Gerard Brady

Corporate tax take likely to evolve from win-win of recent years

An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues

Mon Jan 01 2024 - 06:00

Irish economy has stalled and corporation tax is wobbling but what will 2024 bring?

Biggest concern for the year ahead appears to centre on whether ECB has gone too far with rate rises

Thu Dec 28 2023 - 06:00

What do Russia’s gas stoppages mean for Ireland?

Gazprom has suspended gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria in a payment row

Wed Apr 27 2022 - 11:41

Ibec slashes growth forecasts for Irish economy in face of Ukraine crisis

Business and consumer sentiment falls again

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 05:52

Question mark over OECD global tax rate as Biden agenda falters

It is in Ireland’s interests for 15 per cent levy to apply in US as well

Mon Dec 20 2021 - 17:58

Reverse wage subsidy cuts or firms will fail, Ibec tells Government

Employers’ group calls on Coalition to reverse cuts to Covid-19 wage support scheme

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 05:42

Back in business: How real is the economic bounceback?

A surprisingly strong economic rebound brings with it inflation, wage and cost pressures

Sat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00

State action needed to pay for climate and housing goals, says Ibec

Budget 2022 needs to prepare for impact of global tax reform, says employers’ lobby

Mon Sept 13 2021 - 05:53

Is the boom in trade across the Border here to stay?

Smart Money: Imports from Britain have collapsed

Thu Aug 19 2021 - 13:32

The rise of suburbia: How we live is about to change

If working from home sticks, the big winners will be our suburbs and commuter towns

Sat Aug 14 2021 - 06:00

Corporation tax is the gift which keeps on giving

Cantillon: The global reform plan is being pushed by the US, which makes Ireland’s decision not to sign up at this stage a significant political move

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 07:07

Greek alphabet is holding economic recovery hostage

Delta variant has raised new questions about pace of recovery and longer-term prospects

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 06:00

Ibec warns Government spending on Covid will limit potential for tax cuts

Employers’ group upgrades growth forecast for economy but warns of need for fiscal discipline

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 05:45

Cliff Taylor: Post-pandemic decisions needed on working from home

Government policy must look beyond short term and kill commutes to ease working lives

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 01:10

Elderly residents seek new accommodation after three killings in Dublin block

Murder of Kwok Ping Cheng in his flat compounds already traumatic month for residents

Sat May 01 2021 - 06:00

Is Ireland’s 12.5% tax rate running out of road?

Smart Money: Six ways multinational tax talks could end – and what they mean for Ireland

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 10:55

Ireland’s low corporate tax regime will be undermined if Biden proposals pass

US president is pushing for 21% tax on global earnings of American companies

Thu Apr 01 2021 - 01:00

Ibec cuts growth forecast and warns on risk from global tax reform

Employers’ group downgrades economic growth forecast on foot of extended lockdown

Mon Mar 29 2021 - 05:04

OECD talks could spell danger for Ireland’s cosy corporate tax rate

Cantillon: Are we willing to sacrifice our sacred 12.5% rate to make a deal on tax reform?

Sat Feb 27 2021 - 06:47

Global rules on taxing tech firms move closer as US drops Trump-era objection

Janet Yellen tells G20 ministers the US is no longer seeking ‘safe harbour’ concept

Fri Feb 26 2021 - 21:14

Ibec predicts ‘resilient’ Irish economy will bounce back strongly in 2021

It says exports and consumer spending due to the release of ‘SSIA levels’ of savings will be the two pillars for 2021 growth

Tue Dec 15 2020 - 05:22

Trump vs Biden: Stakes are high for the Irish economy

Rhetoric of bringing American investment back to the US is key to Biden campaign

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 05:43

Hospitality workers, builders and young people bear brunt of effort to fight Covid

Ibec warns of growing gap between families whose prospects have proven resilient during crisis and those with falling incomes

Mon Oct 05 2020 - 07:47

In this strangest of recessions, what happens next for Ireland?

The more restrictions and the longer they last, the bigger the economic hit

Sat Sept 26 2020 - 05:00

Employers were coming around to staff working from home before Covid

Cantillon: the spike in remote working caused by the pandemic has accelerated a pre-existing trend

Sat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00

As Irish economy reawakens, we find Sleeping Beauty has a hangover

Maybe Heather Humphreys was right and some jobs will never return

Sat Aug 08 2020 - 01:10

Collapse of digital tax talks is ‘not good’ for Ireland

Warning that suspension of talks between US and Europe could lead to ‘free-for-all’ on tax

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 17:06

Ibec warns ‘conservative’ lifting of lockdown will make downturn worse

Employers’ group claims reopening plan puts State weeks behind rest of Europe

Thu Jun 04 2020 - 05:05

Former Fianna Fáil minister Gerard Brady dies at the age of 82

President and FF leader pay tribute to a ‘dedicated public servant and true gentleman’

Sun May 17 2020 - 11:25

Lockdown exit: Are young people again in the firing line?

Smart Money: Burden of Covid-19 economic crisis will not be shared equally

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 12:37

Coronavirus: cash squeeze in Ireland’s SMEs threatens economy

Smart Money: Some bills can be deferred – but many cannot and these threaten the future of many companies

Thu Apr 16 2020 - 11:51

What does Sinn Féin’s election success mean for business?

Investors are jittery over possible changes to tax and policy if the party goes into government

Fri Feb 14 2020 - 05:55

Goodbye to a decade, hello to a 2020 full of uncertainty

Chris Johns: American voters are facing as stark a choice in 2020 as Britons did recently

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 06:56

Economy being held back by ‘congestion’ in transport and housing, says Ibec

Employers’ group Ibec says capacity constraints are impacting on business decisions

Mon Dec 02 2019 - 05:08