By Caroline O’Doherty

Minister Cowen has done little to encourage workers to pay into pensions, writes David Clerkin.

By Michael O’Farrell, Political Reporter

By David Clerkin

By Ian Guider

By Conor Keane, Business Correspondent

By Cormac O’Keeffe

By Ian Guider

By Mary Dundon Political Reporter

By Evelyn Ring

By Harry McGee Political Editor

By Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

By Harry McGee, Political Editor

By Claire O'Sullivan

By Fionnán Sheahan, Political Correspondent

By Brian O'Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

By Fionnán Sheahan, Political Correspondent

By Claire O’Sullivan

By Harry McGee, Political Editor

By Harry McGee, Political Editor

By Paul O’Brien and Claire O’Sullivan

By Fionnán Sheahan and Conor Keane

By Caroline O'Doherty

By Evelyn Ring

By Caroline O’Doherty

Q. What were the main points relating to the unemployed and the ‘working poor’?

By Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent

Thumbs up: Housing.

“TODAY’S budget is crafty, it’s a cunning budget. It’s been designed to push the right buttons. It’s a budget pretending to say sorry we messed up but everything now is changed, we are a reformed group”.

By Eddie Cassidy