Budget2025: BreakingNews https://www.breakingnews.ie/budget2025/ 3 BreakingNews https://www.breakingnews.ie/images/logo/logo.svg https://www.breakingnews.ie Protest to be held at Leinster House over costs faced by shops and restaurants https://www.breakingnews.ie/business/protest-to-be-held-at-leinster-house-over-costs-faced-by-shops-and-restaurants-1683011.html Business groups have criticised a lack of support in Budget 2025 for small to medium-sized businesses. Business BreakingNews.ie Tue, 15 Oct 2024 06:48:00 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/business/protest-to-be-held-at-leinster-house-over-costs-faced-by-shops-and-restaurants-1683011.html Government has ‘bribed’ the electorate with one-off extra payments, TD says https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ocallaghan-government-has-bribed-the-electorate-with-one-off-extra-payments-1680970.html Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan said the payments were a ‘blatant attempt to buy’ an election. Ireland BreakingNews.ie Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:47:22 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ocallaghan-government-has-bribed-the-electorate-with-one-off-extra-payments-1680970.html Finance ministers push back at Budget criticism from independent watchdog https://www.breakingnews.ie/budget2025/finance-ministers-push-back-at-budget-criticism-from-independent-watchdog-1678913.html The watchdog also said that only half of the Government’s 2.1 billion euro of cost-of-living measures were targeted. Budget 2025 BreakingNews.ie Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:10:41 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/budget2025/finance-ministers-push-back-at-budget-criticism-from-independent-watchdog-1678913.html Harris says stance on election unchanged amid claims of pre-poll giveaway Budget https://www.breakingnews.ie/budget2025/harris-says-stance-on-election-unchanged-amid-claims-of-pre-poll-giveaway-budget-1678825.html Taoiseach Simon Harris said he is not ‘going to provide a running commentary on’ the timing of the election. Budget 2025 BreakingNews.ie Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:07:01 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/budget2025/harris-says-stance-on-election-unchanged-amid-claims-of-pre-poll-giveaway-budget-1678825.html Childcare provider: Budget measures meaningless without fixing staff shortage https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/childcare-provider-budget-measures-meaningless-without-fixing-staff-shortage-1678652.html Regina Bushell of Grovelands Childcare said the budget contained ‘perks’ for parents but little for providers Ireland BreakingNews.ie Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:44:32 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/childcare-provider-budget-measures-meaningless-without-fixing-staff-shortage-1678652.html Government accused of ‘failing’ pensioners with ’€40 weekly shortfall’ https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/government-accused-of-failing-pensioners-with-40-euro-weekly-shortfall-1678623.html Vinod Bajaj said the government needs to set out a clear pension plan for the years ahead. Ireland BreakingNews.ie Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:47:58 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/government-accused-of-failing-pensioners-with-40-euro-weekly-shortfall-1678623.html Budget 2025: Opposition parties accuse government of not tackling housing crisis https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/opposition-parties-accuse-government-of-failing-to-tackle-housing-crisis-1678619.html Labour, the Social Democrats and Solidarity-People Before Profit heavily criticised Budget 2025. Ireland BreakingNews.ie Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:41:57 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/opposition-parties-accuse-government-of-failing-to-tackle-housing-crisis-1678619.html Lack of Budget measures to end direct provision ‘very concerning’ – activist https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/lack-of-budget-measures-to-end-direct-provision-very-concerning-activist-1678615.html Bulelani Mfaco became involved in the campaign to end direct provision after arriving in Ireland as an asylum seeker from South Africa in 2017. Ireland BreakingNews.ie Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:37:41 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/lack-of-budget-measures-to-end-direct-provision-very-concerning-activist-1678615.html Dublin restaurant owner says Budget is ‘anti-small business’ https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/dublin-restaurant-owner-says-budget-is-anti-small-business-1678611.html Will Monaghan, who owns two businesses in Dublin, said it was a budget ‘for an election, a budget for the individual’. Ireland BreakingNews.ie Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:31:10 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/dublin-restaurant-owner-says-budget-is-anti-small-business-1678611.html Not enough in Budget 2025 for college accommodation, students say https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/not-enough-in-budget-2025-for-college-accommodation-students-say-1678603.html One-off measures should be replaced with meaningful action, a student representative has said. Ireland BreakingNews.ie Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:12:35 Europe/Dublin https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/not-enough-in-budget-2025-for-college-accommodation-students-say-1678603.html