Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he will not be making commitments to US companies that Ireland will be keeping its 12.5 per cent corporate tax rate. Photograph: Christopher Goodney/ Bloomberg ‘Writing is on the wall’ for Ireland’s 12.5% corporate tax rate, says Labour
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US president Joe Biden is to ease restrictions on travellers from the EU and several other parts of the world from early November. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times The Irish Times view on the lifting of the US travel ban: an overdue decision
Newly released minutes of a meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team on August 25th show members discussed hospitalisations and the need to be able to triage vaccinated and unvaccinated patients into ‘separate streams’. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/Bloomberg Nphet told extra protection for unvaccinated in hospitals not always possible
Members of the protest group, which calls itself We the Sovereign People, gathered at the front of Leo Varadkar’s home holding anti-vaccination placards and shouting at gardaí. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin Protesters who targeted Varadkar’s home plan to focus on GPs next
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New film Bruised lets actor assert control over how she appears onscreen

The nightmare is over. We finally bought a house Darragh Geraghty at Wicklow Harbour. Photograph: Tom Honan

I wouldn’t wish the pain of buying a house right now on the worst of my enemies

'No goodies' and small tax cuts: What to expect in Budget 2022? As Tánaiste Leo Varadkar recently said, there will be tax measures aimed at “middle-income people in particular”, as well as a welfare package to offset the impact of the rising cost of living. Photograph: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek/Getty

Indexing tax bands and tax credits would be welcome, says expert

Fintan O’Toole: Fine Gael’s virtuous self-image is at odds with reality Members of the Fine Gael parliamentary party and candidates at party’s think-in. Photograph: Fine Gael

Party’s self-perception as the paragon of propriety actually encourages bad behaviour

Physical activity may increase heart attack risk, study suggests Physical activity may, paradoxically, hasten your risk of a heart attack, a new study suggests. File photograph: Getty Images 2:31

New findings do not outweigh health benefits of exercise, researchers emphasise

Canadian election: Justin Trudeau set to win third term as prime minister Liberal Party of Canada leader and prime minister Justin Trudeau arrives with his family to cast his vote in the Canadian election in Montreal, Quebec, on Monday. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images

Liberal Party expected to lead minority government after failing to secure majority

EU vows ‘solidarity’ with France in submarine contract row EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell at a press conference in New York on Sunday. Photograph: Jason Szenes/EPA

Foreign ministers discuss implications for EU-US relations of ‘surprise’ cancellation

Church leaders learned via media that Higgins had declined invite Queen Elizabeth and Michael D Higgins at Windsor Castle in 2014. Photograph: Justin Tallis/WPA Pool/Getty 4:23

Disclosure that queen to attend branded an ‘error of judgment’ from security perspective

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AstraZeneca to create 100 jobs in Ireland as part of $360m investment Photograph: iStock

New facility to help strengthen supply chain

OECD forecasts rapid rebound but warns governments not to withdraw supports The lunch-hour crowd at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan. Cities and large parts of the economy continued to bounce back this year, as if returning to some sense of normalcy.

Paris-based think tank says global economy will grow by 5.7 per cent this year

Larry Bass resigns from RTÉ board after just eight weeks Larry Bass, who has resigned from the board of RTÉ after just eight weeks in the role. Photograph: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

His resignation comes in wake of comments made to media last weekend that his appointment had ‘upset a number of people’

EY to create 800 jobs with half of these for experienced professionals Some 606 of the new roles will be Dublin-based 2:16

Half of the new roles announced at the consulting firm are for graduates

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