About 181,000 children were supported by school transport during 2025. Here are the distance rules, the €100 fee for the 2026/27 school year, how concessionary seats work, and what changes are planned by 2030.

Tourism earned €11.2 billion for Ireland in 2025 and employs almost one in ten workers. Here is where the money comes from, where it goes, and how 2026 is shaping up.

The State plans to spend €143 billion in 2027. Here is how each €100 of that is split between welfare, health, education, housing, debt and more, and how the split has changed since 2016.

Ireland is the second most expensive country in the EU for everyday spending. Here is how Irish prices compare for food, drink, housing, health and more, using the latest official EU figures.

Irish households paid the highest electricity prices in the EU in the second half of 2025, according to Eurostat. Here is how far above the average Ireland is, why, and how the picture changes once incomes and taxes are taken into account.

Health Research Board figures based on Revenue sales data show how much pure alcohol Irish adults buy each year, how the mix of beer, wine and spirits has changed, and how much alcohol duty the State collects.

The average Irish farm earned €54,606 from farming in 2025, but the gap between farm types is huge. Here is what each type earned, how much came from support payments, and what Teagasc expects for 2026.

Budget 2027 added €1 to a pack of 20 cigarettes from 7 October 2026. Here is the tax on a pack, how it is worked out, how much the State collects, and the official worries about illegal cigarettes.

Ireland has four main VAT rates and a special one for livestock. Here is what falls into each, what changed in 2026, what Budget 2027 plans from 1 January 2027, and how to work out the VAT in a price.

The Apple escrow fund closed in May 2025 and its money is now in the Exchequer. Here is how much came in, what it cost to hold, and what the Government says it will pay for.