Charlie Mccreevy
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Fintan O'Toole: Bad social policy makes for bad budgets
- Opinion
- October 9, 2018, 06:00
The point of a ritual is to reinforce our sense of what is sacred. The ritual of budget day is not meaningless. It carries a message: fiscal policy is(...)

Budget 2019 deals to be hammered out in coming days
- Politics
- October 2, 2018, 00:12
With most spending plans for next year squared off with his Cabinet colleagues in recent weeks, the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe will hold a s(...)

Ryanair seeks tax law changes to deal with industrial relations issue
- Transport & Tourism
- September 20, 2018, 21:48
Ryanair is lobbying for a change to Irish tax laws to allow it tackle a crunch industrial relations issue at the airline, according to its chief execu(...)

Ryanair board survives agm intact but dissatisfaction evident
- Transport & Tourism
- September 20, 2018, 09:08
Ryanair looks likely to face increasing pressure from shareholders in the future to make changes to its board, even though investors voted to re-elect(...)

Former finance minister Charlie McCreevy steps down as Ryanair director
- Transport & Tourism
- September 15, 2018, 05:50
Former finance minister Charlie McCreevy and one-time partner with accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Declan McKeon are stepping down as Ryanair direc(...)

Losing out on dwelling house relief
- Personal Finance
- August 28, 2018, 05:50
In a piece recently about a row within a family over an inheritance where the son who had minded his mother for many year might lose out, would he not(...)

Reducing tax relief on contributions will not solve pension crisis, say actuaries
- Personal Finance
- July 4, 2018, 04:00
Reducing tax relief on pension contributions risks undermining the Government’s strategy to improve coverage and adequacy of income for people in reti(...)

Wealthy gifted €176m worth of property tax free in 2016
- Personal Finance
- May 30, 2018, 05:30
More than 600 people availed of a now restricted relief to pass on property worth some €176 million in 2016 free of tax, latest figures from Revenue s(...)

Pat Leahy: Leo Varadkar has learnt from the Ahern playbook
- Opinion
- February 24, 2018, 05:00
The keenest students of successful politicians are often the successors of their defeated opponents. Tony Blair served his political apprenticeship w(...)

‘Bungalow Blitz’ another nail in the coffin for towns and villages
- Opinion
- February 13, 2018, 05:04
Just over 30 years ago, I wrote about the rampant suburbanisation of Ireland’s countryside by “one-off” houses in a three-part series we called Bungal(...)