This commentary comes from Sean Danaher on Progressive Pulse (with very slight changes to make it free-standing) and I thought well worth sharing given how little
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Is Ireland a tax haven?
I just got this email alert from Google on tax havens: Is Ireland a tax haven? Why not ask if the Pope’s a Catholic? Of
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Northern Ireland has already got a tax border in the Irish Sea so let’s stop pretending otherwise
Theresa May and the Unionist politicians of Northern Ireland are somewhat disingenuous when it comes to their argument that there should be no border down
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Ireland’s playing games in the last chance saloon of tax justice
The collective denial of tax abusers is one of the things that characterises their behaviour. It does not really matter which of the three parties
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The Good Friday Agreement: our common ground must hold sway
Fintan O’Toole wrote about the Good Friday Agreement in the Guardian yesterday. I happen to think Fintan is probably the best journalist writing in the
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What a customs border means – or what the Tories have promised Northern Ireland
This Twitter thread comes from Katy Hayward of Queen’s University Belfast. I thought it worth sharing. It looks like a reliable guide to me, if
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The end of the Union?
In her speech on Brexit yesterday Theresa May said: As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold new positive role for ourselves
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The Good Friday Agreement: preserving peace in our time
It’s hard not to identify as Irish with a name like mine. As a British and Irish passport holder I live happily with my shared
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Why hasn’t the EU pulled out of Brexit talks over Ireland?
This was on the BBC web site on December 8 when the agreement to permit Brexit talks with the EU was reached:We now know that
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