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| Sep 16, 2026 | Is there a cut to heating oil tax on the way? | The Taoiseach has signalled there could be a cut to tax on home heating oil as part of the budget.
Micheál Martin said the Government is “conscious” of the global impacts on fuel and energy prices.
Speaking to the media at the National Plou... |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Minister Jim O’Callaghan announces commencement of the International Co-operation (Omagh Bombing Inquiry) Act 2026 | The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan has announced that the International Co-operation (Omagh Bombing Inquiry) Act 2026 is in operation as of today, 15 June, following his signing of the commencement order on... |
| Jun 8, 2026 | New Bill to bring greater clarity on eligibility for social housing | The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne TD today confirmed that his department would be introducing the Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 to make amendments to the Housing (... |
| Feb 13, 2026 | NUJ gives evidence to Joint Oireachtas Committee on AI and copyright | Séamus Dooley, NUJ Irish secretary, called for a tech tax and stronger legislation to protect journalism and democracy while giving evidence to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on AI and copyright.
In his opening statement, Dooley told the co... |
| Jun 30, 2025 | ISME criticises 'indefensible' plan to increase person injury awards | The Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association (ISME) has heavily criticised government plans to raise personal injury awards saying it will simply go into the "pockets of lawyers".
The government is considering increasing pers... |
| Nov 14, 2024 | The Art of Pricing: How Numbers Influence Consumer Choices | In the world of retail, numbers tell stories. They can entice, confuse, or even repel customers. A recent incident in a grocery store highlights this phenomenon. A TikToker expressed frustration over a pricing strategy that seemed misleadin... |
| Nov 13, 2024 | James Dyson Award announces its 2024 global winners: Hair-loss prevention device for chemotherapy patients and Sustainable ‘maple seed’ weather balloon | HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 13 November 2024 – Today, the James Dyson Award unveils its two global winners, each receiving £30,000 for solving significant problems of global importance in medicine and sustainability:
Athena is... |
| May 30, 2024 | NIST Reports First Results From Age Estimation Software Evaluation | If a person (in this case, a NIST staff member) changes facial expression or wears and then removes eyeglasses, all six of the algorithms NIST evaluated give age estimates that vary around the person’s true age. With frames extracted from a... |
| Jan 28, 2024 | O'Rourke family's passion for fashion endures for 90 years | The O’Rourke family business has been trading for 90 years in the notoriously fickle clothing industry. Chief executive Colm O’Rourke tells Kathleen O’Callaghan how the company has managed to stay ahead of the fashion pack.
It was all happe... |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Live: Follow every step of Budget 2024 with BusinessPlus | Follow Budget 2024 live as Finance Minister Michael McGrath and Minister for Expenditure Paschal Donohoe take to their feet in the Dáil.
Photo: Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe. Photocall Ireland |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Live: Follow every step of Budget 2024 with BusinessPlus | Follow Budget 2024 live as Finance Minister Michael McGrath and Minister for Expenditure Paschal Donohoe take to their feet in the Dáil.
Photo: Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe. Photocall Ireland |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Irish government criticized over proposed law-change that would ‘muzzle’ Big Tech critics | An 11th-hour amendment to the government of Ireland’s Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 will serve to “muzzle” people looking to speak out about how Big Tech and public bodies are misusing their data.
That’s accordin... |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Pension age 'won't be tackled by this Government' | The pension age will not be reviewed during the lifetime of this Government, despite warnings of a 'pensions time-bomb'.
Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien insisted yesterday: "No [it will not be revisited], that's a matter that has been... |
| Feb 22, 2023 | “Thrown under the bus” – After perceived slights, Ireland taking harder line against EU | Ireland is taking a harder line on E.U. vessels entering its waters, with the Irish navy recently detaining a Spanish trawler, the Pesorsa Dos, for fishing offenses in Irish waters, including leaving nets in the water longer than the time p... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Bill Tyson: Budget 2023 is not as generous as it seems | Budget 2023 looks very generous in a world reeling from the energy crisis and war on Ukraine. It's the biggest budgetary package of increases in our history. And there are indeed lots of goodies.
Parents will be happy with a childcare spend... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Bill Tyson: Budget 2023 is not as generous as it seems | Budget 2023 looks very generous in a world reeling from the energy crisis and war on Ukraine. It's the biggest budgetary package of increases in our history. And there are indeed lots of goodies.
Parents will be happy with a childcare spend... |
| May 15, 2021 | Facebook moderators advised to do karaoke, painting after moderating horror content | Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC.
The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images
Facebook content... |
| May 13, 2021 | Facebook moderators are told karaoke might help them cope with filtering graphic, violent content, a worker said. 'You don't always feel like singing after you've seen someone battered to bits.' | Facebook content moderators are told singing karaoke might help them cope with their job, one moderator said Wednesday.
Moderators sift through graphic content including child exploitation, suicide, and violence.
"You don't always feel... |
| May 13, 2021 | Facebook moderators are told karaoke might help them cope with filtering graphic, violent content, a worker said. ‘You don’t always feel like singing after you’ve seen someone battered to bits.’ | Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images
Facebook content... |
| May 13, 2021 | Facebook Europe Accused Of Ignoring Moderators' Mental Health | Facebook Europe has come under new scrutiny for its questionable moderation practices in the continent. A current moderator accused the company of not doing enough to keep content reviewers safe.
The social media giant faced questions over ... |
| Jul 31, 2020 | Donohoe Promises Wage Subsidy U-Turn | Finance minister Paschal Donohoe (pictured) has pledged to alter legislation approved by the Oireachtas yesterday that excludes proprietary directors from the new wage subsidy scheme.
The minister’s u-turn followed a storm of criticism on s... |
| Nov 7, 2019 | Legislators from ten parliaments put the squeeze on Facebook | The third meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’, a multi-nation body comprised of global legislators with concerns about the societal impacts of social media giants, has been taking place in Dublin t... |
| May 16, 2019 | Senators Want Clampdown On Personal Guarantees | A Seanad committee on small and medium enterprises says the sector needs a junior minister to support it, and has called on the government to create such a role.
Among other measures, the committee report recommends making illegal the banks... |
| May 25, 2018 | GDPR Derogations, ePrivacy, and the Evolving European Privacy Landscape | On May 25, the European General Data Protection Regulation becomes law in all EU member states, repealing and replacing the EU Data Protection Directive. The GDPR aims to harmonize data-protection standards for digital personal data across ... |
| Jul 30, 2015 | Politicians Urge €25m For Female Entrepreneurs | The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has recommended positive discrimination measure for woen entrepreneurs in the form of a €25m Female Seed and Early-Stage Seed Capital Fund distributed by Enterprise Ireland.
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| Apr 24, 2015 | Irish Legislator Proposes Law That Would Make Annoying People Online A Criminal Act | Is Ireland looking to pass a law that would “outlaw ebooks and jail people for annoying others?” Well, no, not really, but that’s the sort of unintended consequences that follow when laws are updated for the 21st century using little more t... |