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Yesterday
5th September 2026
Must ReadMoney Money Money
With just over a month to go, here's everything we know so far about Budget 2027
Last week
30th August 2026 - 5th September 2026
Darragh O'Brien
Ireland's policy on data centres was under the microscope today at the EU's climate committee
ends don't meet
Calls for 'exploitative' sub minimum wage to be scrapped as young people struggle to afford rents
Limerick
Ethics watchdog Sipo launch investigation into junior minister Niall Collins over land deal
Last month
August 2026
no end in sight
Court chaos to continue as Dublin-based criminal legal aid solicitors vote to continue strike
no end in sight
Law Society hits back at minister over 'fundamentally unhelpful commentary' on legal aid row
Exclusivecriminal legal aid
Legal aid row: Justice minister says Law Society ‘bags’ concessions and wants more
Virgin Media Tonight Show
Shane Coleman on why he has no time for people who 'threaten and belittle' politicians
Road Safety
What's the official advice for drivers if you meet a car speeding the wrong way towards you?
Justice Minister
O'Callaghan pledges garda pursuit training and a new law as outcry grows over M9 crash
m9 crash
Taoiseach says there can be 'no tolerance' for reckless driving after recent motorway crashes
Road Safety
Dublin City Council is bringing back zebra crossings, with work started on 10 new ones last week
Leinster House book club
Mayo, Marxism and murders: What Irish politicians are reading over the summer holidays
Limerick Prison
Chronic prison overcrowding means Alison Chawke's early release is 'no surprise', says Labour TD
book club
From George Orwell to sci-fi: Here's what Irish politicians are reading over the summer holidays
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
E-scooter ban puts promised bike and electric car rental hubs on ice
The Green Party has criticised the government’s decision to stall the pilot scheme as ‘totally spurious’.
July
July 2026
Next Question Please
Oireachtas officials had to overhaul the system for TDs to ask questions to clamp down on AI use
not great
The government has completed just 10 of its 74 climate commitments for the last three years
Road Safety
E-scooter rules approved by cabinet, with age increase and mandatory helmets to come in next month
Cabinet
Uisce Éireann top-up of €2bn for home connections and new e-scooter rules on the cabinet agenda
law reform
Justice minister will 'consider' issues raised by solicitors after crunch meeting on reforms
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
Will Big Jim's row with solicitors hinder his leadership hopes? 'Jesus no', say backbenchers
Some have warned however that this may change if he can’t draw the bitter affair to a close soon.
AnalysisBudget 2027
Has Harris forgotten his goal of making Ireland the best country in the world to be a child?
summer economic statement
Big focus of Budget 2027 will be improving people’s disposable income next year - Harris
AnalysisRoad Safety
Could Ireland be the first place to ban e-scooters? How are other countries dealing with them?
Road Safety
E-scooters to be banned for under-18s and high-vis vests and helmets to be made mandatory
AnalysisMFF
The EU wants more cash (a lot of it for defence and security). Here's how it plans to get it.
Heel Prick Test
MEP calls for Ireland to increase testing done on newborn babies for rare conditions
EU migration pact
MEP Maria Walsh says government's 'soft' language on migrant return hubs is 'really frustrating'
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