The Government has to make a call – it can’t let this broadband saga drag on and on

Smart Money: A typical PAYE single worker got €16 a week from last three budgets - many self-employed couples have got €40

With extra resources to be poured into housing and health, overall in 2019 the tax burden on the economy will rise – with plenty o(...)

Move will restrict big companies transferring IP assets to other parts of their operations

Cliff Taylor: Basic gains for taxpayers come in below €5 a week, though some will gain more

Bulk of additional money in 2016 came from 149 taxpayers earning more than €400,000

Ministers are playing up tax reductions, but the extra cash is going to higher spending

Exchequer benefits from late corporation tax surge this year, but needs new revenues for 2019

Smart Money: High income PAYE taxpayers pay at a higher rate than the wealthiest

Irish firms face the prospect of rising business and economic uncertainty in the months ahead

Cliff Taylor: We must start managing our economy in defensive mode and hold on to gains

C&AG report shows huge variation in tax paid by 334 high net worth individuals

Political agreement expected by year end on interim arrangement, says head of tax directorate

The political decision has been made to hike spending – so the tax burden will not fall

Cliff Taylor: Quangoland is back in business

Smart Money: Everything you wanted to know about the Border question, but were afraid to ask

Cliff Taylor: Strategic thinking about the North’s economy is absent in Brexit debate

As Brexit withdrawal talks reach a crunch phase, the UK currency is firmly in the spotlight

Land agency may trap State between private and public house provision

Smart Money: The Irish model of wealth generation is tied up in boom-and-bust Irish house prices

End of unanimity voting on tax would be hugely dangerous to Ireland

Doing nothing is not an option with revaluation of properties due in November 2019

A no-deal Brexit is a very real risk and would bring chaos across a range of areas

Smart Money: Read Varadkar’s letter to Martin closely and you can calculate what the budget will mean for your pocket

Taxes were below expectations in August and so there won’t be much leeway on budget day

Department of Finance points out that national debt per head of population is €42,000

Smart Money: big gap emerging between new tenants and those with an existing lease

Cliff Taylor: Promised extra spending will take up most of our room for manoeuvre

Smart Money: Budget tax relief is to be aimed at ‘middle earners’. But what does this mean?

Cliff Taylor: The country faces huge challenges and targets it will struggle to meet

Cliff Taylor: Health plan must be given a real chance despite the demands of our system

Smart Money: No inflation and rising wages. So why don’t you feel better off?

House price growth in Dublin is cooling as Central Bank rules and affordability kick in

Cliff Taylor: Investors are looking for a much more robust response than seen to date, fearing the Turkish economy may be heading (...)

Soaring rental costs in the capital leading more tech firms to locate outside Dublin

Smart Money: a special report on what Brexit will mean for Irish households

British currency breaks through 90p ceiling, adding to Irish exporter woes but making cross-border shopping more attractive

Fraught territory as sterling weakens and move over 90p to euro may ring alarm bells

Independent Alliance idea must be killed off before time is wasted looking at it

Smart Money: It’s not cheap but competition for the sweaty euro is benefiting consumers

Caution comes after strong concerns expressed by National Competitiveness Council

Cliff Taylor: No quick fix to our economic reliance on handful of big players

Third of exports come from just five companies, according to competitiveness council

Strategy group suggests increasing diesel and carbon tax, and tax relief for self-employed

Central Bank wants extra infrastructure to be paid for via higher taxes or lower spending, rather than more borrowing

Both promised not to impose more tariffs and to find a way to remove those already introduced

When the UK leaves the EU and becomes a ‘third country’, it ceases to be part of the fully-liberalised EU aviation market

Smart Money: Premiums may have fallen but too many still paying too much

A lot more talking needed to reach deal on cutting tariffs and other trade barriers

Central Bank verdict is sobering: a decade after the crisis banks are still not focused on the consumer

Effects of economic recovery and external threats require shift in budget strategy

Smart Money: Irish borrowers are paying almost twice what their counterparts in the EU are paying

Philip Lane and Sharon Donnery are strong contenders but government can only choose one

Cliff Taylor: A lot remains unclear about the thinking behind this move

US president was correct when he said the UK cannot have it every way after it leaves the EU

Cliff Taylor: EU will be glad that UK has finally tabled a proposal, but differences remain

Smart Money: State plans to invest €100bn in new infrastructure in the coming years

It is time for Ireland to run a surplus and sell some of its remaining bank shares

Cliff Taylor: The UK has moved but is it far enough?

Cliff Taylor: Michael O’Leary must balance wage rises and airline’s low-cost status

Smart Money: Eurostat report says prices in Ireland are 25% above the EU average. Why?

Cliff Taylor: Another overrun in health spending a sign of challenges for ministers

Leaders in France and Germany are looking over their shoulders at right-wing elements at home

The Smart Money: Cliff Taylor examines economic issues affecting your life and your pocket

An Irish worker on €18,000 pays just €510 in tax and USC; in England, that would be €1,696 and €4,818 in Germany

Big businesses have been criticised for stating the obvious – trade wars and Brexit come with a price

No certainty that revamped institutions and rules will prove effective

Minister will have to raise extra funds in order to pay for income tax cuts

Cliff Taylor: Given the short-term threats to growth, Paschal Donohue should move the government finances in to surplus

MP’s Brexit remarks like saying England should play World Cup with an oval ball

ECB president Mario Draghi promises rates will remain where they are well into 2019

Irish businesses need to prepare for chaos ahead as the talks reach the crunch stage

We have low inflation but a high cost of living and housing costs are shooting up

Decision on application for full Irish banking licence understood to be imminent

Border checks and bureaucracy might almost double delays, says Central Bank

Government parties have plans which would drive a coach and horses through EU budget rules

Expect the warnings from rest of EU about destabilising the euro zone to ramp up

The prime minister’s latest proposal on the Border will see UK tied to the customs union

All sides taking June deadline seriously, with signs now that London is seeking to recast Border backstop deal

If we up spending and cut tax, we risk fuelling sectors that may already be overheating

Government should boost rainy-day fund plans, says European Stability Mechanism head

Right to object in Ireland runs deep and seems to override wider public interest

EU lacks economic risk-sharing between countries inside euro area, says Regling

Commerce needs to take hard Brexiteers to task as basic trade mechanics are overlooked

The former taoiseach resigned 10 years ago this weekend. We assess his legacy

Outsourced health agency is political firewall but lack of State control preserves its flaws

Renting now more costly than paying off a mortgage in most areas

Brexit, trade war and tax changes: a nasty cocktail of uncertainties threaten Irish growth

We must assume Paschal Donohoe is serious in wanting to avoid past mistakes

€84m raised under foreign income and assets disclosure initiative

Cliff Taylor: Ireland must treat surge in corporate tax revenues with extreme caution

Trade unions will feel they are shooting at an open goal on the issue of pay parity

Cliff Taylor: UK attitude on customs now threatens collapse in talks

Paschal Donohoe dampening expectations ahead of budget

Vital test case for director of corporate enforcement follows FitzPatrick trial collapse

Doing nothing could mean huge increases in bills for households in 2020

Government needs to start underlining economic uncertainties we face

Different approaches needed for those who have engaged with banks and for those who haven’t

Cliff Taylor: Group's board will ringfence any inquiry and present it as a side-show

Cliff Taylor: As the US and China gear up for a trade war, there are dangers for Ireland