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Tax cuts vs public spending: Where do you want to see money go?
A new poll shows a division in public opinion on the topic.
Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
A new poll shows a division in public opinion on the topic.
They’ve put together a shopping list of demands for any new government.
Despite the growing number of voices criticising austerity as a method to meet deficit targets, the government has indicated there is more to come. This situation can’t continue, writes Rory Hearne.
Róisín Shortall has called for an end to ‘potential cronyism and secret decision-making around public spending’.
The Greek government has shut down state broadcaster ERT’s TV and radio stations, with the loss of nearly 3,000 jobs, in order to save money.
The government’s revised estimates for public spending in 2012 affirm where the State plans to send its money this year.
Social Justice Ireland that a €3.5bn budget adjustment can be achieved without cutting social welfare or child benefit.
Health service says cuts have to be made before the end of this year if it is to meet budget targets set down by the government and Troika.
Fears over ceding our sovereignty are misplaced – people do it all the time, writes Ronan Lyons. Here’s what we should be focusing on instead.
The French finance minister says that his country is looking for between €7bn and €10bn.
Former trader Nick Leeson has an idea to sort out the State coffers – get a bunch of hard-nosed business people to assess the waste and root out value for money.
Our leaders are spending our money in our names, writes Aaron McKenna – so why won’t they let us know how?
From boosting the property market to fuel tax and VAT increases, check out what the front pages have to say about the Budget this morning.
A pictorial representation of Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech, as delivered to Dáil Éireann this afternoon.
The full text, as prepared in advance, of Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech to the Dáil delivered this afternoon.
Enda Kenny called it a ‘Budget for jobs’ – but the very opposite is the truth. We can expect dole lines to lengthen, writes Michael Taft.
Part one of Budget 2012 has been delivered by Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin, here’s what we’ve found out today.
The cut will not apply to all child benefit payments – only those for third and subsequent children, according to reports today.
We spoke to a wide range of TheJournal.ie readers about their hopes and fears for this week’s Budget. Here’s what they had to say.
Catch up on the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Property charges, VAT increases and One Parent Family payments: Looking ahead to some of what may feature in next month’s Budget 2012 announcement.
A new study from the ESRI says that rail projects typically overestimate their projected passenger levels, while road projects underestimate their traffic growth.
Gerry Adams accuses Enda Kenny of breaching his own promise about the extent of pay for special advisers.
An ECB economist suggested Irish public sector pay should be cut. The Tánaiste wasn’t impressed.
Minister Brendan Howlin has asked his cabinet colleagues to submit far-reaching plans to slash spending.
The Government has revealed some of the hard-hitting measures it will take in the December Budget and it makes tough reading for some.
Pat Rabbitte asked the heads of the three semi-States under his remit to accept voluntary pay cap of €250,000 a month ago – they still haven’t given him an answer.
Tánaiste warns further cutbacks are necessary, as government departments reportedly warned of losing up to 15 per cent of their budgets.
We’ve managed to beat fellow bailout recipients Greece and Portugal for government deficit in percentage of GDP.
Figures released by Department of Finance show forecasts for state income and expenditure in 2010 and 2011.
Slashing spending and public sector pay is the only way to recovery, says Jean Claude Trichet.