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PREMIUM Fiona Hslop MSP argues the figures show Scotland's councils would be better off as an independent nation, while the UK Government say they have provided billions in support and funding to Scotland throughout the pandemic. COUNCILS could have as much as £6100 more per person if the UK’s GDP levels matched those of their European neighbours, new analysis has revealed. Data from the House of Commons library research, analysed by the SNP, has shown that the UK is the poorest of all 13 of its neighbouring countries in North West Europe. Previously, the SNP’s Westminster deputy ...

Many home buyers feel aggrieved by the restrictions brought in by the former Central Bank governor six years ago – but the ESRI sees it differently

Following the disastrous failure of management and supervision in the Irish banking system in the years leading up to the 2008 collapse, a referendum in October 2011 proposed extended powers for Oireachtas inquiries, the better to investigate what happened and to allocate corporate and personal responsibility. It was defeated narrowly. An issue at the referendum was the level of confidence that could be placed in elected representatives to employ extra powers with restraint. Over the last few weeks, the reception accorded the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Hom...

The lack of introspection at the stockbroker is of a piece with other scandals in Irish finance

Munster becomes second wealthiest region in European Union as its economy soars above Paris, Brussels and Prague Sean McCarthaigh Updated: 5 Mar 2021, 18:01 MUNSTER is the second-wealthiest region across the entire EU, according to new figures published by the European Commission. A Eurostat report reveals that the GDP per capita in Ireland’s Southern region which incorporates the six counties of Munster as well as Carlow, Wexford and Kilkenny is almost three and a half times the EU average. 2 The average GDP in the Southern region in 2019 was 240 per cent of the EU averageCredit: Alamy 2 F...