Monday Digest: Budget tax strategy - No €1,000 tax cut for middle-income earners and half of EV buyers don’t qualify for relief

Catch up on the big business stories you may have missed this weekend?

Top story this morning:

??? Mortgage shake-up: Credit unions plan to undercut banks with low-cost national mortgage brand

Credit unions are planning to capture a huge swathe of the mortgage market with a low-cost, no-gimmicks, national mortgage brand.

??Budget tax strategy: No €1,000 tax cut for middle-income earners; Half of EV buyers don’t qualify for relief

Taxpayers could be let down by the Budget when it comes to income tax changes.

??? SuperValu and Centra owner Musgrave hiring for over 350 roles in future talent drive

Musgrave Group said it was hiring for the roles across a “diverse range of career opportunities” ranging from data analysts to drivers, food scientists and bakers.

??Virgin Media TV boss tells minister RTé should be removed from the commercial advertising market

Virgin Media Television Ireland’s boss has written to Media Minister Catherine Martin calling for “RTé’s removal from the commercial advertising market” and the “divestment” of its non-public service broadcasting assets.

?? Home Economics: I jointly purchased an apartment with my sister though she’s not financially involved — what happens if I want to sell?

My concern is if l sell or go into a nursing home does the trust mean l own it as l purchased it with my own monies despite how it was drawn up and registered in both our names?

??The pleasure and the great peril of falling in love with an AI girlfriend

James Titcomb examines the rise of AI dating apps that offer romantic ties – with robots.