Simon Harris

New digital wallet will represent ‘important first step’, says Tánaiste

City centre rejuvenation to focus on vacant and derelict buildings and sites

Many high-profile political aides have taken up lucrative post-government careers elsewhere

Department of Finance says January is generally the strongest VAT month as it encompasses Christmas trading period

Testy exchanges over flooding as Government accused of ‘decade of broken promises’

Warning of difficult travel conditions as heaviest rainfall in expected in southern and eastern areas

Any system brought in to verify identification will be hacked

Forming behind the party is an orderly queue of alternatives, all aware that the electorate is frustrated

Fianna Fáil leader gets overwhelming backing of his party’s voters

State’s national debt stood at €232.1 billion at the end of 2025, Central Bank figures indicate

Residents of Enniscorthy were not shy about sharing their disappointment and scepticism with the Taoiseach

Chartered Accountants Ireland has “some fundamental concerns” about mooted reforms to the tax system

Some cognitive offloading to AI may be helpful. But the mass outsourcing of thinking will inevitably have negative consequences, both for individuals and for broader society

There’s a lesson here for politicians or political analysts who put great store in image management

Shipping the entire Government off to drink green beer and hum along to Zombie in far-flung places on St Patrick’s Day is an expensive form of therapy

Platforms ‘experimenting with the minds and brains of young people’, Tánaiste says

Simon Harris rejects Sinn Féin call to remove Larry Murrin, says ‘you’ve come for a head and you’re not getting one’

Five of the country’s biggest developers seek urgent engagement on legislation in advance of March 1st introduction

Coalition also plans to introduce ‘far tighter’ regulations on e-scooters and e-bikes, source says

Grace Lynch (16) was ‘failed catastrophically’ by Government, says SF leader

Academics, former journalists and long-time loyalists are among the Government’s most trusted advisers and policy wonks

Department of Education working on plans to ensure schoolchildren are educated about the murder of six million Jews in second World War

Simon Harris does not see any scenario in which Ireland would join Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace

Farming organisations represented on the board called for Larry Murrin to go; Minister for Agriculture backs chairman

Tánaiste cites ‘very serious red flags’ around the board and its potential impact on the United Nations

Opposition TDs raise questions about Government providing €10m more than institution requested last year

EU needs to watch and learn from Michael O’Leary’s interactions with Donald Trump and Elon Musk

EU leaders preparing diplomatic blitz in Davos to lobby US president to retract Greenland and tariff threats

Bloc’s leaders prepare diplomatic blitz to lobby Donald Trump to row back on Greenland, tariff threats

Donald Trump has focused his attack on the EU’s three big weaknesses

Austria’s Bawag seen as a frontrunner to buy PTSB

Macron likely to propose first use of bloc’s ‘bazooka’ emergency power to increase its negotiating leverage

The investment will see the group focus on its packaging division

It’s getting tougher to sell the Irish message of ‘careful now’

Eurogroup meeting in Brussels next week expected to be dominated by new economic threat from US

On migration, politicians are specialising in the Janus strategy of facing two ways at once

‘He’s supposed to be the prime minister, so why is he carrying his own bag?’ - Micheál makes waves in China

Figures come from briefing material drawn up for Simon Harris on his appointment in December as Minister for Finance

Putting your head above the parapet in Trump’s America risks sanction

Tánaiste in hot water over comments on immigration and homelessness, but insists his position has been consistent