I addressed a group of parliamentary researchers who were meeting at the National Assembly in Cardiff yesterday. Drawn from all of the UK’s parliaments and
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The Irish parliament may have voted to appeal the Apple decision yesterday, but the reason for those close to power to do so are now
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The Irish Examiner has reported that: Huge revisions to Irish GDP levels that led to “leprechaun economics” claims earlier this year were almost completely caused
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There has been a lot of heat about Apple’s tax abuse, and rightly so. There has been less focus on how to solve the problem
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I was interviewed for about fifteen minutes on RTE radio (the equivalent of the BBC) in Ireland last night. It’s available on line here. Start
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I think Tim Cook should remember that  old moral that when in a hole he should stop digging. Having been told Apple must pay tax in
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I was delighted to read reports from Ireland that: Minister for Children Katherine Zappone will today demand that proposals around “tax justice” are accepted if
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The Irish Times has reported that: Independent Ministers yesterday refused a request from Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Taoiseach Enda Kenny to agree an
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One of the most telling comments on the Apple tax case came from Fintan O’Toole yesterday. As he pointed out Iteland could eradicate child poverty
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