Latest
Yesterday
5th October 2026
On The JournalBudget 2027
Aontú proposes scrapping USC on first €25k earned and increasing home carer tax credit
On The JournalBudget 2027
Parents with a child in full-time childcare could save €1k a year under budget proposals
This week
4th October 2026 - 6th October 2026
On The JournalWinners and Losers
'There are no Fenian bastards': The winners and losers from the political week
Budget talk crunch time and the stand-off on the Garvaghy Road dominated politics this week.
Last week
27th September 2026 - 3rd October 2026
On The JournalBudget 2027
Carbon tax pause on home heating oil and a 'significant' childcare package in budget 2027, says Martin
On The JournalBudget 2027
Tax changes, social welfare and childcare: Here's what we know about Tuesday's budget so far
On The JournalBudget 2027
Question mark hangs over culture voucher for teens as Chambers says €100 is 'too high'
On The Journalhere's what we'd do
Budget day is on Tuesday - here's what three opposition parties say they would do if in charge
On The Journalprivate maternity care
Public fury laid bare in women's emails to health minister over private maternity care phase-out
Members of the public accused the minister of ‘grandstanding’, ‘bullying’ and ignoring women’s concerns.
On The JournalWomen's Health
Debate on ending three-day wait period for an abortion continues at health committee
On The JournalBudget 2027
Harris wants to cut home heating oil and gas prices but says one budget can only do so much
On The JournalEuropean Parliament
New rules to see MEPs delegate voting rights to another during pregnancy and maternity leave
Last month
September 2026
On The JournalFuel Prices
Pressure mounts on government as prices at the pumps exceed €2 per litre for petrol and diesel
On The JournalGaeilge
D’fhéadfadh scéim traipisithe seancharranna maidir le feithiclí leictreacha a bheith ar na bacáin do 2027
On The JournalCommuters
NTA confirms that bus and train fare hikes will lead to fewer people using public transport
On The Journaltrump visit
Trump, Martin and the united Ireland curveball nobody in the room saw coming
Trump’s united Ireland intervention and sullen faces at the Áras were the two talking points of Trump’s quick Phoenix Park stopover.
On The JournalBudget 2027
Here's what we learned about the budget at the coalition think-ins this week
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael ministers were dropping budget hints all over the place this week.
On The JournalData Centres
Energy minister says data centres are to Ireland what car factories are to Germany
Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien says he doesn’t want to bring the shutters down on data centres.
On The JournalCOMMERCIAL RATES
Law may be changed to stop some ECCE childcare providers facing sky-high rates bills
On The JournalGorey
Fine Gael think-in to focus on cost of living and housing as coalition at odds on some budget ideas
On The Journalget your act together
Transport minister criticises RSA for not saying more after fatal M9 collision
Minister Darragh O’Brien says the RSA needs to ‘get its act together’ when it comes to driving test wait times.
On The Journalff think-in
Fianna Fáil faithfuls gather in Tullamore as party leadership is, for once, not a talking point
Questions about Micheal Martin’s leadership have been raised in many of think-in past, but this year it was all smiles.
On The Journalenergy costs
Prices at the pumps hitting €2 per litre to become the ‘new norm’, Taoiseach warns
On The JournalBudget 2027
Inheritance tax changes and 'very significant cut' to childcare fees on the cards for budget
Children’s Minister Norma Foely says this year will be a ‘breakthrough budget’ in getting childcare fees down.
On The JournalBudget 2027
Income tax cuts will only amount to a 'few hundred euro', says Minister Jack Chambers
The minister said he wanted to be ‘honest’ about the income tax package.
On The Journal'tis the season
Budget to be front and centre as Fianna Fáil holds annual think-in in Co Offaly today
On The Journalhometown girl
As Katie Taylor bowed out of her boxing career, the Bray crowd cheered on their hometown hero
Generations have grown up alongside Katie Taylor’s career and the Bray crowd were bursting with pride.
On The JournalThinking Big
It's political party think-in season, but what's the point of it all?
Party think-ins have the bang of a family wedding off them.
On The JournalAlan Kelly
Media committee chair says RTÉ funding and redundancies will be 'big issue' in months ahead
On The Journallabour party think-in
Aloha, Labour! Michael D Higgins brings star power to Galway luau as party unfazed by polls
On The JournalSocial Media
Facebook owner Meta agrees to attend Oireachtas committee meeting on car theft gang videos
On The JournalBudget 2027
Labour wants €100+ monthly grocery shopping supplement for families in this year's budget
On The JournalDon't Hold Back
Bacik says President Connolly should express her views to Donald Trump during Irish visit
On The JournalBudget 2027
'Out of kilter': Harris says Irish workers hit with higher tax rate sooner than other countries
On The Journalgeo-blocking
Sinn Féin TD blasts Traitors Ireland geo-blocking for viewers in the North
August
August 2026
On The Journalthe grey vote
An August warning from within: Pensioners fear winter and how they will heat their homes
Wicklow-Wexford Fine Gael TD Brian Brennan sounded the warning bell for his government colleagues this week that the grey vote is not to be ignored.
