Millions for Olympians, dog control, ‘forgotten farmers’: nine budget measures you may have missedBudget 2025: Funding for chicken pox vaccines and an embassy in Serbia and tax relief for strawberry wine producers are also includedWed Oct 02 2024 - 13:13
New tax on vapes and cost of most popular cigarette brands to hit €18.05Budget 2025: The new tax is the latest in a series of measures aimed at discouraging the use of vapesTue Oct 01 2024 - 19:00
Budget 2025: What we know so far – from tax cuts to pension increases and free schoolbooksThis year’s measures will be framed around tax and spending package of €8.3bn, with cost-of-living bundle worth roughly €1.5bnTue Oct 01 2024 - 06:45
Many families to gain by thousands of euro in giveaway budgetExtra billions to be invested in water, housing and energy from the proceeds of bank sharesTue Oct 01 2024 - 05:34
Budget 2025: Parents of newborns to receive triple child benefit payment Maternity and paternity benefit to increase by €15 a week, welfare payments to increase by €12 while student grants to go up by 15%Mon Sept 30 2024 - 22:14
Irish troops in Lebanon will remain in place to continue monitoring and humanitarian workIreland currently has up to 375 troops in South Lebanon where it has been part of the United Nations Interim Force Lebanon (Unifil) since 1978Mon Sept 30 2024 - 12:01
Inheritance tax threshold to hit €400,000 under giveaway budgetHouseholds to benefit from extension to reduced 9% VAT rate on energy bills into next yearSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Budget 2025: Tax cut, mortgage interest relief and other measures in Coalition’s final roll of the diceUSC, inheritance tax, childcare, child benefit, social welfare, college fees, VAT rate: How the budget will affect parents, students, renters, mortgage holders, farmers, pensioners and carersSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin’s Ardfheis hears concerns over party’s backing of failed family and care referendumsSinn Féin’s ruling body will have to call a special conference to determine party’s position on future referendums after motion passed by delegatesFri Sept 27 2024 - 20:58
Sinn Féin to examine ‘limited’ success in increasing ‘activist’ membershipMotion from party’s ruling body calling for review of party structures passed by delegatesFri Sept 27 2024 - 20:42
Q&A: the ban on XL bully dogs - why is it happening and what will it mean for dog owners?Government is bringing in ban as a direct response to a number of horrific attacks on people in recent yearsThu Sept 26 2024 - 21:21
Occupied Territories Bill: Coalition Ministers note ICJ opinion on illegal Israeli settlementsProposed law, advanced in 2018, aims at banning imports from Israeli settlements on Palestinian landThu Sept 26 2024 - 17:03
Women not to lose out on maternity leave entitlements if ‘seriously ill’ under proposed lawPlanned legislation brought to Cabinet today will cover cancer, other serious physical and mental health ailmentsThu Sept 26 2024 - 15:29
Tánaiste says €1.4m cost of Government Buildings security hut is ‘ridiculous’ Details of cost emerge at committee meeting where politicians quizzed OPW on €336,000 Leinster House bike shelterWed Sept 25 2024 - 21:14
Hiring election staff at short notice becoming ‘increasingly difficult’, TDs and Senators toldDublin City returning officer says almost full employment in Ireland means recruitment is ‘becoming more challenging’Tue Sept 24 2024 - 12:15
Immigration is ‘a factor’ contributing to homeless numbers, says Darragh O’BrienMinister for Housing backs Taoiseach’s position after Simon Harris linked immigration to numbers in emergency accommodationMon Sept 23 2024 - 14:30
Renters in line for tax credit of up to €1,000 per year under budget proposalsExtra €250 for this year and for 2025 being discussed as deliberations continueMon Sept 23 2024 - 12:28
National children’s hospital to seek damages from construction firm BAM over further delaysLatest development in row over the construction of new children’s hospital, which has been hit by successive delays and spiralling cost over-runsSat Sept 21 2024 - 18:03
What’s so tricky about the proposal to give free contraception to 16-year-olds?Give Me a Crash Course in ...Sat Sept 21 2024 - 06:00
€335,000 Leinster House bike shelter was delayed due to concerns over removal of parking spaces for politiciansContractors were also concerned about disrupting Dáil with noise of machineryThu Sept 19 2024 - 12:33
Ireland’s tech regulators and gardaí to brief Ministers on improving online safety‘We find ourselves at an important juncture in terms of regulating the digital world,’ Taoiseach saysThu Sept 19 2024 - 00:01
Damien English is latest Fine Gael TD to drop out of election raceSeventeen of the 35 Fine Gael TDs who won seats in 2020 have now confirmed they will not run in the general electionWed Sept 18 2024 - 20:29
Pension tax relief rises to cover pots of up to €2.8m by 2029 under Cabinet plansLimit had caused problems for filling senior Garda and civil service rolesWed Sept 18 2024 - 16:10
Free contraception for 16-year-olds amounts to State giving licence for underage sex, says Aontú's Tóibín Stephen Donnelly is seeking an expansion to the scheme providing free contraception to women – including possibly to 16-year-oldsWed Sept 18 2024 - 13:18
Politicians speculating on November election ‘doing serious damage’, says Ceann ComhairleSeán Ó Fearghaíl says it is ‘undermining credibility in leadership’Wed Sept 18 2024 - 06:00
