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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Larry Elliott has a piece in the Guardian this morning in which he considers the possibility that the UK will exploit Ireland’s current misfortunes. As
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It is very obviously game over  for Ireland. Within 24 hours I have no doubt that it will have been forced to accept European money
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Talking of Irish tax, as I have just been, reminds me that on Wednesday this week I am presenting evidence this Wednesday at a hearing
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As the Guardian reports: Finance ministers of the 16 countries using the euro single currency meet on Tuesday in Brussels amid fevered speculation that Ireland
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Ireland has signed a new tax treaty with Switzerland. As the Irish Independent reports: THE [Irish] State is to gain access to the names of
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Gillian Tett argues in the Ft today that: Pity the Irish. In the past 18 months, Dublin has repeatedly unveiled commendably bold measures to fight
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