@CliffTaylorIT

Irish Times. Views expressed are personal

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A public pay deal will be done – and here’s what it will look like irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: A public pay deal will be done - and here’s what it will look like

The Government has to make a show of safeguarding public money. Unions have to fight for every last euro. There will be a few late nights - but a deal is inevitable

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The most interesting assessment of the budget is the one you haven’t yet heard irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: The most interesting assessment of the budget is the one you haven’t yet heard

Despite the corporate tax boom, Irish budgets are not boosting real spending power. There’s one good reason for that

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This was my weekend estimate of the budget gain for a single earner … let’s see how it shapes up tomorrow … Middle earners could be €750 better off post-budget, but they may not be impressed irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: Middle earners could be up to €750 better off post-budget. They may not be overwhelmed

It is ironic that the hardline fiscal conservative of Irish politics is Jack Chambers because he wants to control spending

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Opinion: The key indicator is the cost the US government has to pay to raise new debt... On fears of further inflation, the interest rate on US government 10-year debt has gone through the 5% barrier and reached 5.2% this week, its highest since 2007. irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: Something critical happened to the ‘most important price in the world’ this week

Interest rate on US government 10-year debt reached its highest level since 2007, with Ireland on an inflationary knife edge

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Unscrambling Ireland’s rollercoaster export figures irishtimes.com/your-money/20…

The new ‘Double Irish’ behind the economy’s rollercoaster export figures

A new ‘Double Irish’ seems to be central to the big fall in the value of exports in the first half of 2026

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Updated as more details come out.... big rows ahead on the final details though. Budget 2027: From income tax to childcare – here’s what we know so far irishtimes.com/your-money/20…

Social welfare, Help-to-Buy, tax changes and childcare costs: Everything we know about Budget 2027...

Spending of €7 billion planned with €1.5 billion in tax reductions

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Ireland’s corporate tax advantage is over. So what’s the plan? irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: Ireland’s corporate tax advantage is over. So what’s the plan?

The mutual Ireland Inc plámás between Irish governments and the big multinationals means about as much as Donald Trump’s assurances

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Budget 2027: From income tax to childcare – here’s what we know so far irishtimes.com/your-money/20…

Social welfare, Help-to-Buy, tax changes and childcare costs: Everything we know about Budget 2027...

Spending of €7 billion planned with €1.5 billion in tax reductions

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Cliff Taylor: There is a landmine posing a big danger to next month’s budget irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: There is a landmine posing a big danger to next month’s budget

Ministers have raised hopes of a giveaway budget - but events are turning against them

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The best fixed-rate mortgage offers may soon disappear irishtimes.com/your-money/20…

The best three and five year fixed-rate mortgage offers will soon disappear

Division of opinion between economists and those trading the market on how many times interest rates will rise in this cycle

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The Republic has just borrowed money at under 3.5% – few other countries could do likewise irishtimes.com/your-money/20…

Ireland has just borrowed money at under 3.5% – few other countries could do likewise

The State’s safe haven reputation is worth fighting to hold on to

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If there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: If there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden

Excise duty cuts decision indicates if there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden

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Fuel excise cuts have been given a reprieve – but what happens if oil prices stay high? irishtimes.com/your-money/20…

Fuel excise cuts have been given a reprieve – but what happens if oil prices stay high?

Squaring that particular cost-of-living circle could blow a hole in the budgetary arithmetic

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Most of Ireland’s big targets on housing, infrastructure and families are stuff of fiction irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: Most of Ireland’s big targets on housing, infrastructure and families are stuff of...

Nobody believes these fantasy targets, but as they are still ‘policy’, everyone has to pretend they are relevant

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Most of Ireland’s big targets on housing, infrastructure and families are stuff of fiction irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: Most of Ireland’s big targets on housing, infrastructure and families are stuff of...

Nobody believes these fantasy targets, but as they are still ‘policy’, everyone has to pretend they are relevant

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Everyone agrees Irish house prices are overvalued. We’re in risky territory irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: Almost everyone agrees house prices are overvalued. We’re in risky territory

The more prices get out of line, the higher the risk if there is an economic shock from AI, the tech sector, the Middle East situation or something else

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What do the billions in Summer Economic Statement mean for tax and public services? irishtimes.com/business/econ…

What do the billions in Summer Economic Statement mean for tax and public services?

Promises made on tackling the cost of living could be well-nigh impossible to honour

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Serious Government row looms over who gets what in Budget 2027 irishtimes.com/business/econ…

What do the billions in Summer Economic Statement mean for tax and public services?

Promises made on tackling the cost of living could be well-nigh impossible to honour

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€1.5bn to be set aside for tax package for workers in summer economic statement irishtimes.com/politics/2026…

€1.5bn to be set aside for tax package for workers in summer economic statement

Expenditure increases limited to €7bn with €1.5bn to be set aside for tax package aimed at increasing take-home pay

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Cliff Taylor: If you get up at a ridiculous hour to sit in horrendous traffic, there may be good news irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Cliff Taylor: If you get up at a ridiculous hour to sit in horrendous traffic, there may be good...

But you might not want to get too excited

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