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There is further pressure on banks to play a major role in the enhanced defective block scheme. Despite the new scheme claiming to provide 100% redress there’s concern that homeowners will still have to foot some of the bill for repair and rebuild costs. Banks are being urged to fill…

The Finance Minister has admitted that rules and costs surrounding importing vehicles into Ireland from Northern Ireland and the UK have become ‘a bit messy’.   Minister Michael McGrath was responding to Sinn Fein’s Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty who says the change in criteria for car dealerships locally is also…

Budget negotiations continued into the earlier hours of this morning, ahead of tomorrow’s announcement.   The 14 billion euro package is expected to include energy credits of 600 euro for all households this winter, and a double social-welfare payment in November.   The rate at which people pay the top…

The Dáil has heard calls for urgent clarity in relation to the long term future of cardiac services at Sligo University Hospital.   The mobile Cath Lab service at the facility is to cease from today (Thursday) with patients now having to travel to Galway or Dublin for treatment.  …