Dublin
Joined November 2010
- Tweets1.1K
- Following5.7K
- Followers709
- Likes35.8K
Niall Power Smith retweeted
As predicted, Budget largesse didn't move the electoral dial. Again.
Maybe government should try an actual tax cut next year. It's been more than two decades since a government has significantly cut personal taxes.
Then abolish USC in the pre-election budget. The evidence says that chunky tax cuts close to elections do affect outcomes.
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Put up tax rates too much, and the amount collected goes down
Leftists don’t understand this and think you can just keep putting taxes up and keep getting more money
You can’t. People leave. Don’t invest, Don’t bother working or work less
Labour doesn’t realise this
Niall Power Smith retweeted
I do love when Nugent makes a gobshite out of himself being a state apologist.
Which is to say, every single time he opens his mouth.
Yes, CSO data shows higher average weekly earnings in the public sector overall. In Q2 2026 (EHQ08), public was €1,261 vs private €979. EAADS 2025 medians: public €1,051 vs private €684.
Nugent’s table (EHQ57) breaks out specific occupation groups in selected sectors, where gaps vary by category rather than showing the aggregate average. CSO notes composition (age, education) explains much of the raw difference.
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Ireland needs to defund political activist NGOs. Let them sink or swim with supporters cash.
The Finnish government is dismantling the NGOcracy. No more state funding for “advocacy” NGOs — only those that provide services will continue to be supported. This is bad news for some essential awareness-raising NGOs who represent the truly underrepresented but it’s GREAT NEWS otherwise because it’s leading to stuff like this: Helsinki Pride is cutting its youth programme. Nice.
Niall Power Smith retweeted
My letter in today's@Independent_ie
I don't want free lunches or concerts for my children. I want to pay less USC and tax so that, as a family, we can decide how best to spend what we earn.
Teenagers in line for €100 allowance to spend on music and arts events as budget talks heat up buff.ly/27gVPjk
Niall Power Smith retweeted
“Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right.” - Ricky Gervais
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Virtue signalling substitutes applause for action. By turning conviction into costume, it cheapens the cause, alienates the unconvinced, and leaves the real work to those too busy doing it to pose for the cameras.
Niall Power Smith retweeted
'I have never yet heard of an economy being taxed into prosperity. I have never heard of a poor person spending himself into wealth.'
Economist Arthur Laffer explains why he believes Britain has a 'totally dysfunctional' tax system.
Watch in full | spectator.com/article/livest… | @realartlaffer | @Simmons__
Niall Power Smith retweeted
“You cannot simultaneously have a welfare state and free immigration.”
— Milton Friedman
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Nobody is going to ever forgive the Americans for what they've done, and nobody should.
Trump signs order to remove endangered species protection for grey wolves bbc.in/4iP3pAF
Niall Power Smith retweeted
👇in which 3 British couples discover
1 if you settle in France, you'll have to pay tax here
2 if you want French friends, it helps if you speak actual French
3 it's way more difficult and expensive since our compatriots stopped 𝐨𝐮𝐫 "free movement"
🤡(oh, and my red ink👇)
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Vienna just built the 3.1 km extension of tram 18 including 7 new stations, a 2km accompanying separated bike path and 200 new trees, for 88 million € (£ 75 mln or £ 24 mln per km).
SO HOW CAN EDINBURGH'S PROPOSED 5 KM NORTH EXTENSION BE £ 2.5 BN??? it's on an existing ROW!!! – at Innsbruck, Austria
North Edinburgh tram extension could be shelved bbc.in/4i61IPg
Niall Power Smith retweeted
🇬🇷 Greece has passed a law that criminalizes assisting migrants in illegally entering or remaining in the country, as well as transporting them from Greece to other countries.
The law, which is widely seen as targeting NGOs and their staff members, imposes severe penalties, including a minimum prison sentence of 10 years and fines starting at €50,000.
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Net migration into Ireland in the year to April was 48,000. In proportionate terms, that is four times the British number.
Niall Power Smith retweeted
New @cso figures show that net immigration from outside the EU and UK dwarfed all other figures. Net results for the year to April 2026 are: Ireland −5.2k; UK +2k; EU +12k; rest of the world +39.1k.
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Ireland’s personal taxes rated second worst among 38 countries. This has been the case for almost two decades.
🌎 The most competitive tax codes in the OECD:
1. 🇪🇪 Estonia
2. 🇱🇻 Latvia
3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
4. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
5. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
7. 🇭🇺 Hungary
8. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
9. 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
10. 🇮🇱 Israel
See full rankings: hubs.ly/Q04tzyPM0
Niall Power Smith retweeted
"I think young people need to start thinking what kind of world they're going to leaving to me and Keith Richards"
- 93-year-old Willie Nelson
Niall Power Smith retweeted
Das dänische Finanzministerium hat offizielle Daten zur Netto-Steuerleistung von Einwanderern aus 36 verschiedenen Ländern veröffentlicht…
24/26 nicht-muslimische Nationen entlasten die Steuerzahler.
Alle 10 muslimischen Nationen kosten Dänemark Geld.
🐘 im Raum.
