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Govt considers extending excise cuts on fuel until spring (opens the original)
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The Government is considering extending the excise cuts on petrol and diesel until late February or early March. The reductions, which were first introduced in April, were set to be unwound from the beginning of November. However, both Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers have indicated that they will remain in place until spring. The cuts resulted in a 32 cent lowering of the price of a litre of diesel while 27 cent was shaved off the cost per litre of petrol.
Whistleblowers 'targeted, penalised, vilified' - McDonald (opens the original)
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Whistleblowers are targeted, penalised and vilified by those at the very top for making disclosures of wrongdoing, Mary Lou McDonald has told the Dáil. The Sinn Féin leader raised allegations that whistleblowers were undermined by senior garda management, as revealed by RTÉ Investigates. Ms McDonald said those managing protected disclosures in the gardaí have now had to become whistleblowers themselves, and they too have been targeted and penalised. She asked why this culture of hostility toward
Cohesion funding key to EU solidarity, says Minister (opens the original)
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Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said that cohesion funding remains one of the European Union's most effective expressions of solidarity. During Ireland's EU Presidency Mr Chambers is responsible for cohesion policy. Today he will welcome ministers and senior officials from across the European Union to discuss this issue in Dublin Castle. Cohesion funding is designed to reduce economic, social and territorial disparities across member states. It makes up more than one third of t
Fine Gael in buoyant form but spectre of turmoil remains (opens the original)
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The cost of motor fuel on display at the service station down the road from where the Fine Gael parliamentary party met in Gorey in Wexford told the story starkly. The price of a litre of diesel was €2.03.9 with petrol not far behind on €1.92.9 this morning. This is the territory which sparked the fuel protests last April and prompted the Government to intervene. Back then it cut the cost of diesel by 32 cent per litre along with an excise reduction on petrol of 27 cent. That measure remains in
Rise in threshold for higher income tax rate - Harris (opens the original)
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Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris will today commit to increasing the threshold at which workers pay the higher rate of income tax in each of the next four budgets. At a Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting in Gorey, Co Wexford, Mr Harris will say that Budget 2027 will mark the start of a trajectory on tax cuts. In a speech entitled "Turning Economic Strength into Everyday Security", the minister will say that he intends to anchor tax policy over four years to give certainty to wor
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