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• Budget fall-out; Laois solicitor suspended, Irish-Jewish community safety fears; Deep fakes

  October 8, 2026 · 11 min

  An enormous post budget row has erupted between the government and RTE over a shortfall in funding for the broadcaster agreed in this week’s budget. A solicitor known for establishing the Co Laois music festival, Forest Fest, has been…

• Record public spending; the cost of policing big events; and algae in Lough Derg

  October 7, 2026 · 8 min

  The Government has unveiled an €8.5 billion Budget package bringing public spending to a record €125.6 billion next year. Tighter spending controls on policing major events after a review of the policing operation around last year’s Europa…

• Giveaway budget; Fintan O'Toole on Drumcree; Hugh Linehan on Cornell case

  October 6, 2026 · 11 min

  The Government will unveil another giveaway budget today, Tuesday October 6th, which will include reductions in tax for middle income earners worth up to €1,500 for a couple with a combined income of €100,000. “Drumcree is the theatre of…

• Booming cannabis trade; Drumcree court hearing; and delays to the National Children’s Hospital

  October 5, 2026 · 7 min

  Irish drug gangs are now making as much money from cannabis as they are from cocaine, according to new Gardaí figures. Housing, energy costs and childcare are among the main concerns people have been voicing ahead of Budget 2027. Ireland’s…

• Opposition alternative budgets; Grinds 360 boardroom war; and the viability of domestic rugby

  October 2, 2026 · 11 min

  The opposition parties have laid out their alternative budgets ahead of the government’s Budget 2027 next week. Grinds 360, Ireland’s biggest online education platform, was plunged into a boardroom battle after its CEO was temporarily…

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