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Government admits defeat on upward-only rent reviews

# Budget 2012

Government admits defeat on upward-only rent reviews

Dec 6th 2011, 8:46 PM 4,650 Views 26 Comments

The government formally abandons legislation to abolish upward-only rent reviews, citing conflicts with the Constitution.

Let us know: What do you think of the Budget?

# Open Thread

Let us know: What do you think of the Budget?

Dec 6th 2011, 8:10 PM 2,545 Views 81 Comments

So now that we’ve heard the entire Budget, what do you think? Was it better or worse than you’d expected?

# Budget 2012

In pictures: Day 2 of Budget 2012

Dec 6th 2011, 7:46 PM 1,194 Views 1 Comment

How the day has unfolded in pictures…

# Budget 2012

Budget 2012: What TheJournal.ie's contributors are saying

Dec 6th 2011, 7:44 PM 2,041 Views 6 Comments

TheJournal.ie brings you contributions from a huge range of people. We asked some of them to give their opinions on the Budget – and here’s what they said…

Live Dec 6th 2011, 7:09 PM

As it happened: Budget 2012 liveblog

# Budget 2012

Budget 2012: Who exactly has to pay the €100 Household Charge?

Dec 6th 2011, 7:02 PM 16,979 Views 151 Comments

The new Household Charge is one of the most controversial proposals in the Budget – but who exactly is going to have to pay the new €100 charge?

# Budget 2012

Budget 2012: Criticism for ‘tokenistic’ 25c hike on pack of 20 cigarettes

Dec 6th 2011, 6:38 PM 6,887 Views 34 Comments

Budget 2012 will add an extra 25c to the price of a packet of 20 cigarettes, though alcohol excise is unchanged for now.

# Budget 2012

Gallery: how Twitter reacted to day two of Budget 2012

Dec 6th 2011, 6:14 PM 1,890 Views 2 Comments

Here’s how the Twittersphere saw part two of the budget announcement…

# Budget 2012

Budget 2012: Fuel tax increases 'will affect almost all households and businesses'

Dec 6th 2011, 6:12 PM 4,151 Views 14 Comments

AA Roadwatch warns that fuel tax increases are going to take a toll on both business and families, particularly in rural areas.

# Budget 2012

Budget 2012: Help for first-time buyers - but it 'won't solve real problems'

Dec 6th 2011, 5:57 PM 4,270 Views 5 Comments

Michael Noonan also confirmed the introduction of the widely expected €100 household charge.

# Budget 2012

Sinn Féin TD tweets Budget 2012 measures before they're announced

Dec 6th 2011, 5:46 PM 3,188 Views 23 Comments

As Michael Noonan began to deliver his speech in the Dáil chamber, Jonathan O’Brien was already delivering the news on cigarettes, the USC, and other tax rises.

Column: I will vote against the government on the Budget tonight - here's why

# Opinion

Column: I will vote against the government on the Budget tonight - here's why

Dec 6th 2011, 5:35 PM 36 Views 97 Comments

Labour Party TD Patrick Nulty will be voting against the government and his party over the Budget. Here, in an exclusive piece for TheJournal.ie, he explains why he disagrees with this ‘unjust’ approach.

Nulty to vote against Budget - 40 days after becoming a Labour TD

# Budget 2012

Nulty to vote against Budget - 40 days after becoming a Labour TD

Dec 6th 2011, 5:18 PM 2,603 Views 47 Comments

The Dáil’s newest member says he will vote against the Budget, saying the household charge and VAT hike are “deeply regressive”.

# Budget 2012

Here’s Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech… as a word cloud

Dec 6th 2011, 4:42 PM 1,995 Views 6 Comments

A pictorial representation of Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech, as delivered to Dáil Éireann this afternoon.

Budget Day (pt 2) – the main points from Michael Noonan's announcement

# Budget 2012

Budget Day (pt 2) – the main points from Michael Noonan's announcement

Dec 6th 2011, 4:40 PM 14,994 Views 90 Comments

Here are the main points of the taxation measures announced by the Minister for Finance in the Dáil today.

In full: Michael Noonan's Budget speech to the Dáil

# Budget 2012

In full: Michael Noonan's Budget speech to the Dáil

Dec 6th 2011, 4:34 PM 3,210 Views 7 Comments

The full text, as prepared in advance, of Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech to the Dáil delivered this afternoon.

# Secret Service

From The Daily Edge

# Secret Service

We could tell you about the Irish Secret Service budget, but then we'd have to kill you

Dec 6th 2011, 1:14 PM 9,049 Views 25 Comments

One small part of the Budget hasn’t been touched this year: the secret service is retaining its €1m funding. SO what does it do?

