There is need to ‘create space’ for discussions regarding NI protocol, Taoiseach saysMicheál Martin was speaking while attending launch of Tommie Gorman’s autobiographyTue Oct 04 2022 - 21:02
Findings of review into Ireland’s handling of Covid-19 ‘broadly positive’, Donnelly saysMinister ‘can’t get into any comments’ on botched appointment of Dr Tony Holohan to academic role due to ‘ongoing process’Tue Oct 04 2022 - 17:35
An Bord Pleanála controversy had ‘serious negative impact’ on reputation — MinisterPaul Hyde, who resigned in July, denies any wrongdoing after facing claims he was conflicted in certain decisionsTue Oct 04 2022 - 17:22
Government claims broadening concrete levy would result in higher bank and interest chargesSF to table private member’s motion to scrap proposed levy and instead impose a levy on developers’ profitTue Oct 04 2022 - 15:41
Fianna Fáil politicians on coalition with Sinn Féin: ‘So little in common’There is a ‘a lot of incompatibility with Sinn Féin at the moment’, says FF TD on future partnershipSat Oct 01 2022 - 19:45
Build-to-rent apartment planning rules will be abolished, Fianna Fáil Árdfheis toldCharlie McConalogue says he has started the process to recruit a so-called ‘food ombudsman’Sat Oct 01 2022 - 15:54
Fianna Fáil Árdfheis: New party objectives include defending democracy and climate actionWe’re a big state party’: TD James Lawless says Fianna Fáil is centre left partySat Oct 01 2022 - 15:10
Taoiseach does not envisage ‘mini-budget’ in JanuaryMicheál Martin says energy windfall revenues would ‘not necessarily’ be redistributed in further cost-of-living measuresSat Oct 01 2022 - 13:53
Fianna Fáil at crossroads but Martin in command of his own destinyTaoiseach to address ardfheis on achievements in Coalition but members know party faces challenging futureSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Controversial planning rules for build-to-rent apartments to be axedRules introduced in 2018 permitting non-compliance with minimum-size standards and less stringent storage requirements to be abolishedSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Concrete blocks levy to add up to €1,600 to build costs, but controversial plan to remainTen per cent levy was announced as part of Budget 2023, but Opposition parties have called for it to be scrappedThu Sept 29 2022 - 20:04
Economic firestorm sparked by Truss’s mini-budget is remarkableInside Politics: Senior Irish officials and politicians are slack-jawed looking across the Irish seaThu Sept 29 2022 - 07:45
Government backbenchers raise concerns about concrete levyTDs fear levy to help pay cost of fixing Mica homes will increase construction costsThu Sept 29 2022 - 04:00
Budget concrete levy concerns raised at Fine Gael parliamentary party meetingBackbenchers criticise measure announced to part-fund mica redress schemeWed Sept 28 2022 - 14:51
Funding of €35m allocated for sports clubs’ energy needsBudget 2023: Financing on way for winter activities such as running floodlights and heating changing roomsWed Sept 28 2022 - 09:28
Budget 2023: An astonishingly big intervention which may not be enoughInside Politics: If its budget falls flat, the Government may have to go again – or risk the consequencesWed Sept 28 2022 - 08:07
Three €200 payments to households to help with winter bills included in Budget 2023One off-payments and increases in eligibility for fuel allowance to cushion blow of climbing energy costsTue Sept 27 2022 - 20:28
Budget 2023 main points: Details of the tax, rent, childcare and cost-of-living measures Help-to-buy scheme extended; every household to get €600 in electricity credits; €1,000 off student contribution this year; public transport reduction fare until end of yearTue Sept 27 2022 - 17:19
Budget 2023: Tax credit for renters and a reduction in childcare fees in €11bn packageBudget 2023 measures include cost of living payments, welfare increases and extended free GP careTue Sept 27 2022 - 17:14
Organiser of Golfgate event Donie Cassidy seeks to become Fianna Fáil vice-president Mr Cassidy, a former leader of the Seanad, was acquitted of charges relating to the eventTue Sept 27 2022 - 09:13
Dizzying array of budget breaks show Ministers in emergency modeInside Politics: Measures announced today may not prove equal to upcoming challenges despite astonishing scaleTue Sept 27 2022 - 07:45
Budget 2023 to include €12 weekly welfare rise and supports for businesses, parents and rentersBusinesses with soaring energy bills will be given up to €10,000 a monthTue Sept 27 2022 - 03:14
Budget 2023: Renters to get €1,000 tax breaks over two yearsBusinesses in line for payments of up to €10,000 a month to help them with energy billsMon Sept 26 2022 - 21:30
Budget 2023: What’s agreed, what’s outstanding and where the landmines are Analysis: Coalition faces a huge task to try and meet the myriad demands for assistanceMon Sept 26 2022 - 11:12
One-off budget measures to ‘flow quickly’, according to MinisterMany features of Budget 2023 still to be settled as party leaders meet McGrath and DonohoeMon Sept 26 2022 - 05:00
Budget 2023: Free schoolbooks and tax break for renters in store in €10bn package Finishing touches being put to measures designed to counter inflationMon Sept 26 2022 - 05:00
