Apple tax

‘Help with the cost of living’ is what half of all respondents to Irish Times Poll want to see in the budget, more than twice the 24% who opt for increased spending on public services

Less than a quarter of respondents to poll said they wanted the Government to prioritise increased spending on public services

EU General Court’s decision unlikely to be end of the matter

The €13bn tax case, while unwelcome, always related to times long past with no real impact for any of the players going forward

Natural habitats are in a critical condition

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Simon Harris says Michael McGrath’s appointment to EU’s justice portfolio is a ‘vote of confidence’ by Von der Leyen

Lack of coastal management plan raises concerns

Shop owners say rising costs, increased crime and antisocial behaviour threaten livelihoods

Revenue, under its own rules, did not have jurisdiction to tax the bulk of Apple’s offshore profits

Apple’s windfall cash will help fund State investment, but promises about top-class education, green energy and abundant water count for little without delivery

Ireland is a country with first-world income but third-world infrastructure. We have the opportunity to rectify this. Our problem is not a lack of cash, it’s a lack of courage

Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance on the challenges of putting together his first budget, which will include a €3bn injection for key infrastructure priorities

Apple case decision comes at a tricky moment for Ireland’s industrial policy, for so long pegged on tax

Better water and energy services will also be paid for out of this allocation, Minister for Finance says in interview with The Irish Times

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Michael Lohan more concerned at State’s infrastructure shortfall amid growing international competition for foreign direct investment

We were bamboozled with jargon in the hope that the resultant fog would distract from what was obvious. The comfort, it seemed, was that ‘there is no single and agreed definition of a tax haven’

The €13bn lying in an escrow fund could help give those hit by the homelessness crisis a way back into society

Legal twists and turns over Apple case have sent periodic shockwaves across the Atlantic in recent years