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According to reports, Ireland’s new corporate tax rate only applies to companies with a revenue of over €750 million, possibly annual. Reportedly the new rate is part of a campaign by the organisation for economic cooperation and development.

According to reports the oecd, known as g20 is made up of 19 countries and the eu and is affiliated with the u.n. Reportedly, Ireland are expected to join 140 other countries in listening to a revised framework agreement in Paris today. According to the report part two of the agreement allows for a proportion of sales made by multinationals to be taxed in countries where those sales are made.

According to reports the oecd, known as g20 is made up of nineteen countries and the eu, and is affiliated with the u.n.

Reportedly the secretary general of the u.n. said money is needed for critical food amid dwindling supplies in Afghanistan. According to the report donors have pledged more than €1 billion. Speaking after the Geneva ministerial conference on Afghanistan, the u.n. secretary general said he could not determine how much money had been pledged in response to its direct appeal for €606 million, and how much to support other efforts or neighbouring countries.

Reportedly the eu wish to avoid a repeat of the 2015/16 refugee crisis but have currently suspended over a billion dollars of developmental aid to Afghanistan. Lack of food and women’s rights are the main issues. A recent report showed crowds of people outside the newly opened passport office.

According to reports, the Pandora papers consist of 11.9 million leaked documents from eleven off shore providers. Reportedly tax havens such as Switzerland, Dubai and Monaco are used to deposit enormous sums of money, avoiding domestic taxes. Not illegal but unethical. The buying of some properties is detailed though there’s not always evidence of money laundering. According to reports, in some cases property tax was avoided by registering with or buying off shore purchasing companies.

Reportedly Farrer and co. who have a long history of representing the royal family have been named in the Pandora papers as being involved in transferring money to different off shore accounts. According to a report Britain are both a loser of lost revenue and an enabler of the off shore industry. Reportedly, a spiders web of British crown dependencies and overseas territories make up a third of lost revenue.

According to a report, the Irish central bank’s predicted growth of 15.3% this year is linked to the unwinding of €16 billion in excess savings built up during the pandemic, though according to published figures Ireland’s international debt was €237.5 billion at the end of August. Reportedly, Ireland has experienced the highest increase in debt per capita this year, up 9% on 2020.

According to a report, house prices are up 99% since 2013 which is driving people into homelessness. A 10% stamp duty was introduced for the purchase of ten or more residential units over a twelve month period to discourage investment funds from buying up housing estates.

Another incentive, derelict property tax will be discontinued from 1 November.

According to a source the u.s. invited jews to join the born again christian movement some time ago. According to a report, the modern ecumenical movement began with the anglican and lutheran churches between the world wars.

Reportedly, the ultimate goal of ecumenism is a full communion of the protestant, catholic and orthodox churches, but there are different opinions on what Christian unity should be and how it should be achieved. Seen to be political, a possible sign of jewish ecumenism are rabbis in the media with european features and political bias.

According to reports the uk labour party were the subject of a series of allegations of antisemitism, leading to an investigation in May 2019 by the equality and human rights commission. According to the ehrc report antisemitism was a problem within a labour party, known to be traditionally pro Palestinian from a humanist point of view and opposed to disproportionate Israeli defence strategies.

Reportedly, Keir Steimer who took leadership of the labour party in 2020, attended Reigate grammar school which became independent while he was a student, after which he studied at Leeds university followed by Oxford. According to reports he was awarded the queens counsel in 2002, and was head of the crown prosecution services from 2012-17 after which he was awarded knight commander of the order of bath, a royal honour, reportedly awarded for service at the monarch’s faith.

An application for an exploration license may have been submitted by Predator oil and gas, a fossil fuel exploration company for an area in Corrib south, 18 km from the Corrib gas field. According to a report, last week Predator said they were evaluating the Corrib gas field as a possible acquisition of interest. Reportedly Predator are hoping to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal 50 km off the coast of county Cork.

According to a report, northern Ireland protocol has been the most challenging aspect of Brexit. Reportedly, unionists have affirmed their unalterable rejection of the protocol, a reason being lack of funding. Reportedly a source said eu commision leaders want to encourage unionists to look more towards Dublin for support in addressing their concerns.

Reportedly, Michel Barnier who served as the eu’s head of taskforce for the preparation and conduct of negotiations with the uk has proposed that France be exempt from the ruling of the european court of justice and the european court of human rights.

According to reports President Macron innitiated the creation of a european rapid reaction force, eurofor in 1995 in Lisbon with Italy, Portugal and Spain. Reportedly eurofor was answerable to the western european union whose founding treaty, the treaty of Brussels provided for military cooperation between member nations.

Reportedly eurofor who became part of the common security and defence policy, man power of 3,741,229 in 2016 became an eu battle group, but disagreements among the 13 member states resulted in nondeployment. According to a report Macron innitiated the european civil protection force which became operational in 2019.

Reportedly the social democratic party won the majority in the German elections, gaining 53 seats. According to the report, the free democratic party and the greens have agreed to meet each other to discuss the possibility of a coalition. Reportedly, according to an spd source, following the 2017 elections a month of coalition talks resulted in the fdp walking out on the christian democratic union, after which it took six months to form a government.