Department of Foreign Affairs officials have been discussing the still-controversial closure of the Vatican embassy 26 months ago. It has since been decided to reopen it.
After a draft budget contained a near €6 million cut to services for homeless people, Dublin City Council tonight passed a budget that increases these supports.
The Health Minister told the Select Sub-Committee on Health that €20 million of the funding would be met by cost-cutting in the Department of Health.
There are proposals to bring the pay-and-file date forward to as early as June next year so the Department of Finance has all the data needed ahead of the October Budget.
Budget 2014 hit the most vulnerable elements of society – not the young, the sick, the old, or pregnant alone. We need to show intergenerational solidarity and stand together against this injustice, writes Peter Kavanagh.
Health Minister James Reilly has been under increasing pressure since confirmation last Tuesday that a further €666 million is to be taken out of the Health Budget in 2014.
Cuts to medical card allowances and social welfare payments have a direct impact on peoples’ the mental health – I know because I am one of those affected, writes Kate Bellamy.
Not all families NEED help in sending their children to a GP – but the Government is ignoring that in a cynical ploy to curry favour with the electorate.
The alliance of Fine Gael rebels will not be taking a collective stance on the Budget but have already sharply criticised some measures being introduced by the government.
While vinyl has made a comeback in recent years, CD sales are continuing to decline as more and more people switch to their digital counterparts.
For many, downloading a few .mp3 files to their smartphone or browsing through Spotify is enough, but some will argue that nothing beats unwrapping a new CD or vinyl, popping it on, and sitting back to have a listen.
We want to know your habits: When did you last buy a music CD?
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