Budget 2023: Health spending agreed following tension over allocated fundingKey decisions down to the wire on welfare increases, supports for business and childcare fundingSun Sept 25 2022 - 12:52
What’s the latest on State pension reforms?The most eye-catching is the introduction of a new sliding scale which will allow you to draw down bigger pensionsSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
Last-minute dispute over healthcare spending as budget day approachesPackage on offer may leave little room for Minister’s plans to expand servicesSat Sept 24 2022 - 04:04
FG and FF failed to make submissions to State commission on tax and welfare Proposals received cool reception from Ministers while Tánaiste dismissed some as being ‘straight out of Sinn Féin manifesto’Fri Sept 23 2022 - 00:51
State faces renewed pressure to accommodate Ukrainians as hotel contracts due to expireThird of contracts with accommodation providers that supply 30,000 beds to expire before end of yearThu Sept 22 2022 - 20:55
Government plans to put solar panels on every school in the country Eamon Ryan’s “rooftop revolution” will make the installation of solar panels easier and more cost effective for homeowners, businesses and public bodiesThu Sept 22 2022 - 20:40
State pension pot faces ‘growing deficits’, Ministers warnedDemographic pressures set to erode social insurance fund surplus, private paper presented to Cabinet saysThu Sept 22 2022 - 00:05
Fine Gael meeting hears calls to extend 9 per cent tourism Vat rateIssues surrounding carbon tax, school buses and budget measures to support small businesses also raisedWed Sept 21 2022 - 21:21
McEntee criticised over response to anti-social behaviour in DublinFianna Fáil Oireachtas members say a ‘real edge’ has developed in Dublin and there is enough ‘Government focus’Wed Sept 21 2022 - 18:59
Large hikes in PRSI rates likely needed to keep pension age at 66, says fiscal watchdogDecision not to raise pension age means higher taxes will be needed to ensure the system is sustainable, Ifac chair saysWed Sept 21 2022 - 02:45
Time will reveal if the pensions time bomb has been defused or deferredReforms approved by Cabinet an effort to address myriad problems posed by festering political problemTue Sept 20 2022 - 19:52
Taoiseach accuses Sinn Féin of ‘deliberately not telling the truth’ on pensionsMcDonald describes new proposals as a ‘Trojan horse’ designed ‘to move the pension age to 70 by stealth’Tue Sept 20 2022 - 17:25
PRSI hikes needed to keep pension age at 66, Heather Humphreys saysMary Lou McDonald says changes a ‘Trojan horse’ to raise the pension age to 70Tue Sept 20 2022 - 13:09
Farming conference aims to advance recognition of women in agri-food sectorFormer minister Mary Coughlan to chair forum which will promote ‘visibility and status of women in agriculture’Tue Sept 20 2022 - 12:30
Household bills to soar further as companies warn of ‘entire market malfunction’Dire warnings will increase pressure on Government to support households with a massive budgetary intervention of one-off measuresSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Major financial package expected to help with fuel bills as vast implications of energy crisis become clearPrice projections ‘off the Richter scale’ with estimate of average annual household bill rising from €2,000 last year to €6,000 next yearSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Solving housing crisis ‘not about the money’, says CoveneyFG ministers decline to comment on Paschal Donohoe’s future as head of EurogroupFri Sept 09 2022 - 17:43
Sinn Féin government will leave Ireland ‘out of the tent’ in Europe, says VaradkarTánaiste compares Mary Lou McDonald’s potential leadership to that of right-wing Hungarian PM Viktor OrbánFri Sept 09 2022 - 14:43
Household supports for soaring energy bills will extend into 2023, says VaradkarIreland will examine all options around a cap on energy prices, according to TánaisteFri Sept 09 2022 - 11:12
Catherine Murphy ‘fully entitled’ to refuse to disclose sources regarding Siteserv transactionSome witnesses argued that the TD had waived her privilege by providing witness statements, but this was rejected by her, with the Cregan Commission agreeingWed Sept 07 2022 - 18:28
Emergency planning exercises planned to war-game impact of a major disruption to energy suppliesThe exercises will involved Gas Networks Ireland, Eirgrid, ESB Networks and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)Wed Sept 07 2022 - 18:17
Over 85% of properties pledged for Ukrainian refugees not ‘activated’Some 1,440 accommodation pledges brought on stream with difficulties encountered filling properties in remote or rural locationsWed Sept 07 2022 - 00:00
Budget 2023: Cost of living package could rise to €2bnSurging energy bills and large exchequer surplus means larger suite of once-off measures now expectedTue Sept 06 2022 - 23:13
What are European countries doing to help their citizens with rising energy bills?Approach taken across EU ranges from frozen bills, price caps and lump-sum paymentsTue Sept 06 2022 - 05:00
