Reopening plan produces anomalies and grey areas Today's Cabinet decision amounts to a significant easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Coronavirus • 13 hrs
Covid-19 disrupts Government plans once again If everything had gone to plan there would have been just a few pandemic related rules left in place next Friday. Ireland • 17 Oct
Wind down of wage supports will be full of risks Cast your mind back to the start of the pandemic and the focus was all about getting equipment for life support. Analysis and Comment • 17 Oct
EU states weary of NI Protocol, Brexit and UK bad faith Above all, member states are tired of the protocol and Brexit, but they are also tired of what they see as British bad faith. Analysis and Comment • 16 Oct
The broken supply chain: Many factors, no easy fix A series of unfortunate events - most of which happened thousands of kilometres away - will mean less choice and higher prices in Irish shops ... Business • 16 Oct
Covid-19 case surge: Pause for thought, but not panic Around 10 days ago, things were looking quite positive with the Covid-19 trends and then something happened to cause a rise in the key metrics. Coronavirus • 16 Oct
Will inflation change the facts after Budget 2022? In the run up to the Budget, the Government's plans had been characterised as potentially "risky" and at the limit of what could be considered ... Budget 2022 • 17 Oct
Cold winter would test warm Budget glow Against a backdrop of a politically agreed rise in carbon tax, it's fair to assume that a cold winter would severely test the warm glow ... Budget 2022 • 12 Oct
€250m fund to tackle waiting lists in health measures One of the big health moves is the €250m fund to cut waiting lists. Public waiting lists are at almost 900,000 - a record number. Budget 2022 • 12 Oct
Government borrows big to give a little bit to everyone Budget 2022 is a financial package with €1.5 billion of new money and yet, somehow, it feels like our economy is merely being kept in ... Budget 2022 • 12 Oct
Budget to put spotlight on Govt's climate credentials The Budget on Tuesday will be the first real opportunity for the Government to show how serious it is about cutting greenhouse gas emissions by ... Analysis and Comment • 11 Oct
Sláintecare drama may help clear reform path One of the few positive aspects of the recent controversy over Sláintecare, is that it has placed a big spotlight on the promised health reforms. Analysis and Comment • 09 Oct
Debt levels and demands make Budget spending tricky Stronger growth, more in taxes and many, many demands on the public purse is going to make sticking to spending limits tricky, politically, writes Robert ... Analysis and Comment • 09 Oct
How and why Irish corporate tax rate changed Significant changes have been announced to Ireland's policy on the taxation of businesses. Here's what it's all about. Ireland • 07 Oct
Bye to the 12.5% - saviour or a stick to beat us with? As Ireland prepares to say farewell to the 12.5% corporate tax rate - for larger companies at least - we've been looking at its likely ... Business • 07 Oct
Balkan states struggling with EU impasse on membership Six Western Balkan countries must be wondering at the moment, Paul Cunningham writes, is the EU actually serious about extending membership to them? Analysis and Comment • 05 Oct
Climate action comes to forefront in Govt's NDP There are no big new innovative transformational projects in the new National Development Plan. But it is not be true to say that there are ... Analysis and Comment • 04 Oct
NDP comes with road project list - but no guarantees Today's announcement on the National Development Plan was an example of a classic political fudge, writes Sandra Hurley. Analysis and Comment • 04 Oct
Metro North delay latest in long list of postponements Sceptics have long claimed that Dublin's Metro North will never be built and the latest postponement of the project will only encourage that belief. Analysis and Comment • 04 Oct
NDP commits to housing for range of vulnerable people The National Development Plan (NDP) commits to the development of housing and accommodation for a range of vulnerable individuals and families under the Capital Assistance ... Analysis and Comment • 04 Oct
NDP commits €4.4bn to primary, second-level education The National Development Plan commits €4.4bn in spending to primary and second-level education as well as just under €2.9bn to spending in further and higher ... Education • 04 Oct
Crucial decision looming for Ireland on corporation tax Negotiations around a new global corporation tax framework could be about to reach a crescendo. The 12.5% rate has been Ireland's calling card, the bedrock ... Analysis and Comment • 03 Oct
Start-ups benefiting from Ireland's rising tech success The recent success of numerous Irish tech firms is not just good news for their founders and backers, writes Adam Maguire, as many of the ... Business • 03 Oct
The politics of buying a long-range military airplane As the Afghan capital fell to a Taliban lightning strike at the end of August, and the lives of Irish citizens and residents were on ... Analysis and Comment • 03 Oct
Johnson unlikely to play Article 16 card just yet As the EU will not be revealing its responses to the "Command Paper" of July for another fortnight (apart from promising a fix on medicines) ... Analysis and Comment • 02 Oct
