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    Sandra Hurley

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    large cracks are visible on the exterior wall of a two-storey house

    Half of homes in defective blocks scheme need more work

    The Dáil has heard that half of houses dealt with under the defective blocks scheme will have to be redone

    Politics • 6 hrs
    Composite image showing Irish presidential candidates Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys

    Candidates' arguments well-trodden with ten days to go

    Another day, another debate as the two presidential candidates faced off against each other once again.

    Analysis and Comment • 22 hrs
    The Dail chamber is pictured during Leaders Questions

    Energy customers face 'price gouging', Dáil hears

    Irish energy customers face price gouging as big companies make bumper profits at the expense of hard pressed households, the Dáil has heard.

    Politics • 14 Oct
    Simon Harris speaking after a meeting of the Trade Forum in Dublin

    Aontú to table no-confidence motion in Tánaiste

    Aontú has announced that it will table a no-confidence motion next week in Tánaiste Simon Harris over the "crisis" in Children's Health Ireland and in the wake of the death of nine-year-old Harvey Morrison Sherratt.

    Politics • 14 Oct
    Jim Gavin is pictured at RTE ahead of a presidential debate on The Week In Politics.

    Jim Gavin repays €3,300 owed to former tenant

    Former Fianna Fáil Presidential Election candidate Jim Gavin has repaid his former tenant the €3,300 he owed from rent overpayments.

    Presidential Election • 10 Oct
    Composite image showing Irish presidential candidates Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly

    5 key takeaways from first head-to-head debate

    With just two candidates left in the race, this was the first opportunity for a head-to-head debate between Independent Catherine Connolly and Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys on RTÉ Radio 1's Drivetime programme.

    Presidential Election • 09 Oct
    Jim Gavin

    Presidential Election upended by Jim Gavin's statement

    This shock development leaves the Fianna Fáil Presidential Election strategy in tatters, writes Sandra Hurley.

    Analysis and Comment • 06 Oct
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    Budget to include VAT cut for new build apartments

    A VAT cut for new build apartments looks set to be introduced in the Budget in a bid to kickstart the building of stalled schemes.

    Budget 2026 • 05 Oct
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    VAT cut for hospitality industry from next July

    The hospitality industry will benefit from a VAT cut next year, it is understood, as the measure has now been agreed as part of Tuesday's Budget.

    Budget 2026 • 04 Oct
    Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly speaking at a podium

    Unacceptable that person's privacy 'invaded' - Connolly

    Independent TD Catherine Connolly has said it is unacceptable that a person's privacy has been invaded in what she said was a disrespectful manner as part of an attempt to damage a presidential candidate.

    Presidential Election • 04 Oct
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