Sinn Féin promises to cut USC within first 100 days in Government
Tax cut would remove USC on first €45,000 of income for all earners, costing €1.8bn
Pearse Doherty
Norma Foley was ‘extensively lobbied’ by company that produces mobile phone pouches, Dáil hears
Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of ‘trying to manufacture’ election issue over pouches
Donegal constituency profile: Disaster zone for Fine Gael amid huge impact of defective blocks issue
Election 2024: In Donegal the 100% Redress Party candidate Charles Ward will be watched closely by other parties
Phone pouch scheme will cost €2m every year as well as €9m outlay, McDonald says
Sinn Féin operating similar schools initiative in Northern Ireland but Taoiseach Simon Harris claims it costs ‘a hell of a lot more’
Sinn Féin seeks distance from scandal - and the solution is policy, policy, policy
David Cullinane’s health policy runs to 120 pages with big reform promises and a proposed €4.4 billion increase in budget
Housing output set to miss Government predictions as completions fall
21,634 dwellings completed in the first three quarters of the year, down over 3% on same period last year
Government to miss housing targets ‘by a country mile’, Sinn Féin claims in testy Dáil row
Pearse Doherty branded ‘an angry man’ amid fractious exchanges on home building
Five economic battlegrounds that could affect the next election result
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Irish YouTube guru Paddy Galloway sticks it to stuffy career-guidance counsellors everywhere
Graham Dwyer prosecutor Seán Guerin defends his home plans; the Irish public annoy Donald Trump; and Irish journalists snub Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit
Crisis upon crisis: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin as an election looms?
The party faces strategic problems over where it positions itself and who its core voters are. And as it’s trying to figure all this out, it gets hit with one controversy after another
‘Awful ambiguity’: Sinn Féin’s woes and Brian Stanley’s independent ambition make Laois even tighter
The fallout from the TD’s surprising resignation from Sinn Féin has created confusion in a recently redrawn constituency and left many local voters eager for clarity
Had Mary Lou stuck with Fianna Fáil, she could be closer to becoming first woman taoiseach
The blizzard of scandals since the Dáil returned from summer holidays is Mary Lou McDonald’s GUBU moment
Gambling advertising and sponsorship to be restricted as landmark legislation passed
Bill is first significant reform of sector, estimated to be worth between €6bn and €9bn annually, since 1956
Both Dáil and people of Ireland were ‘duped’ by Sinn Féin, says Taoiseach
Brian Stanley accuses Mary Lou McDonald of abusing Dáil privilege ‘in desperate attempt’ to shift focus off Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin’s old rules of secrecy will no longer do amid fresh controversy
Sinn Féin figures did not know what to say about the party’s handling of job references for a former official now convicted of a child sex offence, but it was the issue they couldn’t escape
Minister for Health still ‘fully expects’ State to take ownership of children’s hospital next year
Stephen Donnelly says commissioning of facility accelerated and staff could move in ‘maybe before final completion date’
We know the score as Bling Cycle shamelessly written to lift electoral spirits
Budget 2025: Chambers of Commerce Jack and Been-there-Donahoed-that Paschal cheerily served up a belly buster budget buffet for the voters
Whatever about the best country to be a child, it’s one of the best to be a finance minister
Budget 2025: No big new policies, no inspired plans, just more than €2 billion in a budget-day giveaway
Coalition parties are ‘serial wasters’ of taxpayers’ money, Sinn Féin says
Budget 2025: Labour hit out at ‘lack of imagination’ while Social Democrats call budget ‘a giveaway on steroids’
Mary Lou McDonald’s hope of pulling off another Lazarus act is not great. Sinn Féin’s confidence is rattled
Campaigns are dynamic, unpredictable and volatile, but the party faces an uphill battle
Sinn Féin’s Ardfheis hears concerns over party’s backing of failed family and care referendums
Sinn Féin’s ruling body will have to call a special conference to determine party’s position on future referendums after motion passed by delegates
Homes hosting Ukrainian refugees quadruples with costs rising to €13m a month
Number of 4,000 at the start of last year has now risen to more than 16,000
Would you benefit under a Sinn Féin budget? Winners and losers in the alternative plan
Budget 2025: Party always intended to pledge higher spending than Coalition, but will voters trust it to balance the books?
Thousands of Ukrainians affected if accommodation scheme ended - Minister
Labour leader says Sinn Féin’s call for restrictions on housing scheme amount to ‘new low in political vernacular’
Flippin’ ‘learnings’, they turn up like a bad penny whenever another billion is flushed down the pan
When under attack for the Children’s Hospital fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box
Government asking ordinary workers to build ‘gold-plated’ pensions of elite, says Pearse Doherty
Cabinet decision will give wealthiest workers tax-free pension pot of €2.8 million when average pot is only €111,000
Sinn Féin pledges €10-a-day childcare from 2025 if it is in power after general election
Sinn Féin stops short of promising free childcare by 2030 which was the party’s manifesto ambition in 2020
Sinn Féin’s housing policy ignores that climate change is already here and now
No one would campaign under the slogan ‘To Hell With the Future’ but it is starting to look like the coming election will merit such a rallying cry
Housing fight for Sinn Féin will be convincing voters to ditch Government schemes
Sinn Féin’s housing plan is nothing if not detailed, but voters may be cautious of untested solutions
Sinn Féin unveils €39bn housing plan promising 300,000 homes over five years
Party would put less money in infrastructure and climate change funds to pay for increased housing investment up front
Taoiseach’s letter asks if measures to reduce bulk-buying of houses have been ‘entirely successful’
A letter to Michael McGrath suggested increasing 10% stamp duty on bulk purchases by investment companies
Sinn Féin’s new mental health strategy proposes extra €250m annual spend and abolition of Camhs
Party wants to replace Camhs with new service for young people up to the age of 25 employing 84 additional specialist psychiatric teams
UK government could face court challenge to force unity referendum, says Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty
Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review
Car insurers should prove they are passing reduced claims costs on to motorists, says Sinn Féin’s Doherty
Car insurance premiums have increased by more than 8% in the past year, CSO figures show
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