Michael McGrath

Budget 2025 main points: Energy credits, bonus welfare payments, higher minimum wage and tax changes

USC cut to 3%; extra credits for renters; 10,000 new social homes to built and free public transport for under-9s

Leading banker urges State to use dormant funds accounts to aid good causes

Former minister for finance Michael McGrath was told of benefits that abandoned investments could have for charities or State programmes

How Michael McGrath ended up with the mid-ranking EU justice job

Irish Government thought to have made several early missteps in European commissioner job race

Justice and the rule of law

New commissioner role

The Irish Times view on the new EU Commission: a reasonable result for Ireland

The concentration of tech companies in Ireland may well have contributed to Michael McGrath’s appointment

The Irish Times view on raising the pension tax threshold: a retrograde move

The affair sheds an unflattering light on the advantageous terms enjoyed by a small numberof prosperous citizens

Government plan to spur households to invest misses budget deadline

Review of funds sector look at ways to persuade customers with €150bn mostly in low-interest on demand bank accounts to invest

New EU commission will be the Ursula show

German commission president has consolidated power at the top of EU’s executive arm

New justice portfolio

A thankless task?

Dáil returns but maybe not for long as evidence points to November election

Election date speculation is becoming wearying - according to Ceann Comhairle, at least

Ireland must tackle the ‘pull factors’ that attract asylum applicants

A proposal to charge asylum seekers with jobs €15 or €25 a week for accommodation is a pathetic response

Michael McGrath given mid-ranking EU commissioner for justice job

European Commission justice portfolio viewed as mid-ranking role by current and former officials

Children with ‘more needs’ may get higher benefit but not in Budget 2025, says Taoiseach

Simon Harris says Michael McGrath’s appointment to EU’s justice portfolio is a ‘vote of confidence’ by Von der Leyen

Michael McGrath’s new EU justice job is a win, but not the one Government wanted

Ireland continues to labour under misplaced belief that it punches above its weight in Europe

Von der Leyen gives biggest European Commission jobs to France, Spain and Italy

Eleven of 27 new commissioners are women after ‘intensive weeks of negotiations’ with governments

Michael McGrath’s new job in Europe shows just how far Ireland’s stock has fallen

Ireland’s engagement with Brussels is sprinkled by a ‘we know best’ attitude that is unbecoming of our history and self-perception

What does the EU commissioner for justice do?

Role will include chastising EU countries over rule of law breaches and tackling foreign interference

Michael McGrath announced as EU commissioner for justice

Ursula von der Leyen says former Irish finance minister had ‘excellent track record’ as she announced the allocation of EU commissioner portfolios

Von der Leyen briefs Harris on ‘composition’ of EU commissioner jobs carve up

Ireland nominee Michael McGrath believed to be in frame for commissioner for justice job

Replacement of French commissioner suits both von der Leyen and Macron

Hard to imagine Ursula von der Leyen shivving Thierry Breton without the blessing of Macron

Lobbying push from Irish officials amid speculation over Michael McGrath’s EU role

Michael McGrath could be in the frame for EU commissioner for justice or innovation job

Slovenian row threatens to delay to EU commissioner announcements

Ursula von der Leyen had been due to detail appointments on Tuesday

Simon Harris visits Ukraine to reaffirm Irish support

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Government to make last minute lobbying push for EU commissioner job

Taoiseach Simon Harris due to discuss commissioner posts with Ursula von der Leyen this week

Cara Partners to invest €130m in Co Cork pharmaceutical facility

Part of the German Schwabe Group, the firm has had a presence in Little Island since 1978

Taoiseach’s letter asks if measures to reduce bulk-buying of houses have been ‘entirely successful’

A letter to Michael McGrath suggested increasing 10% stamp duty on bulk purchases by investment companies

Michael McGrath interviewed by Ursula von der Leyen ahead of EU commissioner portfolio decision

Announcement on jobs for commissioners put forth by member nations expected in second week of September

AIB share sale wouldn’t impact pay cap, McGrath told

Department of Finance officials made clear State’s holding dropping below 25% would not impact pay restrictions at lender

Stop catastrophising about Michael McGrath’s European Commission prospects

As a minister, McGrath has demonstrated qualities and talents that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will need in her new commission

Progress on introducing e-cigarette tax ‘likely’ in budget, Chambers says

Recent Tax Strategy Group (TSG) papers published by the Department of Finance outline challenges surrounding such a tax

Voting preference and refusal to send two names may leave McGrath with dud commissioner brief

Ireland could be fall guy in struggle between Ursula von der Leyen and capitals over commissioner nominations

Ireland set to ignore von der Leyen’s request for two names for commission candidate

Tánaiste says Ireland’s ‘clear decision’ was nominating Michael McGrath, as commission president requests that EU member states put forward two names for posts

Returning Latvian commissioner may be seeking EU economy job

Lobbying efforts for EU commission jobs to pick up in the coming weeks

Ireland will not nominate a second European Commission candidate, says Taoiseach

Ursula von der Leyen annoyed at decision of 10 of Ireland’s 14 MEPs - including the four Fianna Fáil MEPs, to vote against her

Will unruly Fianna Fáil TDs see Ireland get an EU Commissioner for Toilet Seats?

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Including row over hay is not going to be the last straw for the Government

Government on course for clash with von der Leyen over nomination of Michael McGrath

European Commission president secures second term and says she will ask countries to put forward a man and woman for commissioner posts

Diagnostics firm Beckman Coulter to invest €10m in Clare facility

Company currently employs 550 on site at O'Callaghan's Mills

‘Sentiment towards Ireland is very strong now,’ says NTMA chief Frank O’Connor

National Treasury Management Agency boss will oversee two new sovereign wealth funds with aim of capturing and investing windfall tax revenues

From stay and spend to the domicile levy, some budget blunders for Jack Chambers to avoid

Our new Minister for Finance would do well to reflect on previous policy initiatives before delivering his first budget

Michael McGrath: ‘Nothing is ever as it seems. We’ve ended up with seven children, but we had loss along the way’

Parenting in My Shoes: Former minister reflects on the early ‘mad’ days of parenting and cherished moments of raising seven children

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