Shares levy ‘must be scrapped’ to stem tide of firms quitting Irish stock market

The government must scrap taxes applied to the trading of Irish shares in the upcoming budget or risk more companies joining CRH in abandoning the market, the operator of Ireland’s stock exchange has warned.

Euronext Dublin, which owns Ireland’s stock market, has written to the government seeking the abolition of a stamp duty tax of 1 per cent applied to investors buying shares in companies listed here.

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