In 1962, President John F Kennedy committed to “an across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes.” The tax system, he argued, “exerts too heavy a drag on growth; it siphons out of the private economy too large a share of personal and business purchasing power; it reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, […]
EU could halt pandemic recovery payments.
Simon Coveney, last week: RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir on Wednesday held a meeting at the ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh with the Irish Foreign and Defense Minister Simon Coveney. The two sides discussed during the meeting bilateral relations and means to develop them and exchanged views on regional and […]
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The EU worked to ensure that China was not openly criticised at the recent G7 summit for using slave labour in Xinjiang. “EU leaders blocked efforts to name and shame Beijing for using slave labour,” the Times reports. It says that Mario Draghi, Italy’s prime minister, along with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Ursula von […]
Biden administration accused Boris Johnson of “inflaming tensions” in Northern Ireland.
A Cork TD has accused both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of gross negligence and failing in their duty to protect the Irish Fishing sector. Rural Independent TD Michael Collins said that he had challenged the Taoiseach, the Minister and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) on what he […]
“Amazon pays all the taxes required in every country where we operate,” the spokesman said.
The EU’s border agency, Frontex, has been given new powers to oversee the deportation of illegal immigrants. In a new strategy revealed by the European Commission on Tuesday, Frontex will be at the centre of new plans to send illegal migrants home once they are denied entry into Europe. “Frontex will become the European Union’s […]
“So, I have to conclude that it happened because I am a woman. Would this have happened if I had worn a suit, and a tie?”
Just 4 months after their departure from the EU, Brexit Britain has managed to land trade deals collectively worth over €1 trillion euros across 67 countries worldwide, plus the EU, as reported by Liz Truss MP, UK International Trade Secretary. “We have already secured nearly £900 billion in trade in covering 66 countries plus the […]
Today, the Commission sent a letter to the Irish authorities asking for clarifications on this matter and on the criteria used to determine the designated countries.