Frank O’Connor may be just two years into the role of chief executive of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), but he is already on his...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/R7Z4YD3TL2BH2MJIAGGWRIMRU4.jpg "Taoiseach says carers and elderly to be among Government priorities in budget")
Carers, the elderly and those with disabilities will be a priority for the Government in the upcoming budget, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said. Speaking on his...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/HDCJKVIOWVCJZEU6LCK4TS6T34.jpg "From stay and spend to the domicile levy, some budget blunders for Jack Chambers to avoid")
He’s barely been in the job a wet week but, already, newly appointed Minister for Finance Jack Chambers has to start thinking about October’s budget. And...
:quality(70):focal(828x561:838x571)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MQYVGB5GUFGJFLT7HEKGYPQQTE.jpg "Miriam Lord: Song and dance merchants of the Oireachtas can’t help themselves when Michael Flatley pays a visit")
Michael Flatley faced strong competition when he paid a flying visit to Leinster House on Wednesday. He might be one hell of a hoofer, but he...
:quality(70):focal(962x549:972x559)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/LCUYYMT4ENAG7FXPARYO4F25LY.jpeg "Seán Quinn’s former properties in Kyiv: The battle and the war")
The Ukraina shopping centre became a Kyiv landmark when it opened in 1968 and is still doing brisk trade today, having survived the 1991 collapse of...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/BP4WRUZ7CZCE3FWXDK2WYI6GYY.jpg "Central Bank governor urges Chambers to stick to budget spending rule Government has repeatedly broken")
Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf has called on Minister for Finance Jack Chambers to stick to the spending rule the Government set in 2021 – but...
:quality(70):focal(2866x1834:2876x1844)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/7JBUTG4SAY2OIJPCIYOWQXMYLE.jpg "Six ways Jack Chambers might spend Ireland’s corporate tax windfall in Budget 2025")
At the press briefing announcing the latest exchequer returns on Wednesday, the Department of Finance’s chief economist, John McCarthy, said his department estimated that about 50...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/IEHBTUF4H7RJYOL5C3I4ET6NH4.jpg "Buoyant tax returns likely to fuel political demands for giveaway budget")
Surging corporation and income tax receipts have boosted the State’s financial position, handing the Government the means to deliver a giveaway budget before the next general...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WRGIG7JEMFASJA2WBJSVKD5H7I.jpg "NTMA to put first €10bn in sovereign wealth funds into low-risk investments")
The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) plans to temporarily invest an initial €10 billion the Government is putting into two new sovereign wealth funds this year...
:quality(70):focal(2415x842:2425x852)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RPCZRN3MRBCTVCDB3PLS6HLGUQ.jpg "Jack Chambers becomes youngest Minister for Finance since Michael Collins in 1919")
Jack Chambers, at 33, becomes the youngest Minister for Finance in more than a century, following his nomination to the role in the Dáil, as Michael...
:quality(70):focal(1917x748:1927x758)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/FCMULDK72FBYFCOIA42F6LXVFI "Michael McGrath ‘not motivated by money’ in decision to become Irish EU commissioner")
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath has said money is not a factor in his decision to leave his role as Minister for Finance to become Ireland’s next...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/6Q25KWEICVB3JNGQOUVWCE4YDQ.jpg "Fianna Fáil TDs vie for promotion after Jack Chambers’s rise to Finance")
Fianna Fáil TDs and Ministers of State are vying for a spot at the Cabinet table, with Tánaiste Micheál Martin considering how to fill the vacancy...