The heavy lifting for the State is done by the levy on corporations
John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald columns
These are not harmless notions to drop into public discourse from the top of an ivory tower. Everyone involved should take more care
Ireland’s rampant inflation of the mid-1970s saw research insights rapidly translate to public policy
Levy due in 2026 aims to address competitive gap opening between EU and countries which don’t price in climate costs associated with carbon emissions
Ireland saw no reductions in births related to the first pandemic lockdown, but 2021 saw a significant increase
Spending more money would add to inflation without making us better off, whatever about its effects on voting behaviour
There is a case to encourage European production of strategically important goods to guard against restrictions from other countries
Many returning emigrants are highly skilled and hugely valuable for our economy
The united Ireland conversation involves listening to people who don’t agree with you and whose advice you don’t want to hear
Experience in UK and with Eir is that private owners don’t invest in networks but just saddle companies with debt and take dividends
Regardless of the terms of disengagement by UK in any unification, there is no magic economic pill to bring NI up to standards down South
Exodus of foreign-owned banks after the crash has been costly for Ireland's bank customers and bad for the wider economy
Germany’s experience is relevant to Ireland given the sharp differences that followed the publication of a report on unification costs
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