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# budget-2012 - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

From Business ETC Mini-Budget

Minister to reveal on Monday whether mini-Budget is needed

25/04/12 5,235 Views 60 Comments

The next Stability Programme Update is due out next Monday – but Michael Noonan remains insistent that we’ll meet our targets.

# budget-2012 - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

Single Parents

Charities say Social Welfare Bill will push one-parent families into poverty

18/04/12 3,656 Views 22 Comments

The Social Welfare Bill being brought to the Dáil proposes to send single parents onto the dole when their youngest child turns 7.

# budget-2012 - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

From The Score Fiscal Approach

Taking one for the team: Sports Council budget reduced for 2012

04/04/12 1,050 Views 1 Comment

The Irish Sports Council must continue to tighten its belt for the foreseeable future with a further €1.5million reduction on their budget.

# budget-2012 - Tuesday 3 April, 2012

From Business ETC Mini-Budget

Budget body says Ireland could need €400m mini-budget

03/04/12 4,230 Views 79 Comments

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says the Budget’s projections for economic growth may have been too ambitious.

# budget-2012 - Wednesday 21 March, 2012

From Business ETC United Kingdom

Osborne cuts corporate tax, creates credits for video game industry

21/03/12 3,629 Views 31 Comments

Chancellor George Osborne has also raised the thresholds for income tax and child benefit, as well as hiking excise on cigarettes.

# budget-2012 - Thursday 15 March, 2012

Opinion

Column: Universities in crisis because they have no support

15/03/12 3,758 Views 39 Comments

Irish universities fell out of the top 100 institutions rankings today but, writes Stephen Donnelly TD, without a bold, ambitious vision from Government they’ll never get back into them.

# budget-2012 - Friday 9 March, 2012

One Year In

TheJournal.ie’s progress report for the Government: Public sector reform

09/03/12 387 Views 2 Comments

The government promised to cut public sector numbers, increase accountability and improve performance. What’s happened?

# budget-2012 - Monday 5 March, 2012

Budget 2012

State is overspending by €3,879 per person, according to TD’s sums

05/03/12 4,668 Views 72 Comments

Cork South West TD Noel Harrington has shared his Budget 2012 analysis with TheJournal.ie.

# budget-2012 - Thursday 1 March, 2012

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Thursday

01/03/12 4,010 Views 3 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

# budget-2012 - Saturday 18 February, 2012

S.P.A.R.K.

GALLERY: Single parents protest at ‘discriminatory’ Budget cuts

18/02/12 4,326 Views 80 Comments

The SPARK (Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids) group took to the streets against cuts to allowances and schemes.

# budget-2012 - Thursday 16 February, 2012

Finance Bill

Dáil approves Finance Bill by 93 votes to 45

16/02/12 1,634 Views 13 Comments

TDs vote in favour of the last part of the 2012 Budget, though there is still time for amendments to be made to the Bill.

# budget-2012 - Wednesday 8 February, 2012

Austerity

‘Few precedents’ for scale of Ireland’s austerity budgets, Gilmore admits

08/02/12 4,594 Views 32 Comments

The Tánaiste told a US audience that budgetary measures had come “at a considerable cost to the Irish people”.

# budget-2012 - Saturday 28 January, 2012

Women's Rights

NWCI chief quits over Govt’s ‘scant regard’ for women’s rights

28/01/12 2,952 Views 38 Comments

Susan McKay said Budget cuts to Women’s Council funding had made it impossible for her to do her job properly.

# budget-2012 - Monday 16 January, 2012

School Cuts

School cuts could lead to death of rural Ireland, councillor warns

16/01/12 2,765 Views 9 Comments

Cllr Declan Hurley said institutions making up the “backbone” of rural communities were now all under threat.

# budget-2012 - Thursday 12 January, 2012

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Thursday

12/01/12 3,118 Views No Comments

In tonight’s fix: A bad day for jobs, a good day for the government – and for some primary teachers, and which important group want help from JobBridge interns?

Budget 2012

Quinn announces review of cuts to DEIS teacher numbers

12/01/12 2,953 Views 12 Comments

Education minister Ruairí Quinn says he will seek a report on the Budget’s impact on teaching posts in disadvantaged schools.

# budget-2012 - Monday 9 January, 2012

Motoring

NCT charge to increase by 10 per cent

09/01/12 3,861 Views 43 Comments

From 1 February, it will now cost you €55 to have your car deemed road-worthy (or not).

# budget-2012 - Thursday 5 January, 2012

Mortgages

Mortgage holders told to ensure new interest relief is applied

05/01/12 7,986 Views 43 Comments

The Department of Finance says lenders have been told to apply mortgage interest relief with effect from January 1st.

# budget-2012 - Wednesday 4 January, 2012

Efficient

Late payment fee warning issued over €100 Household Charge

04/01/12 8,594 Views 154 Comments

Around 700 people have already paid the charge, which came into effect on 1 January, according to the Household Charge Project Board.

# budget-2012 - Monday 2 January, 2012

Hard Times

Former taoisigh lose mobile phone and secretarial expenses

02/01/12 6,047 Views 78 Comments

From yesterday, former taoisigh are no longer entitled to claim expenses for secretarial work and mobile phones from the state.

