‘Bonanza’ budget that pumps billions into economy repeats Ireland’s past mistakes, State watchdog warnsSpending boost set ‘to stoke inflation’, adding an estimated €1,000 to cost of a typical household’s yearly outgoingsTue Oct 01 2024 - 21:46
All eyes on the general election as the jostling and shirking beginsBudget 2025: With the ink barely dry, the Fine Gael leader will gather his general election candidates in Dublin on Wednesday morningTue Oct 01 2024 - 20:07
Budget 2025: What we know so far – from tax cuts to pension increases and free schoolbooksThis year’s measures will be framed around tax and spending package of €8.3bn, with cost-of-living bundle worth roughly €1.5bnTue Oct 01 2024 - 06:45
Jack Chambers: The man carrying Fianna Fáil’s hopes into the next electionBudget 2025: The stakes are high for the youngest Minister for Finance in more than a century as he prepares to present his first budget on TuesdayTue Oct 01 2024 - 05:48
Many families to gain by thousands of euro in giveaway budgetExtra billions to be invested in water, housing and energy from the proceeds of bank sharesTue Oct 01 2024 - 05:34
The Week That Was at the UN General Assembly: Jennifer Bray’s New York diaryMicheal D Higgins, Simon Harris and Micheál Martin make headlines with comments on homelessness and immigration, Israel and Iran, a trip to Washington and time spent with Meryl StreepFri Sept 27 2024 - 06:00
Tánaiste says €1.4m cost of Government Buildings security hut is ‘ridiculous’ Details of cost emerge at committee meeting where politicians quizzed OPW on €336,000 Leinster House bike shelterWed Sept 25 2024 - 21:14
Analysis: Tense, eventful week at the United Nations gives everyone plenty to talk aboutState’s leaders all trod carefully in New York with mixed success as homelessness, migrants, Israel, Palestine and Iran all impinged as part of political realityWed Sept 25 2024 - 20:53
Taoiseach Simon Harris says White House meeting with Joe Biden will take place in two weeksGeneral election will not take place on November 15th, Harris insists, amid continued speculationWed Sept 25 2024 - 14:52
‘Ireland sees Palestine’: Taoiseach meets Mahmoud Abbas and pledges to advocate for the stateIt was the first time since Ireland recognised the state that Simon Harris met the president of the Palestinian AuthorityWed Sept 25 2024 - 06:39
Taoiseach Simon Harris to travel to White House next month to meet Joe Biden After meeting, the leaders will speak at event marking centenary of bilateral diplomatic relations between Ireland and USWed Sept 25 2024 - 00:01
Tánaiste says Irish troops in Lebanon are ‘safe’ in what is ‘a very difficult environment to operate within’United Nations secretary-general António Guterres says the world is edging towards ‘a powder keg that risks engulfing the world’Tue Sept 24 2024 - 20:24
Taoiseach accuses McDonald of ‘throwing mud’ after claim he misled Dáil over Israeli weapons transportInquiry found at least nine flights carrying weapons destined for Israel overflew Irish sovereign airspaceTue Sept 24 2024 - 17:43
Creeslough families call for public inquiry into explosionLawyer representing next of kin of seven victims has written to Minister for Justice Helen McEnteeTue Sept 24 2024 - 13:31
Airline accused of transporting Israeli-bound military goods through Irish airspace now rerouting flightsChallenge Group allegedly transported tonnes of military goods over Ireland in potential breach of lawTue Sept 24 2024 - 06:00
Meryl Streep joins Irish and other officials at UN women’s rights eventMicheál Martin addresses event that puts spotlight on exclusion of women from politics in AfghanistanMon Sept 23 2024 - 22:27
‘I did not use the word leak’: Higgins says he does not regret comments about Israeli embassy circulating letterTaoiseach says he is not going to fall into ‘trap from Israel’ of making letter into an issueMon Sept 23 2024 - 21:48
Companies in breach of Irish air space rules may be banned, says Taoiseach Airlines carrying ‘munitions of war’ over State must apply for premission before crossing with ordnanceMon Sept 23 2024 - 21:20
Children’s hospital completion date now June 2025, TDs to be toldBoard overseeing €2.2 billion project says contractors will ‘not be given another cent’ as Taoiseach warns of penaltiesMon Sept 23 2024 - 20:35
President Michael D Higgins accuses Israeli embassy of leaking letterIsraeli embassy rejects allegation, calling it ‘baseless’, ‘highly inflammatory’ and ‘potentially slanderous’Sun Sept 22 2024 - 21:55
‘Significantly understaffed’: Hiqa to conduct review into midwest care capacity after Aoife Johnston reportMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said the healthcare regulator will determine whether a second emergency department is needed following the death at UHLFri Sept 20 2024 - 18:32
Everyone wants a share of the Apple (pie) and has Simon Harris peaked? Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Pearse Doherty let fly at over ‘crazy’ pension plansFri Sept 20 2024 - 14:27
Irish medical claims system ‘propagating a cycle of harm’ for patients and society, says NHM doctorNew report from Stephen Donnelly and Dr Rhona Murphy examines rising costs to taxpayer of medical negligence casesThu Sept 19 2024 - 17:31
Energy credits and welfare lump-sums would be part of €1.5bn cost-of-living budget packageBudget 2025: Energy credits will be worth less than the three payments of €150 rolled out in last year’s budget.Wed Sept 18 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ records net deficit of €9.1m amid plummeting licence fee revenuesChair of board Terence O’Rourke says 2023 was ‘a difficult and damaging year’ for broadcasterMon Sept 16 2024 - 21:02
