistake – either leave it as it is or be decisive about the timeline
‘Quality of life between Samoa and Ireland is drastically different’
Michael Noonan couldn’t afford to leave home in Dún Laoghaire. Now he has his own place
Crowdfunding: will Central Bank oversight help or hinder sector?
Experts hope it will help Ireland catch up with UK – but the model will always be risky
How property investors are set to save more than €500m in tax
Some investors have saved more than €2m due to CGT waiver introduced during crash
Donohoe cap on salary tax relief ‘likely cause’ of €4.2m saving
SARP scheme introduced to bring ‘skilled’ executives to State to boost job creation
Donohoe will be singing a different tune on Tuesday
For the first time in five budget speeches, he won’t be defending the 12.5% rate of corporation tax
If orange was the new black, then 15% is the new 12.5%
Higher corporate tax rate will not have material effects on inward investment
Repeated failings identified in management of the care of ‘Grace’
Commission finds woman placed in care despite criminal convictions of foster parents
Paschal Donohoe plans bank levy extension but lower haul
Move comes as lenders Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland retreat from the market
20 years on: How The Irish Times covered the events of September 11th, 2001
Newspaper’s US correspondent was an eyewitness to the full horrors of 9/11
Taoiseach quizzed at IBRC loan write-offs inquiry by Denis O’Brien legal team
Micheál Martin appeared before commission to discuss 2015 private meeting with then senior Department of Finance official
Noonan testifies at inquiry into loan write-offs at IBRC
Former minister for finance asked about department’s relationship with State bank
Give me a crash course in... bulk buying of housing
So-called cuckoo funds are snapping up houses and pushing first-time buyers out
Government still wants funds in housing market but not at any price
Ministers and officials wary of chasing away source of funding needed for new projects
Miriam Lord: Government in a flap about the cuckoo in the property nest
A nasty ‘variant’ of Greed-09 has swooped through an entire housing estate in Kildare
How do you cope when your family doubles in size overnight?
Irish ‘kinship carers’ say they have long struggled to get the back-up offered to foster parents
We continue to ignore massive pensions elephant in the room
The national debt is likely to go up by more than €40 billion within next two years
‘You don’t want to be running your economy and society for bond investors’
Ireland should prepare for a recession or crisis every decade, says NTMA chief
Paddy Terry – civil servant who made an immense contribution to justice policy, administration and law reform
An Appreciation
‘Tax war’ will hit Ireland if digital tax talks fail, OECD says
Organisation to publish plans to reform international taxation in a digitalised world
Retailers pass on temporary VAT cut with great fanfare
Pricewatch: Could the Government have chosen a better way to spend the €440m?
Will Ireland’s long winning streak on tax soon come to an end?
Our tax regime has withstood many attacks, but Brexit and Covid could change the game
Timeline: Nama, Project Eagle, Cerberus, £1.2bn and seven-years
In 2013, Nama put its Northern Ireland loan book on the market. What happened then?
Irish Life has paid €764m in dividends to Canadian parent since its sale by State
This equates to almost 60% of €1.3bn Great-West Lifeco paid State to acquire Irish Life in 2013
‘Bleak’ Limerick landscape gets a lift with co-living Georgian makeover
Restoring buildings brings new life into neglected areas like Newtown Pery
Ireland remains in EU’s crosshairs despite Apple win
The court ruling highlights that using state-aid rules is not a way to secure tax justice
Chicken farmer sues Revenue over failed family business
Revenue failure to act led to ‘irreversible character damage and expense’, farmer claims
UK shops begin food rationing as result of coronavirus panic buying
Seen and Heard: Irish health authorities predict up to 1.9m people could get virus
Limerick City results: Counting complete as Brian Leddin (GP) takes final seat
Fine Gael’s Kieran O’Donnell regained seat lost in 2016
Commission scrutinising IBRC expected to seek further delay
State body set up in June 2015 to examine transactions at former Anglo Irish Bank
Why is Michael McGrath backing tax breaks for the wealthy?
Fianna Fáil’s minister for finance in waiting says there are ‘many strands to tackling the housing crisis’, including a €10,000 savings scheme
Explainer: what is the row about SF’s multinational tax plan?
Apple again in the spotlight as Sinn Féin proposes rule change
Fianna Fáil plan set to freeze public service pay, Taoiseach claims
FF rejects Varadkar comments and says Fine Gael seeks to stir up pre-election pay auction
Election 2020: Micheál Martin rules out Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael ‘grand coalition’
Leo Varadkar reiterates that parties working together would be ‘responsible thing to do’
Election 2020: Carlow-Kilkenny constituency profile
Fianna Fáil is after three seats but Sinn Féin rally should see Funchion hold on
Election 2020: Limerick City constituency profile
If there is a ‘Green wave’ nationally, it should wash through Limerick with election of Leddin
Is your house one of those facing a higher property tax bill?
Smart Money: Why the property tax is a key factor in election timing
State papers: Killing of three Irish soldiers in Lebanon deliberate
Deaths in landmine explosion believed to be act of revenge for Lebanese explosives expert abducted by Israelis, documents show
State papers: Adare Manor wanted to host USSR-US summit
Department of Foreign Affairs chief of protocol said ‘standard of service was not adequate for a meeting of this type’
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