Difficult budget talks in store as Government promises to stick to spending limits
Expenditure increases limited to €7bn with €1.5bn to be set aside for tax package aimed at increasing take-home pay
Jack Chambers
Tax and spending plans in budget will become a little clearer this week
While the Government is seeking to control overruns, backbenchers want tax and spending giveaways
Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises
Money, no matter how many billions are involved, is the least important part of what is really at stake in the pay talks
Civil Service needs more staff with deep expertise and specialist skills, not generalists
Time is ripe to follow UK lead and hire for roles that offer specialists a career pathway and professional development
If you get up at a ridiculous hour to sit in horrendous traffic, there may be good news in the budget
But you might not want to get too excited
Pressure over Government spending cuts likely to fuel tensions at Cabinet
Black hole in Department of Education funding has led to €446m levy
Burning questions left as Dáil rises for summer break
The first half of 2026 raised plenty of questions; will there be answers in the second half?
HSE’s €40m land deal, and tax inheritance rules for child-free couples
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Jack Chambers wants civil servants to take risks – but who will take responsibility?
No State employee is going to put their career on the line to make some significant gamble if their political masters do not have their back
‘It’s part of the dance’: State and union sides posture over new public-service pay deal
Industrial action threats mounting since accord expired in June, but Coalition will want to know exposure before Budget 2027
TDs lobby for budget tax package and increase on Help-to-Buy ceiling
Tánaiste to discuss escalation of Middle East hostilities with fellow EU finance ministers
The Irish Times view on risk-taking: worth the pay-off
It is necessary in order to protect decision makers
Jack Chambers of Commerce stands tall in the Dáil for Big Jim as legal aid row rumbles on
There was a miserable turnout for Leaders’ Questions amid the desperate crawl to the summer recess
Ten of 12 rape trials adjourned in solicitors’ fees row, Social Democrats leader claims
Two went ahead only because defendants were minors, with legal services not withdrawn for children
Environmental groups take challenge to legal costs caps in successful cases
New costs rules breach Irish and EU law, An Taisce, Friends of Irish Environment say
Civil servants will be permitted to take risks to speed up delivery of homes
Ministers urged to increase recruitment of public service apprenticeships after 2025 target missed
Calleary appeals to unions to join pay talks
EU social protection ministers meeting in Minister’s Mayo constituency
Has the tide already turned for judicial reviews in planning?
Government which warned of paralysis on big projects took 19 months to action fees already legislated for
Jack Chambers has a chance to arrest the underperformance of Ireland’s public service
Very serious questions about the public sector need to be on the table in pay talks
Several candidates turned down An Coimisiún Pleanála chair role over low fee
Department of Housing sought sanction to raise €20,500 fee to €50,000 to address conflict of interest issue
‘Pennywise and billions foolish’: Infrastructure chief criticises historic State approach to big projects
Climate legislation was well-intentioned but ‘just gave rope’ to serial objectors, says Sean O’Driscoll
Aughinish Alumina criticism causes discomfort on Ireland’s first day as EU president
Ursula von der Leyen unlikely to do a walkabout in Cork; and very interesting questions raised following the Jeffrey Donaldson case
Chambers ‘does not envisage’ return to social partnership model
Minister repeats appeal for public sector unions to join talks on a new pay agreement
We’re ready to do a deal on public servants’ pay - and everything is on the table
Government ‘ready and willing for intensive discussions’ to build consensus with unions and staff representatives
Public service unions urged to enter talks on new pay agreement
Existing deal, which expired on Tuesday, saw public servants receive increases of more than 10%
One-off rural housing guidelines set to be overhauled
Anti-poverty initiative reports 0.7 per cent drop in child poverty from 2024 to 2025
Cuts to fuel taxes won’t be fully reversed until after Budget, Coalition leaders decide
Cuts are due to expire at end of July, with Taoiseach and Tánaiste saying there will be no ‘cliff edge’
IMF warns Government not to stoke Ireland’s full-capacity economy with needless spending
Discretionary fiscal spending should be temporary and targeted, Washington-based fund says
Expectation on fuel-duty decision shows how hard it is to unwind cost-of-living supports
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Reductions to excise duty on fuel ‘extremely likely’ to be maintained
Decision on whether to allow them lapse or extend in some form must be taken in next 10 days
GPO to host community events pending a ‘national conversation’ on its future
Ultimate redevelopment of site still anticipated to retain retail and office use
What does division over abortion within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael mean for Government?
Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period
‘Moderation’ in Government spending from this year, budget conference hears
National Economic Dialogue forum used to stress need for restraint and sustainable fiscal management
Fine Gael’s blueprint for Irish unity will not be about ‘sloganeering’, Tánaiste says
Every party in Dáil favours a united Ireland and subject is not owned by Sinn Féin, says Simon Harris
Budget 2027: Simon Harris signals focus on tax relief and childcare measures
Government eager to avoid criticism of last year’s budget with a key theme of ensuring work pays
Budget 2027: Tax changes for workers and more affordable childcare set to be priorities
National Economic Dialogue event will hear childcare and tax moves central to next budget
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The danger of Ireland’s reliance on a few big companies rises ever higher -but Irish politics does not want to know
Lidl claims planning system is being exploited by rival
Supermarket chain wants measures similar to fast-tracking of large infrastructure projects
‘Ireland means a lot to us in India with our own freedom struggle,’ Gandhi’s grandson says
Academic and writer Gopalkrishna Gandhi is participating in Jaipur Literary Festival in Dublin
Simon Harris and Jack Chambers get the filibuster treatment
Oireachtas committee chairman holds two senior Ministers and their officials in otherwise empty room for 40 minutes
A chill wind: Why are wind farms drawing so many objections in a time of climate crisis?
Potential impact on local habitat and concerns around a lack of planning fuel discontent
Department of Health faces task to find €175m in savings to offset overspending in education
Labour TD Ged Nash says the way details of sums involved are being presented by Ministers ‘is anything but transparent’
Government exceeds annual budget by average of €5.1bn since 2023
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council rebukes Department of Public Expenditure for poor budgeting
‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
As smart cities reduce car use, Ireland goes all in
Critical Infrastructure Bill will be a disaster for Ireland’s climate commitments
Dublin drainage scheme will be completed a year early, says Chambers
Jack Chambers says action plan to speed infrastructure projects already yielding results
The delegates’ views: Fianna Fáil members say ‘leadership in waiting is very patient’
Party faithful give mixed views on Micheál Martin’s tenure, with no obvious challenger emerging amid concerns it is ‘difficult to find a TD who spans the generations’
Public service must embrace risk to deliver big projects, Jack Chambers says
Minister addresses Fianna Fáil ardfheis in Dublin as party braces itself for possible double byelection loss
Department of Public Expenditure to pay up to €8,500 a month on help to sell infrastructure plan
‘Independent analysis and research support’ for department currently cracking down on overspends elsewhere
Fianna Fáil will not seek to stop Ahern from canvassing despite immigration remarks
Party struggling to make impact in upcoming Dublin and Galway byelections, polls show
The Irish Times view on budget planning: surrounded by an air of unreality
The Government appears to be ignoring the risk of a prolonged energy crisis
Fianna Fáil at 100 is a white man’s party with a woman problem
No party can claim to have ‘something for everyone’ when it has a woman problem like Fianna Fáil’s
Bertie Ahern’s comments on immigration ‘totally wrong’, says Jack Chambers
Tánaiste Simon Harris expects former taoiseach to ‘reflect’ on ‘any hurt or harm’ remarks have caused
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