Ikea brand owner Inter Ikea could be ordered to pay millions in Dutch back taxes by the end of the year, two sources said, as EU competition enforcers push on with their crackdown against unfair tax deals granted to multinationals.

As expected, Ireland have overcome Gibraltar thanks to an own goal and a late Robert Brady strike. Ger McCarthy runs the rule over the lessons learned.

Mick McCarthy arches his eyebrows the way he does when a question comes from a bit out of left-field.

Two more days until the dawn of a new era for the Republic of Ireland senior men’s team and, with Mick McCarthy’s hand back on the tiller, there has been an inevitable focus on the contrast between his current rank and file and those under his command when he first roamed international waters with the Boys in Green.

At the end of an atrocious year for the Irish football team, results will be off the agenda for a couple of hours at least when Dublin hosts the Euro 2020 draw tomorrow.

Latest figures released by the EU show that Ireland had the lowest percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) spent on its Defence Forces of any of the EU’s 28 member states.

The Republic of Ireland will face a rerun of their World Cup qualifying campaign in the inaugural UEFA Nations League.

Only in Malta and Luxembourg is broadband more expensive.

Ireland is the eighth most expensive country in Europe for the average cost of broadband — despite being among the slowest in Europe for average broadband speeds.

Ireland is lagging behind the European average in not having female political party leaders.

Irish students spend more time in school than those in most other developed countries.

A court appeal by a couple who were fined in Switzerland for keeping their daughters out of mandatory mixed-gender school swimming lessons for reasons linked to their Muslim faith has been rejected.

Spain retained top spot in Group G after a 4-0 scoreline at home to Macedonia was matched by rivals Italy in Liechtenstein.

Banks based in Britain will lose access to EU markets after Brexit unless the country remains in the broader European trading group that includes nations such as Norway, the head of Germany’s Bundesbank warned yesterday.

A man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and a burning liquid has died of his wounds, as has one of his victims, police said.

A gunman fired shots early yesterday into a small crowd attending an open air concert organised by a local motorcycle club, killing two people and wounding 11 others before shooting himself to death, police said.

Brian Carroll outlines the bizarre case of Kevin McGeever, who conned his way around the world duping investors on a fictional path that lead to his conviction over a fake kidnapping

Kyran Fitzgerald tracks the rise and rise of a trillion-dollar global industry designed to avoid taxes, protect the wealth, and much worse.

Uncertainty over the future of Britain remaining in the EU has big pharmaceutical manufacturers in Ireland, and around the world, worried.

Applications have opened for Ireland’s new credit card-sized passport.

Successful negotiations with landlords on reducing rents coupled with revenue growth for the Irish arm of luxury brand, Swarovski is leading the firm down a path of more sustained profitability.

Ahead of the resumption of European Championship qualifying with the game against Gibraltar in Faro on Friday, the Irish team will get its first taste of its new training base when they commence preparations at Abbotstown on Monday morning.

The European Union has stated that it will not change mainland Europe’s passport-free system of travel.

Even though the vexed matter of qualification for the Euro finals in France next year is a much more pressing concern, Ireland will today learn their qualifying destiny for the World Cup in Russia in 2018 when the preliminary draw takes place in St Petersburg, kicking off at 4pm Irish time.

Police have confirmed the remains found at a farm outside Glasgow are those of missing Cork student Karen Buckley, Water-charges protesters can't bin their bills -  as not enough have received them and Ulster Rugby have announced the retirement of prop Declan Fitzpatrick at the age of 31. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of student Karen Buckley, a Labour senator has published plans to make cyberbullying a criminal offence and Jason McAteer says Roy Keane persuaded Alex Ferguson not to axe him many times. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

Irish people holidaying in mainland Europe risk being turned away from public hospitals if they do not carry a European Health Insurance Card.

The days of global corporations exploiting Irish tax agreements to minimise their tax bills may be coming to an end, according to KPMG.

Two young men lost their lives in separate accidents over the Easter weekend.

Ireland has a higher homicide rate than most of our European neighbours, according to a UN report.

Martin O’Neill admitted it was ironic that his Republic of Ireland side will have to slug it out with Scotland for Euro 2016 qualification.

The Republic of Ireland are expected to figure among the second seeds for the Euro 2016 qualifying draw in Nice on February 23 next year.

The IRFU faces an increasingly difficult task in persuading top Irish players to stay with their provinces after an amendment to a Government scheme which means they no longer need to finish their careers here to avail of attractive tax breaks.

Domino’s Pizza has reported a near-4% year-on-year increase in third-quarter sales in Ireland.

Moves against tax evasion would be unnecessary if states used the existing anti-tax evasion and fraud law, writes Ann Cahill

Irish airline passengers and dozens of European countries will be allowed to check themselves through immigration in a new self-service border control.

Tax dodging causes the EU to lose around €1 trillion of income each year, the president of the European Council said yesterday as he announced that EU leaders would discuss the issue at a summit next month.

Quick-service restaurant chain, Domino’s Pizza, envisages “significant” growth opportunities for its Irish operations, after ‘year on year’ sales growth of 8% in the first three months of the year.

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