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€13bn tax battle: Apple and Ireland win appeal against EU ruling

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2020 Post a comment

Apple and Ireland have won their appeal against the European Commission’s €13.1 billion tax ruling. The case arises from the European Commission’s 2016 direction to Ireland to recover €13.1 billion in unpaid taxes from the US tech giant. The disputed taxes cover an 11-year period between 2003 and 2014, as well as €1.2 billion in […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Cheerful and still pretty cheap

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

I first visited Portugal in the late 1970s. The country had not long emerged from a right-wing dictatorship. It was under-developed, poor and very, very cheap. We bought a nice bottle of wine in a restaurant for next to nothing, then found one in a café for even nexter to nothing and another in a […]

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Kilkenny man named as one of ‘Top 10 Most Powerful People’ in Europe

By Kilkenny Now 10th December 2019 0

The European Commissioner for Trade – Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan – has been named as one of the top 10 most people in Europe. Mr Hogan came in tenth place in US magazine Politico’s 2020 list of the 28 most powerful people in Europe – just two places behind Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Politico compiles an annual […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan could be ‘Britain’s saviour’ – report

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Phil Hogan, recently selected as the EU’s chief trade negotiator, could prove to be the British government’s best friend when it comes to hammering out a trade deal. That’s the expert view of The Irish Times political columnist Stephen Collins. He argues the Kilkenny man, despite his typically blunt criticism of British Prime Minister […]

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BREXIT BREAKING: Kilkenny’s Big Phil lays down the law to British Government

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has bluntly told the British Government there will be no renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement. New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly said the backstop, the insurance policy to avoid a hard border, must be abolished in order to prevent a chaotic no-deal […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan in line for even bigger EU job, despite controversy over beef deal: report

By Kilkenny Now 7th July 2019 0

EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – is in line for an even more prestigious job in Brussels, according to a report today. The Sunday Times says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar “is poised to reappoint” the Kilkenny man as Ireland’s nominee to the European Commission in the expectation that the former environment minister […]

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EU trade deal with South America could be ‘catastrophe’ for Kilkenny farmers: TD

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

THE proposed EU trade deal with South America could be “catastrophic” for local farmers, a Kilkenny TD has warned. Deputy Bobby Aylward spoke out after Irish farmers’ organisations expressed outrage over the announcement that negotiators from the European Union and the South American Mercosur trading block have agreed a trade deal that will “greatly damage […]

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‘A slap in the face for Irish farmers’ – Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan under fire over EU-South America trade deal

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has come under fierce criticism from Irish farmers over a highly controversial new trade deal with South America. Under the deal, which the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has described as “reckless and wrong”, up to 99,000 tonnes of South American beef will come into […]

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ALERT: How to beat the burglars and ensure your property is safe this Summer

By Kilkenny Now 12th June 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have urged householders who are jetting off on holidays this Summer to ensure their properties are locked and secure while they are away. The warning comes as local gardai announced they will be carrying out a range of initiatives to clampdown on burglaries this month. On June 19, to coincide with a EU […]

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EU Commissioner – Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan – announces plans to help young farmers

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has signalled a range of new initiatives to benefit young farmers. Speaking to members of the EU young farmers group CEJA, the Kilkenny man said he is looking at introducing lump sum payments for older farmers who permanently transfer their holding to young farmers. […]