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Covid-19 higher rate illness benefit ends

A higher rate of illness benefit for people who miss work due to Covid-19 comes to an end today. The ...
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Euro zone inflation hits record high of 10%, raising pressure on ECB

Euro zone inflation zoomed past forecasts to hit a fresh record high this month, reinforcing expectations for another jumbo interest ...
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Once-off Budget measures will insulate ‘most households’ – ESRI

The package of once-off measures announced as part of this week’s Budget will insulate “most households” from higher energy prices ...
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Tánaiste to discuss recommendations on pay, conditions at gender equality committee

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality today to discuss the recommendations of the ...
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Stocks bounce but sterling slippery after BoE buys bonds

Asian share markets rose today after Britain’s central bank launched an emergency bond buying programme to stabilise a furious sell-off ...
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Switching activity drives growth in mortgage approvals

Just over 5,500 mortgages were approved in August, up 5.5% on the previous month and 21.3% compared with the same ...
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Budget’s political test will be when big winter bills arrive

It was, according to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Michael McGrath, a “budget for its times”. The biggest ever giveaway, ...
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Tánaiste ‘does not envisage’ mini-budget next year

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said he does not envisage a mini-budget being implemented next year. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, ...
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At a glance: Here are the key points from Budget 2023

The Government has pledged to spend billions – but how much of all this extra monetary support will make it ...
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