Jack Chambers to outline proposals to Cabinet aimed at speeding up delivery of key projects

Move comes amid wider plans to stem legal actions that can hold up projects as part of accelerating infrastructure plan

Housing and services remain problems to be solved even as numbers coming into country are going down

Private concerns among some in Cabinet that visas may be used as ‘backdoor’ to employment documents

Residents had to be moved from Newtownmountkennedy site to alternative accommodation last year due to severe weather

New barriers to citizenship form part of Government tightening of immigration system

Flexibility for broadband customers, immigration reform and flood relief also on the agenda

More restrictive family reunification rules also proposed

By replacing its own revised guidelines, the Government is trying to put in place a hastily constructed safety net

The mind-bending scale of the MetroLink is beginning to reveal itself

Critics say construction rule amendments would lead to smaller, darker units with potential impact on costs unclear

Vote is expected in late spring 2026 and looks set to field contenders from across the political spectrum

Tánaiste Simon Harris, now Minister for Finance, assumes an even more prominent role

Cabinet reshuffle follows Paschal Donohoe’s resignation as minister for finance

Tánaiste says he has ‘significant concerns that we’re not having that sort of discussion at a policy level in Ireland that every other European country is having’