DARA Calleary has ruled out the introduction of a two-tier Child Benefit payment worth €285 in Budget 2027. The Minister for Social Protection said reducing child poverty is a ...

Up to April, the cost of construction inputs had not risen, but now materials that have a high oil component — such as tarmac ...

New guidelines to introduce more flexible rules on one-off rural housing will come before Cabinet on Tuesday. The Cabinet will hear a comprehensive outline of the plans of Minister for Housing James ...

The suggestion of a second level of child benefit for those most in need, will  not be happening in the next budget. It’s been recommended by the ESRI as a way to cut child poverty, however its been ...

The handling of devices in schools is creating a “digital divide” in post-primary education, researchers have said. Device ...

Introduction and Background Every rainy season, Accra floods. Properties are submerged, livelihoods are disrupted, and in the most acute episodes, lives are lost. Emergency response teams are deployed ...

THE Government has been urged to reintroduce energy credits after it was revealed that over 500,000 households are in arrears on their bills. Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty said people across ...

This is the fifth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the fifth of seven short vowel programmes in our series of videos that ...

High borrowing costs compared to other eurozone countries and limited competition in the Irish banking sector has led to demand for credit from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) being ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...