I've read about this story in two different papers and it is confusing as they both seem to have put a different slant on it.
One talks about a "surge in tax take" and the other mentions it is 'shrinking".
It is hard to know if the economy is improving.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/surprise-surge-in-tax-take-helps-cut-shortfall-by-euro20m-2284732.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0805/1224276243174.html
One talks about a "surge in tax take" and the other mentions it is 'shrinking".
It is hard to know if the economy is improving.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/surprise-surge-in-tax-take-helps-cut-shortfall-by-euro20m-2284732.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0805/1224276243174.html