Energy credits and welfare lump-sums would be part of €1.5bn cost-of-living budget packageBudget 2025: Energy credits will be worth less than the three payments of €150 rolled out in last year’s budget.Wed Sept 18 2024 - 06:00
‘Transparency’ needed over hospital contracts after UHL revelations, says TánaisteHSE chief Bernard Gloster likely to face questions at Oireachtas committee on auditors’ reportTue Sept 17 2024 - 21:48
Páirc Uí Chaoimh mooted as alternative Euro 2028 venue to Casement ParkCroke Park also in the mix as Minister says it is important to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to keep as many games as possible on islandTue Sept 17 2024 - 17:29
Free public transport for children under nine and €500 cut to third-level student fees among budget proposalsFurther €500 cut to third-level fees and more special-needs assistants for schools being sought by Ministers in moves to aid parents and childrenMon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00
Plans for €2.5bn apartment remediation scheme to go before Cabinet Arrangement to fund remediation of defects for between 62,500 and 100,000 Celtic Tiger-era apartments or duplexesMon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin set to select new general secretary at upcoming ardfheisLong-time party activist Ken O’Connell announces his intention to leave the jobSun Sept 15 2024 - 21:12
Limerick mayor highlighted concerns over proposed asylum seeker accommodation with MinisterJohn Moran made urgent request to Roderic O’Gorman to be consulted on plans for River House in city centre, records showSun Sept 15 2024 - 17:42
Casement Park row: Taoiseach plans to meet GAA over future of west Belfast stadiumSimon Harris said he shared the disappointment that Euro 2028 games will not be played in Belfast after UK government announced it would not fund Casement Park redevelopmentSun Sept 15 2024 - 13:15
New wealth tax and using Apple billions for housing priorities for PBP as it gears up for electionPeople Before Profit-Solidarity hold think-in meeting ahead of new Dáil termFri Sept 13 2024 - 22:17
Ireland’s competitiveness should ‘never be taken for granted’, Minister says after Apple warningOther countries are trying to lure multinationals away from Ireland, tech giant told the Government in JuneThu Sept 12 2024 - 21:23
Sinn Féin pledges €10-a-day childcare from 2025 if it is in power after general electionSinn Féin stops short of promising free childcare by 2030 which was the party’s manifesto ambition in 2020Thu Sept 12 2024 - 19:47
Apple warned Government of ‘real threat to Ireland’ from countries trying to lure multinationals awayApple warned Government of ‘real threat to Ireland’ from countries trying to lure multinationals awayThu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00
Apple’s warnings and gripes are part and parcel of a multinational’s close contacts with GovernmentMultinationals’ expressions of concern part and parcel of foreign direct investment but some feel fears for further inflow not without foundationThu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00
Apple runs out of road as European Court of Justice rules Ireland owed €13bn in back taxesAccount set up in 2018 to collect and hold funds pending outcome of dispute now amounts to €14bnWed Sept 11 2024 - 06:00
Protests and violence push cost of policing Leinster House demonstrations above €1mSum spent in first seven months of 2024 more than four times that for all 2023 as protests and linked disorder increaseWed Sept 11 2024 - 06:00
Concern in Coalition at fallout from €13bn Apple tax rulingMinister for Finance pushes back against idea ruling could make Ireland a less attractive place to investWed Sept 11 2024 - 05:47
‘Vaping is the revenge of the tobacco industry’, Taoiseach says as he backs new restrictions Sale of disposable vapes in State would be banned under proposals brought before Tuesday’s Cabinet meetingTue Sept 10 2024 - 18:16
Apple tax case windfall will not change spending plans in budget, Ministers insist Irish Government says it will ‘respect the findings’ of EU court ruling ordering computing giant to repay taxesTue Sept 10 2024 - 16:19
Disposable vapes to be banned and colours, flavours restricted under Cabinet planRestrictions on flavours appealing to children planned, but work remains to be done on implementationTue Sept 10 2024 - 06:00
Proposal to double stamp duty on bulk purchases of homes came as ‘surprise’ to TánaisteGreen Party pushes for once-off €560 child benefit payment for new parents as part of Budget negotiationsMon Sept 09 2024 - 16:09
Two bellwether constituencies that could predict who forms Ireland’s next Government The departures of sitting TDs open up interesting opportunities in certain constituenciesSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Stardust: Cabinet signs off on €24m redress package for families of victimsForty-eight people died in a fire in the Stardust nightclub in north Dublin in February 1981Fri Aug 09 2024 - 14:07
What is the pass rate at your local driving test centre?Road Safety Authority figures show a wide variation in pass rates across the countryThu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
Driving test pass rates at some centres almost double that at others around IrelandAlmost two-thirds fail at one Dublin centre while more than two-thirds pass at a location in KilkennyThu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
Judges could recommend minimum sentences of 30 years or more for worst crimes under proposalsParole Board will retain ultimate responsibility for deciding release date despite proposed reformsWed Aug 07 2024 - 06:00
