Tag Archives: Finances

The difference

Posted on March 5, 2025 by martin

I forget what motivated me to go and look it up, but a few days ago looked into a comparison of the British and Irish economy between shortly after arriving in 2014 and finally leaving in 2021. Below is the … Continue reading →

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The VAT harbringer

Posted on February 10, 2025 by martin

They very first thing the Labour government did upon getting power was to smash private education with 20% VAT in a move that was ill-thought out and was driven by class warfare, but ultimately will go down as the harbringer … Continue reading →

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No sense of reality

Posted on June 24, 2021 by martin

The Irish health minister says it is “too early” to decide whether pubs can open on 5th July. It looks like the government’s sense of the real world is as rock bottom now as it was last summer. This week … Continue reading →

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