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Full coverage: Budget

Fences, fear and finance: Rewinding the week that was

Behind the barricades of Leinster House lies a broader story: of a country thriving economically yet grappling with the quiet anxieties that shape politics and public life.

Ian Kehoe
12th Oct, 2025 - 5 min read

Dan O’Brien: The outlook is not as benign as the budget would have you believe

Ireland is in a bubble, not one related to credit, but to complacency and a misunderstanding of the world as it now is.

Dan O'Brien
10th Oct, 2025 - 6 min read

“Politics is about delivering for people, delivering for business, delivering for society”

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke talks through the nuances of Budget 2026, arguing that it is designed to bolster the indigenous economy at a time of global threats.

Ian Kehoe
10th Oct, 2025 - 13 min read

Budget buzz at Buswells Hotel severely dampened by restricted access and mixed feelings

Vat reduction was the clearest Budget 2026 success for the Buswells NGO and lobby-group crowd. Everyone else had to settle for compromises in a budget that the finance minister said could not achieve everything.

Alice Chambers
7th Oct, 2025 - 4 min read

Budget 2026: Infrastructure funding is here – but a “radical overhaul” is needed to spend it

The capital allocations in Budget 2026 simply confirm those in the National Development Plan. The Government’s challenge is “barriers to delivery,” Jack Chambers said.

Thomas Hubert
7th Oct, 2025 - 5 min read

Ian Kehoe on Budget 2026: Fiscal reality in a land accustomed to no hard choices

Budget 2026 swaps short-term giveaways for long-term investment. The challenge now is whether fiscal restraint can hold in a system used to overspending.

Ian Kehoe
7th Oct, 2025 - 7 min read

The Risk Register: A budget threat to the State’s budgetary watchdog

In the first of a series of articles exploring the risks audited by State bodies, Fiscal Advisory Council records point to a scaling down of its activities unless its funding ceiling is raised.

Niall Sargent
6th Oct, 2025 - 4 min read

Colm McCarthy: Another giveaway Budget, another blind spot on risk

Despite strong warnings from the Central Bank, the ESRI and the Fiscal Advisory Council, the government looks set to blow past its own spending rules. Colm McCarthy warns that Ireland risks repeating old mistakes.

Colm McCarthy
3rd Oct, 2025 - 6 min read

Dan O’Brien: How Ireland prospers amid economic uncertainty

While the Irish economy continues to thrive, it presents no justification for runaway budget spending and remains exposed to US risks – but still offers a healthier picture than those of its neighbours.

Dan O'Brien
19th Sep, 2025 - 6 min read

Ireland and France in parallel dimensions: Rewinding the week that was

The economic and political situations of troubled France and confident Ireland could not be more different. Or are they?

Thomas Hubert
14th Sep, 2025 - 5 min read
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