Barry Lenihan
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SF alternative budget targets living costs, second homes (opens the original)
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Sinn Féin is proposing a permanent ten cent reduction in petrol and diesel as well as extending excise cuts for another six months as part of its €13.4 billion alternative budget package. The 40-page document, entitled 'Putting workers and families first', proposes the Government not proceed with planned carbon tax increases, remove all excise on home heating oil and reduce green diesel by 17 cent for a minimum of six months. The proposed measures to help reduce fuel costs for households run to
10 takeaways as FAI officials face Oireachtas committee (opens the original)
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FAI officials appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Sport for yet another bruising encounter. The controversy around the Nations League games against Israel dominated throughout. However, TDs and Senators also raised several concerns about safeguarding within the FAI. Here, political correspondent Barry Lenihan looks at 10 key takeaways: There was a sharp intake of breath in Committee Room One in the bowels of Leinster House when it was revealed nobody had spoken to the three goalkeepers i
Boiler scrappage scheme among new expanded energy grants (opens the original)
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The Government has approved a significant expansion of home energy grants, including a new additional €2,000 payment to encourage households to scrap fossil fuel heating systems and switch to heat pumps or other renewable heating. It has also approved a new €600 grant for domestic battery storage, while some lower-income households will be eligible for grants of up to €9,000 to install solar panels and batteries. The measures are part of a package of enhanced retrofit and renewable energy suppor
Cabinet to discuss Drumcree stand-off (opens the original)
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The Cabinet is expected to discuss the continuing stand-off at Drumcree over the Orange Order parade when it meets later this morning. The impasse in Co Armagh is now into its third day despite efforts on Monday by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant to mediate a solution. Garvaghy Road residents say they are seeking an international mediator to lead discussions at resolving the parade dispute after Orangemen managed to overturn a long ban on them parading down the predominantly nationalist
Minister to seek approval for boiler scrappage scheme (opens the original)
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Minister for the Environment Darragh O'Brien is to seek Cabinet approval for a new boiler scrappage scheme. Grants of €2,000 are to be made available to scrap oil and kerosene boilers being replaced by heat pumps. This is in addition to the existing grant of up to €12,500 available for heat pumps, thereby bringing potential savings of up to €14,500 for households. Mr O'Brien is to tell his Cabinet colleagues of a new set of enhanced grants to help households and businesses reduce energy costs an
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