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Updated 7.20pm
THE EUROPEAN UNION is expected to announce tomorrow that it will begin a formal investigation into Ireland’s tax deals with multinationals.
RTÉ reports that EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia will make the announcement tomorrow, but the European Commission is firmly saying “no comment”.
International concern about the tax practices of multinational firms in Ireland has been growing in recent years with both the G7 and European Commission saying that they wish to see greater controls globally.
Ireland was brought into specific focus by hearings in the US Senate when Apple’s CFO claimed that the Ireland had given the company a special 2% tax rate over 30 years ago.
That claim has been repeatedly rejected by the government, with Taoiseach Enda Kenny saying that the effective rate of tax is around 11.9% in Ireland.
A spokesperson for Almunia said that they are not commenting on the speculation.
A full blown investigation into Ireland’s tax regime would “be worrying and serious”, Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesperson Michael McGrath has said.
Speaking at Government Buildings this evening, Enda Kenny said in relation to Ireland’s corporation tax that the legislation underpinning it “is very strong, is ethically implemented and we’ll defend that robustly”.
- additional reporting from Hugh O’Connell
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crazy story , you would have to feel sorry for his family
interesting story. although it’s missing the link of how they discovered his past when he died. fingerprinting during autopsy?
then they would have had him years ago when he died. anyway I don’t think they take prints from dead body when they have and I.D anyway. several ways. scouting areas he was last seen maybe someone pointed in right direction. maybe he went back to childhood home. or maybe tv appeal with pictures. it nabbed whitey bulger
I hope you’re not a detective James.
Don’t call me Shirley!
Surely you can’t be serious?
So I guess they were wrong when they said at his trial ” no matter how much punishment he would receive, he could never change his character so as to be safe to be turned loose in public.”
How do you know they were wrong?
Because he seems to have gone on to live a fruitful life after.
little jim, the investigation would have uncovered something.
How did they finally twig who he was, what triggered the investigation????
they never stop looking for you in the US until they are positive you are dead. they were still looking into the guy who escaped alcatraz till recently. also whitey bulger. one would have given up on that but there you go they got him
Not bad for a man who would never integrate into society.
good movie to be made from it
Proud?Flip all use discovering it now
How did his second wife die?
His massive heart attack was his victims real justice in the end
not really .thats a good way to go .
We can all go to sleep knowing that we are safe. The American government don’t even know what’s living among them.
He died at the age of 67,and had been found guilty of a crime committed over 57 years previous. That would make him around 9 at the time of the crime…. Hmmmm
plus the 11 years since his death makes him 20 at the time of the murder
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