Blog Archive

Property Tax

Nat O'Connor 18/05/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Taoiseach has been talking about the introduction of property tax (Irish Independent, Irish Times). A part of this is tax on …

Money for some, just not us

Michael Taft 17/05/2010

Michael Taft: ‘Folks, the money ain’t there. There is no untaxed honey-pot of rich people to be taxed. Put top rate taxes up to where they were …

Toxic Town? Financial Times on Ireland

Paul Sweeney 16/05/2010

Paul Sweeney: This weekend’s Financial Times magazine has a six page feature on Ireland called “Toxic Town”. It is worth a read on how we have …

Hutton in Dublin

14/05/2010

UK author and policy analyst Will Hutton was in Dublin on Wednesday for a lecture and debate hosted by the Irish Congress of Trade unions; speakers …

Do cuts work?

Michael Burke 14/05/2010

Michael Burke: The Irish economy is in a Depression. Real GDP has fallen by 9.9% from its peak and real GNP by 13.8%. Even these terrifying data are …

How to prevent stunning failures of corporate governance?

Nat O'Connor 14/05/2010

Nat O'Connor: In a major speech on the economy to the North Dublin Chamber of Commerce, the Taoiseach said that "Individuals were left in dominant …

How progressive is Irish taxation?

Michael Taft 12/05/2010

Michael Taft: This follows on from Nat O’Connor’s post on taxation and concerns an issue raised by Seamus Coffey in a considered comment; namely, …

Guest post by Anne O'Brien: Reconstructing the Tourism Economy

Anne O'Brien 11/05/2010

Anne O'Brien: The volcanic ash crisis is not the only problem facing the Irish tourism industry this summer. Other, less dramatic and less publicly …

Who will pay the inevitable tax increases?

Nat O'Connor 10/05/2010

Nat O'Connor: As part of our analysis of the Finance Act 2010 we looked at the national finances. An Saoi has pointed out that tax revenue is more or …

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