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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Budget 2021 will be no windfall but will target those sectors impacted the most.
Minister for public expenditure Michael McGrath “didn’t recall” his party, Fianna Fáil, trying to block the same allowances in 2017.
Fáilte Ireland is calling for the VAT rate to be changed to 5% to help the tourism sector.
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath said today there’s “undoubtedly” different opinions in his party on going into coalition with Fine Gael.
The Galway and Sarsfields great recently steered his beloved club – and his four daughters – to a first All-Ireland senior camogie title, having done it all as a player himself.
19-year-old Siobhán McGrath clinched their first title and ended Slaughtneil’s four-in-a-row bid.
Sarsfields are looking to dethrone the All-Ireland champions Slaughtneil in the senior camogie club decider.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
The Central Bank is to publish its report on the database later this year – but it was meant to have been set up at the end of 2018.
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath described the figure as ‘extraordinarily high’.
Unregulated loan owners hold 17% of all mortgages in arrears over 720 days.
Under the scheme, charities will receive a refund of their VAT costs based on the level of non-public funding they receive.
Motorists will receive 100% compensation, totalling €21 million.
Questions have been mounting as to where Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is in the midst of this summer’s vulture fund sell off.
The bank has confirmed that performing loans and customers who have engaged will also be sold off.
The bank sold its controversial Project Glas loan portfolio to a so-called vulture fund for around €1.3 billion.
A total of 7,400 are owner-occupier mortgages, while 3,300 are buy-to-let properties.
Orlaith McGrath has captained the Galway outfit back to Croke Park where they face Slaughtneil in a repeat of the 2017 decider.
The Central Bank is to review their code of conduct for how financial institutions deal with those in mortgage arrears.
PTSB, which is 75% State owned, has been defending its plan to sell off a book of non-performing loans.
The proposed sell-off has become the subject of a political battle in recent days.
Lost income, medical expenses and legal fees have taken a huge toll on her life.
13,600 more trackers victims have been added to the growing number – it now stands at 33,7000.
In May, the Supreme Court ruled that the Irish State must be held liable for the claims.
A huge leak of about 13.4 million secret documents has shed light on the tax affairs of the rich and famous.
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath said the minister should give no approval for salary increases until redress is given.
The Government looks set to lose a vote in the Dáil.
Budget talks are going down to the wire between the two parties this weekend.
Thousands of customers have been charged higher interest rates than they should have been.
Michael McGrath warned Fine Gael that Fianna Fáil’s support for the government could waver in future.
The Finance Minister says he will not be seeking re-election to the Dáil.
The sharp rise in refusals has been described as a “dramatic and worrying this trend”.
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath has called on the C&AG to investigate the sale of a Nama portfolio.
Managed by their father ‘Hopper’ McGrath, the Galway side face Slaughtneil in the senior camogie club final.
Some drivers who have been out of work since their accident have yet to receive their insurance payout.
Money from Iran, Syria, Somalia and North Korea has also been frozen by Irish banks.
Reports suggest the final bill for the banks and other lenders could run to over €1 billion.
Governor Philip Lane has today outlined his concerns to a number of TDs.
Leo Varadkar yesterday accused Opposition TDs of launching a “witch hunt”, adding that Noonan is only accountable to the Dáil.
The Taoiseach said it’s not true Apple was provided with more favourable treatment than others companies in terms of taxes.
The massive 26% hike in GDP was decried by one financial journalist as a “work of Irish fiction”.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
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