Above: Illustration by Mice Hell. Noonan’s permanently constipated looking head might have shuffled off the political coil but what kinda nonsense economic policy has he left us with? Ireland’s corporate free for all, otherwise known as a foreign direct investment strategy model has been undermined by the EU commission’s damning report into Apple. Reports of a 26% growth in GDP have little basis in the actual productive economy of the … Read More
Simple Simon.
Above: 5 Harbourmaster Place, an IFSC building which according to Cillian Doyle houses around 250 companies controlling almost €2 billion worth of assets. But with no employees. How’s that for a recovery? Cillian Doyle of People Before Profit advises Simon Coveney to take a walk down to the IFSC and calls out Ireland on the Counter Punch website for being a tax haven in all but name. It’s a … Read More
RENUA: The Party of the 1%.
Twitter user and self described humanist, Peter Ferguson, took the unusual step of engaging with Renua’s website yesterday. Renua removed the Tax Calculator from their site this morning.
Occupy Your Rights: Employees Entitlements
Following the success of the Vita Cortex workers’ occupation, employees of businesses in financial trouble may look to sit-ins as a way of securing their entitlements. Here’s a handy guide drawn up by Hayes Solicitors. Worth noting that Employees are ‘Preferred Creditors’ in Ireland but ranked behind ‘Revenue, Liquidator and holders of fixed charges [usually banks]’. In the UK the Crown (the equivalent of Revenue) was removed as a … Read More
#staffRights: Pay The Bentley Staff
A Galway late venue has closed without paying staff in what seems to be becoming standard practice in the hospitality industry. The Bentley, a late venue in the heart of Galway city was reopened following it’s closure in 2012 (then known as Cuba) by Mayo brothers Shane & and James Broderick. Shane is a doctor in UHG (Galway Regional) while James is a pharmacist in the city. They told … Read More
#rabbleRaker: The Google Archipelago
Cowprint rugs, beanbags, snooker tables, tax mitigation. Life at Google sure is sweet. Ronan Lynch says otherwise as he dives behind the Doodles to find out why not all Googlers are feeling lucky. For all its oft-touted motto ‘Don’t be evil’, Google Inc is a world-striding multinational corporation, and few people expect the company to behave like a charity. Still, Google is probably unhappy about all the recent publicity … Read More
Tax Starbucks – No One Likes An Angry Poet
As UK Uncut takes on the might of Starbucks – enjoy a riff from poet Steve Pottinger and think on what might be. Starbucks pays less tax in Ireland than one of their cleaners. The Brits have had enough of this shit and are shaming the likes of Starbucks & Google, protesting and voting with their feet. The politicians are getting worried and some of these big corporations are starting … Read More
Return of the Booze Cruise
The increase on excise duty in today’s budget puts us in mind of the great holiday jaunts of pre-boom Ireland. The booze cruise was a strange phenomenon in pre-Ryanair days whereby your mates would nick a shopping trolley from Quinnsworth and £7 foot passenger ticket for the ferry to Holyhead, fill up with duty free tobacco and alcohol and divvy it up on return that night. Great Days. Our British … Read More
{Infographic} The Benefit of 100% Wealth Tax.
An infographic by Redmonk