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Tom Forth highlights that Ireland imposes higher overall taxes and income taxes compared to the UK, except for the lowest earners. He also notes that, similar to its neighbors, Ireland has a stronger economy when adjusted to GNI.
In earlier analysis, Tom Forth explained that major rail and metro projects in Ireland and other European countries are funded predominantly by taxes, including higher levels of public spending on infrastructure in Denmark, Sweden, and France. Forth has also examined how economic differences between North and South Britain began to emerge in the late 1970s, as documented in his graph on regional divergence. These topics have figured in his recent commentary on tax and economic structures across the UK and Ireland.