Minister says homes for people starting first job ‘have not been affordable...and there needs to be something to bridge that gap’

The atmosphere on the usually staid show turns both hotter and frostier, a bit like climate change

RIA’s new five-year plan launched by Prof Peter Kennedy at admittance day ceremony

Work needs to be done in telling parents how workplace is changing, conference hears

Latest figures suggest per capita emissions in Ireland are close to five tonnes of CO2 a year – which translates to each citizen paying €100 a year based on the current carbon tax rate

For the first time in a decade, more Irish are returning from abroad than are emigrating

Cantillon: Wicklow TD spells out ideological differences between two main parties

State could lose €4bn in taxes if corporate tax harmonisation is adopted, expert says

Shelbourne punish missed spot kick while Cabinteely, Shamrock Rovers and Crumlin advance

We desperately need new infrastructure, but we cannot allow special interests to dictate it

Longer lives and low pension cover mean retirement may not equal serenity

Gathering told access to value of home may ease financial struggles for pensioners

Emily Logan says unpaid work women do should be rewarded with social supports

Frankie goes to Hollywood while Oireachtas’ golfers made to feel special in Killarney

Declarations before May 1st mean reduced penalties and chance to remain anonymous

Alan Barrett pleads guilty, as Revenue warns of a tough response to noncompliance

Ireland will retain tax advantage over US even if Congress passes cuts, Trump aide says

Intensive lobbying means short-term moves eclipse daring options to reallocate funding

ESRI director says older people working longer need not mean fewer jobs for young

Report says benefits need to be balanced against dangers of greater social isolation

The Expenditure Benchmark could assist voters in understanding and comparing policies across political parties in advance of the general election

Emigration is falling as economy improves but there is no wave of returning expats. Why?

Study says half of 50-somethings don’t know how much they will receive in retirement

Stephen Collins: Taoiseach and Tánaiste gave the most politically partisan accounts of any of the witnesses to date about the events that led the country to the brink of disaster

Consideration required on level of public services, says economic talks chairman

Ministers call for robust dialogue on realistic options open to the Government

Prof John McHale says: ‘Politics may again be leading us to the kind of mistakes we’ve made in the past’

Analysis: Tilda study shows mothers particularly suffer loneliness and depression after children emigrate

Increased symptoms recorded in group of older people whose children have emigrated

Sex assault survivors are twice as likely to be out of labour force, according to new report

Liquidators hold meeting in Dublin hotel

Dublin company in liquidation as investigation continues

Kevin Humphreys claims giving sensitive forecasts to unelected council undermines Oireachtas

ESRI study shows that older Irish emigrants suffered more child sexual abuse

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council believes there is a one-in-three chance the Government will not reach its budget deficit target by 2015

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says ‘significant uncertainties’ remain for Irish economy