Leaders head for the ploughing as pensions plan furrows brows Inside Politics: Martin, Varadkar and McDonald will press the flesh in Ratheniska while avoiding each otherWed Sept 21 2022 - 08:17
‘Thousands and thousands and thousands’ expected at Dublin cost of living protest, organisers sayThere is ‘anxiety across society’ about rising costs, McDonald says ahead of Saturday marchTue Sept 20 2022 - 16:47
One week until Budget Day and all eyes are on Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrathInside Politics: Despite the vast sums to be expended, the room for new, annually recurring spending commitments is actually quite tightTue Sept 20 2022 - 08:02
Higher State pension proposed for those who work beyond 66 Retirement age set to be confirmed at 66 with option for people to work until 70 if they chooseTue Sept 20 2022 - 05:00
Donohoe’s options narrowing as Eurogroup headFF not prepared to make way for outgoing Minister for Finance to retain his role as Eurogroup chairTue Sept 20 2022 - 04:26
Pat Leahy: Fianna Fáil will remain pivotal in politics despite discontentWith or without Micheál Martin at helm, party could emerge as kingmaker after the next electionSat Sept 17 2022 - 04:00
Eurogroup dispute suggests Coalition switchover in December will be rockyIt’s conceivable that Donohoe could stay on as head of EU group even if he’s not finance minister but the row has hurt relations between FF and FGSat Sept 17 2022 - 01:00
‘We don’t want to subsidise data centres’: targeted energy bill support planned for businesses Specific budget measures that would not benefit multinationals or data centres being drawn up as Varadkar signals possible wage subsidiesFri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
Irish hopes for billions under EU windfall tax proposals dashed Suggested commission measures likely to be put in place for just six months, rather than planned 12Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
Proposals for sweeping tax increases receive cool reception from MinistersTaxation commission ‘stunned’ at Tánaiste’s dismissal of some proposals as being ‘straight out of the Sinn Féin manifesto’Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
Fianna Fáil cool on Varadkar suggestion that Donohoe could remain Eurogroup president after Coalition reshuffleDiscussions among Coalition leaders on appointments after December reshuffle yet to take place, says TánaisteWed Sept 14 2022 - 19:32
Irish share of EU energy windfall levies to be used for ‘direct support’Emerging Government plan would see any revenue taken from energy companies channelled into expansion of energy credit schemeWed Sept 14 2022 - 07:01
Taoiseach to hold talks with Liz Truss next week Taoiseach and UK prime minister expected to meet on margins of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in LondonTue Sept 13 2022 - 20:54
Energy firm revenues will be capped and windfall profits taxed, Minister says‘We will provide direct support to our citizens and to our businesses and we will take money off those energy companies,’ Michael McGrath saysTue Sept 13 2022 - 14:58
Fianna Fáil will take over finance ministry in December, Taoiseach confirms Make-up of the next cabinet in December has not yet been discussed among the leaders, Varadkar saysTue Sept 13 2022 - 14:13
Budget 2023: new electricity credits more likely than energy price capDirect supports for households and businesses being worked on as Taoiseach pledges assistance with childcare costsTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:00
Fianna Fáil hovers between pessimism and optimismUncertainty marks party’s mood at annual think-in as impressive pandemic track record vies with unknowable futureTue Sept 13 2022 - 04:26
Budget 2023: Tensions rise as Ministers submit ‘unrealistic’ bids for extra fundingMeetings to decide spending increases and cost-of-living package start this week with some departments seeking funding hike of 20 per centMon Sept 12 2022 - 05:00
Questions for Fianna Fáil go beyond those of leadershipTDs to meet in Mullingar for pre-Dáil return think-in are likely to focus on housing, cost of living and budget issuesSun Sept 11 2022 - 21:53
President and Taoiseach expected to attend funeral of Queen ElizabethGovernment and EU ready for 'serious' talks on addressing issues with protocol but not dismantling itSun Sept 11 2022 - 15:38
Dublin and Brussels wait for signals from Truss on Northern Ireland protocolDeath of Queen Elizabeth II means that talk of calls or meetings with the Taoiseach are on holdSat Sept 10 2022 - 06:00
Pat Leahy: Get ready for the big budget bazookaWhatever about being economically wise, increased support for the public amid the cost-of-living crisis is politically necessarySat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Taoiseach holds first telephone call with new British prime minister Martin and Truss hold brief discussions on protocol and other issuesFri Sept 09 2022 - 16:51
Energy crisis: Pressure increases for multibillion-euro budget day giveaway to help consumersPressure on Cabinet expected to increase as British government set to announce spending of up to £100bn to assist public with energy billsThu Sept 08 2022 - 00:05
