Just three corporate groups are estimated to account for around a third of all corporation tax receipts in the State, according to new research. Research from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) showed the share of corporation tax revenues from these three entities ranged between 30 per cent and 38Continue Reading
U niversity vice-chancellors have called on the Government to review tuition fees, saying the higher education funding system needs rethinking. They said rising costs and limits on overseas students – which have become increasingly important to finances – created a serious risk to universities. Government proposals announced in May wouldContinue Reading
A body has been recovered from a lake in Co Clare following a jet ski incident. Gardaí and other emergency services attended the scene of an incident in Lough Derg at Killaloe, Co Clare Valentia Coast Guard coordinated a search-and-rescue operation in conjunction with gardaí and the National Ambulance Service.Continue Reading
R ishi Sunak is set to use a gathering of European leaders to urge cross-continental co-operation to tackle illegal migration. The Prime Minister will join fellow leaders in Moldova for a meeting of the European Political Community, where he is expected to stress the need to address the issue. WhileContinue Reading
B oris Johnson has handed his unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks to the Cabinet Office, as the former prime minister called on the Government to “urgently disclose” the material to the Covid-19 inquiry. The Cabinet Office had claimed it did not have access to Mr Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and privateContinue Reading
A major Labour donor has vowed to double all money given to Just Stop Oil for the next 48 hours after senior Conservatives urged Sir Keir Starmer to return the funds the green energy entrepreneur gave to the party. British businessman Dale Vince told people on Twitter to “make aContinue Reading
A teenage girl and a man in his 80s have died after separate road incidents in counties Cavan and Louth. A girl in her late teens was killed when a tractor collided with a ditch at Loughduff, Co Cavan, at about 11pm on Tuesday. Her body was removed from theContinue Reading
L GBT+ activists stormed a talk with feminist Kathleen Stock at the Oxford Union before one of them glued themselves to the floor on Tuesday. Hundreds of chanting protesters marched towards the 200-year old debating society where they blared music including Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots Are Made For Walking asContinue Reading
T he amount of childcare for which families on benefits can claim back will increase by hundreds of pounds from the end of June, under Government’s plans to tackle inactivity and help grow the economy. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to raise the amount on JuneContinue Reading
The number of people who identify as Roman Catholic has fallen from 79 per cent in 2016 to 69 per cent in 2022, according to Census data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). A change was made to the question people were asked in the 2022 Census. In 2016, itContinue Reading
