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Three alternative Budget 2027 plans with one thing in common: spend, spend, spend (opens the original)
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The three main Opposition parties have published their alternative budgets and â not surprisingly â one thing is clear. There is no constituency for a lower spending/lower tax agenda. Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats and the Labour Party are all trying to lure voter support by majoring on cost-of-living measures and even greater giveaways to households than the Government is likely to find money to afford. The alternative budgets for the three parties sets the scene for fierce budget rows in
Budget 2027: I donât know what a tax band is ... (opens the original)
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The income tax change in the budget are set to involve moves in tax bands, credits, and the universal social charge (USC). As such, their impact on individual taxpayers can be very different, depending on how much they earn and other factors. Here is what you need to know. The most significant change for many middle and higher income taxpayers will be in this area. The income tax band determines how much of your income you pay at the lower, or standard, 20 per cent income tax rate. The rest of y
Cliff Taylor: Something critical happened to the âmost important price in the worldâ this week (opens the original)
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It has been coming for a while. Stock markets have been operating on the basis that the disruption to energy supplies in the Gulf was temporary â troubling but likely to pass. Nine days ago, JP Morgan, the big US investment bank, did something unusual. Its oil analysts admitted that for the first time since the Iran conflict started, they didnât have a view on how it would end. âWe simply donât know how to model the endgame.â As the bankers wrote, the markets have been working on the v
Unscrambling Irelandâs rollercoaster export figures (opens the original)
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Irelandâs exports to the US fell by 65 per cent in the first half of this year, dropping to â¬26.2 billion from â¬75.1 billion in the same period of 2025. It is the latest part of a rollercoaster ride. This scale of fall-off would normally be enough to start a panic. But in Ireland, many national economic statistics are so distorted we need to look for the reality behind the data. When we measure exports, we normally refer to their value. The recent Central Bank quarterly report pointed out
Global markets are signalling danger. Hereâs what it means for Irish households (opens the original)
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How do we interpret the turmoil on global markets? US longer-term borrowing costs have touched levels not seen since 2007, the Federal Reserve has pushed up its key interest rate â against the wishes of US president Donald Trump â and international markets donât seem to know which side is up. What does this mean for Ireland and for Irish households and do we need to be worried? Interest rates are rising for two fundamental reasons. One is an expectation that inflation will now climb again
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