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Tax Corner: What is overseas workday relief and how does it affect your income from foreign employment?
The quantum of relief that can be claimed on income which relates to a particular qualifying year will be the lower of 30% of ...
Some 52% of people ‘have recently been somewhere refusing or discouraging cash’
Nearly seven in 10 people surveyed said they had used cash to pay for something in the previous two weeks, according to cash ...
Aoife Moore: Why wouldn’t the Irish government just help the children of GAA Palestine?
The politics and public will move on, our disappointment will fade, but the real tragedy is that small children with little ...
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness on his football focus, that 2014 Kerry loss and the challenge of stopping David Clifford
It’s not just the new rules that have changed the game Jim McGuinness and Donegal are hoping to conquer 11 years after that ...
What’s driving Northern Ireland’s rising house prices, and what might be next for the housing market?
A housing market with prices that are expected to continue to grow and yet remains relatively more affordable than other ...
Opinion
Figures on children going missing from care raise serious questions - The Irish News view
The current system is obviously not appropriate and if the Stormont Executive is to avoid the potentially tragic consequences of such negligence, it needs to act immediately ...
‘Discipline Must Be Taught by Fear’ Judge Backs Teacher’s Right to Cane - On This Day in 1925
“If every child has to be educated by law it is absolutely essential and very necessary that there shall be discipline, and to teach discipline there must be the fear of punishment”. This was the ...
Stormont MLAs rack up £50k printing and photocopying bill in a year
Costs associated with printing and photocopying at the constituency offices of Stormont’s 90 MLAs came to £47,971 in 12 months ...
PSNI to install audio and video at Northern Ireland’s ports
The PSNI has agreed to install video and audio equipment in all ports after legal action was taken by a Belfast based ...
Tom Collins: Righting history’s wrongs is the challenge for our times
The six counties is a failed economic and political entity whose continued presence outside a reunified Ireland is a stain on ...
Mary Kelly: Good Morning United Ireland with Richard and Mary Lou
Richard Madeley is known for a lot of things – chiefly being the embarrassing half of the hugely successful husband and wife ...
Darragh McCarthy reveals how positive approached paid off with crucial Tipperary penalty
In the aftermath of Tipperary’s against-the-odds All-Ireland triumph, all sorts of little details behind the success come to light. Premier wonderkid Darragh McCarthy could’ve bowed to pressure when ...