No additional child benefit payment to tackle poverty in Budget 2027
Minister for Social Protection indicates ‘priority for this budget is a cost-of-disability payment’
Ballina school cast into bureaucratic spotlight as movable EU presidency feast rolls on
Employment and Social Affairs Council brings ministers and officials to Co Mayo town for first formal meeting of Ireland’s six-month run
Calleary appeals to unions to join pay talks
EU social protection ministers meeting in Minister’s Mayo constituency
What happens to Northern Ireland after unity? Answers are starting to emerge
Would it remain Northern Ireland, though under the ultimate jurisdiction of Dublin, rather than London? Or would it be subsumed into a united Ireland?
Donald Trump is expected to visit Ireland in September
US president expected to visit Doonbeg golf course in Co Clare and possibly play in pro-am event on day before Irish Open
EU presidency comes with opportunity – but also opportunity cost
Micheál Martin said his Government was ‘ready to give it our all’ over the next six months, but are there enough hours in the week?
‘Ready to give our all’: Ireland begins its six-month EU presidency
Taoiseach plays down concerns over how neutral Ireland would help strengthen EU’s defence during presidency
Chambers ‘does not envisage’ return to social partnership model
Minister repeats appeal for public sector unions to join talks on a new pay agreement
Public service unions urged to enter talks on new pay agreement
Existing deal, which expired on Tuesday, saw public servants receive increases of more than 10%
Families will be ‘aghast’ at phased withdrawal of fuel tax cuts, Sinn Féin says
Cabinet has agreed to begin gradual reduction of reliefs, worth 32 cent on litre of diesel and 27 cent on petrol, from September 1st
Government unlikely to pursue drug decriminalisation proposals
Senior Fianna Fáil sources confirm there is no intention to push forward with Oireachtas committee recommendations
Fuel excise cuts likely to be extended and tapered off over coming months
Any change in reductions will require legislation to be passed through Oireachtas before summer recess
‘The ultra left is nihilist’: Pat Rabbitte outlines why broad left alliance won’t happen
Former minister told Inside Politics podcast that co-operation between Labour and Social Democrats would be ‘wise’
Sharp fall in number of asylum seekers since EU migration pact, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister for Justice says numbers suggest Ireland is not losing control over asylum process
People get promoted until they reach a job they can’t do (and other lessons from the UK)
Keir Starmer wasn’t great but his shortcomings weren’t the Labour government’s biggest problem. It was the lack of growth in the British economy