The secretary general in the Department of Finance raised concerns with his counterpart at the Department of Housing in letters this year about mounting risks to taxpayers as to how approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency fund construction deals. Joe Brennan reveals the details, which were obtained under FOI laws.
The Central Bank of Ireland has warned that up to €15 billion of the government’s corporate tax revenue is potentially at risk from a sudden reversal, including policy changes from incoming US president Donald Trump. Eoin Burke-Kennedy reports.
Ireland has the highest housing costs in the EU, according to a report by Eurostat, but that only tells part of the story, writes Fiona Reddan in our weekly Your Money feature.
In our Your Money Q&A, a reader wonders if losses totted up on the recent sale of AIB shares (that had their value almost wiped out by the 2008 financial crash) can be offset against gains on other stocks. Dominic Coyle offers some guidance.
Christmas TV takes the Casablanca approach: Rounding up the usual suspects, writes our columnist Laura Slattery.
Thousands of AIB customers are to receive refunds after the lender charged stamp duty for credit cards that had already been cancelled, in some cases years previously. Peter Flanagan has the details.
The fine details on the operation of the State’s new auto enrolment pension scheme will make it a hard sell to lower paid workers, writes Cantillon.
Leo Varadkar’s recent anecdote about a Cabinet minister’s poor understanding of percentages is a reminder that all too many people struggle to grasp basic financial concepts, particularly when its comes to investing in the stock market, according to Stocktake.
In Me & My Money, comedian and broadcaster Mario Rosenstock says cryptocurrency is “tech-bro macho nonsense that comes with all sorts of toxic association”. He spoke to Tony Clayton-Lea.
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