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You can't benchmark marginal rates of income tax

Cormac Staunton 06/02/2015

Cormac Staunton: As reported in the Irish Times, the government is considering introducing “tax benchmarking” for income tax in order to attract …

Benchmarking Ireland's Income Tax against the Anglo-Saxon World

Nat O'Connor 06/02/2015

Nat O'Connor: The Irish Times reports that the Government may be considering benchmarking tax on higher earners against what they would pay in the …

Immigration: wishful thinking by well-meaning people (Part 1)

James Wickham 05/02/2015

In an article last month in the Irish Times (‘Extensive research contradicts the Ukip view of immigration to the UK, Irish Times 16.12.2014) John …

Immigration: wishful thinking by well-meaning people

05/02/2015

This is the first of four blog posts by Professor James Wickham on migration James Wickham: In an article last December in the Irish Times …

Aer Lingus Watch #3

Paul Sweeney 04/02/2015

Paul Sweeney: The government will not sell its stake in Aer Lingus. Taoiseach said that he wants “a cast iron guarantee” on the slots from IAG. …

Aer Lingus Watch: The Slots are the real Target for IAG

Paul Sweeney 29/01/2015

Paul Sweeney: The real value in Aer Lingus - for IAG - is in the slots. The investor column Lex in the Financial Times, the paper of record of …

The Takeover of Another Indigenous Company by a Foreign Multinational

Paul Sweeney 27/01/2015

Paul Sweeney: “I’m not going to click my fingers because some right-wing economists believe we should privatise [Aer Lingus]. We are an island …

Why Half of Irish People are Willing to Pay More Taxes

Nat O'Connor 26/01/2015

Nat O'Connor: Most people want Ireland to be more equal, and they want this to be achieved through boosting the minimum wage, capping high pay, …

Think again about the 'squeezed middle'

Nat O'Connor 15/01/2015

Nat O'Connor: Ireland's 'squeezed middle' has been defined by the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, as those earning between €32,800 and …

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