Ireland needs to have a real debate about the level of public services and social infrastructure it wishes to have in the coming decades and how these are to be financed, writes Eamon Murphy.

It is barely a week since Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe was forced to defend his budget for 2019 in the face of trenchant criticism from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.

A measured step in the right direction but the exit tax for businesses applicable from midnight tonight may surprise some, according to Pádraig Cronin, Tax Partner and Vice Chairman at Deloitte,

The Finance Minister says its vital that we retain control over our corporate tax policy.

The Central Bank’s Philip Lane and fiscal watchdog Seamus Coffey have warned about the many risks facing the economy. They should add online shopping to the list, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Increased corporation tax revenues should be used to fund a new €100m Fair Deal scheme for home care, a report has recommended.

Republican tax negotiators are targeting a US corporate tax rate of 20%, much higher than President Donald Trump wants — setting up a key decision for the president on a top legislative priority.

A new report on Corporate Tax has been criticised for not recommending ways of ending loop holes in the system.

The government has been told to expect the corporate tax intake to stay at its current high level until 2020 at least.

The Government has downplayed the possibility of a fresh attack on Ireland’s corporate tax rate following the election of Emmanuel Macron in France.

EU finance ministers have agreed to close a loophole that allowed multinationals to avoid paying corporate taxes, in part by funnelling profits through Ireland.

The White House press secretary Sean Spicer has praised Ireland's economic policies.

For a second successive year corporate tax revenues have risen steeply, but Government officials and ministers are not letting on to the sources of the bounty.

The events of the year will not only have major political implications but even more importantly they have the potential to have considerable and far-reaching economic consequences not only for us but for most of the world.

Ireland is one of the world’s worst corporate tax havens according to new research by Oxfam.

The Taoiseach has reiterated the Government's intention for Ireland to retain its 12.5% corporate tax rate.

Over the last several weeks the issue of Brexit has been consuming many column inches, not just here, but across global print and electronic media.

The IDA has played down the threat to Ireland’s competitiveness of the UK’s plans to slash its corporate tax rate to 15%, saying the tackling of high business costs and ensuring the availability of a skilled workforce are bigger concerns.

Ireland has helped delay an EU deal on corporate tax-dodging over fears it could harm the economy.

Corporate taxes contributed about 15% of all tax revenues the State raises, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said yesterday, but there was no disguising the extent to which the billions of euro in extra company tax unexpectedly pouring into the exchequer has boosted the chances of the Coalition parties at the looming election.

McDonald’s exploited a pact with Luxembourg to avoid tax on hundreds of millions of euros in profits for more than half a decade, EU regulators alleged as they added the Big Mac maker to a growing list of US firms facing a fiscal clampdown.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said that Ireland has little to fear from attempts by the world’s richest countries to get multinational companies to pay more tax, re-iterating that the country’s headline 12.5% rate is not under threat.

The finance minister says he is willing to consider new proposals from the EU to level the playing field for corporate tax.

Despite the fears of not so long ago, the Irish economy is beginning to once again grow strongly.

The UK is to cut its corporate tax rate from 20% to 18% by 2020; thus lessening Ireland’s advantage in attracting foreign direct investment. The North is also seeking to get a special rate in the next few years of 12.5%, to match Ireland’s.