Irish businesses and consumers have regained some confidence lost following last year’s seismic Brexit vote, according to Bank of Ireland’s latest Economic Pulse survey.
1Irish businesses and consumers have regained some confidence lost following last year’s Brexit vote, according to the Bank of Ireland’s latest Economic Pulse survey. Continue reading
Prices were flat last month when compared with a year earlier.The plunge in the value of sterling as a result of the Brexit vote has dampened inflationary pressure in the economy, experts said. Continue reading
2The vast majority of Irish businesses had no plan in place to deal with a ‘leave’ vote in June’s Brexit referendum, according to a new survey.
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It found that 97pc of more than 750 business managers (north and south of the border) surveyed said they had no plans in place to deal with the result.
The figures are contained in cross-border trade body Intertrade Ireland’s latest quarterly business monitor, covering the second quarter of the year. Continue reading
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Goldman Sachs: An Irish firm linked to Goldman Sachs that bought more than €200m of Irish commercial property loans in 2014 from the former Anglo Irish Bank paid zero tax in its first year of operation. Continue reading
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After Brexit, the ‘rest of the world’ will include the UK. This could make it an attractive potential tax haven.Tax avoidance by multinational corporations costs the EU €50-70bn a year in lost revenue. In response, the EU has proposed legislation which will require organisations to disclose where they pay their taxes, allowing the public to call corporations to account for tax avoidance. Brexit puts this project in jeopardy. Continue reading
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Ireland’s relationship with the United Kingdom is unlikely to ever be the same again. Kevin Doyle, John Downing and Cormac McQuinn look at some of the key areas where change will happen: Continue reading
The State hasn’t done enough to address the regulatory concerns of Ireland’s small and medium-sized businesses, the European Commission has said. Continue reading
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Revenue has informed tax advisers in recent days that it will be sending letters to the taxpayers involved, who will have 30 days to indicate if they wish to enter settlement negotiations. Continue reading
The cache of 11.5 million records shows how a global industry of law firms and big banks sells financial secrecy to politicians, fraudsters and drug traffickers as well as billionaires, celebrities and sports stars. Continue reading
Nigel Farage (left), Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader and European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker (right) take part in a plenary session at the European Parliament on the outcome of the “Brexit” summit, in Brussels last month. Continue reading 
Bursting complacency: Ireland would benefit from re-adopting Sterling in the event of a Brexit, according to Toscafund’s chief economist Savvas Savouri. Continue reading
Prof John McHale, the NUI Galway economist who chairs the fiscal council, said the spending increase this year was funded by an unexpected surge in corporation tax.
The State’s fiscal watchdog has criticised the Government for increasing spending this year in the days before Budget 2016. Continue reading
Medical device maker Medtronic: the US industry giant moved to Ireland in a tie-up estimated to be worth $48bn. Photograph: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin at a pre-budget photocall last week: in percentage terms, a person earning €70,000 will be 1.9 per cent better off, whereas a person earning €20,000 a year will be about 1.1 per cent better off. Continue reading 
Investors chat in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai Continue reading 
CSO numbers reveal average weekly earnings rose in most sectors of the economy over the past 12 months. Continue reading