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I approached Donal O’Donovan’s report on the numbers getting caught paying the top tax rate on part of their income with trepidation given the headline (‘Over one million workers pay top rate of PAYE, not just the high earners’, Irish Independent, September 23).

A few weeks ago, hundreds of businesspeople gathered in Belfast for a trade summit. They included potential investors from the US, Europe and the Middle East, and the conference was hosted by Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris.

Thousands of health workers in Northern Ireland including paramedics, nurses, midwives and physiotherapists will stage strike action on Thursday and Friday.

Health workers will be striking at the South West Acute Hosptial on Thursday and Friday this week.

Fifteen applications have been lodged with the High Court in Belfast to challenge the British government's controversial legacy legislation after it became law.

Simon Byrne warned of budgetary pressures facing the force that could see the loss more than a thousand police officers by 2025.

Some of the calls include turning off street lights and stopping the treatment of waste water as the department struggles to meet its budget.

There is perhaps an air of unreality about the scale of cuts proposed across the public sector following the recent budget imposed by Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris.

It was committed by an 'aggressive and highly skilled actor'.

The Department of Education must issue guidance by Jan. 1, 2024, on the content and the delivery of the new regulations.