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Could Joe Biden's tax plan hit Ireland’s economy? © Getty Images President Biden is proposing a global minimum corporate tax rate which could affect US investment in Ireland Wander around Dublin's Grand Canal Quay and you get a sense of how successful the Republic of Ireland has been in attracting US technology companies. Google has its international headquarters across a campus of offices and will soon have more space nearby at the Boland's Mill development. Just across the canal, Facebook has its international HQ with Tripadvisor and AirBnB close by. Stripe, the United States-based pay...

Questions have been raised about whether lockdown decision-makers are suffering from an "unconscious bias" when deciding Covid restrictions because they are "predominantly a group of educated, white, middle-aged Dublin-based men". The issue has been raised by psychologist Professor Orla Muldoon, who sits on the behaviour and communication subcommittee that advises Nphet. Prof Muldoon told the Sunday Independent the group has expressed its concerns to the decision-makers about the "need to diversify". "As it stands, there are no women on the Covid-19 Cabinet sub-committee and there are no wome...

European Union countries clash over unequal vaccine distribution CNBC 3/15/2021 Silvia Amaro Austria, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia wrote to the European Commission to complain that jabs are not being delivered on a proportionate basis. Their complaint follows news that AstraZeneca will not meet its delivery targets in the coming months. The European Commission has argued that distribution is a "transparent process" and it was the member states' decision to add flexibility to the allocation of inoculations. © Provided by CNBC Nursing staff wa...

The minister’s comments come as the New York Times reports today that tens of millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses are sitting ‘idly’ on shelves in US manufacturing facilities awaiting trial results, while over 70 countries worldwide, including Ireland have already approved the vaccine. There is reportedly a push on White House and federal health officials to decide whether to keep or share the 30m dose stockpile, with some arguing the administration should ‘let them go abroad’ to countries in need of the approved vaccine, while others argue that they are not ready to relinquish t...

Digital Desk StaffFinance Minister, Pascal Donohoe has described the behaviour of 16 Davy's employees as "outrageous" and has committed to strengthening the…