Budget

Customers face increase of around 10% in household energy bills within days on Budget 2027

Minister for Finance says focus of the €1.5 billion tax package planned for the budget would be on income tax

Party leader says ‘strains’ on public services and ‘issues’ around housing must be considered when it comes to issuing work permits to foreign workers

Promises of support are meaningless in face of increased public transport fares and inaction on housing

Irish people’s natural caution means we may not make the most of new personal investment accounts

Internal Health Service Executive paper indicates shortfall of nearly €56m

Plan to increase public transport fare by 15% ‘absolutely outrageous’, says TD Paul Murphy

Party in better place than it has been at any of its recent think-ins, but big and politically tricky decisions loom

Will potential abolition of 1% rate be a help to prospective homeowners or lead to further property market inflation?

Regardless of what politicians say or do, people are starting to demand and deliver change locally

CSO has made significant revisions to data, but how are we putting so much money aside?

Taoiseach warns one-off cost-of-living payments can erode ability to tackle longer term issues, including childcare

With the cost of living topping agenda at Fianna Fáil’s think-in, Minister for Public Expenditure warns that tax package for workers will be ‘modest’

Our lives and our country are better thanks to the sacrifices of taxpayers in years gone by

More than 425,000 pupils are in oversized classes, yet we have lost almost 500 teachers

International confidence in Ireland’s public finances needs to be protected

Modernising deemed disposal rules seem like a no-brainer, so why hasn’t it happened?

Is now really the time to prioritise a scheme aimed at helping those with savings to further increase their value?

Law Society president says income eligibility threshold of €18,000, unchanged since 2006, ‘locking people out of justice’

We will pay for the proposed new schemes and get no utility from them

Division notable among member states on proposed scale of seven-year funding round

Government spending is running ahead of increased tax returns in percentage terms

Government cut the VAT rate for the hospitality sector as part of last year’s budget

Minister for Finance determined that people would not be penalised with higher tax bracket if in receipt of overtime pay or promotion

Drip-feeding of information on investment account scheme is tiresome

Up to 46,241 children aged under three were on waiting lists for places in services late last year, with number expected to rise further

Better with Money with Aideen Finnegan

Investors need to see more details before deciding whether it is worth participating in new scheme

Government defers action on deemed disposal rules under existing investment regime to Budget 2028

Focus needs to be on policy initiatives that really deliver not ones offering political comfort or short-term optics

Irish language broadcaster asks for €11m more funding in Budget 2027

Profession contributes €12.65bn to Ireland but warns recruitment must meet demand

State budgetary watchdog has long been a singular voice of fiscal rectitude, but is routinely ignored by Government

Minister delivers cost of business advisory forum’s final report

Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Simon Harris says he welcomes input from the Fiscal Advisory Council but ‘they are not the Government’

Budgets are drawn up and delivered every October only to be torpedoed by spending overruns, council says

Spending watchdog warns a large budget package will add to inflation and increase costs for households and firms

There was strong merit in the Government’s decision to increase the Standard Fund Threshold on pensions from €2m level