EU’s new fiscal rules pose risk to public finances - Ifac
Budgetary watchdog will warn Ireland likely to avoid any financial scrutiny under revamped version of fiscal rules
Seamus Coffey
Budget will provide six-month sugar rush - but perhaps only incremental change on housing and health
Budget 2025: Will it alter our shaky trajectory on housing? Will it end emergency department overcrowding in hospitals?
Pricing pressures in Irish economy now on par with Celtic Tiger era, fiscal council warns
Budgetary watchdog claims Government’s net spending this year will jump close to 9% despite its own self-imposed 5% limit
Intricate dance of the pay deal about to begin again
Unclear whether talks will focus on new pact or extension to current deal
Ryanair, Glanbia and Kerry most exposed Irish plcs in OECD tax plan
Irish-owned multinationals had an 8% effective tax rate in 2019
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
Cliff Taylor: The era of using tax as a lure for foreign investment is drawing to a close
International tax reform: Deal or no deal, there is a lot on the line for Ireland
Pat Leahy: Ireland is becoming more unequal? Wrong
Despite perception, State is not right-wing but exemplary in being socially democratic
Forced retirement in private sector faces Pension Commission review
Former Revenue chairwoman Josephine Feehily will head review on state pension age and related issues
Record €12.5bn windfall in corporation tax expected this year
Business tax receipts again come in ahead of profile despite global recession
Two-thirds in long-term mortgage arrears risk losing homes, banks say
About 26,000 people are 720 days or more behind with their home-loan repayments
Will Covid make the jobs market more unfair?
Pandemic may accelerate divide between low-paid service jobs and more secure employment
EU ruling on Apple shows it’s time to put the state aid stick away
The €13bn tax will now be paid to the US and not to Ireland. This is the correct outcome
Government should set a benchmark for any permanent increases in spending
Spending increases should be front-loaded to deal with Covid crisis
Making sense of conflicting data around Covid-19 deaths
Amid confusion, distortion and political friction, how can we know the true toll of the virus?
Fintan O'Toole: A preventable tragedy is unfolding in care homes
It is not too late but the Government must act now to save care workers
Coronavirus: can we start to estimate the impact on the Irish economy?
Smart Money: half a million people are now out of work as the impact starts to bite
Explainer: what is the row about SF’s multinational tax plan?
Apple again in the spotlight as Sinn Féin proposes rule change
Seamus Coffey decides against second term as chair of fiscal council
Process to appoint a successor to budgetary watchdog put on hold until after the election
Irish people like nothing more than being bribed with their own money
Short memories about cost of past excess mean we are doomed to repeat mistakes
Warning comes on using ‘windfall taxes’ for day-to-day spending
Oireachtas budgetary watchdog quizzes members of Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Hospitals driving pattern of overspending in health, Ifac warns
Budgetary watchdog criticises Government for failing to rein in health spending
Was Brexit risk to Irish economy exaggerated?
Government forecasts suggest hit to finances may have been relatively modest
Up to €6bn of corporate tax windfall may be temporary, State told
Fiscal watchdog highlights Government’s increasing reliance on business tax receipts
Income tax: Do Irish workers pay too much? Here are the facts
Smart money: Is now the right time for politicians to be promising tax cuts?
Irish tax windfall paying for unsustainable spending - watchdog
Fiscal council says exceptional corporation taxes flatter Government’s budgetary position
Cliff Taylor: This Government has not cut the tax burden – and it will not start now
The vast bulk of extra cash has gone on spending and this is not going to change
Is it true to say Ireland is one of the world's biggest tax havens?
Smart Money: Is Ireland’s reputation on tax is taking a big battering
Brexit could leave hole in Government budget, watchdog warns
Fiscal Advisory Council says Government may need to raise taxes in no-deal scenario
OECD plan for minimum tax on profits carries risks for Ireland – tax experts
Strong track record with multinationals may provide State with some protection
Ireland’s love affair with multinationals is set to change - but how can we adapt?
The days of Ireland using its corporate tax regime as a key attraction for foreign direct investment may be numbered - but where do we go next?
Ireland’s €205bn debt: So just who is to blame?
After the financial crash many people accuse the banks, but they are only part of the story
David Hall’s ‘tsunami’ talk is worst kind of scaremongering
Majority of repossessions are by banks not vulture funds and rate is falling
Employment rate among ‘prime-age’ workers hits record level
Share of workers aged 25-54 classified as employed rises to nearly 80%
Dublin could yet be left to yearn for days of May’s premiership
Business Week: Also in the news was Government spending; tourism; and housing
Credit union saving caps, service sector’s Brexit hit, and 20 years of broadband promises
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Slowdown ‘inevitable’ but no signs of crash coming
Fiscal council chairman Séamus Coffey sees risks not being comparable to those of 2007/2008
Hard Brexit could present ‘very large shock’ to public finances, committee hears
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) addresses Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee
Government’s economic plans ‘not credible’, watchdog says
Tax cuts of €300 million could be available in budget, Fiscal Advisory Council suggests
National fiscal watchdog to urge ‘prudence account’
Windfall in corporate tax revenues not for services or tax cuts, warns advisory council
OECD tax plan will be a really big deal for Ireland
Smart Money: Changes to tax regime could make it more difficult to attract foreign investment
Minister signals review on sustainability of corporation tax receipts
FF says there are ‘serious questions’ about sustainability of receipts
‘Cliff-edge Brexit’ to have far greater impact on Republic, fiscal watchdog warns
Ifac questions Government’s Brexit assumptions
Budget surplus likely as corporation tax take hits record €9.4bn
Watchdog to issue spending warning after €2.7bn business tax take in November
Several factors led to €655 million hole in Department of Health’s budget
Reasons include overspending and non-achievement of €150 million savings
Is the Government going for broke again?
Budgetary watchdog stops just short of accusation that recovery is being squandered
Fiscal council losing patience with annual budget trickery of finding €1bn
Budgetary watchdog has accusing the Government of repeatedly breaching its own targets
Fiscal council in stinging attack on Government’s budgetary policy
Watchdog claims Government is failing to manage public finances in prudent manner
Time running out for May as Brexit endgame nears
Business Week: also in the news was Budget 2019, landlords, Paddy Power and the banks
Irish banks’ loan losses hit €140bn in 10 years after crash
Developer Sean Mulryan warns building costs ‘biggest risk’ to housing supply
No end in sight to Brexit stalemate following Salzburg showdown
Business Week: also in the news – Budget 2019; a Denis O’Brien bid; and Ryanair’s agm
Stock exchange CEO’s €5.75m pay day, Ryanair turbulence, and more warnings of a slowdown
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Government’s €6bn windfall could be wiped out, warns economist
Corporation tax take beats forecasts and interest remains low, but reverse could happen
State spending described as ‘reckless’ as full employment looms
Economist Seán Barrett says plan will undermine Ireland’s hard-won recovery
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