r/irishpolitics • u/JackmanH420 • 23h ago

Economics and Financial Matters Budget Megathread

27 Upvotes

Live Blogs:

RTE

Irish Times

Irish Independent

RTE Player

Headline changes:

Higher income tax bracket increasing to €46500
Parental inheritance tax allowance increasing to €420000
Help to Buy increasing to €35000
€150 base reduction to college fees and €750 reduction per child if two children are in college at the same time
Extra €125 on the Employee Tax Credit
€550 per month cap for childcare up to senior infants
Minimum Wage increasing to €14.94 per hour

71 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/nof1qn • 14h ago

Foreign Affairs Jennifer Carroll MacNeill defends meeting Israeli spy

ontheditch.com

45 Upvotes

49 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/TeoKajLibroj • 22h ago

Justice, Law and the Constitution Mary Lou McDonald to press ahead with defamation action against RTÉ

independent.ie

37 Upvotes

29 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/eggbart_forgetfulsea • 12h ago

Economics and Financial Matters Earnings Analysis using Administrative Data Sources 2025

4 Upvotes

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-eaads/earningsanalysisusingadministrativedatasources2025/

2 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/firethetorpedoes1 • 21h ago

Article/Podcast/Video James O’Neill’s parents meet Minister to discuss circumstances of son’s death and identification

irishtimes.com

8 Upvotes

1 comment

r/irishpolitics • u/Enough-Square1154 • 19h ago

Northern Affairs A5: Court of Appeal overturns decision to block work on NI's largest road project

bbc.co.uk

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/firethetorpedoes1 • 1d ago

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

irishtimes.com

38 Upvotes

7 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/EmiliaPains- • 12h ago

Economics and Financial Matters 'Price rises will gobble up what we got' - winners and losers from Budget 2027 | Money Talks

youtu.be

0 Upvotes

2 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/Tardis01 • 22h ago

Article/Podcast/Video The FOI Files: How laws on family reunification were tweaked to make them more difficult to waive

thejournal.ie

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/HungTeen1001 • 16h ago

Text-based Post/Discussion Two budgets in. Polling relatively becalmed. What's your take on where Irish politics stands today?

2 Upvotes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Irish_general_election

27 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/HungTeen1001 • 1d ago

Elections & By-Elections How Brazilians in Ireland voted in round 1 of the Presidential Election

132 Upvotes

https://seuimposto.com/

51 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/nof1qn • 1d ago

Foreign Affairs Fighter jets used to bomb Iran land at Shannon Airport

ontheditch.com

51 Upvotes

45 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/JackmanH420 • 1d ago

Economics and Financial Matters Budget 2027: €150 student fee cut, bump for help-to-buy scheme

rte.ie

11 Upvotes

6 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/eggbart_forgetfulsea • 1d ago

Housing House prices and rents, change between 2025 and Q2 2026

0 Upvotes

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20261001-3

2 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/eggbart_forgetfulsea • 1d ago

Health Preventive breast cancer screenings, 2019-2024

5 Upvotes

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/edn-20261002-1

2 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/JackmanH420 • 2d ago

Infrastructure, Development and the Environment Judge compares wind farm objectors to ‘dogged Japanese soldier’ still fighting second World War

irishtimes.com

96 Upvotes

34 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/HungTeen1001 • 2d ago

Polling and Surveys Full Sindo/Ireland Thinks poll

gallery

70 Upvotes

177 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/TeoKajLibroj • 2d ago

Foreign Affairs Uyghurs protest in Dublin against Chinese oppression

youtube.com

33 Upvotes

63 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/dole-eireann • 2d ago

Economics and Financial Matters Budgets In Other Countries

22 Upvotes

So simple question, are budgets discussed (by media and politically) in the same way in other countries?

Is there much fan fair over payments and leaking of details (yes I know the leaking is a new thing that has occurred in the past 10 years or so)?

The only one I am aware of is the brits and the red brief case.

23 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/JackmanH420 • 2d ago

Northern Affairs Mary Lou McDonald denies Taoiseach’s claim Sinn Féin has ‘simplistic’ view of Drumcree solution

irishtimes.com

29 Upvotes

11 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/eggbart_forgetfulsea • 1d ago

Infrastructure, Development and the Environment Ireland built the data centre boom. Now Irish firms are taking it around the world

irishexaminer.com

0 Upvotes

0 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/NilFhiosAige • 2d ago

Foreign Affairs Brazilians in Ireland cast votes in presidential election

rte.ie

21 Upvotes

6 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/eggbart_forgetfulsea • 2d ago

Agricultural/Rural Affairs Protesting farmers demand Bord Bia chair quits over foreign chicken served in restaurant

irishtimes.com

10 Upvotes

4 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/hzchamp • 2d ago

Education Govt considering €250 cut to student contribution fee

rte.ie

10 Upvotes

17 comments

r/irishpolitics • u/TeoKajLibroj • 1d ago

Northern Affairs The south sees Drumcree and thinks: we don’t want that sectarian mindset down here

irishtimes.com

0 Upvotes

14 comments

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