This columnist writes here on a fortnightly basis and is adequately remunerated for it. I don’t bother writing more frequently because the Government takes more of my fee than I do. This is the predicament of almost half the workforce because the marginal tax rate of over 50 per cent (when three effectively identical taxes are included: income tax, USC, and PRSI) kicks in at just €44,000. This, in turn, means that for every pay increase and bonus, and every extra job or contract a worker takes on above that threshold, the person making that money gets to keep less…

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