Micheál Martin said there were doubts as to whether the Government could have the enrolment in place by September.

The internal report, prepared by a Revenue official, said “a number of tax loopholes” had inadvertently been introduced because of the 2022 Finance Act.

Since this research had taken place, one in eight 25-year-olds has emigrated.

Pensions for those 20 individuals will cost €1.5 million every year, although normal tax rates apply to these payments.

Tracy Kelliher (49) of Alderwood Road, Tralee, Co. Kerry pleaded guilty to three sample counts of theft

Ireland’s rate of 26.3 per cent was the seventh highest among the 27 EU member states and twice the EU average.

Major changes are coming down the tracks for pensions, and it pays to be ready for them, says Brian Forde, Senior Wealth Manager at Rockwell Financial Management

Pension experts at the National Pension Helpline have revealed the amount you need to save each month, according to your age, to retire with seven figures at the age of 65.

The biggest budget in the history of the State has been unveiled, the last before an General Election.

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty criticised the decision to increase the Standard Fund Threshold (SFT).

auto enrolment would mean that for every €3 a worker puts towards their pension, their employer would also put €3 into the pension plan and the State would add a further euro.

Maureen Kavanagh said it was a move to bridge the gap that exists between mandatory compulsory retirement faced by many in the private sector and the fact that the State pension commences at 66.

The maximum state pension is currently €277.30 a week for those aged 66 to 79 or €287.30 a week for those aged 80 or older.

The Court found that s. 124 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005 is invalid having regard to the provisions of Article 40.1 of the Constitution.

Introducing the measure, Heather Humphreys said the new arrangements will allow people to work longer in return for higher payments.

Patrick McNamee (42) itted stealing €200 in what the judge said was a 'particularly callous, targeted and deliberate' offence

Judge Eugene O’Keeffe said an outline of what he called “this somewhat bizarre case” would be given on Friday when sentencing would occur

The Taoiseach said the exact amount of the rise would be determined in the months to come.

Eileen Hackett has been refused the means-tested pension payments due to her late husband leaving savings of about €170,000 when he died in 2014.

Vodafone is the successor to Eircell which had formerly been part of Eircom, which was itself formerly Telecom Eireann until the Government privatised the company.

A tiered pension system is set come into effect in January 2024

Taoiseach Micheál Martin made the comments in response to Mary Lou McDonald claiming the Government was trying to move the pension age to 70 ‘by stealth’.

The survey found that 43 per cent of people in Ireland hold no form of pension product.

Minister of State Sean Fleming said Fianna Fáil was more interested in indexing tax bands and tax credits

A group of retired An Post employees held a demonstration calling for Communications Minister Eamon Ryan to sign off on the agreed increase.

The president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) urges victims of coercive control to come forward, "Your rights will be vindicated. Justice will be served".

It had been alleged that the defendant followed the pensioner home from the SuperValu in Portarlington before robbing her of her purse at the back door of her home.

Declan Haughney, 40, of Pollerton Road, Carlow allegedly took the body of his dead uncle to a nearby post office to claim his pension payment

The Government is considering new plans to reward those who retire later in life with a higher weekly payment

Lower home ownership rates would mean a higher proportion of households making rental payments into retirement, the report says.

Former Pensions Ombudsman, Paul Kelly has called for a more flexible pensions system

The government’s planned auto-enrolment pension plan may play a positive role in society — but important decisions have yet to be finalised, says Mark Hutchinson, Chair of Finance at Cork University Business School

Preparation for a comfortable retirement should really begin once we START work after leaving school or college. That might sound like what we may call a tall order, but it is eminently sensible, so says Michael Pattwell in his weekly column