‘Netflix levy’: Government decided not to go ahead with content charge despite expert advice
Government was urged to introduce content levy at ‘earliest possible date’ to fund domestic film and TV production
Opposition parties rally around camogie players favouring shorts over skorts
Issue rose in prominence after Dublin and Kilkenny forced to change into skorts
Dáil unlikely to debate Occupied Territories legislation before autumn
Tánaiste cosigns letter with ministers of six European countries expressing concern about Israeli plans for a prolonged Gaza occupation
Sinn Féin accuses Government of misleading public over ‘additional’ Uisce Éireann funding
€1bn allocation did not provide any further funding, utility‘s chair told former minister
New face masks law based on whether a garda ‘reasonably suspects’ criminal intent
Legislation being brought by Minister for Justice to Cabinet prompted by far-right tactics, but will have wider reach
Coalition to accelerate plans for ratifying EU–Canada trade deal
Agreement paused after previous government’s approach deemed unconstitutional by Supreme Court
Uisce Éireann’s €1bn budget funding ‘not additional’ and ‘contradicts’ impression given to public
In letter sent to former minister for housing Darragh O’Brien after budget, utility’s chairman said money would provide no extra firepower in coming years
‘Hang out’ spaces for teenagers prioritised in new play policy
A review found that ‘there is little recognition of the differing play and recreation needs of adolescent girls, who are even more underserved than adolescent boys’
Little evidence of post-Covid ‘scarring’ to Irish labour market, new paper finds
Covid-19 study finds when restrictions were lifted there was a sharp increase in spending as consumers spent their accumulated pandemic-era savings
State agencies including Enterprise Ireland and IDA summoned to talks with Minister for Enterprise
Some 19 agencies operating under the Department of Enterprise will attend meeting with Peter Burke
Fianna Fáil says salary for head of Housing Activation Office will not be ‘anywhere near’ €430,000
Party TD Seamus McGrath does not accept the appointment has been ‘botched’
Housing tsar row: FF and FG continue to snipe after collapse of Brendan McDonagh appointment plan
Fine Gael blocked appointment this week over concerns it was kept in dark about process
Housing ‘tsar’ salary might be lower than €430,000, say Government sources
Brendan McDonagh might be paid less than he earns at Nama if appointed head of Housing Activation Office
How a housing ‘tsar’ in waiting became a PR problem for the Government
Fine Gael is confused as to how exactly Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh was chosen, and his salary will remain a sore point for some
RTÉ confirms €3.6m write down on partly abandoned IT project
Broadcaster says problem with project to revamp finance and HR systems ‘an outlier’ in context of operations