Marie O’Halloran

Marie O’Halloran

Parliamentary Correspondent

Marie O’Halloran is Parliamentary Correspondent of The Irish Times

Budget 2027: Public spending hits record level as watchdog sharply criticises budget

A package of tax reductions announced by Minister for Finance Simon Harris will see lower and middle income workers benefit

Sinn Féin seeks to regulate ‘wild west’ horse-drawn carriage industry in Dublin

Arcane Victorian laws allowing ‘unregulated, irresponsible drivers’ to operate in the capital, says TD

Alternative budget ideas: A €500 ‘everyday costs’ card, cheap e-bikes, a State building firm

Parties outline various ways in which rival budgets might appeal to the public ahead of next week's announcement

Millionaires’ tax central to People Before Profit Budget 2027 proposals

Party plans corporation tax of 20%, €500 energy credit and €1.75 per litre cap at fuel pumps to ease cost of living crisis

‘No such thing as half a march,’ says Mac Cionnaith as Drumcree talks break up without deal

Orange Order says it will accept outcome of upcoming High Court appeal

Rename part of Phoenix Park’s main avenue after Charles De Gaulle, TD urges

Barry Heneghan calls for move to commemorate cultural and diplomatic links between Ireland and France

Labour accuses Coalition of ‘fictional, fraudulent budgeting’ amid department overspends

Tánaiste Simon Harris counters that public spending reached ‘almost unimaginable’ levels when Labour was in power

Political parties eye compromise on citizenship reforms amid claims of ‘lies’ being spread

‘We have an open-door policy that we need to tighten up,’ says Independent Ireland TD Richard O’Donoghue

Taoiseach tells Social Democrats reports of €7.50 pension increase ‘may not be true at all’

Cian O’Callaghan says reported €7.50 pension increase ‘doesn’t even keep pace with inflation’

Almost 30,000 people opt out of State’s auto-enrolment pension scheme

Figure represents less than 4% of those enrolled and significantly below global levels, says Minister

Only 14 driving test centres hitting wait-time target

Tallaght, Dublin, the longest at 22 weeks with shortest lag of just seven in Birr, Co Offaly

Seven years after asking, gardaí cannot access driving licence photos

Ability to confirm drivers’ identity with photographs omitted from legislation due to ‘complex’ GDPR rules

‘Help is on the way’ with energy costs, Simon Harris says in advance of budget

Pearse Doherty warns of more increases in electricity prices before Budget 2027 and criticises cut in energy credits

Government to consider €3m ‘safe fund’ for women urgently fleeing domestic violence

Labour leader tells Dáil a quick escape can be difference ‘between a life saved and a life lost’

Irish footballers should abandon match against ‘baby killers’, TD tells Dáil

Paul Murphy calls on team to ‘do the right thing’ by refusing to fulfil Israel fixture on Sunday

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