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Germany calling: Enda Kenny at a press conference in Berlin. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty
The Enda effect

A senior Fine Gael figure smiles as he muses on Enda Kenny’s reluctance to fill the vacancy for junior agriculture minister, a post that has be(...)

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan rings the bell prior to an economic and financial affairs meeting yesterday, at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
Noonan defends 12.5% corporate tax rate

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan yesterday defended Ireland’s corporate tax regime, following a meeting of EU finance minis(...)

British chancellor George Osborne: likely to argue that countries should be given discretion on how to apply the bail-in rules. Photograph: PA
Securing consensus on bank resolution will be uphill battle for EU ministers

EU finance ministers meeting today for their penultimate gathering under the Irish presidency of the EU council face a packed agenda. Fi(...)

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan with Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem (left) and EU commissioner Olli Rehn in Brussels yesterday. Photograph: AP
Michael Noonan to ‘consider’ ECB bond scheme

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has given the strongest signal yet that Ireland may avail of the European Central B(...)

Tricky manoeuvres on tax

Finance Minister Michael Noonan, as chairman of the European Union’s finance ministers during Ireland’s time as president of the European counc(...)

Google’s European headquarters in Dublin: a House of Commons committee accused companies such as Starbucks, Google and Amazon of “immoral” use of secretive jurisdictions, royalty arrangements and complex company structures to avoid paying tax in Britain. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Tax avoidance inching up EU agenda as trillion euro may be slipping though net

When European finance ministers gather this week in Brussels, discussion won’t purely focus on Europe’s response to the latest phase of the fin(...)

Lobby correspondence: one modest building can house hundreds of financial-vehicle corporations. Photograph: UpperCut Images/Getty
No desks. No staff. No tax. Ireland’s shadow banks

So many companies are listed in the marble-tiled, plant-filled foyer that there are no brass plates or printed guides. Instead, it takes a comp(...)

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan: said the liquidators would undertake a valuation process on the IBRC loan book and that those who satisfy the minimum valuation “may bid for the assets in a sales process”. Photograph: David Sleator
Fire sale of IBRC loans not an option, says Michael Noonan

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said there will be no “fire sale” of loans as part of the liquidation of Irish (...)

Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem: “The outcome [of bank stress tests] we don’t know yet, but it might be worrying,” Photograph: Reuters/Francois Lenoir
Results of stress tests on euro zone banks could be ‘worrying’, says eurogroup chairman

The head of the group of 17 euro zone finance ministers has warned that the results of stress tests on euro zone banks scheduled for next year (...)

Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton: Sought an effective tax tate of 30% for eligible multinational executives. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
Bruton sought multinational tax breaks

Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton sought to introduce generous tax breaks for executives in multinational companies in the run-up to Budget 2013, do(...)

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