So what’s wrong with asking those who can afford to, to pay a little more?

AT LEAST it was fitting in Holy Week that we asked the question: Will Labour walk on water?

Public expenditure minister Brendan Howlin has admitted there were times he didn't think Ireland would make it out of the bailout.

The ESB workers' union has authorised the serving of notice for strike action.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has made it clear to Labour there will be no tax rises in the October budget.

Everybody's talking about three-ways today, and we've rounded up some of the Twitter chatter.

Ireland has the highest proportion of children in jobless households in the EU, and they are threatened with a poverty-filled future as austerity damages their prospects, a report has said.

As Ireland braces itself for its sixth austerity budget since the economic crisis began, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has pledged to protect frontline services and the vulnerable.

Ireland will get some kind of special deal to help ease the debt burden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the Taoiseach — but she will not change her mind on recapitalising the banks.

The Government has received a clean bill of health from the troika in its eighth review of the economy as part of the bailout programme.

IT MIGHT appear that Enda Kenny is better appreciated outside Ireland than within it, now that he is the first Taoiseach since Sean Lemass to appear on the cover of Time magazine, subject of a largely very favourable piece about the hard work he is doing to rescue the Irish economy and praising his personal qualities.

It was in many ways a nightmare summer for farmers due to the wet weather, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said at the National Ploughing Championships yesterday.

The International Monetary Fund has stated that a deal on Ireland's promissory notes is needed to help Ireland regain market access.

The public and the opposition are still waiting to hear whether the Government will be able to negotiate a better deal on our bank debt, writes political correspondent Mary Regan

It’s not the Stability Treaty, it’s the Stab Treaty — because all either side does is try to knife the other.

Ireland’s decision to hold a referendum was greeted with disbelief and dread in the EU among politicians and public servants, with the greatest fear being that it will open a Pandora’s box of other countries seeking a vote also.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has intensified his campaign to cut the cost of repaying Anglo’s debts on the day the state handed over €1.2 billion to investors.

The Government is not interested in getting a "gold star" from the Troika, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said today.

The Environment Minister Phil Hogan has slammed comments made by the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, that Ireland will need to avail of a second bailout unless the European debt crisis is quickly resolved.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said today that the Government has put forward alternatives to increases in income tax to the Troika.

The European Commission has today moved to deflect anger from the Irish Government after a confidential details of an Irish Budget plan were leaked, saying that it was "the sole responsibility of the German authorities”.

The European Commission has said it regrets embarrassing leaks from the Government’s budget plans to save €3.8bn.