Apple tax

Simon Harris says he’ll ‘talk election dates’ with Coalition leaders after the budget

Seen and Heard: ‘It’s my prerogative’ to call election, Taoiseach tells Sunday Times; McKillen jnr moves to LA; companies eye penalties for stay-at-home workers

Patrick Honohan: Ireland’s tax system might have been inspired by Alice Through the Looking Glass

What may have seemed a pragmatic way of simplifying tax assessment for Apple in the early days was leveraged into a huge tax-avoidance scheme

We need to raise taxes, not cut them, to support our growing and ageing population

Rite & Reason: Profitable firms with substantial income should make a contribution to society rather than pursue various schemes and methods to avoid such contributions

Irish Times poll: Cost of living tops public concerns for budget

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

No guarantee voters will be grateful if Government bungs them money in the budget

‘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

Cheap loans for builders and more money for Irish Water among Ministers’ proposals for Apple tax billions

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is understood to be targeting expanded funding for the Land Development Agency to build 20,000 homes by 2030

Google gets €1.5bn EU court decision overturned, for now

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

Ecological cost of building houses

Natural habitats are in a critical condition

Everyone seems happy with Apple tax case outcome

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

Should Ireland give the Apple tax billions to poorer countries?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Children with ‘more needs’ may get higher benefit but not in Budget 2025, says Taoiseach

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

An urgent warning on Ireland’s climate vulnerability

Lack of coastal management plan raises concerns

Retail group calls for share of Apple funds

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

US, not Ireland, facilitated Apple’s €13bn tax-avoidance structure

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

Ireland is at a turning point in its relationship with multinationals

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

Jack Chambers interview: ‘There’s a small Apple every year now in surpluses in the Irish economy’

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

After Apple ruling, should Ireland be worried about what comes next?

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

Budget 2025 to include €3bn boost for infrastructure including housing, Chambers says

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

Ireland should have Apple houses as well as Guinness homes

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

Childcare is now a battleground issue ahead of general election

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