Simon Harris

What Taoiseach and Tánaiste told pharma sector amid lobbying efforts on EU reforms

Documents show Government assured the industry that Ireland had its back in Washington and Brussels

Micheál Martin to find out scale of damage done to him in Fianna Fáil by Gavin fiasco

Meanwhile, Jim O’Callaghan continues to lean into the immigration debate

Politicians are bad at the internet. Just look at Simon Harris’s TikTok

Keir Starmer’s new Substack only proves the point

Tech firms would be ‘foolhardy’ to push back on online safety rules for children, Minister says

Patrick O’Donovan is to brief the Cabinet on plans to introduce a ‘digital wallet’ pilot programme to verify the age of social media users

Jewish community to be invited to meet Dublin mayor, councillors over Herzog Park controversy

Councillors want to provide assurance they are ‘not anti-Semitic’ in light of recent recommendation to rename park

Tech sector expected to resist online safety plans

‘Era of platforms shrugging their shoulders and blaming the algorithm is over,’ Coalition source says

Up to €17m to be spent on technology to track and intercept drones

Incident during Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit is believed to have been intended to cause embarrassment to the Republic and highlight weak defences

The Complex is ‘the only place that does it all’: Dublin can’t let another arts venue vanish

Dublin city is used to this cycle: a cultural space is threatened and people immediately organise to save it. Now it’s the turn of The Complex

Ireland dodged a bullet this year. But there’s a caveat

Trouble for Simon Harris is that GDP figures don’t tend to cheer you up if you are juggling a long commute, childcare costs and soaring grocery bills

Thalidomide: A shock finding in the Irish State archives

Department of Health papers refer to concentration camp scientist who helped develop German drug linked to birth defects worldwide

Irish investors left in lurch as opportunity flogged on Ivan Yates podcast seeks ‘chance to breathe’

Plus: Feathers fly as Mike Tyson hits Belfast, Vikings rule and will Sensible Simon give kids a dig out?

Former Fine Gael minister and MEP Paddy Cooney dies aged 94

Simon Harris pays tribute to man of ‘tremendous integrity’ who served in governments of Liam Cosgrave and Garret Fitzgerald

Exchequer receives almost €440m in dividends from State companies in last two years

Harris says largest payment came from ESB as Social Democrats argue funding could be used to finance grid improvements and boost energy security

Could Ireland follow Australia and ban under-16s from social media?

Parents and schools are working together to impose community-wide bans on smartphones until their children reach certain ages

Miriam Lord: What possessed Micheál Martin to post bonkers bus snap that made him look like a soap opera villain?

The Taoiseach grins in the driver’s seat while Sensible Simon steers the economy

Revenue will get details of property Irish people hold abroad under new deal

Information exchange deal with other OECD countries to tackle tax evasion will disclose details of income coming for foreign property

Israeli minister clashes with Ireland’s envoy to Tel Aviv over Herzog Park name row

Irish political leaders only responded to denaming plan after criticism from Israel, says Gideon Saar

Government collects record €10bn in corporation tax in November

November total was more than the State used collect in an entire year just a decade ago

New infrastructure plan: Government expects legal challenge to judicial review reforms

Report warns court challenges and overly complex regulatory system could stall infrastructure improvements

Red-carpet treatment as packed Dáil chamber gathers to hear Zelenskiy

Unlikely wartime leader must be so weary of having to travel the world, pleading for solidarity with his invaded homeland

Zelenskiy appeals for support from ‘community of nations’ during Irish visit

Ireland and Ukraine sign roadmap for bilateral relations including a further €125 million in funding

From Belfast to Dublin to Israel’s president: Who was Chaim Herzog?

Herzog’s son is the current president of Israel, while his father was Chief Rabbi of Ireland

Corporation tax-take heads for €10bn in November, say analysts

Business tax receipts continue to strengthen despite concerns over impact of Trump tariffs

Fintan O’Toole: Ireland has two economies, one bourgeois, one proletarian. Both are broken

The bourgeoisification of the Irish workforce is a remarkable phenomenon

Zelenskiy greeted by Taoiseach at Dublin Airport on first official visit to Ireland

Agenda set to include visit to President Catherine Connolly and expected address to joint sitting of Dáil and Seanad

Tourism plan focuses on Ireland as a ‘foodie’ holiday destination

Government unveils tourism plan to increase number of tourists by one million per year

Harris says suspension of civilian Garda member over alleged threats against him ‘very concerning’

Tánaiste he does not view ‘such matters as HR matters, I view them as criminal matters’

Greek finance minister to meet Simon Harris in Dublin and press case to become next Eurogroup president

Kyriakos Pierrakakis is one of two candidates vying to succeed Paschal Donohoe as Eurogroup president

ESRI economist Karina Doorley appointed to State’s fiscal watchdog

New member works on issues related to the tax-benefit system, the distribution of income, and sustainability of public finances

Simon Harris is facing his first big test. Can he shake off the TikTok Tánaiste image?

New Minister for Finance and his colleague Jack Chambers will need to channel a bit of Ray MacSharry

Harris accuses Sinn Féin of ‘taking big money from big American building companies’

While landlords end 35% more tenancies this year, Tánaiste Simon Harris called Pearse Doherty a ‘hypocrite’ in heated Dáil clashes over rising rents

Harris takes the purse strings just as Ireland’s golden economic decade may be ending

This week’s Ifac report outlines challenges facing the Irish economy, and the few options facing Simon Harris

Budget watchdog hands Harris his first headache

Without plans or forecasts, Coalition already committed to big tax package in 2027

Government has ‘no intention of becoming a landlord’ for asylum seekers, says Simon Harris

Simon Harris has said it ‘defies common sense’ to allow working asylum seekers to get free accommodation

Coalition warned about fiscally ‘flying blind’

Government was supposed to update medium-term expenditure plan last summer but still hasn’t done so

Coalition ‘budgeting like there’s no tomorrow’, warns fiscal watchdog

Ireland is ‘flying blind’ without the medium-term spending plan promised in programme for government

Social media pressure and fake videos undermining democracy, Taoiseach says

Challenges particularly difficult for women, Taoiseach says, after Gráinne Seoige described election regret

What next for Fine Gael and the Coalition after Paschal Donohoe?

Senior party figures lament former minister’s departure but back Simon Harris as natural fit for role

Fine Gael’s ‘new generation’ who quit: ‘Many TDs don’t see it as a career any more’

The party’s brightest stars of the 2000s walked away from politics by the age of 51

As economic storm clouds gather, Simon Harris has big decisions to make

Growth is slowing and the stock market is wobbling - the new Minister for Finance could have a lot on his plate

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