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variety

The Irish government has upped its tax breaks for production to 32% beginning in 2015, and extended it to include talent from outside the European Union — including U.S. stars — for their work in Ireland, bringing it in line with the U.K. incentives

 

But what does it mean?

 

“The Cost of Hollywood talent is now covered by the tax incentive”

Yay.

Braveheart 2!

Michael Collins 2

Ryan’s Daughter 2

Far And Away 2

New movies!

Ireland Ups Tax Incentive to 32% Beginning 2015 (Variety)

weddingMmm.

Christian.

Muriel Molloy writes:

In through the letter box of a Saturday afternoon, just a smidgen of vitriolic bile from the Catholic Church. Suggested letter to send to people to decline your invite to their non-church wedding. This makes me sad because I had a non-religious ceremony and would have been devastated if we had got this from someone…

 

Previously: I Am Not Homophobic I Am A Catholic

wsj

Look?

Green shoots.

Ireland’s house prices have recently shown signs of stabilising for the first time since 2007, with prices having risen on an annual basis for four straight months, according to the Central Statistics Office. But the country may still struggle to bring an end to its household-debt crisis until it finds a way to help its weakened banks pare down the large number of mortgage loans on their books that are in arrears.
“The banks do not have the capital to take a hit and the sovereign does not want to put more money into the banks,” said Ciaran Callaghan, an analyst at Merrion Capital. “And therein lies the dilemma.”

 

Ah.

Ireland’s Household Debt Crisis Still Far From Over (Eamon Quinn, Wall Street Journal)