Before an audience of investors and businesspeople, the minister laid out his vision for the Irish economy and assessed the UK's new FDI-friendly policies.
The recent budget was hailed as a giveaway with something for almost everybody but small businesses were the noted exception. The details of the Finance Bill have now confirmed this.
Disappointed by Budget 2025, hundreds in the hospitality industry protested in Dublin this Tuesday to make their voices heard ahead of the expected election. They say they're at breaking point.
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe delivered a surplus budget days before chairing a meeting of Eurogroup nations plagued by deficits. He responds to critics and defends a longer-term approach to complex funding needs.
As promised, consolidating international profits in Ireland is becoming easier. The last frontier in making Ireland more tax-friendly to FDI is the treatment of interest – and that’s coming.
Part of the proceeds from the tax on fossil fuels is ring-fenced for social programmes, returning more to lower-income households than it costs them. What is missing is a “Paid for by your carbon tax” badge on the projects it funds.
The Government is in an unprecedented position where it can afford to both buy the upcoming election and plan for the country's future infrastructure. This lucky draw presents its own challenges.
The digital games tax credit arrived in late 2022 but it has had several problems, according to Irish studios who say many of their functions are excluded from eligibility.
The last five years have been consumed by change. That change will only accelerate going forward. To be ready, Ireland needs to pick its economic strategy for the decades ahead. Paschal Donohoe has a view on what we should choose.
There is a wide range of measures the Government could introduce to help small business grappling with state-imposed costs. Simple but imaginative initiatives could make all the difference.
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