Who said that? Why, George Osborne, in 2006. He was wrong then. And it looks like he’s learned nothing since.

From Swissinfo: With Ireland coming under increasing pressure to raise corporate taxes, Swiss cantons are eyeing the opportunity of seizing a greater share of company
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I have just been sent a Press Association story I can’t find on the web yet, saying: Ireland’s main opposition party is to call a
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Joseph O’Conner has written in the Guardian on the core of the Irish dilemma: Far from the gloomy headlines and crushing statistics lies the full
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A little humour often helps. The podcast here is well worth listening too. Hat tip to JohnM

In amongst all the stories on the republic’s crisis a couple slipped out on the hearing of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of the House
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The Guardian notes: A defiant Ireland tonight insisted its corporate tax regime was an "absolute red line" as it took a hard-line stance in the
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Rumour I’m hearing from Irish journalists and others is that the Irish government is saying they’ll quit the Euro rather than give up 12.5% tax.
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I am giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of the House of Commons this afternoon. The subject under discussion is the proposal that
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