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Report of the Innovation Taskforce
An tSaoi 17/03/2010
An Saoi: I read the Report of the Innovation Taskforce and wept. The Government’s big idea is per Brian Cowan’s piece in Saturday’s Irish Times …
Tallaght Hospital controversy: An apposite quote
An tSaoi 14/03/2010
An Saoi: I recently came across the following comment from an interview with Dr. Giovanni Berlinguer, professor of Social Medicine and younger …
Cáin feabhra
An tSaoi 04/03/2010
An Saoi: The underlying tax figures for February are dire. Just look at the income tax figures. February is the month when employers send in their …
Ireland's private debt - is it time to default?
An tSaoi 26/02/2010
An Saoi: The Central Bank estimates that Irish private debt is €372,000M. The funding of this massive amount is rapidly going to become the key …
Basel III, pensions and the recapitalisation of Irish banks
An tSaoi 11/02/2010
An Saoi: Wednesday’s Financial Times had a very interesting article on proposed changes in banking rules under Basel III. Sensibly, the Bank of …
Lies, damned lies and statistics: car scrappage scheme
An tSaoi 04/02/2010
An Saoi: On Tuesday morning Alan Nolan of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry was on Morning Ireland and made reference to the increase in car …
Where have all the taxes gone?
An tSaoi 02/02/2010
An Saoi: Today’s tax figures were a shock, even to me. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so surprised as the Central Bank’s report for December had …
VAT and local authorities
An tSaoi 23/01/2010
An Saoi: We were directed by Europe some time ago that VAT must be charged by Local Authorities on certain services such as parking, waste disposal …
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