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Where ambition meets reality: new Government spending plans do not add up

Marie Sherlock 19/05/2016

Marie Sherlock: As we have learned the hard way over the past decade, there is one hell of a gap between the lofty ambition of rescuing and building …

The Benefits of the Benefacts database

Nuala Haughey 18/05/2016

Nuala Haughey: A new database of information about some 18,000 non-profit organisations in Ireland will no doubt contribute to the drive for more …

How the Government should tackle the housing crisis

Rory Hearne 17/05/2016

Rory Hearne: The draft Programme for Partnership signals that the new Government will give urgently needed prioritisation to the housing and …

Reducing inheritance tax: populism and financialisation

James Wickham 16/05/2016

James Wickham: Last week one of the first proposals of the new government was to raise the threshold for inheritance tax. This is one of those …

Polls indicate outcome of UK referendum on the EU too close to call - Brexit is a real possibility.

Blair Horan 12/05/2016

Blair Horan: Currently the polls for the UK referendum on EU membership, which takes place on 23 June, indicate that the result is on a knife edge …

Today's UK conference on corruption is a step in the right direction, if a small one.

Paul Sweeney 11/05/2016

Paul Sweeney: Mr David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, calling Afghanistan and Nigeria corrupt, as he hosts an anti-corruption conference, today …

The dependence of EU farm income on public support

Alan Matthews 05/05/2016

Alan Matthews: In spite of the substantial reforms in the structure of the CAP over the past two decades, EU agriculture remains hugely dependent on …

Tax havens, secrecy and policy options

Jim Stewart 03/05/2016

Jim Stewart: Panama is primarily a secrecy jurisdiction. The main function of the firm at the centre of the leaked documents, Mosack Fonseca, is to …

Tax havens and the Panama Papers

Jim Stewart 29/04/2016

Jim Stewart: This blog is about tax havens: their growth; functions, characteristics, and how they might be defined. A related blog tomorrow …

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