It's High Time to Examine the Night Time Economy
Kirsty Doyle 19/05/2018
Many of us have found ourselves in the centre of nightlife areas as pubs and nightclubs are closing, and contest to the disorder that often arises in these spaces. This may involve intoxicated people stumbling through the streets or more serious situations involving violent assaults. While a vibrant nightlife area is vital to the development of …
Ireland and EU Corporate Tax Reform: Part II
James Stewart 13/05/2018
Ireland and EU Corporate Tax Reform: The Sovereignty Argument. As noted in a previous blog, the Irish Governments maintains that tax reform …
Statistics don’t always tell the truth
Sinead Pembroke 08/05/2018
Today, statistics are major currencies in policy discussions and debates. They are used as weapons by government ministers, politicians and political …
Ireland and EU Corporate Tax Reform
James Stewart 03/05/2018
Corporate tax reform is a key objective of EU policy. Examples include proposals for a harmonized corporate tax system (Common Corporate Tax Base …
An Irish Entrepreneurial State’s Success
Paul Sweeney 25/04/2018
In a recent blog, we saw how economist Mariana Mazzucato demonstrated that it was not the hugely profitable and tax-avoiding tech firms which were …
Towards a fair and efficient tax regime
Robert Sweeney 20/04/2018
Successive EU treaties on the one hand, and the ability of the ECB to pull the rug from under naughty nations on the other, implies that the level …
Corporates out of control
Paul Sweeney 18/04/2018
The revelation that the chairman of the Independent News Group suggested in 2016 that Ireland’s largest media group should be run in the interests …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Michelle Maher
Dr Michelle Maher completed her PhD on the Irish pension system in 2016 at Maynooth …