Budget 2021

Sinn Féin would spend €5.3 billion more than the Government plans to in Budget 2021, arguing that “now is not the time for fiscal conservatism”. In (...)

Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath surely have their work cut out on Tuesday when Budget 2021 is unveiled. With one hand Covid-19 has to be fended of(...)

This week, the Central Bank and the Economic and Social Research Institute published their latest economic forecasts. They follow hot on the heel(...)

The Government deficit this year is set to come in below the bottom of its previously estimated range, as strong tax revenues help the figures. Earli(...)

Hoteliers have called for emergency measures from the Government to support the tourism and hospitality industry as increased coronavirus restrictions(...)

Government spending this year is set to come in at €86.5 billion, more than €16 billion higher than the revised estimates published earlier in the yea(...)

The Cabinet has approved the drawdown of €1.5 billion from the State’s so-called rainy day fund for Budget 2021. The emergency fund was established(...)

After the damp squib that was last year’s Brexit-flavoured budget, it would have been reasonable to expect one sprinkled with more giveaways this time(...)

The latest economic forecasts show the extraordinary nature of the budget challenge. The Government has to manage two economies with one budget. On on(...)

Slowly the pieces for Budget 2021 are starting to fall into place. So what have we learned from the latest exchequer returns for September? The first(...)