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OpinionFionnán Sheahan: Jack Chambers has outflanked Simon Harris on a core Fine Gael value in this budget
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Young people in poor countries will react badly if they do not prosper, says Paschal Donohoe
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How to Ensure AI Serves the Public Good: With the right policies, AI can reduce inequalities and expand opportunities, writes Paschal Donohoe.
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OpinionMartina Devlin: Come home Paschal Donohoe, we need a finance minister who can say ‘No’
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After weeks of campaigning, the first boxes in the Galway West and Dublin Central bye-elections will be opened at 9am.
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‘It’s not Paschal’s seat’: Left-wing candidates on trail in Dublin Central byelection
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Who are the Dublin Central by-election candidates?: Voters in Dublin Central will go to the polls to pick a candidate to fill the Dáil seat vacated by former ...
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Business: Top World Bank official 'extremely concerned' by fallout of Iran war: No description available.
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Liberia: World Bank Managing Director Visits Mount Coffee, Commends Progress On 20MW Solar Project
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World Bank rules block Paschal Donohoe from helping Fine Gael in by-election to fill old Dublin Central seat
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Paid articlePaywall OpinionFionnán Sheahan: Not for the first time, best-laid plans of Mary Lou in Dublin Central have gone awry
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Paid articlePaywall Government pushes for apartment living in desperate bid to deliver housing : Refusal to raise Help-to-Buy threshold and reduction of VAT rate on apartments ...
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€21k for family locked in airport bathroom for 50 minutes: A Co Kildare family was locked in a bathroom for almost an hour at Dublin Airport and had to be ...
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Paschal Donohoe rushed to tell Revenue and NTMA of his departure as he stood down
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Taoiseach says judge’s ‘nightmare’ comments about cyclists are wrong: Labour has lodged a Judicial Council complaint after a Dublin judge’s remarks on cyclists ...
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Paid articlePaywall Judge who said cyclists have become ‘a nightmare’ sparks backlash – but he had his own run-in with road safety laws
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Paid articlePaywall OpinionFionnán Sheahan: Let’s just leave the EU if we’re no longer going to take our membership seriously
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Paid articlePaywall Tens of thousands of mortgage holders failed to take up tax break worth up to €1,250
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Gerry Hutch eyes a running mate for Dublin Central by-election, as Bertie Ahern predicts outcome of race
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Red C Poll: Fine Gael slumps following Donohoe departure
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Paid articlePaywall Greece’s Kyriakos Pierrakakis wins top Eurogroup job
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Donohoe's successor: Kyriakos Pierrakakis wants to lead the Eurogroup: On Thursday, the finance ministers of the euro states will elect the new head of the ...
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Opinion‘We’re the only place that does it all’: Dublin cannot let The Complex close: Dublin city is used to this cycle: a cultural space is threatened and people ...
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Paschal Donohoe is resigning as Minister for Finance to take up role with the World Bank
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OpinionBrendan O’Connor: It comforts us to know Paschal Donohoe is still out there somewhere, reading hard books so t
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Paid articlePaywall Matt Cooper: Paschal-sized hole in Fine Gael not easily filled by the light brigade
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Paid articlePaywall Simon Harris is new Finance Minister as Helen McEntee and Hildegarde Naughton also move in Cabinet reshuffle
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Explainer: The global responsibilities Donohoe will take on at the World Bank
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Paid articlePaywall Áras hopeful Maria Steen rules out contesting by-election to fill Paschal Donohoe's seat
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Ireland's Donohoe resigns as finance minister and Eurogroup chief to join World Bank
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Paschal Donohoe admits he thought about not running in last year's general election
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Paid articlePaywall Michael O’Leary calls Paschal Donohoe one of Ireland’s greatest finance ministers
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Pierrakakis key contender for Eurogroup presidency after Donohoe’s resignation: Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has emerged as a key contender ...
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‘I never had a burning desire to be Taoiseach’ – Paschal Donohoe on ambitions, Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch potentia
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McEntee says she will raise Occupied Territories Bill: The new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence Helen McEntee has said that the Occupied ...
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Simon Harris in power grab to stave off any Fine Gael threats to his leadership: Tánaiste Simon Harris has moved to consolidate his power in the Government as ...
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Paid articlePaywall Paschal Donohoe’s pay will shoot up to around €600,000 at the World Bank, but he’s been linked to much bigger
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Paid articlePaywall EU: Move to the World Bank - | Donohoe resigns as Eurogroup chief: The Irish finance minister is going to Washington. His record at the Eurogroup is mixed ...
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The Taoiseach has said that Tánaiste Simon Harris will become the new Minister for Finance following Paschal Donohoe’s resignation ... Show more
Paschal Donohoe: Infrastructure plan will require ‘trade-offs’ to get building underway
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Asked whether the impact of the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump had been fully digested by the European economy, Eurogroup boss Paschal Donohoe told Euronews ... Show more
Europe must reinvent growth formula in new world, Eurogroup boss says
Europe must reinvent growth formula in new world, Eurogroup boss says
If you look closely, you can see a Cabinet rift opening on immigration : Simon Harris and Paschal Donohoe have given subtly different, but important ...
irishtimes.com/your-money/2025/11/06/if-you-look-closely-you-can-see-a-cabinet-rift-opening-on-immigration/
Stark reality: future threatened by debt and ageing: One criticism made of governments and civil servants in the past is that they did not plan sufficiently for ...
rte.ie/news/2025/1105/1542203-analysis-report-debt/
Unions call on PTSB bosses and Paschal Donohoe to rule out private equity buyer
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Inside Paschal Donohoe’s pre-budget tax diplomacy with Google’s top team
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Paid articlePaywallA new tax on e-liquid used in vape products announced in last year's budget will take effect from tomorrow, 1 November.
