‘Leave my health out of it’: Anonymous briefings, a defiant response and a dramatic turn of events
Patrick O’Donovan characterises anonymous Fine Gael party briefings on health as ‘sad day for Irish politics’
Wednesday’s public sector strike called off after unions and Government agree on talks
Two sides to enter a ‘focused and intensive exercise’ aimed at agreeing a basis for formal negotiations
Government seeks ‘negotiation process’ to avoid second round of public sector strikes
Union sources play down suggestion of fresh Government initiative, though informal contacts continue
Unions urge Taoiseach to intervene in bid to avert public sector strike
Fórsa leader Kevin Callinan calls for ‘intervention from top of Government’ to break deadlock on talks
Public sector pay can be discussed as ‘priority’ with unions ahead of strike, Minister says
More than 300,000 workers set for one-day work stoppage over prioritisation of pay in talks
Europe’s future ‘being decided in Ukraine’, Baltic ambassadors to tell Oireachtas committee
Officials from Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to discuss Ukraine as Russian attacks increase
Public-sector strike by more than 300,000 workers set to go ahead
First stoppage on Wednesday by more than 300,000 workers appears almost inevitable
Unions reject effort to avert Wednesday’s public sector strike
‘Pay issues can and should be discussed as a priority’, Minister Jack Chambers said in letter to unions
The remaking of Jack Chambers
Not yet restored as a leadership contender perhaps, but the Minister for Public Expenditure’s stock is higher than it has been for a long time
Public sector strike ‘inevitable’ and will see up to 150,000 medical appointments cancelled
First of two scheduled walkouts will bring widespread disruption, with further escalation possible in November
‘They were all sick of each other by then’: Inside the Government rooms where the budget was made
Fraught last-minute haggling in back rooms dominated the final days of negotiations as spending Minister Jack Chambers dug in
RTÉ likely to get back €20m lost in Budget 2027 ‘if it proves reforms are on track’
Taoiseach and Tánaiste’s offices intervene with Patrick O’Donovan ahead of crunch meeting with broadcaster’s leadership
Minister signalled Government was set to ‘renege’ on RTÉ deal in budget talks
Minister told Jack Chambers broadcaster’s €260m allocation could not be maintained without more funding for his department
It takes a giveaway budget of €8.5bn to not annoy anyone – except Patrick O’Donovan
The emergence of Chambers as a hard man fiscal hawk is a significant development in the internal dynamics of the Coalition
Public spending hits record level as watchdog sharply criticises Budget 2027
A package of tax reductions announced by Minister for Finance Simon Harris will see lower and middle income workers benefit