The Central Bank is predicting a government budget surplus of €8.6 billion this year, €3.5 billion higher than the department of finance’s estimates, due to surging corporate tax receipts.
Will heap further pressure to spend big in months ahead.
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CCPC ‘fully believes’ there are cartels within state’s €20bn procurement spend
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Breaking: Council of State to be called by president Catherine Connolly over International Protection Bill
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Several senior members of government are now open to reviewing Ireland’s nuclear power ban, while the issue has been actively discussed at cabinet energy committees in recent weeks, the Business Post has established.
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Rachel Reeves to attend meeting of EU finance ministers in Dublin later this year
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‘We can't absorb all of this’: Government grapples with ‘greatest energy threat in history’
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Government opens door for Irish agencies to work with defence sector companies
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Interview with the Taoiseach on the Business Post today, discussing limits of the office, corporate tax risk, completing the EUs single market, the political challenge of raising new taxes, energy prices, and just how long he expects his leadership to continue.
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Corporate tax falls and spending surges ahead of forecasts –exchequer returns
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Yes it is, though EU expected to table proposals that would sever it in weeks ahead
The rhetoric from gov that one-off energy supports are fiscally unsustainable softened considerably yesterday, as both the taoiseach and tánaiste insisted new measures would be kept under review following fresh energy price spikes. Reforms at EU level expected too
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Cabinet briefing: Return of the Mak; new infrastructure law; big Phil for the UN
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Environmental regulations need to be ‘rebalanced’ for infrastructure delivery – Jack Chambers
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State to work with energy and internet firms on subsea security under Ireland's first National Maritime Security Strategy.
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I think they were mostly talking about child abuse material and requests by users to generate it.
Google actively reports user prompts for illegal material to the relevant Irish authorities, the Oireachtas AI committee has heard.
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‘It’s difficult not to worry’. Spoke to Alan Barrett as he takes on his new role as chair of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council about FDI, the softening labour market, Ireland's construction ambition, and our risky fiscal strategy.
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‘The art of being Taoiseach’ - Sat down with Micheàl Martin in Cambridge to discuss everything from Donald Trump, to the completion of the EU’s single market, to corporate tax risk.
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Capital gains tax should be slashed to encourage more Irish people to invest, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.
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New types of company R&D spending considered for tax credit overhaul
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EDF warns government of ‘systematic challenges’ in Irish energy system
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The cost of servicing Ireland’s national debt is expected to double by the end of the decade to more than €6 billion a year, as the state is forced to refinance bonds issued at record low interest rates over the last decade.
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Harris backs new investment strategy to deliver better returns for savers
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The Irish Music Rights Organisation (Imro) has pushed for a “human made” label on creative content as a way to fightback against artificial intelligence-made competition.
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