Budget 2025: What we know so far - from energy credits to lump-sum payments and childcare plans
This year’s measures will be framed around tax and spending package of €8.3bn, with cost-of-living bundle worth roughly €1.5bn
Jack Chambers
Government plan to spur households to invest misses budget deadline
Review of funds sector look at ways to persuade customers with €150bn mostly in low-interest on demand bank accounts to invest
Apple taxes: ‘Dublin-Shannon bullet train’ among ideas TDs advance for €14bn
Clarity on where to invest money will be given on Budget day, says Taoiseach
Pension tax relief rises to cover pots of up to €2.8m by 2029 under Cabinet plans
Limit had caused problems for filling senior Garda and civil service roles
Average worker to gain by at least €1,000 in Budget 2025, says Minister
February election ‘ideal’, Tánaiste Micheal Martin says as he confirms no byelections will be held before then
Apple billions unlikely to lead to overheating of Irish economy, Fitch says
Ratings agency cites country’s ‘sound fiscal framework’
Jack Chambers interview: ‘There’s a small Apple every year now in surpluses in the Irish economy’
Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance on the challenges of putting together his first budget, which will include a €3bn injection for key infrastructure priorities
Budget 2025 to include €3bn boost for infrastructure including housing, Chambers says
Better water and energy services will also be paid for out of this allocation, Minister for Finance says in interview with The Irish Times
After Apple ruling, should Ireland be worried about what comes next?
Apple case decision comes at a tricky moment for Ireland’s industrial policy, for so long pegged on tax
Charity-run GP clinic says it faces closure unless recent taxation laws amended
Legislation created ‘insurmountable operational challenges’ at Dublin 1 practice
Ireland is doing the equivalent of using its credit card to pay for groceries
State’s immediate challenge is not money but capacity. We lack the people and infrastructure needed to match current demand
Bright outlook but with some turbulence ahead for Irish economy
The Irish economy continues to perform well but there are potential speed bumps ahead
Concern in Coalition at fallout from €13bn Apple tax ruling
Minister for Finance pushes back against idea ruling could make Ireland a less attractive place to invest
Extension of Trump-era tax cuts will add $5.5tn to US’s already ballooning debt
PwC conference hears of impending tax cliff in US and how upcoming election will determine US tax policy for years to come
Budget solo-runs by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Greens point to near-end of Coalition
All Jack Chambers has to do is read the newspapers and he’ll know exactly what his colleagues are going to ask for
Ireland’s corporate tax bubble is now a €30bn hot air balloon
Not for the first time Apple has sent Ireland’s tax figures stratospheric and the Department of Finance running for cover
Britain’s Labour government would love to have the Coalition’s problems
How to spend the budget surplus wisely without building up problems for the future is the big conundrum facing the Government
Government’s budget plan will ‘needlessly’ add to pricing pressures in economy, warns watchdog
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council claims Government is pursuing an ‘everything now’ approach to budgeting by simultaneously promising tax cuts and higher spending
Mortgages arrears review calls for lifting of €3m ceiling for insolvency deals
Report published by Minister for Finance notes there are still about 20,000 accounts behind on payments
Climate targets for 2030 will be missed unless State invests in more renewable energy sources
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Jack Chambers says AIB share sale provides ‘option to do more’ on delivery of housing
Minister for Finance also discusses renewable energy investment with Britain’s new chancellor Rachel Reeves during trip to London
What to expect in Budget 2025: Income tax changes, cost of living payments and how about inheritance tax?
Budget set to be a pre-election attempt to win middle-class votes, with inheritance tax cuts, falling income taxes and housing on the agenda
AIB completes €500m share buyback programme
Latest transaction sees State’s stake in lender fall to 22.04% from 71% in 2022
Taoiseach’s letter asks if measures to reduce bulk-buying of houses have been ‘entirely successful’
A letter to Michael McGrath suggested increasing 10% stamp duty on bulk purchases by investment companies
Bank levy: A change to €200m fee for 2025 has yet to be decided, says Jack Chambers
Minister for Finance confirms bank levy to be extended for another year
Tax on hoarded land to take effect from early 2025 with working farms excluded
Minister for Finance Jack Chambers proposes deferral of levy for 12 months but compromise reached by Coalition parties
Budget 2025: flagged tax cuts make little sense
Ireland needs an honest conversation about taxes and our vulnerabilities
Garda pensions: Why is the force finding it hard to hire a deputy chief - and how the tax issue works
Job comes with salary of €200,000 a year, but added wages could push pension pot to point where it is hit with tax liability
Hospitality sector urges Government response to ‘severe challenges’ amid gloomy outlook
Food sales have fallen by about 9% on average this year, and are expected to drop by as much as 12% over the rest of the year, according to lobbies
Efforts to defuse Coalition row over planned deferral of residential zoned land tax
Tax was due to kick in next year, with landowners facing an annual 3 per cent payment on the value of land earmarked for housing
Moody’s highlights Ireland’s renewed fiscal strength
Ratings agency Moody's links Ireland’s positive report card to economy’s ‘robust growth potential’ and the Government’s two new savings funds
Drew Harris rules out extending his contract as Garda Commissioner
End of Garda chief’s tenure looms as dispute breaks out over plans to fill the second most senior post in the force
A general election is coming - prepare to be bribed for your vote
Government is planning another round of once-off household supports while struggling to keep permanent spending under control
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