‘Emphatic’ rejection super-junior ministers challenges surprises constitutional lawyers
Ruling that cabinet confidentiality applies to anyone privy to its meetings described as ‘quite significant’
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Simon Harris stakes reputation on new spending strictures
Tánaiste and Minister for Finance promises fresh era of financial planning
Central Bank questions Government housing target of 300,000 new homes
Regulator forecasts State will deliver only 155,000 new homes out to 2028 even if energy, waste and water bottlenecks addressed
Tighter budgets in prospect under planned 6% cap on spending hikes
The Medium Term Fiscal and Structural Plan will promise to cut the growth in day-to-day spending of recent years
Could the decision to spend most of next year’s corporation tax come back to bite the Government?
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Engineers seek restoration of public transport spending priority
Heavy reliance on private cars for travel cannot continue, Engineers Ireland warns
Miriam Lord’s week: Labour still first among equals as SocDems are outvoted
Government sides with Labour in row over Leaders’ Questions pecking order
€1.7bn Defence Forces plan announced amid ‘changing’ and ‘emerging’ threats
Anti-drone technology will be in place by next summer that will ‘identify and neutralise’ drones that ‘may be a threat’
TV licence sales set to slump to record low this year
Almost 20,000 fewer licences purchased in year to end of November compared with same period in 2024
Research programme to assess risk of sabotage and spying on Irish cables
Two-year programme a response to fears that Ireland’s maritime area will be subject to Russian sabotage
Funding announced for almost 1,500 new apprenticeship places in critical skill areas
Minister Lawless highlights €20.5m funding to tackle skills shortages
National Broadband Plan on track for completion next year
Almost 157,000 homes, farms and businesses are now connected to high-speed fibre broadband
M50 congestion can only be fixed through Government policy change, says TII
Sean O’Neill says traffic on the motorway have supassed Celtic Tiger numbers
Major Garda security operation, road closures in place for Zelenskiy visit to Dublin
Additional €100m in ‘non-lethal’ military support set to be announced during Ukrainian president’s first official trip to Ireland
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