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State-controlled PTSB puts itself up for sale : Goldman Sachs has been hired to manage sale
irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2025/10/30/state-controlled-ptsb-puts-itself-up-for-sale/
State cancels warrants in AIB for €390m in final transaction with bank
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Paid articlePaywall Pillar bank PTSB puts itself up for sale : Bank said it was "now in the best interest" of the lender to seek a new long-term buyer
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Paid articlePaywall ‘We have to look after it’: Donohoe and Chambers defend putting economy first in pro-business budget
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War, Chinese trade curbs threaten world economy - Donohoe: The Minster for Finance has warned that the restrictions China has placed on exports of rare earths ...
rte.ie/news/2025/1017/1539027-imf-world-bank-meetings/
Donohoe rules out automatic income tax indexation: It must remain a ‘political decision’
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Paid articlePaywall Donohoe travels to Washington for the 2025 IMF and World Bank annual meetings
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Paid articlePaywallFuel costs up as some Budget measures come into effect: Some Budget measures announced in the Dáil yesterday came into effect at midnight ...
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VAT for catering, hairdressing to be cut from 13.5% to 9%: The Government is reducing the VAT rate for food and catering businesses, and for hairdressing ...
rte.ie/news/budget-2026/2025/1007/1537276-budget-hospitality/
Homeowners fearful that 36pc jump in house prices will see them hit with huge Local Property Tax bill
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Paid articlePaywall Budget 2026 has been pitched as a pro-investment, pro-business plan, but is it really built to weather global economic risk? Paschal Donohoe and Jack Chambers ... Show more
‘We have to look after it’: Donohoe and Chambers defend putting economy first in pro-business budget
‘We have to look after it’: Donohoe and Chambers defend putting economy first in pro-business budget
Eoin O’Hare: Trump’s stablecoin drive heats up EU digital euro push
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Paid articlePaywallGovt commits over €5bn investment for housing delivery: The Government has committed over €5bn in capital investment for housing delivery next year.
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Govt to cut VAT rate on apartment sales from 13.5% to 9%: The Government will reduce the VAT rate on the sale of completed apartments to 9% from 13.5% ...
rte.ie/news/budget-2026/2025/1007/1537088-budget-2026-apartments-vat/
No increase in tax bands in Budget 2026 - Donohoe: Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has confirmed that tax bands will not be increased in next Tuesday's ...
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Govt commits €5bn to invest in housing delivery: Follow live updates as the Government announces the details of Budget 2026.
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At a glance: Here are the key points from Budget 2026: The key announcements from Budget 2026 and how they will affect you.
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Hospitality VAT cut delayed to July due to ‘significant cost’ of policy measure: No ‘sunset clause’ on measure, meaning reduction is a permanent feature of tax ...
irishtimes.com/business/2025/10/10/hospitality-vat-cut-delayed-to-july-due-to-significant-cost-of-policy-measure/
Legacy of financial crisis adding to Irish firms’ reluctance to list in Dublin – Paschal Donohoe
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Paid articlePaywall Want to know what Budget 2026 means for you and your pocket? Use KPMG's Budget calculator
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Paid articlePaywall Pensioners and social welfare recipients in line for double Christmas payments in Budget 2026
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‘I'd love to tell them to keep it’ – elderly widow says €10 pension hike ‘an insult’
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Paid articlePaywall OpinionMick Clifford: Some sections of society left shortchanged by 'Big Mac budget'
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Paid articlePaywall ‘People won’t feel a huge difference’ – Donohoe ditches personal tax changes in blow to workers
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Paid articlePaywall Killian Woods: James Browne’s budget win – Persuading Donohoe to back developer tax breaks
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Paid articlePaywall Finance minister Paschal Donohoe and public expenditure minister Jack Chambers have delivered Budget 2026, outlining major spending and tax changes for the ... Show more
Anti-populist budget offers little for middle-income earners: Many will notice the absence of personal tax reliefs, energy credits and double child benefit
irishtimes.com/your-money/2025/10/07/budget-ireland-2026-household-impact/
Irish budget 2026: inside the most difficult negotiations for a decade: As Pascal Donohoe and Jack Chambers prepare to deliver the budget, ministers have been in ...
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Paid articlePaywall Budget 2026: When do measures come into effect?: The full details of Budget 2026 have been announced in the Dáil chamber by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and ...
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Budget 2026: New derelict property tax, cigarettes up 50c, Vat rate cut for hospitality, pension and jobseeker
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Budget 2026 live updates: Welfare rises, tax changes and cuts in student fees to be announced
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‘Sensible’ Budget 2026 aims to ‘protect jobs and build on our progress’ – Paschal Donohoe
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At a glance – what you can expect from Budget 2026 today: Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe will announce the details of Budget 2026 this afternoon.
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