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Cost of living and Covid-era spending are among the key topics to be discussed

Opinion: As teacher union conferences get underway, there’s no shortage of urgent issues

Ireland is at risk of getting stuck in the middle of a nasty row between the EU and US

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A new tax rate seems unlikely but we might yet see cuts before October’s budget

Warsaw’s blocking of a new tax package threatens to undermine the good-faith core of a vital pillar of the EU’s collective decision-making

Martin Wolf: This would help to make life as difficult as possible for Vladimir Putin

Uncertainty over US ability to deliver either on global minimum tax rate or digital sales tax rules

Paschal Donohoe warns of slowdown in economic growth due to war in Ukraine

Beijing needs to begin to develop a strategy to exit zero-Covid and live with the virus

Output is not been affected by a cut in workers’ hours, experiments show

US companies in Ireland could pay tax at 15% here and face a 5% top-up in the US

About 91% complete post-primary in Ireland, one of the highest rates in the world

Draft plan floats new minimum tax rate of 20% on US companies’ overseas earnings

Expansion of the scheme has sparked wider debate about whether it is doing enough

Russia’s move to re-register foreign jets flouts decades-old treaties