Retail Frustration at rising costs facing businesses voiced at Fianna Fáil TDs meeting At private meeting, TDs irate at mounting pressures forced upon small and family run businesses on eve of elections
O’Brien to delay ‘use it or lose it’ rule for planningDepartment of Housing fears that cancelling planning permission could lead to delays in construction, as a new application could take up to a year to be granted
Confusing messages and lack of clarity raise the ire of a weary nationPoliticians are divided on whether the government is losing its way or making the best of a difficult and largely unpredictable situation