Analysts will be hoping for some further insight into the state of the nation's coffers when the Office of the Revenue Commissioners produces its annual report tomorrow.
Also of interest will be the success of initiatives aimed at tackling tax evasion and any comment the Revenue might have on the implications of any new middle tax band as part of a new national agreement.
Alliance & Leicester: Friday's interims from Alliance & Leicester will be dominated by the bank's failed merger talks with the Bank of Ireland, stockbroker Greig Middleton said.
Questions will be asked about the reasons behind the breakdown of the negotiations and the company's original motivation behind the deal which had always failed to impress some observers. Others will be seeking hints on future merger candidates.
Pre-tax profits are expected to come in at £245 million sterling, against £229.5 million for the same time last year, analysts predict.
MONDAY
Results: Bank America (Q2), Delta Airlines (Q2), Industrial Control, JP Morgan (Q2), Microsoft (Q4), Mitie Group, Old Monk Company.
A.G.M.: Baldwins Industrial, Business Post Group, Edinburgh Japan Investment Trust (e.g.m.), Ensor Holdings, Fitness First (e.g.m.), Kleinwort Endowment, Stagecoach (e.g.m.), VDC (e.g.m.).
Meetings: World Radiation Congress (Dublin).
TUESDAY
Results: Boston Scientific (Q2), Computer Associates, Eurotunnel (H1), General Motors (Q2), Johnson & Johnson (Q2), Lucent Technologies (Q3), Mellon Bank (Q2), Philip Morris (Q2), Reuters (H1), Rockwell Int'l (Q2), SmithKline Beecham (H1), Southwest Airlines (Q2), Sunderland.
A.G.M.: Caffyns, Chloride Group, Osborne and Little, Personal Number, Young and Co's Brewery.
Indicators: Irish non-EU trade (May) and wholesale price index (Jun); British M4 money supply, consumer confidence (Jul), building society figures (Jun) and motor vehicle production (Jun); US trade balance (May); German ifo survey (Jun).
Others: Office of the Revenue Commissioners publishes annual report; The Pensions Board publishes annual report; Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, Mr Bobby Molloy formally opens Threshold's IBF-funded housing research unit; Reuters outlines risks facing Irish-based financial institutions.
WEDNESDAY
Results: AMR Corp (Q2), Arm Holdings (Q2), Becton Dickinson, Bell Atlantic (Q2), CBT (Q2), Cendant (Q2), Colgate (Q2), Dun & Bradstreet (Q2), Eastman Kodak (Q2), EMC (Q2), Eli Lilly (Q2), Fruit of the Loom (Q2 - or Friday), Goodyear (Q2), Hilton Hotels, Honeywell (Q2), Medeva (H1), Nabisco (Q2), Northrop Grumman (Q2), Schering Plough (Q2), US Airways (Q2).
A.G.M.: Alizyme (e.g.m.), Amberley Group, British Steel, Coats Viyella, Dee Valley, Express Dairies, Helican Bar, Invesco Asia Trust, Jasmin, Johnson Matthey, Maelor, Railtrack Group, J Sainsbury, Scottish Power, Vodafone.
Indicators: Irish industrial stocks (Q1) and quarterly national household survey (Q1); British retail sales (Jun); US housing starts (Jun).
Others: Telecom Eireann formally joins the ISEQ share index in Dublin; Norwich Union announces details of two new property funds.
THURSDAY
Results: America Online (Q4), Chevron (Q2), Dow Chemical (Q2), Gateway (Q2), Industrial Chemical Industries (H1), Ingersoll-Rand (Q2), Kimberly-Clark (Q2), Legal & General (H1), McDonalds (Q2), Misys, Northern Rock (H1), Quaker Oats (Q2), Reebok (Q2), Sears (Q2), Sprint (Q2), Starbucks (Q2), Union Pacific (Q2), US Steel (Q2), WF Electrical.
A.G.M.: Albion (e.g.m.), Boots Company, Brockhampton Holdings, English China Clays, Fuller, Smith & Turner, Gall Thompson Env., Ivory & Sime UK, Meyer International, Morrison Construction, Scapa Group (also e.g.m.), Shanks and McEwan, Torex (e.g.m.), TR Property, Wynnstay Properties.
Indicators: EU consumer prices (Jun).
Others: US Federal Reserve chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan given bi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins Testimony to Congress on the economy.
FRIDAY
Results: Alliance and Leicester (H1), Shire Pharmaceuticals (Q2), US West (Q2), Warner Lambert (Q2).
A.G.M.: Allied Domeq (e.g.m.), Corporate Services, Electrocomponents, Highbury House Comms (e.g.m.), Panther Securities, Renold, Walker Cripps Weddle, Wilshaw (e.g.m.).
Indicators: British trade balance in goods (May) and non-EU trade (Jun).
Others: Minister for Science, Technology and Commerce Mr Noel Treacy announces participating firms in Loughrea Euro Town Project in Galway and introduces project manager.
