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Election 2024: Sinn Féin TD Paul Donnelly should be returned, but it might be a big ask for the party to take two seats
Jack Chambers warns of threat to future foreign investment from ‘more interventionist’ Trump policy
Minister for Finance raises concern about economic risks from new Republican administration’s plan to tax imports
First €3bn tranche of Apple tax money lands in State coffers
Latest exchequer returns data from Department of Finance show the Government collected €3.5bn in corporate tax receipts in October
Customs officers deployed tracking devices more than 200 times in the last decade
Revenue used monitors to detect offences such as tax or duty evasion, fuel fraud, and drug and tobacco smuggling
Investors still face wait for overdue Irish ETF tax reforms
Government report recommends change on tax rate and offsetting of losses but it will be for another government to put in place
Grant Thornton Ireland equity partners to get €6.5m each in US merger
Seen & Heard: Aer Lingus job cuts, State’s AIB share sales, Pfizer’s Irish subsidiaries and the creep of cashless payments
Irish funds review offers hope for small-time investors but misses big opportunity
This is largely down the lunacy of the Irish system where capital gains tax on individual investments is levied at a rate of 33 %
The general election war rooms: Who’s who behind the parties’ election campaign teams?
Strategies, slogans and manifestos are being finalised behind the scenes as polling day looms
What will the election tax promises mean for your pocket?
Parties will make a raft of pledges during the election campaign - but voters would be wise to be sceptical about their delivery
‘Accelerated timeline’ for passing of Finance Bill to facilitate early general election, says Chambers
Coalition party leaders agreed on Monday night that polling day will be this year but not on an exact date
Tax rate on investments in funds should be lowered, Department of Finance officials recommend
Officials recommend that taxation on investments in funds be aligned with the lower 33 per cent capital gains tax rate
Finance Bill to be brought forward to ensure it is passed before general election, says Chambers
Once polling date is announced, legislation will be sequenced to be completed and become law before Oireachtas is dissolved
Fianna Fáil names director of elections ahead of key meeting between Coalition leaders on timing of vote
General election: Minister for Finance Jack Chambers will direct Fianna Fáil’s national campaign
Chambers pushes back on State role in flooding cover
With climate change driving concerns, a report estimates losses from a quarter-of-a-century flooding event would top €510m
Tourist chiefs seek spending increase to €450m
Industry confederation to publish manifesto calling for policy reforms
There’s never been a better moment for a new left alliance to emerge
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
Nama to transfer sites for 4,000 potential homes to Land Development Agency
So-called bad bank has moved to take direct ownership of certain land ahead of its wind-down next year
Both Dáil and people of Ireland were ‘duped’ by Sinn Féin, says Taoiseach
Brian Stanley accuses Mary Lou McDonald of abusing Dáil privilege ‘in desperate attempt’ to shift focus off Sinn Féin
State may sell final AIB shares next year, CEO Colin Hunt says
European governments selling down crisis-era bank stakes, taking advantage of strong sector valuations amid heightened interest rates
Government bodies will have to accept cash under payments plan
Future contracts will not be able to include a ‘no cash’ clause
Chambers denies Finance Bill fast-tracked for election
Minister for Finance Jack Chambers says plan is part of a new EU-wide focus on medium-term budgetary policies
‘We are like farmers going into winter without fodder’ - restaurants to protest over increased costs
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
Proposal to relocate RTÉ in GPO considered by Dublin taskforce
Taskforce report contains 10 proposals for initiatives to revive Dublin city centre
The €40 million pre-election gimmick no one asked for and even fewer need
Budget 2025 tax break for homeowners is hard to justify when the extra tax credit for renters costs €65 million
Chambers turns a blind eye to fibbing over local property tax
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?
Other countries have not made claims on €13bn Apple tax, says Jack Chambers
Minister for Finance ‘not aware’ of any further claims being made on Apple back taxes by others
Budget was a missed opportunity to simplify Irish corporate tax code and ease burden on business
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
U2 drummer Larry Mullen jnr can’t live with work done on his Howth property
Plus: You can’t keep Phil Hogan down, trouble at Jack’s Hole in Brittas, and Ireland’s starring role in reality TV
Budget 2025 had more to say about AIB than AI
Chambers or Donohoe can’t be accused of perpetuating the hype swirling around generative AI
Revenue nets €33.1m from cases involving rich people in first half of 2024
Tax authority sees jump in number of cases initiated
Chambers and Donohoe privately raised concerns around scale of child benefit payments
Budget 2025: Chambers and Donohoe cautioned colleagues about expenditure growth in once-off measures
In the room where the budget happened: how the multibillion giveaway deal was done over tea, coffee and custard creams
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
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