# Brian Lucey

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We Need To Talk About Apple: Two top Irish economists go head-to-head over the €13 billion

UCD Professor Moore McDowell says we have nothing to lose in appealing, while TCD Professor Brian Lucey says Ireland should let Apple fight its own battles.

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Sep 4th 2016, 7:00 AM

# rotten apple?

"The government needs its head examined" - should Ireland really throw €13 billion back in the EU's face?

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan insists he will appeal the €13 billion Irish tax bill handed down to Apple by the European Commission.

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Aug 31st 2016, 6:05 AM

# nation once again?

If a united Ireland DID result from Brexit, what would it do to our economy?

Such a situation has just become an awful lot more plausible in the wake of this morning’s referendum result.

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Jun 24th 2016, 6:36 PM

# Brexit

'Britain twice saved the world from tyranny, we'll do what we want' - Tory MP

Gordon Brown reckons a Brexit would make the UK akin to the ‘North Korea of Europe’. So… would it?

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Mar 10th 2015, 7:03 PM

# spinning around

These maps show Ireland's third level spin-off companies - but what do they tell us?

The country’s spin outs all in one place – but what do they need to survive?

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Sep 27th 2014, 10:00 AM

# default in our stars

Argentina just burned its bondholders - could we have done the same?

What makes our situation different from theirs?

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Aug 2nd 2014, 8:30 PM

# Arrears

Buy-to-let mortgages have been "left to fester"

At the current rate, it will take 44 years to clear the buy-to-let arrears backlog.

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Jun 12th 2014, 2:41 PM

# Promissory notes

"The time for burning bondholders is gone": economists address promissory notes

Oireachtas Committee for Finance has heard that Ireland should cancel or defer the repayment of promissory notes.

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Feb 15th 2012, 4:03 PM