Cork homeless campaigners protest in solidarity with Apollo House
Up to 50 protestors gather at Cork City Hall to highlight appalling’ homeless situation
Government thinking on housing remains confused and populist
Evidence of confusion in policy circles can be seen in the plan to restore full mortgage interest relief for landlords
Rules set in Brussels mean budget moves count for little
Furore over €1.3bn package is really the narcissism of small differences
Budget 2017: Average cost of packet of 20 cigarettes rises to €11
19.5 per cent of the adult population smokes – down from 29 per cent in 2003
Budget 2017: Reactions range from surprise to ‘continued austerity’
‘If changes such as wealth tax were made, it could have meant extra €200m for spending’
Finance watchdog warns budget plan close to ‘prudent’ limit
Fiscal Advisory Council claims package of measures equates to far bigger adjustment
Central Bank landlord a vulture fund paying no Irish tax, says SF
Company owned by US fund pays no tax on €2.65 million a year in rent, says Sinn Féin
SF pledges to ringfence budget of €1bn to boost welfare
Party’s manifesto of spending plans will assume fiscal space of €8.6bn
Coalition accused of ‘misinformation’ on Irish Water ruling
SF says Eurostat ‘drives horse and cart’ through claim the €100 grant is independent
Taxpayer being forced ‘to plug €58m hole in regulatory bill’
Noonan pledges to establish working group to examine costs to State of financial regulation
Taxpayer needs to quit playing Santa Claus to banks
Noonan tells us that we are sitting on a small pot if gold, called AIB bank, worth about €11 billion
White Paper on universal health insurance within weeks, says Taoiseach
FF leader Micheál Martin warns about cost to consumers
Kenny insists decision on UHI not being put off
White Paper will be published in the next couple of weeks Taoiseach insists
Quinn says scheme under way to replace prefabricated school buildings
Minister urged by Fine Gael TD Seán Kyne to end prefab ‘scourge’
Opposition demands action to protect bank customers
Concerns that AIB and Bank of Ireland will use dominant position to drive up costs
Cantillon: Apathy allows Finance Minister to raid pension schemes
Until people take an interest, retirement funds will remain an easy target
Seven austerity budgets down, but this year brings some cause for optimism
Much done to address business concerns
This could be the last of the austerity budgets
The simple truth about economic growth merits repeating: it cures all ills
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