IRELAND WILL BE TAKEN TO TAX... EU calls for 15% corporate rate in fear over tech firm regulation

TAOISEACH Micheal Martin said he had a “warm” meeting with UK Prime Minister Liz Truss yesterday — as he also tried to cosy up to Larry the Cat.

Mr Martin was obviously feline good about his chances with the famous Downing

Street moggy as he bent down to pet him.

However, fleet-footed

Larry gave the

Taoiseach the slip as he ran from the scene.

Thankfully, Mr Martin insisted his meeting with Ms Truss went a lot better.

He said: “I’ve had a good telephone conversation last that one of its purposes is “to conclude decisions on the minimum corporate tax rate”.

In 2021, more than 130 jurisdictions, including all EU member states and members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), agreed to set a minimum global

corporate tax rate of 15 per cent. week with the British Prime Minister, had an initial warm meeting this morning where we discussed many issues in the context of the British-Irish relationship.

“But I do think the opportunity is there for us to reset relationships and to be conscious of what we achieved in previous years, the obstacles that were overcome then.

“That gives us the strength to know we have the capacity to overcome current obstacles, current issues that potentially could impede the relationship, and I believe we can overcome them.”

A year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, hard-liners appear to hold sway in the Taliban-led government.

Teenage girls are still barred from school and women are required to cover themselves from head to toe in public, with only their eyes showing.

The religious group has failed to deliver on various promises to enable girls’ return to the classroom.

The ban primarily impacts girls aged 12 to 18.

The UN estimates that more than a million girls have been barred from attending high school.