Column: We had to make difficult cuts in the Budget - but these are extraordinary times

# Opinion

Column: We had to make difficult cuts in the Budget - but these are extraordinary times

Dec 6th 2011, 7:30 AM 25 Views 101 Comments

Social welfare spending has to be cut in order to balance the budget – but we can still protect the most vulnerable, says Joan Burton, Minister for Social Protection.

Forget the cuts – here’s some Budget Day Budgies to lighten the mood

# For The Birds

From The Daily Edge

# For The Birds

Forget the cuts – here’s some Budget Day Budgies to lighten the mood

Dec 6th 2011, 7:15 AM 1,933 Views 14 Comments

A little light relief amid all the doom and and gloom…

Changes to part-time jobseeker's payment will not benefit unemployed - INOU

# Budget 2012

Changes to part-time jobseeker's payment will not benefit unemployed - INOU

Dec 6th 2011, 7:00 AM 3,069 Views 24 Comments

The unemployed will not benefit from the changes to the way jobseeker’s payments are paid, the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed has said.

'Irish people deserve better': Budget comes under fire from Opposition leaders

# Budget12

'Irish people deserve better': Budget comes under fire from Opposition leaders

Dec 5th 2011, 10:13 PM 5,231 Views 67 Comments

Micheál Martin, Gerry Adams and Thomas Pringle have criticised the Government’s Budget measures in a series of televised addresses.

Column: This Budget will cut 15,000 jobs from our economy

# Opinion

Column: This Budget will cut 15,000 jobs from our economy

Dec 5th 2011, 8:30 PM 19 Views 27 Comments

Enda Kenny called it a ‘Budget for jobs’ – but the very opposite is the truth. We can expect dole lines to lengthen, writes Michael Taft.

# Caption Competition

Caption competition: What is Brendan Howlin saying?

Dec 5th 2011, 8:22 PM 3,035 Views 90 Comments

In this picture, the Minister appears to be demonstrating something with his right hand as he announces the Budget…

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Monday

Dec 5th 2011, 7:54 PM 4,053 Views 0 Comments

In tonight’s Fix: All the latest from the Budget; good news for Ryan Tubridy; and the world’s Christmas capital (which you’ve never heard of…)

Let us know: What do you think of the Budget so far?

# Open Thread

Let us know: What do you think of the Budget so far?

Dec 5th 2011, 7:00 PM 3,697 Views 96 Comments

One Budget day down, one to go – and we’re looking for your thoughts about the proceedings so far…

Gardaí warn that station closures 'will change DNA of policing'

# Budget 2012

Gardaí warn that station closures 'will change DNA of policing'

Dec 5th 2011, 6:51 PM 4,309 Views 25 Comments

31 Garda stations will be closed as part of Budget cutbacks – a move that Gardaí say will destroy the ethos of community policing.

# Budget 2012

In numbers: the first half of Budget 2012

Dec 5th 2011, 6:14 PM 6,727 Views 43 Comments

A numerical breakdown of where the government has cut €2.2 billion in spending,

# Budget 2012

In pictures: day one of Budget 2012

Dec 5th 2011, 5:49 PM 3,000 Views 9 Comments

How the day has unfolded in pictures…

VHI warns premiums could jump 50 per cent over health reforms

# Health Insurance

VHI warns premiums could jump 50 per cent over health reforms

Dec 5th 2011, 5:34 PM 2,783 Views 20 Comments

Minister Howlin said the govt would seek to save €143m by improving “the generation and collection of private income in public hospitals”.

# Budget 2012

Gallery: how Twitter reacted to Budget 2012

Dec 5th 2011, 5:10 PM 3,080 Views 8 Comments

Here’s how the Twittersphere saw part one of the Budget 2012 announcements…

Child benefit cut 'unfairly targets the most vulnerable'

# Budget12

Child benefit cut 'unfairly targets the most vulnerable'

Dec 5th 2011, 5:07 PM 3,489 Views 64 Comments

Larger families – who are already more at risk of experiencing poverty – will bear the brunt of reductions to child benefit, a charity has warned.

Number of PRSI payments to qualify for widow's pension trebled

# Pensions

Number of PRSI payments to qualify for widow's pension trebled

Dec 5th 2011, 4:56 PM 2,406 Views 2 Comments

The govt is increasing the qualifying number of PRSI payments for a Widow(er)’s and the Surviving Civil Partner’s contributory pensions from 156 to 520.