Official price indices show chocolate, beef and butter up by more than 40% between Christmas 2021 and Christmas 2025, while ham, wine and vegetables rose by less than food prices in general. These charts track each part of the dinner.

Wegovy, Mounjaro, Saxenda and Ozempic explained: which are authorised for weight, which ones a medical card covers, and the safety warnings from the HPRA.

What an Assessment of Need is under the Disability Act 2005, the legal timelines, how far behind the HSE is, and the changes the Government plans.

The HSE has a national programme for adults with ADHD. Here is how referral works, what the assessment involves, what treatment is offered and where funding stands.

Which vaccines your child is offered at each age, what changed for babies born from 1 October 2024, and how many children in Ireland are getting them.

The HSE pays for one full round of IVF or ICSI for couples who meet strict rules. Here is who qualifies, what is covered and what is not.

Ireland cannot change a word of its Constitution without a vote of the people. Here is each step, from a Bill in the Dáil to the final certificate, plus how often voters have said yes and no.

Ireland’s 31 councils plan to spend €8.5 billion in 2026, with housing taking the biggest share. Here is what councils do, who decides what, where the money comes from and how councillors are paid.

A TD’s basic salary was €113,679 and a senator’s €79,614 from 1 October 2024, the latest official figures. Here is what office holders get on top, how the travel and expense allowances work, and what TDs must do to keep them.

How Ireland’s single transferable vote works, how the quota is worked out, what happens to surpluses and eliminated candidates, and why your lower preferences can still decide who wins.