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‘Cost-of-college crisis’ locking people out of higher education, says advocacy group

Students want Government to reduce contribution fees by €500 and address the price of transport

Why reducing the €2,500 student registration charge would be a double-edged sword

Do we really want our universities to be much cheaper than others in the EU?

Budget 2027: Rent tax credit could increase to €1,200 per person at higher level

Universal reduction of €150 in college fees on the cards

Here’s the schedule for Budget 2027 and how to follow it on Irishtimes.com

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Tuesday’s budget may be the worst since Charles Haughey’s wild spending

Despite all the promises, the day after tomorrow will be one of disappointment

Inheritance tax reform could unlock €170bn sitting on deposit, expert says

Current system incentivises families to hold assets until death because of tax implications

Budget 2027: Improved childcare supports to include after-school care

Families with a young child in creche could save €1,000 a year, while an income-tax package is expected for workers

The budget I want: A home owner, house hunter, parent, pensioner and business owner

Parents, homeowners, professionals, farmers, healthcare workers and people with disabilities discuss their priorities

Prospect of a €250 student fee reduction unlikely ahead of Budget 2027

The programme for government commits to continuing to reduce the student contribution fee over the lifetime of the Government

Message from the Editor: How The Irish Times is covering Budget 2027

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Budget day looms amid first hints of uncertainty over corporation tax

Department admits that while business tax take will rise this year, it will not meet even recent forecasts

Taoiseach signals halt to home heating oil carbon tax increases for lifetime of Government

Micheál Martin also confirms welfare recipients and pensioners can expect Christmas bonus

‘State bodies need to know they are being watched’: Government TD launches public spending site

Backbencher wants to create ‘panopticon’ for State entities and says Taoiseach approves

Budget 2027: Measures on pensions, welfare, income tax and more take shape

Continued acrimony in some quarters on Friday evening as many departments moved towards settling their budget

Ian O’Riordan: Does the Government truly understand the value of sport?

Budget tip: investing in sport pays off across other sectors too

Budget builders: the money Ministers who are two sides of the same coin

As they finalise Budget 2027, young-career politicians Simon Harris and Jack Chambers are getting on better than some expected

Ireland is the last stand for rare coastal machair habitats in the EU – but it’s failing

Funding nature restoration looks like an easy line to leave blank in the budget. That would be an expensive mistake

Alternative budget ideas: A €500 ‘everyday costs’ card, cheap e-bikes, a State building firm

Parties outline various ways in which rival budgets might appeal to the public ahead of next week's announcement

Budget talks enter ‘banging fists on the table’ phase – metaphorically at least

Inside Politics: Meanwhile, Brexit is back and the Drumcree stand-off continues

Millionaires’ tax central to People Before Profit Budget 2027 proposals

Party plans corporation tax of 20%, €500 energy credit and €1.75 per litre cap at fuel pumps to ease cost of living crisis

‘Literally unbelievable’: Ministers get ‘a kicking’ from Chambers’s team as budget talks near end

Jack Chambers fights to meet 6 per cent limit on increases, with Ministers complaining bitterly

Opposition alternative budgets; Grinds 360 boardroom war; and the viability of domestic rugby

Early Edition with Andrew McNair

Weather whiplash leaves us with no illusions about the reality of climate change

And yet the Government is still speaking out of both sides of its mouth

Hospitality sector insolvencies down 23% as VAT cut supports ‘stabilisation’

Overall rate of business failure well below long-term average, says PwC Ireland

Labour accuses Coalition of ‘fictional, fraudulent budgeting’ amid department overspends

Tánaiste Simon Harris counters that public spending reached ‘almost unimaginable’ levels when Labour was in power

College student protest uses 90s hits to draw politicians into listening

Students at the demonstration highlighted how housing difficulties have pushed many to the margins of the traditional university experience

Opposition’s alternative budgets propose windfall taxes and €400 energy credits

Budget 2027: Sinn Féin eyes 3% ‘solidarity tax’ and €600 for additional properties, while offering €500 ‘essentials card’

Three alternative Budget 2027 plans with one thing in common: spend, spend, spend

Labour, Sinn Féin and Social Democrats are going all in on the cost of living

Limerick mayor blames ‘gross underfunding’ of local authorities amid property tax hike

John Moran’s proposal to increase LPT in Limerick by 25 per cent for three years was voted down by Limerick council

Budget will cost pensioners

Not for the first time in this country, it appears as though eaten bread is soon forgotten

Slide in North American tourist numbers ‘highlights need to extend tax cuts’

Hospitality chiefs gather on Thursday for industry conference

Budget should focus on actual need rather than ‘mandatory perks’

The Government needs to be bold and strategic in ensuring that we can fund infrastructure delivery

Small-scale childminders will be able to earn more tax-free under planned budget measure

€15,000 income threshold for Childcare Services Tax Relief set to be increased

Ireland’s economic outlook ahead of Budget 2027 and agentic AI going rogue

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Taoiseach tells Social Democrats reports of €7.50 pension increase ‘may not be true at all’

Cian O’Callaghan says reported €7.50 pension increase ‘doesn’t even keep pace with inflation’

Income tax change is coming in Budget 2027. Here’s what it means for you

How will changes in income tax bands, USC and credits affect you?

Budget stories take back seat to fast-moving Garvaghy Road developments

Inside Politics: Dáil bids farewell to renowned Irish Times columnist and colour writer Miriam Lord

Permanent price reductions, not temporary measures

Government should focus on reducing costs of good and services to provide long-term savings for consumers

Electricity is vital for life, so should be supplied as cheaply as possible

Vital utility should not be a means through which profit can be extracted from consumers

Budget 2027: Staggered introduction of childcare fee reductions under review

Negotiations on size and structure of package to intensify in coming days, say sources

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