5+ day, 34+ min ago   (418+ words) 12.19 9 Sep 2026 A financial advisor has labelled inheritance tax a “morally repugnant vulture type tax”, as Fine Gael hints the threshold for the tax will be raised. Yesterday, Minister of State Neale Richmond told the Irish Examiner that there is an…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (518+ words) 11.15 8 Sep 2026 Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended his record on housing, insisting that “progress has been made”. Last year, a report by stockbroker Davy calculated there is a housing shortfall in Ireland of some 230,000 homes. However, there were only 36,284 new properties…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (364+ words) 10.43 7 Sep 2026 Irish people are being forced to wait for hours in queues at European airports because of new Schengen rules. Non-EU citizens are now required to have their faces scanned and their fingerprints taken upon their first visit to the…...

2+ week, 7+ min ago   (590+ words) 12.46 31 Aug 2026 The Government’s new investment accounts will not allow people to invest in crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, an expert in finance has said. Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris is due to announce a new State backed investment…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (478+ words) 09.26 31 Aug 2026 The Irish Farmers' Association has called for urgent reform of inheritance tax, amid concerns that the current rules are being used by wealthy investors to avoid tax. It means farmland has become a lucrative investment to some wealthy people…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (311+ words) 16.42 30 Aug 2026 The figures from the Central Bank of Ireland sound astronomical, but when you break it down, you can see how they reached them. While the country is being ravaged by a cost of living crisis, new figures from the…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (518+ words) 15.36 30 Aug 2026 The trade war between Canada and the USA doesn't seem like it's going to end any time soon, with Brad Sester, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations believing the main issue is President Trump has a vendetta....

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (412+ words) 14.11 30 Aug 2026 While America uses the most toilet paper in the world, Ireland uses 124 rolls per year per person, so we're a bit more frugal than the US. The trade war emerging between Canada and the US is having a knock-on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (503+ words) 16.54 29 Aug 2026 Gone are the days where you'd be hiding the fact you shopped in a vintage or second-hand shop, and now they're the go-to retailers. There has been a sharp increase in the popularity in sustainable fashion over the last…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (535+ words) 13.36 29 Aug 2026 Mark Zuckerberg and his Meta company agreed to a settlement in the social media addiction case which wasn't just a monetary one, but also will see changes made to the platforms. While change is on the horizon for Meta…...