Tech giant tax should be ‘shared amongst EU countries’; HSE productivity; and Eleanor Donaldson appeal

Ireland’s tax receipts from tech giants should be redistributed amongst European countries, the French finance minister has told The Irish Times.Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has described the aim of welcoming Canada as an “associate member” of the European Union as a “positive move”.The Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing fresh questions over hospital productivity, after new analysis found inpatient activity rose by just 2 per cent over the past six years, despite a 52 per cent increase in real spending.Ministers at Stormont are to conduct a review into the ‘trial of the facts’ mechanism in which Eleanor Donaldson was deemed medically unfit to stand trial after she was found to have aided and abetted Jeffrey Donaldson’s child sex abuse.A data centre which was granted planning permission from Mayo County Council last year, has had it overturned. Presented by Andrew McNair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.