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VAT cut for hospitality and low-tax investment accounts are hardly responsible amid current economic uncertainty

Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?

Warning issued by senior Irish official to more than 280 diplomatic staff in Brussels

Party faithful give mixed views on Micheál Martin’s tenure, with no obvious challenger emerging amid concerns it is ‘difficult to find a TD who spans the generations’

Focus Ireland says the desires of children in homelessness accommodation – for more space, better beds and sheets, and that staff don’t shout at them – are ‘very basic’ demands

We can’t have all the short-term solutions we want and all the long-term investment we want

Under the scheme businesses can apply for up to €30,000 in funding

Proposals from Friends of the Earth say public backs the move but supports are needed

Richard Boyd Barrett introduces Bill to sanction Israel, break off ‘all economic trade, financial relations’

Sinn Féin accuses Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan of trying to ‘make legal’ remarks made during fuel protests

Micheál Martin ‘up for’ talks on new agreement as union boss signals deal may prove difficult

Two Government Ministers abstain while three backbenchers support move to committee stage

If town and village life is so much more sensible and attractive, why do so few people choose to live over the shop?

Agency entered this year facing €15 billion in debt maturities that needed to be refinanced

Former Beamish and Crawford site will replace existing Grand Parade library, which opened in 1930

Smartphone use is ‘most concerning issue’ parents are ‘reluctant’ to confront, says principal

There’s little serious analysis making the case for nuclear power in Ireland as part of energy and climate policy

Agenda to include means of supporting 40 businesses affected by blaze

Spending last year came in €4bn beyond what the Government sanctioned in previous budget

Fianna Fáil minister says tax rate is ‘imprudent, demoralising and contrary to the common good’

Funding by State’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, aims to address crisis that threatens liberal democracy

Campaigners warn against industry push for exemption from electronic waste rules

Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne believes meeting could also head off media efforts to find disputes between parties

State’s debt agency cancels planned bond auction later this month as it looks to tap institutional interest in existing bonds

Ireland failed to match European investment in renewables and infrastructure

Harris and Chambers are under pressure from their own backbenchers to keep the purse strings loose

Public land should be preferred option for greenways but this is ‘not being consistently followed’, TDs and senators heard

We have a political economy in which the only currency is the decibel

Legislation to clear path for ratification goes to Seanad on Wednesday

The recent fuel protests highlighted a disconnect that doesn’t stop at Irish politics

€1bn ‘contingency reserve’ provided in budget for unforeseen spending requirements already used up

Announcement about distribution of pamphlet was made on first anniversary of Storm Éowyn

Builder Bam expected to provide a new timeline on Friday, Pac told

Designation would oblige public bodies to smooth the path of offshore wind farm projects in so far as their statutory powers allow

Government move ‘will not solve problems that existed before’ people fleeing Russian invasion arrived, says deputy head of Zelenskiy’s office

Travel from Youghal to the Beara Peninsula,140-160km, was lawful, but travel from Shankill to Bray on a shopping expedition was a crime

Government will not oppose Bill, but proposal not expected to become law

‘Change means we can invest more in premium,’ Spotify said in an email sent to impacted customers

Premier Lotteries Ireland says it is losing out on €289m in annual sales because of ‘grey zone’ practice

Liberalisation of the planning guidelines is necessary to support rural communities, proponents argue, but opponents point to environmental impacts and increased pressure on services