Simply Blue secures investment from Japan’s Kansai Electric to drive offshore wind expansion
‘Continued momentum depends on timely Government action to unlock the full potential of projects’
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Uisce Éireann defends projections for Shannon pipeline indicating ‘potential to serve 50% of national needs’
Utility criticised in consultation process for limiting projections up to 2050
Opposition to Mercosur trade deal waning as crunch EU vote approaches
Ireland and other EU states to vote on controversial Mercosur trade deal in December
John Collison’s critique of Ireland’s failures stirs Coalition debate
Tech founder is ‘quite right’ that infrastructure delivery is too slow, Taoiseach’s spokesman says
John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving
The Stripe co-founder looks at how the State can get out of the government-by-agency corner into which it has painted itself
Emergency laws to fast-track key infrastructure projects like MetroLink being considered
The new laws would identify projects of national importance and allow some planning processes to be bypassed
Young Labour voters show united front despite divisions in party at senior level
‘If Catherine Connolly wins, it will show people that when the left unites we can actually get things done,’ says TCD activist
Is there any way back for Heather Humphreys?
Your essential politics catch up as the presidential campaign enters its final days
Uisce Éireann paid €9.3m for personal injury, damage claims over five years
State water company says claims thoroughly investigated to safeguard taxpayers’ cash
McVerry Trust saga could yet have a happy ending if it forces State to take responsibility
McVerry Trust’s almost-demise is not going to encourage other NGOs to risk substantially increasing the amount of emergency accommodation they provide
Taoiseach signals Occupied Territories Bill unlikely to include services
The proposed Bill already includes a ban on trade in goods
Ireland urged not to follow New Zealand in changing methane targets
New Zealand’s government to rewrite its climate law and row back on emissions commitments
Owner management companies could cost State €10bn, Oireachtas told
Housing committee hears cost would make €2.5bn estimate for defective building scheme ‘look like teddy bears’ picnic’
Military officers to call for increased pay for cadets
Minister for Defence will be told pay is a serious barrier to recruitment
New drone defences to be fast-tracked in advance of Ireland’s EU presidency next year
Lack of Irish air defences mean UK and EU countries will be asked to help defend airspace
Data centres costing €5.6bn have planning approval but no electricity, industry warns
Access to electricity and gas restricts because of risk of blackouts due to power-hungry sector
Budget delivers for today but may hold seeds for future regret in Ireland
Very unwise to use up what may be ephemeral corporation tax receipts on long-term tax and spending commitments
The activist in the Áras: How Michael D Higgins shaped the presidency
What some criticise as an outspokenness overstepping the bounds of his office, others see as the outgoing President’s knack of speaking to ‘the beating heart’ of Irish public opinion
Politicians launch legal challenge to rules aimed at increasing apartment developments
Government concerned High Court challenge could ‘paralyse’ apartment construction
Ireland seeks extension to nitrates directive
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon hopes to secure farmers time to comply with EU habitats directive
Trump administration wants Irish Government to press EU for more political speech protections
Washington believes government bans on disinformation or hate speech are generally not permissible
The days when the budget was a shared national event in Ireland are over
People now receive budget news as a series of personalised bullet points delivered through whatever channel they prefer
Next presidential election TV debate should be a decidedly more lively affair
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Budget 2026: Public-transport fares set to remain at reduced level next year
DPER understood to be pushing back against indefinite freeze but full reversal to highest level of fares is not likely
Big Jim moves to dispel any notion that colleagues are at budget loggerheads
The run up to the budget this year has been unusually quiet. Except within the merciless confines of the Mixed Ministerial Arts octagon in Government Buildings
Ministers in fraught negotiations over tightest budget in years
Senior Ministers yet to settle financial positions for 2026 as budget day looms
Proposed laws to raise Dublin Airport passenger cap expected to face legal challenges
Coalition ‘confident’ in legislation being best way to deal with 32-million annual limit
Government commits to CHI inquiry after meeting Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parents
Harvey, who died in July aged nine, waited years for surgery
Budget 2026 plans are coming at wrong time in economic cycle, ESRI warns
Current level of spending is adding to demand at wrong time in economic cycle, think tank says
New laws needed to tackle Russian ‘shadow-fleet’ threat, says Department of Defence official
Government to examine new legislation to address Russian dark-fleet vessels passing through Irish-controlled waters
Income thresholds for student grants could rise to €150,000 per household
Government considering proposal to reduce VAT rate on new apartments
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
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