Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD)

Incoming administration is lacking in neither cash nor advice if exchequer returns, the OECD and Ifac are to be believed

While large investments in housing, transport and energy are needed, the Irish economy faces capacity constraints, especially in terms of labour and skills

Report says investing in equities improves returns even after retirement but it does come with greater risk

The president-elect faces big calls on his high tariff agenda, with many key advisers calling for early moves to lay down a marker

EU facing ‘severe’ health workforce shortage due to ageing staff and declining interest among young people in these careers

Education levels have stagnated or slowly declined across much of the world, says Unesco

Department of Finance says State’s taxation and welfare system does more to reduce income inequality than any other OECD economy

Deadline for consensus on OECD plans for taxing of multinationals has come and gone

OECD says real wage growth is supporting household incomes and spending but rising geopolitical tensions pose risk to outlook

National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established

Department of Education’s own information repeated in report, leaders of schools in disadvantaged areas say

Ireland remains central to a rotten system that deprives some of the poorest countries in the world of much needed tax revenue

Ireland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countries

Not for the first time Apple has sent Ireland’s tax figures stratospheric and the Department of Finance running for cover

Female labour force participation has risen steadily from below 50% at the turn of the century to over 60% now, but remains low by international standards

Insurer has five-year deferral on new corporate tax rate as it has no international activity

Business tax receipts have tended to exceed even the most optimistic projections and there are reasons to suspect receipts will go up again, even from this high point

Sunak’s Rwanda immigration plan, the election of Donald Trump in the US and a stagnating euro zone economy could all be big problems for us

Pay decision will come as relief to UK businesses after period of rapid increases

US president has indicated a desire to see the US minimum rate increased from 15% to 21%, as part of a revenue-raising package to soak big companies