Average worker to gain by at least €1,000 in Budget 2025, says MinisterFebruary election ‘ideal’, Tánaiste Micheal Martin says as he confirms no byelections will be held before thenMon Sept 16 2024 - 17:01
‘The next Dáil will be a different creature’: Exit of veterans with 600 years of experience leaves open raceAs 33 TDs head for pastures new, political parties across the spectrum are racing to plug huge electoral gapsSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Record number of asylum seekers awaiting accommodationDepartment of Integration hopes to open Thornton Hall site for accommodation in the coming weeks which will allow international protection triaging to continueFri Aug 30 2024 - 20:37
EU-Israel trade agreement: Taoiseach seeks fresh legal advice on suspending dealHarris and Spanish PM previously asked von der Leyen if Israel was in breach of agreement due to Gaza death tollFri Aug 30 2024 - 12:53
Broadcaster Alison Comyn to run for Fianna Fáil in general election in Co LouthParty leader Micheál Martin lauds prospective TD as an ‘excellent addition to our Fianna Fáil ticket in Louth’ constituencyMon Aug 26 2024 - 15:24
More than 23,000 asylum applications now pending in International Protection OfficeMedian time to first interview for all applications had been slowly decreasing in 2024 but rose in July to 68 weeks for standard cases, up from 55.5 weeks in June and 63 weeks in MaySat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
Residential zoned land tax: Why has the issue ballooned into a major political row?Greens are angry over plans to defer residential zoned land tax, moving from find-a-fudge mode to start-a-fight modeThu Aug 22 2024 - 19:15
Hundreds of cases of potential identity fraud uncovered by social welfare investigatorsState has made savings of €526m through the review of more than 630,000 social welfare claimsThu Aug 22 2024 - 13:09
Opposition parties gearing up for November election, with posters ordered and manifestos nearing completionSenior Sinn Féin figure says the party would be ‘mad not to’ prepare for an autumn electionThu Aug 22 2024 - 06:00
Efforts to defuse Coalition row over planned deferral of residential zoned land taxTax was due to kick in next year, with landowners facing an annual 3 per cent payment on the value of land earmarked for housingWed Aug 21 2024 - 19:50
‘Like hiding food in a famine’: Coalition at war over plans to defer land taxAnnual 3 per cent payment on market value of land was due to begin next yearWed Aug 21 2024 - 06:00
Taoiseach and Minister for Health clash over remarks about Michael Shine abuse inquirySimon Harris says inquiry into former consultant surgeon is a matter for whole Government, after Stephen Donnelly claimed it was ‘not a healthcare issue’Tue Aug 20 2024 - 20:24
Farmers should not be ‘penalised’ by residential zoned land tax, Taoiseach saysSimon Harris confirms that tax, which was due to kick in next year, has been deferredTue Aug 20 2024 - 13:25
Ireland not immune from terror threat, warns TaoiseachGarda Commissioner has reportedly increased threat level posed by political extremists from moderate to substantialSun Aug 18 2024 - 13:23
‘Sufficient’ supplies of mpox vaccine for State to counter risk deemed low by health officialsWHO upgraded the disease to ‘public health emergency of international concern’ this weekFri Aug 16 2024 - 19:34
Concerns over construction quality and completion date of national children’s hospital flagged in reportSpokesperson for contractors BAM says it is ‘fully confident in the quality of the construction work for this world-class hospital’Fri Aug 16 2024 - 06:00
The key question remains how many people are complying with deportation ordersEnforcing orders is complex, and it is hard to establish how many failed asylum seekers have actually leftTue Aug 13 2024 - 06:30
Deportation orders rise sharply to more than 1,000 in past six monthsState moving towards chartering of planes for those refused asylum as policies on immigration tightenTue Aug 13 2024 - 06:15
Budget 2025: Taxpayers in line for significant income tax and USC cutsSocial welfare increases of at least €12 per week; free Leaving Cert books and electricity credits being consideredSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Wearing balaclava on bike different from ‘outside a person’s home with banners’ – MinisterHelen McEntee says there will be no ‘loopholes’ in proposed ban on facial coverings used to ‘intimidate’Wed Aug 07 2024 - 14:39
Budget 2025 will feature new cost-of-living package, says TaoiseachSize of package that will benefit people this year has not yet been decided, Harris saysWed Aug 07 2024 - 14:07
Hundreds of mother and baby home survivors receive first redress paymentsLandmark scheme was finally opened in March after delays and criticismWed Aug 07 2024 - 06:15
Resources for national children’s hospital still ‘behind what is required’ to meet completion dateLatest cost estimate for hospital now €2.24bn but persistent concerns emerge about uncertainty around completion dateMon Aug 05 2024 - 05:00
Budget 2025: Pensioners, carers and those with disabilities to be prioritised, says Heather HumphreysThe Minister for Social Protection said across-the-board welfare increases may not featureThu Aug 01 2024 - 12:58
Internet VAT rate cut being considered for budget would reduce household billsUnder an EU directive, member states can apply a reduced rate to internet access services to promote their developmentThu Aug 01 2024 - 06:00
