Finance Minister Michael Noonan yesterday defended his new tax breaks for high-paid executives from foreign companies coming to the country.Mr Noonan expected up to 100 executives with skills not available in Ireland to avail of the tax relief, which mak
One of the most retrograde steps of the past few years has been the partial undoing of the gradual lowering of tax rates carried out over the previous two decades. The top marginal tax rate is now back up to 52pc when the Universal Social Charge is inclu
FRESH revelations of payoffs worth up to €451,000 in State-rescued banks will heap intense pressure on Finance Minister Michael Noonan as he attempts to strike a deal on 2,500 job cuts in the sector.A manager at bailed-out Permanent TSB got the lucrative
THE master of the one-liner and the politician beloved by impersonators has admitted he would like to meet the comic best known for taking him off.Finance Minister Michael Noonan was last night honoured by the University of Limerick (UL) Debating Union w
Minister maintains self-critical stance in the week after Enda's 'mad' rantFINANCE Minister Michael Noonan has claimed civil servants had to represent Ireland at major European Council meetings because cabinet ministers from the previous government faile
Minister tells Europe that Ireland took the pain to save euro and deserves better bailout termsA SENIOR government minister has told Europe for the first time in public that Ireland expects a new deal to manage our crippling Anglo Irish Bank debt.The Min
LAW firm Arthur Cox and US bank Goldman Sachs have raked in millions for advising state agencies on the banking collapse.Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed that the Central Bank paid out €29.9m last year in fees to consultants in relation to t
EUROPEAN Central Bank President Mario Draghi yesterday insisted any "arrangement" the ECB might make to ease Greek government debt would not be extended to other bailed-out countries such as Ireland.The comments came as the ECB was reportedly on the verg
Sophomore center Bill Arnold scored with 6.4 seconds remaining in overtime,... Full Article at Boston.com
France and Belgium ended bans on the short-selling of financial stocks, the... Full Article at Bloomberg.com
France and Belgium ended bans on the short-selling of financial stocks, the... Full Article at Bloomberg.com
THE NATIONAL Treasury Management Agency is still consulting with 14 staff,... Full Article at Irish Times
Irish banks may be suffering a “fear factor” in lending after the collapse... Full Article at Bloomberg.com
Irish banks may be suffering a “fear factor” in lending after the collapse... Full Article at Bloomberg.com
By Eamon Quinn DUBLIN—Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and senior ministers detailed... Full Article at Wall Street Journal
Come back, Lizzy Grant, all is forgiven. Saturday Night Live played A&R... Full Article at Spin