Simon Harris

The think-ins organised by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin this week showed Irish politics is static right now

US president’s son, Eric Trump, does not believe meeting with Catherine Connolly at Áras will go ‘off the rails’

Tánaiste said it was appropriate online posts had been deleted since, and added he had not been aware of them

Minister for Finance more guarded in comments on possible changes to inheritance tax

Minister for Public Expenditure says equalisation is beyond budget's financial scope

Simon Harris’s comments are offensive and inane

Both inhumane and retrogressive to refuse these visas

Tánaiste promises cohort will see ‘significant impact’ from planned income tax package

Organisations want guarantees around protection and promotion of women’s sports, says minister

Customers face increase of around 10% in household energy bills within days on Budget 2027

Minister for Finance says focus of the €1.5 billion tax package planned for the budget would be on income tax

Micheál Martin says direct engagement is the ‘best’ way to resolve row over new €520 flat fee

Promises of support are meaningless in face of increased public transport fares and inaction on housing

Irish people’s natural caution means we may not make the most of new personal investment accounts

Party in better place than it has been at any of its recent think-ins, but big and politically tricky decisions loom

Will potential abolition of 1% rate be a help to prospective homeowners or lead to further property market inflation?

Party must ‘plan, prepare and articulate’ what a united Ireland means, Neale Richmond to tell members

Taoiseach warns one-off cost-of-living payments can erode ability to tackle longer term issues, including childcare

The pro-data centre language of US politicians sounds strikingly familiar to an Irish audience

Current investment regime taxes profit you make; this new scheme will tax the whole fund regardless of performance

Modernising deemed disposal rules seem like a no-brainer, so why hasn’t it happened?

Is now really the time to prioritise a scheme aimed at helping those with savings to further increase their value?

Government spending is running ahead of increased tax returns in percentage terms

Minister for Finance determined that people would not be penalised with higher tax bracket if in receipt of overtime pay or promotion

Drip-feeding of information on investment account scheme is tiresome

Better with Money with Aideen Finnegan

Royal London survey says women, those living in rural areas and pensioners are least likely to invest

An already-shrinking tax base needs to be widened, not narrowed further

Hugh, Pat, Ellen and Jack took to the stage at Electric Picnic on Saturday

Investors need to see more details before deciding whether it is worth participating in new scheme

Government defers action on deemed disposal rules under existing investment regime to Budget 2028

Newly-qualified doctors would be expected to agree to spend set period working in State under proposal

Simon Harris’s long-mooted savings plan is designed to lure some of the €170bn out of regular deposit accounts

Simon Harris will ignore the advice, as has every other minister for finance

Excise duty cuts decision indicates if there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden

Decisions on funding drug for Friedreich’s Ataxia and rubber-stamping cuts to excise duty a likely inducement for costly politiking

State budgetary watchdog has long been a singular voice of fiscal rectitude, but is routinely ignored by Government

Minister delivers cost of business advisory forum’s final report

Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday

Richest 10% of households hold almost half of amount, Central Bank statistics find