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Budget 2027 is set to centre around workers, with a series of tax cuts and some welfare boosts expected to be outlined on the 6th of October. Speaking in a pre-Budget speech to small business owners on Monday, the Tánaiste pledged: ‘If you work hard, you should be able to get ahead, not just get by.’ This is set to be echoed throughout the budget, which will reward those who ‘get up early every morning and go to work’. ‘If you put in the overtime, you should see the reward,’ Simon Harris...

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is something that most people will have heard of, but until it has to be paid — we often don’t give it much thought. Even when people do need to pay it, it can be difficult to understand what exactly this tax is and under what circumstances it needs to be paid. Especially for expats (or people returning to Ireland after living abroad), CGT can be a nasty surprise if you’re not prepared for it. The current Irish rate of Capital Gains Tax is 33% of the chargeable gain...

NEW LAWS PREVENTING insurance companies from using cancer survivors’ medical history against them will take effect from 15 October 2026. A ‘right to be forgotten’ in insurance policies has been called for by cancer survivors, their families and campaigners for years, who have long argued that it is unfair for insurance companies to take cancer diagnoses into account years after a person has entered remission. The legislation means insurers will be required to disregard cancer-related medical...