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Ireland's Corporation Tax Regime Under Scrutiny (Again)

Nat O'Connor 14/07/2014

Nat O'Connor: It is reported that the Government is considering an early move to close down the 'Double Irish' tax avoidance method permitted by …

A "Zillionaire" Calls for More Equality

Nat O'Connor 10/07/2014

Nat O'Connor: "Zillionaire" Nick Hanauer (net worth $1bn+) has written an opinion piece in Politico.com entitled "The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us …

The Basic Argument for a Living Wage

10/07/2014

A group of organisations, including TASC, supported a project to calculate a Living Wage for Ireland. The evidence about the cost of living is that a …

The Cost of High Pay in the UK

09/07/2014

The UK High Pay Centre is an independent non-party think tank established to monitor pay at the top of the income distribution and set out a road map …

€11.45 Living Wage

Nat O'Connor 08/07/2014

Nat O'Connor: A technical, evidence-based analysis has led to the calculation of a Living Wage for Ireland of €11.45 per hour. This is based on a …

Corporation Tax and the Risk of an "Untenable Fiscal Situation"

Nat O'Connor 08/07/2014

Nat O'Connor: Interest observation reported in The Irish Times by international law firm Cadwalader. “The country’s tax regime is coming under …

Property Tax and Local Government Funding

Nat O'Connor 02/07/2014

Nat O'Connor: Taxation is the price of civilised society - and that includes taxes to pay for many basic local services, including planning, roads, …

McWage: Why we will all be working in fast-food restaurants into our eighties

Paul Sweeney 30/06/2014

Paul Sweeney: This article by Douglas Coupland writing in the Financial Times deserves attention (click for full article on FT.com). He writes as …

Innovation and jobs through public investment

Cormac Staunton 26/06/2014

Cormac Staunton: Ireland’s National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) has been ranked in the top 2.5 per cent of incubators; 19th worldwide and 7th in …

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Kirsty Doyle

Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …

Vic Duggan

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Shana Cohen

Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …



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