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.
It’s a big mixed bag this year. The hospitality sector got its much anticipated Vat cut and R&D tax credits were expanded. Film and games will be happy but start-ups are left feeling cold.
The Government hopes to boost delivery as it lags behind targets amid a constant crisis. But will the moves have the desired effect and what for those trying to get on the housing ladder or struggling to make rent?
The businessman behind a hotel and two city-centre Dublin pubs accepts he traded recklessly and will be disqualified as a director for a period yet to be determined by the court.
A company run by waste mogul Eamon Waters has finalised work to convert a major Merrion Road office block into a 622-bed centre as private companies look to answer a call from Government for commercial help to plug a gap in State-run accommodation.
The privacy ruling restricting access to European data in China will have a “severe impact” on the platform, TikTok claims as it pushes to extend a stay on penalties including a €530m fine over data transfers.
Enterprise department records shows civil servants raised alarm bells after a landmark WRC decision landed it with a €2.9m bill from the dwindling fund for social insurance and pension benefits.
The utility group, which operates across the island of Ireland, sold for at least €2.5 billion, including debt, to a French private investment firm.
From wedding singer to body-positive blogger to founder of Ireland’s most inclusive shapewear brand, Sinéad O’Brien has built Vacious into a fast-growing business that champions confidence, comfort and curves.
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.
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