The key question remains how many people are complying with deportation orders
Enforcing orders is complex, and it is hard to establish how many failed asylum seekers have actually left
Deportation orders rise sharply to more than 1,000 in past six months
State moving towards chartering of planes for those refused asylum as policies on immigration tighten
Budget 2025, what we know so far: Inheritance tax, lump sums and free schoolbooks
The Budget will be framed around a tax and spending package of €8.3bn
Budget 2025: Taxpayers in line for significant income tax and USC cuts
Social welfare increases of at least €12 per week; free Leaving Cert books and electricity credits being considered
Wearing balaclava on bike different from ‘outside a person’s home with banners’ – Minister
Helen McEntee says there will be no ‘loopholes’ in proposed ban on facial coverings used to ‘intimidate’
Budget 2025 will feature new cost-of-living package, says Taoiseach
Size of package that will benefit people this year has not yet been decided, Harris says
Hundreds of mother and baby home survivors receive first redress payments
Landmark scheme was finally opened in March after delays and criticism
Resources for national children’s hospital still ‘behind what is required’ to meet completion date
Latest cost estimate for hospital now €2.24bn but persistent concerns emerge about uncertainty around completion date
Budget 2025: Pensioners, carers and those with disabilities to be prioritised, says Heather Humphreys
The Minister for Social Protection said across-the-board welfare increases may not feature
Internet VAT rate cut being considered for budget would reduce household bills
Under an EU directive, member states can apply a reduced rate to internet access services to promote their development
Up to 50,000 ‘informal’ rental arrangements with mean monthly cost of €806, revealed in study
While these rents ‘may not be required to register with the RTB’, a further 25,000 unregistered arrangements probably should, says CSO report
Emergency fire-safety works to proceed in 600 apartments amid criticism of remediation scheme
Department of Housing confirms four ‘pathfinder’ projects to identify ‘pinch points’
Immigration set to be crunch topic in the next general election as Sinn Féin revises policy
Many parties have broadly similar policies - and none of their measures will magic away an issue leading to heightened tensions in communities
New national children’s hospital board set to sanction project’s builders, correspondence shows
‘Continued failure by BAM’ to deliver a compliant programme of works for facility, Public Accounts Committee told
Sinn Féin’s immigration policy clears path for objecting to asylum centres
The feasibility of finding an area that meets Sinn Féin‘s criteria is not a subject that is likely to bother the party