|
Click for Main Business News Page
Budget 2018 - details from Dept of Finance
Analysis here & here
Irish Tax Facts 2017
There are 2 Search
options for news content on the left column of the news pages 1)
Google customised search for Finfacts 2) a search form for the
Finfacts news database
"Fear is life’s biggest motivator and without
it you have to move on" — Lucy Kellaway, journalist at
The Financial Times 1985-2017. Watch some Kellaway videos
here.
KEY RECENT POSTS:
BREXIT
Netherlands top agri-food exporter in Europe; Ireland in 10th ranking
Trump’s corporate tax reform plan could neuter Ireland’s advantage
Brexit: Northern Ireland's industry eclipsed by Republic's after 1961
Irish Exports: Eurozone top market but tiny share for Irish-owned firms
Ireland: Making a reality of Varadkar's 'republic of opportunity'
Brexit: UK the most globalized big economy chooses isolation
UK wages in 15-year freeze; Slowest growth decade in 210 years
Brexit and Irish food industry's dependence on British market
Ireland needs new economic development plan for next 20 years
Brexit Economics: Die is cast for British and Irish economies
Irish Government paper on Brexit negotiations - May 2017
European Council on start of negotiations - May 2017
Dept. of Transport: An Overview of Ireland's Transport Sector - June 2017
Dept of Finance: Presentation on Brexit Trade Exposures - June 2017
Dept of Finance: Exposure Analysis of Sectors of Irish Economy- March 2017
CSO data on Brexit: “Brexit: Ireland and the UK in numbers" - December 2016
UK Department for Exiting the European Union
Brexit: UK foreign-born population ratio is not an outlier
EU migrants make up over 20% of labour force in 18 British industries
— The Guardian
Brexit: former UK civil
service head warns Theresa May of chaos
— Sir Gus O’Donnell says in The
Observer that squabbles, unrealistic expectations and
overburdened administration means UK is in for a ‘rough
ride’(July 2017)
Britain’s decline and fall —
The country has not cut such a pathetic figure on the global
stage since Suez in 1956 according to The Economist's
Bagehot columnist (June 2017)
EUROPEAN UNION
Robots to help Europe's ageing economies to boost economic growth
EU at 60 - the longest period of peace in Europe in over 2,000 years
EU at 60: European stereotypes reveal some inconvenient truths
Germany a beacon of stability has “never had it so good”
ECB says broad rate of Eurozone unemployment in 15% - 18% range
Ireland's Apple Tax Case seeking result: Lawyers 1 Commonsense 0
Irish broad unemployment rate at 15% in April 2017 vs 6% official rate
Ireland & Italy per capita standard of living below Eurozone average
OECD 2016:
Ireland in 19th rank for disposable income: 22% below OECD average
Ireland's Apple Tax Case seeking result: Lawyers 1 Commonsense 0
Trump and US need to learn right lessons from Germany's success
|
