Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD)

Are we becoming a post-literate society?

Technology has changed the way many of us consume information, from complex pieces of writing to short video clips

OECD urges Central Bank to add consumer representatives to advisory group

Organisation also suggests regulator assess how effective are ‘dear CEO’ letters to industry bosses

One in four adults in Ireland struggle with everyday maths such as calculating percentages

Finding comes as former taoiseach Leo Varadkar says many in politics and media do not understand numbers

We can’t build our way out of the capacity issues in the health service

We must stop viewing health as ‘a cost to be managed’ and instead understand it as ‘an investment to be made’

Political parties try to reconcile policy with promises

Incoming administration is lacking in neither cash nor advice if exchequer returns, the OECD and Ifac are to be believed

OECD warns Ireland that investment projects need to be ‘carefully sequenced’

While large investments in housing, transport and energy are needed, the Irish economy faces capacity constraints, especially in terms of labour and skills

OECD warns against too conservative pension investment strategies

Report says investing in equities improves returns even after retirement but it does come with greater risk

The key decisions now facing Donald Trump which will have a big impact on the Irish economy

The president-elect faces big calls on his high tariff agenda, with many key advisers calling for early moves to lay down a marker

Falling nursing applications may make it ‘impossible’ to fill places in Ireland, OECD warns

EU facing ‘severe’ health workforce shortage due to ageing staff and declining interest among young people in these careers

Learning outcomes slide for Irish pupils, report finds

Education levels have stagnated or slowly declined across much of the world, says Unesco

Ireland’s tax system is most progressive of any advanced economy, report finds

Department of Finance says State’s taxation and welfare system does more to reduce income inequality than any other OECD economy

State set for equivalent of another Apple windfall in coming years

Deadline for consensus on OECD plans for taxing of multinationals has come and gone

Global economy ‘turning a corner’ as inflation fades and interest rates come down

OECD says real wage growth is supporting household incomes and spending but rising geopolitical tensions pose risk to outlook

‘I can only get 9¼ hours of creche time for my daughter’: parents call for State-run childcare

National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established

Irish principals condemn ‘vacuous’ OECD review which missed ‘severe deprivation’ in some schools

Department of Education’s own information repeated in report, leaders of schools in disadvantaged areas say

We should be embarrassed about the Apple ruling but not for the reasons you think

Ireland remains central to a rotten system that deprives some of the poorest countries in the world of much needed tax revenue

Teachers’ salaries have declined in real terms in recent years, OECD report finds

Ireland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countries

Ireland’s corporate tax bubble is now a €30bn hot air balloon

Not for the first time Apple has sent Ireland’s tax figures stratospheric and the Department of Finance running for cover

Women filling majority of new jobs in Irish economy - and trend is only going one way

Female labour force participation has risen steadily from below 50% at the turn of the century to over 60% now, but remains low by international standards

Health insurer VHI won’t have to pay higher 15% corporate tax rate until 2029

Insurer has five-year deferral on new corporate tax rate as it has no international activity

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