Government’s survival may depend on keeping the lights on this winterKeeping the lights on this winter will be imperative, as power cuts could damage Coalition beyond repairWed Sept 07 2022 - 05:00
Budget 2023: Cost of living package could rise to €2bnSurging energy bills and large exchequer surplus means larger suite of once-off measures now expectedTue Sept 06 2022 - 23:13
Pat Leahy: Little optimism that Liz Truss will improve UK relations with Ireland or EUHow she handles some of the most important issues facing her will have a direct impact on this country – and the signs, frankly, are not goodSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Kevin Callinan: The union leader who ‘knows how to close out on a deal’Ictu chief pursuing approval of State’s 340,000 public sector workers for pay deal agreed this weekSat Sept 03 2022 - 04:00
Surging tax revenues provide Government with unprecedented war chest ahead of budgetCommission on Taxation and Welfare recommend consideration of ‘tourist tax’Sat Sept 03 2022 - 00:01
Almost half of Irish households facing energy poverty, warns ESRIVery hard to predict when levelling off of energy prices will happen, says senior researcherFri Sept 02 2022 - 08:56
Consumers to get help paying energy bills Measures will target the less-well-off, those struggling on middle incomes and businesses, Paschal Donohoe saysFri Sept 02 2022 - 00:05
Measures promised to ease pressure from rising energy pricesLatest increase in charges announced by Electric Ireland reflects continuing ‘exponential’ growth in energy costsThu Sept 01 2022 - 15:46
Dara Calleary appointed Minister of State to replace Robert TroyMayo TD’s promotion had been widely expectedWed Aug 31 2022 - 11:17
Coalition’s public service pay offer likely to buy valuable industrial peace Budget options set to be constrained significantly as a consequence of agreementTue Aug 30 2022 - 18:56
Robert Troy replacement likely to be announced this weekCabinet to approve appointment during its first meeting after August break on WednesdayMon Aug 29 2022 - 02:00
Better pay offer for public sector looms in effort to stave off strikesGovernment set to put extra 1% on top of 5% offer while warning move would suck funds from other sectorsMon Aug 29 2022 - 02:00
Report on Tony Holohan’s cancelled TCD secondment given to Stephen Donnelly in JulyMaura Quinn says she has finalised and submitted report amid Department of Health claims ‘process is ongoing’Mon Aug 29 2022 - 02:00
Government faces its greatest challenge to its shaky internal equilibrium in coming monthsEarly budget, UK-EU tensions and the rotation of the office of Taoiseach will put pressure on GovernmentSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Consumers warned to expect further energy price hikes in coming weeksDepartment of Finance and Revenue Commissioners examining Green Party proposal for windfall tax on energy companiesSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Troy departure: Ireland’s ethics regime needs an overhaul, but will the watchdog get the powers it needs?A Government pledge to ‘reform and consolidate’ the law has yet to come to fruitionFri Aug 26 2022 - 00:00
Robert Troy’s departure shows the tendency to tolerate errors in Irish political life is diminishingThere was a growing sense that Government Buildings just wanted this problem to go away – one way or anotherWed Aug 24 2022 - 22:24
Robert Troy resigns as minister of State after property interests controversyFianna Fáil TD assures the public ‘once again that I have not tried to conceal anything’Wed Aug 24 2022 - 21:23
Pat Leahy: Lessons for Southern politics from the life of David Trimble Trimble read his own people well enough for long enough for the Belfast Agreement to bed downSat Jul 30 2022 - 05:00
Emissions deal: Farming and environmental groups criticise 25% agriculture cutGovernment move a ‘sell-out of our family farm model’ which would make ‘whole classes of farms unviable’, ICMSA saysThu Jul 28 2022 - 20:03
More than half of climate plans missed as agriculture emissions wrangling continues Just 45% of 162 measures for April, May and June implemented as deal talks gripped in deadlockThu Jul 28 2022 - 03:00
No mistaking gravity of emissions for CoalitionSettling on an agreed figure for the agriculture sector is critical if this administration is to continue governingWed Jul 27 2022 - 20:30
Coalition in extended talks to secure agreement on core climate targetsIssue of primary importance for Green Party, but fears mount that failure to find solution could defer decision until autumnTue Jul 26 2022 - 22:14
Trimble took more risks than Hume, says Eoghan HarrisCommentator and occasional adviser to late UUP leader hails Trimble’s ‘moral fortitude’Tue Jul 26 2022 - 19:23
Carbon emissions: 24-25% cut for agricultural sector by 2030 could be possible compromise to secure dealCabinet committee set to meet in bid to reach agreementMon Jul 25 2022 - 05:00
Make-up of a united Ireland among constitutional issues to be reviewed by Seanad committeeSubmissions will be followed by three public hearings in the autumnMon Jul 25 2022 - 01:01
