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9th – 15th March

SUNDAY

KBC Bank to court non-PAYE customers
The Sunday Times (Ireland), 10/03/2019
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MONDAY

‘Majority voting’ could see five states decide EU taxes
Irish independent 11/03/2019
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Brexit negotiations highlight UK incompetence
The Irish Time 11/03/19
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Ireland does well on shadow economy policy
Irish Examiner 11/03/2019
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European Commission plan on tax was a ‘red line’ for Ireland
Irish Examiner 11/03/2019
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TUESDAY

Mushroom picker’s injury case withdrawn after film shown of her cycling
Irish Examiner 12/03/2019
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WEDNESDAY

GERARD HOWLIN: A refuge from accountability and a bulwark against transparency
Irish Examiner 13/03/2019
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Time to fix our capital after a 45-year hiatus
Irish Examiner 13/03/2019
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TDs cast sceptical eye over new banking culture board
Irish Examiner 13/03/2019
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Plans for EU digital tax abandoned until end of 2020
The Irish Time 13/03/19
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THURSDAY

Smuggling at the Border: Why the UK’s Brexit plan is raising fears
The Irish Time 14/03/19
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Ireland will soon have difficult decisions to make on the Border
The Irish Time 14/03/19
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It’s war: EU will retaliate over British tariffs threat
Irish independent 14/03/2019
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€20,000 for boy who cut eyebrow on bollard
Irish independent 14/03/2019
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Brendan Keenan: ‘Memories of dark past in some heady figures from the present’
Irish independent 14/03/2019
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Richard Curran: ‘More non-bank lenders needed to spoil the bankers’ party’
Irish independent 14/03/2019
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€15m M20 design contract awarded
Irish Examiner 14/03/2019
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FRIDAY

Copper Face Jacks could be yours . . . for a cool €40m
Irish independent 15/03/2019
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Lawyers accused of using litigation to stop deportation to face no further action
The Irish Time 15/03/19
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Disagreeable union: Is the EU at risk of a slow disintegration?
The Irish Time 15/03/19
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The Border after Brexit: less a backstop, more a loophole?
The Irish Time 15/03/19
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Uncertainty stalks global car industry as it prepares to go electric
The Irish Time 15/03/19
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Chaotic scenes in UK as Brexit stalled
Irish Examiner 07/03/2019
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This week’s articles from the IRN

Sham redundancy of manager leads to total €70,000 award
A property company acted hastily when it dismissed an investment manager, without giving him an opportunity to consider his position, and must now pay him €69,230.
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Museum refused access to employee’s medical records
The Court of Appeal has rejected an application from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) for an order requiring one of its employees to make discovery of all documentation relating to his mental health.
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Dunnes Stores workers submit requests under new ‘banded hours’ Act
Earlier this week, up to 1,000 Dunnes Stores employees submitted requests for more contractual working hours, under a new provision in the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2018, which puts banded hours on a statutory footing.
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Government agrees text of Gender Pay Gap Bill
The Government has agreed the text of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill, which it says meets a commitment “to take measures to reduce the gender pay gap, which currently stands at almost 14% and to promote wage transparency by requiring companies of 50 and more employees to complete a wage survey”.
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