Exchequer returns show tax revenues slightly ahead of expectations

Deficit narrows in first five months of 2013 ; spending broadly in line with projections

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Cantillon: An Post jilts Gtech for Camelot

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Pensions ruling could leave Government with bill of up to €300 million

European Court of Justice finds Ireland in “serious breach” of its obligations to protect workers

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Cantillon: Tax tree continues to yield fruit

Revenue’s philosophy on the Local Property Tax is to “make the tax easy to pay but difficult to avoid”

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Property tax may be deducted from bank accounts immediately, Revenue says

Payments by credit card will incur additional 1.49% service charge

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Government must not row back on planned cuts and taxes, watchdog urges

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council believes there is a one-in-three chance the Government will not reach its budget deficit target by 2015

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Irish VAT regulations found not to breach EU directive on tax

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EU budget talks in Brussels begin

European leaders have begun official negotiations on the European Union budget, following a delay of more than five hours, as…

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ECB leaves rates unchanged

The European Central Bank held its main interest rate at a record low of 0