BBusiness Read More Income tax and VAT take surges by €2bn on 2025, latest exchequer returns show – The Irish TimesJune 4, 2026 Employment and spending boosted taxes in the first five months of the year, new figures show, but experts…
BBusiness Read More A dozen questions still to be answered about the Government’s new savings plan – The Irish TimesJune 4, 2026 Rarely has any policy proposal been subject to so much debate before the announcement of its details. The…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Young people chasing jobs in tech and professional services hit hardest by AI – conference hears – The Irish TimesMay 26, 2026 Young people are being hit hardest as the roll-out of AI technology negatively impacts employment in higher risk…
PPersonal finance Read More Pension millionaires to benefit from higher tax relief over coming years – The Irish TimesMay 26, 2026 The standard fund threshold (SFT) on Irish pensions has been at the same level since 2014, but in…
BBusiness Read More Six out of ten new jobs filled by foreign nationalsMay 21, 2026 The extraordinary changes in the Irish jobs market since the Covid pandemic have been underlined in a new…
BBusiness Read More Simon Harris’s brand of middle-class populism leads to bad decisions – The Irish TimesMay 20, 2026 There is a non-trivial possibility that Simon Harris will shortly float the notion of a tax break for…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Will the AI ‘jobs apocalypse’ cloud have a silver lining? – The Irish TimesMay 19, 2026 We have been hearing for what seems like ages now that artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for a…
EEconomy Read More State redeems €11bn bond with little fuss but Iran war clouds economy’s future – The Irish TimesMay 17, 2026 In other times, a lumpy double-digit billion euro bond redemption would have had senior figures at the National…
IIreland Read More Ireland ‘could be forced to borrow next year’ if oil prices keep rising, says top economist – The Irish TimesMay 13, 2026 If the closure of the Straits of Hormuz continues Ireland could face a serious recession, with the Government…
BBusiness Read More Spending on scheme to fix defects in Celtic-Tiger era apartments could be capped – The Irish TimesMay 12, 2026 Spending on a €2.5 billion scheme to address safety defects in Celtic Tiger-era apartments could be capped, The…
BBusiness Read More Tax receipts up €1.1bn despite Iran war price shock – The Irish TimesMay 6, 2026 The public finances were boosted by stronger-than-expected out-turns in income tax, VAT and corporation tax in the first…
IIreland Read More Three ways to reconnect Ireland’s political system to its people – The Irish TimesMay 4, 2026 “Disconnected” is a common way to describe the democratic discontents in Irish society and politics after recent fuel…