Concrete levy to be cut to 5% and delayed until September next yearMinister for Finance says charge, designed to cover cost of repairing building defects, will be in place ‘for the foreseeable future’Tue Oct 18 2022 - 17:56
NI secretary pledges to call Assembly election if Stormont not restored by end of monthExecutive must be formed by October 28th to avoid new poll, Chris Heaton-Harris saysTue Oct 18 2022 - 17:21
Eviction ban to last to April 1st, with ‘staggered’ resumption plannedProtection of ‘live’ notices to be included to counter possible rash of eviction notices being issued in coming daysTue Oct 18 2022 - 13:25
Property owners threaten legal action over winter eviction banCabinet approves ban on new evictions lasting until next MarchTue Oct 18 2022 - 09:56
Coalition partners sending mixed messages on housingInside Politics: Issues within Government could move from simmering to boiling point quite swiftlyTue Oct 18 2022 - 07:24
Fine Gael may seek increase in income thresholds for social housing eligibility Sources in the party this week spoke of increasing nervousness over the housing crisisSat Oct 15 2022 - 05:00
Traffic-reform plans for Dublin city centre to be published on Monday, Ryan says‘Pathfinder’ projects across the country aim to improve sustainable transport - MinisterFri Oct 14 2022 - 12:49
EU energy reforms will take ‘months not weeks’ to be felt in consumer bills, Eamon Ryan warnsPlans to tackle energy crisis ‘will make a difference’ but will not be immediate, says MinisterFri Oct 14 2022 - 12:32
Marc MacSharry, Fianna Fáil’s most visible internal critic, on threshold of regaining the whipSligo TD retained support within the party since resigning last year but some members are wary of his returnFri Oct 14 2022 - 06:00
Garda transport unit called for as passengers do not feel safe, TDs sayFianna Fáil backbenchers release commuter survey showing most witnessed anti-social behaviourThu Oct 13 2022 - 13:54
Concrete levy could be cut, adjusted or delayed in an effort to soothe political tensionsSome Fianna Fáil sources predict policy will ‘die a death’ after backbenchers expressed strong opposition at meetingThu Oct 13 2022 - 08:30
Taoiseach would like to see referendum on ‘woman’s place in the home’ next yearMartin says votes on changes favoured by all political parties can be the ‘most dangerous’ and wording needs to be gotten rightWed Oct 12 2022 - 15:12
Now is not the time for a concrete block levy, say Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators Party members raise concerns over timing of move and call for deferralTue Oct 11 2022 - 20:35
Thirteen smaller political parties non-compliant with obligation to file audited accountsSipo opts not to pursue 13 small political parties for failure to comply with obligation to file audited accountsTue Oct 11 2022 - 20:03
Home retrofitting scheme hit with inflation and supply chain challenges — SEAIEastern Europe no longer available to provide labour supply for retrofitting programmes, committee toldTue Oct 11 2022 - 13:17
More than 40% of Ukrainian refugees housed in just three countiesDublin housing the largest number followed by Donegal and Kerry, figures showFri Oct 07 2022 - 09:00
Winter eviction ban under consideration amid cost-of-living crisisEirGrid says homes could be most exposed to State’s electricity shortage over winter due to demandFri Oct 07 2022 - 05:00
Taoiseach defends Government moves to protect public from cost-of-living pressuresMartin says compliance globally with the UN’s sustainable development goals has slipped against the backdrop of Covid, war and other geopolitical challengesWed Oct 05 2022 - 21:14
Taoiseach advises against going to fight in Ukraine after death of Irish man Rory MasonCo Meath native was a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv regionWed Oct 05 2022 - 19:01
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
