The childcare sector is threatened by chronic staff shortages and rising costs, warned Tigers Childcare CEO Karen Clince

Increases were delayed for six months due to cost-of-living pressures

Parents who receive the back to school clothing and footwear allowance will also receive an additional €100 for each child this summer

Mortgage brokers and debt advisers have warned that households are already struggling.

Critics question the ECB's strategy as it signals it may approve further rate rises when it next meets on June 15

Spar Group update showed its BWG operations in the Republic were outperforming by a far stretch the growth rates of many of its other retail operations, including in Switzerland and Poland

"The last thing I want when I get home after a long day is to eat unhealthy food and have to pay hard-earned money for the convenience too."

Central Bank figures show total household savings has reached €152bn — up €7.9bn from April 2022

The cuts totalled 21c per litre being taken off the cost of petrol and a 16c cut on diesel

Ireland is to participate in four European Defence Agency projects

‘Voluntary’ school contributions

Currently, Vat adds 23% to the cost of sunscreen and the ICS argues its removal would immediately benefit the public and the health service

Parents said voluntary contributions range from €30 to €550 per child, with an average of €140 across all school types

The Credit Union Consumer Sentiment Index for May found 60% of Irish consumers do not believe peak price pressures have passed, while 22% are confident the worst of price inflation is over 

The price of gas for delivery in June fell below €25 per megawatt hour, completing a huge slide this week in the key benchmark prices for gas 

Minimum wage

One of the greatest steps taken in opening up Irish society was Donagh O’Malley’s 1966 decision to make secondary education free — a move which contributed greatly to Ireland’s development in subsequent decades by bringing an end to an era when ...

A €10 increase in the State pension alone would cost the State around €377m extra each year

Cuts will affect approximately 490 full-time employees

"Prospective mortgage holders and those on trackers in particular are being warned that the medium-term outlook is for rates to go much higher over the coming months"

State-funded charities are paying workers 10% less than their similarly qualified colleagues in the public sector due to pay cuts made during the financial crisis that have never been reversed

A new report by children's charity Barnardos highlights how parents are struggling to feed and clothe their children and keep them warm amid soaring prices

As inflation has soared, low-income families may have to sacrifice a healthy diet given due to competing budget demands.

Decision will be made at budget time, said the Taoiseach

A medically supervised injection centre may be considered for Cork after a delegation from Cork City Council, the HSE and An Garda Síochána travelled to Lisbon to learn from the drug policy there.

The political ambitions of the double-jobbing minister have been far from secret for some time, but his performance this week comes at an interesting juncture for Fine Gael

A green mortgage is one that offers a lower interest rate to those who buying a more energy-efficient home

More than one third of students (38%) say use their phones for more than four hours per day, and 16% say they use them for more than six hours per day

An elderly woman in County Laois has had to use money set aside for her recently deceased husband’s headstone to pay an electricity bill.

Britvic said consumers were still buying soft drinks despite the cost of living crisis

Reintroduction of excise duty will add 5c to a litre of diesel and 6c to a litre of petrol

I haven’t been back there for a while, years actually. But I’ve been reading about it constantly, listening to stuff about it, taking what I thought was a keen interest.

The Irish Cancer Society wants to have sun creams of factor 30 and higher reclassified as essential healthcare goods

The impasse on hospital consultant contracts is the latest in a long line of stand-offs which have never been fully settled or satisfactorily resolved in this crucial zone of healthcare delivery.

Clampdown on short-term rentals still possible, says Tourism Minister Catherine Martin

The global cost-of-living crunch has pushed coffee drinkers to get their fix from cheaper brews. But a shortage of robusta beans is making it increasingly difficult to find a budget-friendly cup.

Survey by country's largest public sector union also finds members are willing to take industrial action if pay increase falls below that

The whole debate, and the Government's desire not to intervene in the free market, comes at the same time as the Tánaiste Micheál Martin bemoans the "creeping paywalling" of GAA events

The survey found that inflation is making 15% of people aged 25-34 consider putting off having a baby and a similar proportion said it’s putting them off getting married

Food inflation was almost double that of the general rise in the Consumer Price Index in the past year of 7.2%, according to the Central Statistics Office

The company said the reduction will come into effect from Thursday, May 11.

Supermarkets' response at the Retail Forum will disappoint Irish people under pressure due to soaring energy and grocery prices

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar had earlier ruled out price caps on food on the basis of advice from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission