There can be no collective punishment, he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland

Mr Coveney added that speaking from personal experience, the Government “knows all about what happens when the wrong decisions are made in terms of how you manage a country's finances

There will be a €12 increase in weekly payments for pensioners.

She said she thought it was a typo when she saw the €64million allocation to disability services given the department’s own review which had said it required €350million.

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Mr Varadkar said the tax relief that could see landlords saving 600 euro in the first year, rising to 1,000 euro, was to stop them leaving the market

The Taoiseach also expressed his support for the family of 22-year-old Kim Damti, who has been unaccounted for in Israel since Saturday

Budget 2024 will total €6.4 billion, made up of €5.3 billion in core expenditure and €1.1 billion in tax measures.

Aaron Brady's counsel raised concerns over the manner in which a key witness gave evidence from New York during the initial trial due to the outbreak of Covid-19

A Dublin teacher has said that teaching is ‘not as good a profession as it used to be’.

The mother-of-three said that the costs will help towards getting through the winter period amid inflated prices.

Rita Fagan said the budget should have been designed to help those who needed help the most.

Pat O’Brien said that there is no supports for farmers affected by the nitrates limitations, nor a deposit scheme that had been called for.

He said that the cost of products such as shampoos, conditioners and gels had gone up in the past year.

Investigating gardai have sealed off a residence in Youghal, Co Cork, and a technical examination has started.

The court heard the young woman first met the accused at Oxegen music festival in July 2010

He said Budget 2024 did not adequately address the biggest issue facing students – a lack of suitable accommodation.

Evanne O’Caoimh said there was ‘nothing really that applied to the regular sole trader’ in the budget.

The council, which is a notice party in the High Court case, allegedly issued enforcement notices against the quarry’s owner, Michael Power, and operator, Noel Welby.

Planning permission granted last year to ease restrictions on operation of runway