Revenue warned Government over controversial apartment VAT cut ahead of Budget 2026
Intention of lower 9% VAT rate was to encourage more apartment and was never expected to lead to reduced prices for the consumer
Department officials said budget VAT cut for hospitality would create ‘deadweight’ in sector
Budget submission said VAT cut would narrow tax base and come at a high ‘ongoing cost’ to Exchequer
Deportation flight carried more than triple number of gardaí as failed asylum seekers
Deportation operation to Pakistan cost €474,000 and involved 24 failed asylum seekers
Data Protection Commission sought €10m budget increase to beef up staff numbers
Watchdog cites need to combat ‘extremely challenging and (unfair) narrative’ that it was soft on Big Tech
Footwear, driving, ‘key holding’: €30m paid in allowances to Department of Foreign Affairs staff
Payments made to cover ‘additional indirect costs’ involved in representational role of diplomatic staff
Dublin Airport operator fought back over greenwashing advertising complaint
Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland ultimately sought wording for future radio adverts to be revised
ComReg dropped plan to block scam mesages amid false positives
Regulator stuck to system of marking texts as ‘likely scams’
Central Bank audit finds 30% of key projects going over budget
Key problem identified is need for projects to pass through no less than six separate governance committees
Tourism Ireland spent €200,000 on Wednesday marketing campaign
Agency said ‘screen tourism’ hugely important to promote travel here
Former Ryanair executive critical of HSE’s adoption of cost cutting recommendations
Board member Michael Cawley told Bernard Gloster there seemed to be ‘no urgency’ in efforts to cut spending
Carey told Enterprise Ireland board he had no choice but to resign as chairman
Businessman said failure to file accounts on time was unfortunate and down to ‘some management/administrative errors’
Speeding, bald tyres and running red lights: here’s why people get penalty points
More than 48,670 cases where motorist sanctioned for holding mobile phone while driving
RTÉ spends €360k on TV and radio guest fees in a year
More than a third of the cash was spent on Patrick Kielty’s Late Late Show
Tourism Ireland spends €2.44m targeting ‘environmentally conscious’ visitors
Ireland Unrushed campaign achieved a ‘persuasion score’ of over 90 per cent in early post-campaign testing, tourism agency says
