Calamari, smoked salmon and lamb cutlets go up in price – though wine hikes are avoided

Then Minister for Transport forced to intervene in row

Intention of lower 9% VAT rate was to encourage more apartment and was never expected to lead to reduced prices for the consumer

Budget submission said VAT cut would narrow tax base and come at a high ‘ongoing cost’ to Exchequer

Deportation operation to Pakistan cost €474,000 and involved 24 failed asylum seekers

Watchdog cites need to combat ‘extremely challenging and (unfair) narrative’ that it was soft on Big Tech

Payments made to cover ‘additional indirect costs’ involved in representational role of diplomatic staff

Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland ultimately sought wording for future radio adverts to be revised

Regulator stuck to system of marking texts as ‘likely scams’

Key problem identified is need for projects to pass through no less than six separate governance committees

Agency said ‘screen tourism’ hugely important to promote travel here

Board member Michael Cawley told Bernard Gloster there seemed to be ‘no urgency’ in efforts to cut spending

Businessman said failure to file accounts on time was unfortunate and down to ‘some management/administrative errors’

More than 48,670 cases where motorist sanctioned for holding mobile phone while driving

More than a third of the cash was spent on Patrick Kielty’s Late Late Show