Budget

Kevin Callinan

Strike ‘remains available’, unions say as pay talks begin

Industrial strike

Taoiseach hopes ‘behind-the-scenes work’ results in talks with unions

Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Taoiseach urges unions for further talks on eve of public sector strike

Irish Budget 2027

Government must ‘put hands in pockets’ for culture card – Patrick O’Donovan

The Fine Gael team held a post-Budget canvass with commuters on Wednesday morning at Stephen's Green in Dublin

McEntee defends Budget spending plans despite sharp criticism from watchdog

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers and Finance Minister Simon Harris with the Budget 2027

Income tax changes and social welfare increases in Budget

Simon Harris outside Leinster House

Government using ‘high-risk’ receipts to fund tax and spending plans – watchdog

Dan Dooley, the chairman of the Rathcormac Men's Shed

Men’s sheds awaiting details of support funding

Farmer Michael O'Dwyer from Doora, Co Clare with cows in the background

Mixed reaction to Budget from farmers

University of Limerick graduate Eva McCormack holding a sign

Failure to abolish student contribution fee ‘devastating’ for families

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers and Finance Minister Simon Harris on Budget day

Opposition parties accuse Government of ‘lack of honesty’ in Budget 2027

Irish Budget 2027

Nothing in the Budget to bring me back to the market – former landlord

Cork renter Christina Collins sat at a table

Budget 2027 rent tax credit increase ‘a drop in the ocean’, according to renter

Tomàs Murphy at his home

Budget does not go far enough in helping disabled, says advocate

Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty

Budget a test that Government has ‘failed’ – Doherty

Irish Budget 2027

Irish Government announces ‘optimistic’ Budget 2027

Tanaiste Simon Harris

Pension increases and cuts to childcare costs likely to feature in Budget 2027
Finance Minister Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will unveil the spending plan in the Dáil later on Tuesday.
Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association

Tánaiste and Finance Minister Simon Harris

Culture card ‘not dead in the water’, Tánaiste insists

Micheal Martin speaking to the media

Taoiseach signals pause on home heating oil carbon tax increase

Simon Harris and Jack Chambers speaking to the media

Corporation tax take in September soars as companies pay bills early

A woman changing bedclothes in a home

Mental health housing charity calls for ‘essential’ funding

Alone annual report

At-risk older people cutting down on food and heating, Alone says

Charity pleads for Budget funding as homelessness numbers continue to spiral

A young child playing with toys next to a window

Coalition considering hike in tax relief for childminders

James Browne and Ber Grogan holding Simon Week booklets

‘Meaningful’ action on homelessness urged in Simon Communities fundraising push

Simon Harris

Tánaiste questions fuel excise increase in November

Taoiseach Micheal Martin speaks to journalists

Rent tax credit will be increased, Taoiseach says

Drinks being poured

Rising costs threatening to make many hospitality businesses unviable – research
The report commissioned by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland comes weeks after research showed 2,205 pubs closed for good in the last 20 years.
Cate McCurry, Press Association

Taoiseach Michael Martin

Taoiseach signals cut to tax on home heating oil in Budget

Rent tax credit increase ‘looked upon positively’, Tánaiste says

Simon Harris

‘Argument’ for expanding fuel allowance, Tánaiste says

Simon Harris speaks at the Fine Gael think-in

Income tax changes worth more than a few hundred euro, Tánaiste says

Fianna Fail think in – Tullamore

Different perspectives on stamp duty ‘healthy’, Jack Chambers says

Bord Gáis Energy announced an increase to its prices

Bord Gáis Energy announces gas and electricity price increases from October

Tánaiste Simon Harris

Tánaiste pushes back on Fianna Fáil stamp duty proposal

Jack Chambers

Chambers cautions ‘honest’ and ‘modest’ expectations for Budget

Taoiseach Michael Martin speaking to the media outside Government Buildings, Dublin

Taoiseach does not rule out cutting excise on alcohol

Euro notes sit inside a wallet

State-backed investment account could be made available to children in future

Simon Harris

Tánaiste says Government does not ‘ignore’ advice of State’s spending watchdog

Rolls of euro banknotes

Fiscal watchdog warns of ‘larger than appropriate’ Budget package

A view of fuel pumps at a service station in Dublin

Unwinding of fuel excise cuts postponed

Letterkenny remains Ireland’s cheapest student town.

Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe speaking to the media outside Government Buildings, Dublin

Budget must prioritise fully public-funded childcare – National Women’s Council

Tánaiste Simon Harris

Reductions in income tax and childcare costs ‘priorities’, Tánaiste says

Anglo Irish court case

Government repeating past policy mistakes, watchdog warns

Lack of income tax measures in budget ‘irked’ Fine Gael voters – Simon Harris

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What's in and what's out of Budget 2026? Here's everything we know

Carbon tax increase will be under ‘further consideration’ in Budget

Taoiseach calls for ‘fiscal sustainability’ as Tanaiste eyes income tax package

Fuel prices to drop by midnight as Government announces measures amid surging pr...

Corporation tax windfalls should not be used to fund infrastructure boost – IFAC

Headline Exchequer surplus of 7.1 billion euro

Councillors in Donegal have approved the 2026 budget, while rejecting an increase in commercial rates

Councillors reject rates increase and opt for eighth year of freeze

County councillors will meet in Lifford next Friday to vote on the local authority's budget plans for 2026

Councillors to debate €224 million budget as 5% commercial rates hike proposed

Families making ‘impossible choice’ between heating and eating, Dail told

Budget measures will cut disposable incomes in average households by 2% – ESRI

Working people view Budget 2026 with shock and disbelief, Mary Lou McDonald says

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