# budget-2012 - Sunday 1 January, 2012

TheJournal.ie

All we want for 2012 (and what we won’t miss from 2011)

01/01/12 6,437 Views 18 Comments

TheJournal.ie’s writers have each picked one thing that they are glad to see the back of – and one thing they are looking forward to this year.

Budget 2012

Budget 2012: What measures kick in today?

01/01/12 6,038 Views 43 Comments

A number of the measures outlined in the Budget 2012 will kick in today – we take a look at what they are.

# budget-2012 - Thursday 29 December, 2011

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Are you optimistic about 2012?

29/12/11 4,244 Views 49 Comments

The New Year is just days away but are you looking forward to it?

# budget-2012 - Friday 23 December, 2011

Redundancies

Companies ‘rushing redundancies’ to exploit Budget layoff changes – REI

23/12/11 4,133 Views 22 Comments

Retail Excellence Ireland says companies have brought forward planned redundancies before the government cuts redundancy rates.

Garda Stations

State spends over €65k this year on Garda stations that will close in 2012

23/12/11 2,349 Views 14 Comments

Four of the 31 Garda stations that will close next year have had refurbishment works carried out on them in the past 12 months.

# budget-2012 - Thursday 22 December, 2011

Property Tax

Expert group set to issue property tax recommendations within four months

22/12/11 1,578 Views 27 Comments

The government is expediting the process to determine what will eventually replace the already controversial household charge.

Opinion

Column: Ireland’s addicted to property – and Noonan is risking another bubble

22/12/11 4,579 Views 10 Comments

The Government is keeping us hooked on house buying exactly when it should be weaning us off, writes Ronan Lyons.

# budget-2012 - Sunday 18 December, 2011

Poll

Fine Gael and Labour support plunges in new poll

18/12/11 3,079 Views 56 Comments

Satisfaction with the Government has nosedived by ten points in the wake of the Budget, the Sunday Times/Behaviour and Attitudes poll shows.

# budget-2012 - Saturday 17 December, 2011

Household Charge

New household charge could be docked from wages or welfare

17/12/11 6,889 Views 160 Comments

People who boycott the annual payment – including several TDs – could see it taken directly from their paychecks or benefits, the Government has confirmed.

# budget-2012 - Friday 16 December, 2011

Household Charge

Pearse Doherty won’t pay Household Charge – but says don’t follow his lead

16/12/11 5,269 Views 116 Comments

The Sinn Féin TD has said that anyone who doesn’t pay the charge should be mindful of legal and financial consequences.

Household Charge

Five Sinn Féin TDs will not pay the household charge

16/12/11 2,978 Views 108 Comments

There are now 14 TDs in total who will not pay the €100 charge when it comes into effect in the New Year.

# budget-2012 - Thursday 15 December, 2011

Household Charge

Charity insists tenants should not be liable for household charge

15/12/11 3,854 Views 79 Comments

A group representing landlords said its members would be forced to pass on the charge to tenants as TDs today outlined their reasons for not paying.

Household Charge

Opposition TDs outline plans for Household Charge boycott

15/12/11 3,886 Views 214 Comments

Socialists and others have outlined a campaign where they will urge 1.6 million households not to register for the charge.

# budget-2012 - Wednesday 14 December, 2011

Opinion

Column: The Government promised ‘war on quangos’ – so why are they creating new ones?

14/12/11 3,906 Views 52 Comments

A whole new layer of bureaucracy is part of the Government’s fiscal plan, writes Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming.

# budget-2012 - Tuesday 13 December, 2011

Life After Budget

Your best post-Budget 2012 money-saving tips

13/12/11 5,612 Views 12 Comments

Over the weekend we asked you for your best tips on saving money over the coming year. Here’s a round-up of your top tips…

From Business ETC Growth

Ireland’s economic growth forecast to hit just 1 per cent next year

13/12/11 1,704 Views 19 Comments

Moody’s says that the fragility of the state’s economic recovery coupled with recent eurozone pressures mean growth won’t hit the govt target for 2012.

# budget-2012 - Monday 12 December, 2011

Education Cuts

Budget 2012 will ‘devastate’ disadvantaged schools – INTO

12/12/11 2,505 Views 38 Comments

The teachers’ union has said that disadvantaged schools will lose hundreds of teaching posts – which will instead be reallocated to schools in better off areas.

# budget-2012 - Sunday 11 December, 2011

Open Thread

Open thread: what are your best money-saving tips?

11/12/11 7,185 Views 86 Comments

Now that we know what’s in Budget 2012, we want you to share your best cash-scrimping advice with TheJournal.ie’s readers…

From Business ETC Opinion

Column: Of course we have recession fatigue – with added VAT

11/12/11 3,278 Views 29 Comments

Government ministers were falling over themselves in June to tell us that a VAT reduction for the hospitality sector would create jobs – so what do they reckon a VAT increase to 23 per cent elsewhere will do?

# budget-2012 - Saturday 10 December, 2011

Budget 2012

All community employment schemes under review, Minister confirms

10/12/11 3,343 Views 28 Comments

Joan Burton said that schemes which “provide value for money” do not have “anything to fear” from the review.

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A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

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