Budget 2021

Singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy has said she expects musicians and crew to benefit directly from the €50 million allocated to the live music sector i(...)

The Government has set aside €5.5 billion across two different contingency funds due to the “unbelievable uncertainty” facing the State, Tánaiste Leo (...)

Tax and excise duty accounts for almost 80 per cent of the price of a 20 pack of cigarettes, the Dáil has heard. During a debate on the budget increa(...)

The State will next year outline its plans to tackle the “hugely significant increase” in the national debt caused by Covid-19, the Minister for Publi(...)

Controversial changes in vehicle registration tax (VRT) had to be introduced under EU law, and “reflect better rules” in accurately determining carbon(...)

A “circuit breaker” is needed to deal with Ireland’s lopsided regional development but rural Ireland only got “a few bob here and there” in the budget(...)

There has been a mixed but broadly positive reaction to Budget 2021 from non-governmental bodies. The Wheel, a national association of charities and (...)

The Government’s record €17.75 billion budget factors in the high probability of a hard Brexit with no EU-UK deal by the end of the transition period,(...)

A range of climate actions are threaded through Budget 2021, with significant measures including an overhaul of motor taxation; carbon tax increases, (...)

The prospect of another recruitment moratorium in the Garda, which had been feared by many in the force, has dissipated after funding was confirmed in(...)