A plan to cut VAT for hospitality to 9 per cent is predicted to cost up to €1 billion for a year, which is around two-thirds of the €1.5 billion tax package. The Government said that Budget 2026 will ...

Ukrainian lawmakers voted to strip two anti-corruption bodies of their independence. This could impede Ukraine's progress ...

The big winner from next year’s Budget is going to be the hospitality industry. That will happen at the expense of income taxpayers. The cost of reducing VAT from 13.5% to 9% for restaurants, bars and ...

Our Budget Day decisions could change depending on the economic environment we find ourselves in during the summer and beyond ...

The EU recorded a decade-high consumption of illicit cigarettes, with France topping the list, followed by Ukraine and the UK ...

The biggest difference in Budget 2026 is the elimination of lump sum payments, with Dáil sources indicating that senior Government ministers have agreed to the decision. While the Government has ...

EUROPE: Rail bodies in Brussels have given a warm welcome to the provisional budget issued by the European Commission for the ...

Biodiversity restoration is no longer ring-fenced in the EU budget. Campaigners fear that means green funds will flow to industrial programs.

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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Reporter AT a time when global funding for health is facing significant cuts, the Irish government ...