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Gavan Reilly: How much can you really do with €7.7 billion?

There is apparently a lot of cash available for Budget 2027 – but in reality, very little at all.

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Gavan Reilly: A €750 million lesson on helping Ireland's worst-off

You may never have heard of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) but its findings are powerful.

09.07.2026 10

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Gavan Reilly: How much of our law is some form of EU law?

European law > Everyone else’s law and Ireland has 5,762 pieces of laws to prove it.

02.07.2026 20

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Gavan Reilly: 7 PMs in 10 years show Starmergeddon might be the new norm

Our political stats stan Gavan on the worrying trend of government by opinion poll.

25.06.2026 20

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Gavan Reilly: 1,854 days between acknowledging the problem with short-term lets and fixing it

With acute rental shortages and impact on housing stock, why has it taken Ireland so long to act?

18.06.2026 20

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Gavan Reilly: Can TDs criticise double-jobbing consultants when many hold down second careers?

One in six TDs have a separate role alongside being a public rep – and that presumes we don’t view ‘landlord’ as a job.

11.06.2026 20

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Gavan Reilly: 41,185 parliamentary questions so far this year - but at what cost?

That’s almost double the number posed by this time in 2024, overwhelming officials, ad nobody seems to know how to fix it.

04.06.2026 30

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Gavan Reilly: The Gerry Hutch 37.1% share of the vote in the shadow of the IFSC

Our new columnist Gavan Reilly crunches the data on the most recent hotly-contested by-election – with thought-provoking results.

28.05.2026 30

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Gavan Reilly: Gerry Hutch and his 30% vote in Dublin Central's best-heeled area

Our new columnist Gavan Reilly crunches the data on the most recent hotly-contested by-election – with surprising results.

28.05.2026 30

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