The Government will cut excise duty on diesel by 20 cent and petrol by 15 cent from midnight on Wednesday. This is the terrain – uncertain and dangerous – which governments around the world must navigate. In the afternoon, action in the Dáil begins with Leaders’ Questions, with Sinn Féin, Labour and the Social Democrats putting the Taoiseach through his paces from 2pm. Sinn Féin has a motion in Private Members’ time at 7.24pm, followed by Oral Questions for James Lawless after 9pm. The artificial intelligence committee sits at 11am, meeting the Courts Service.

Source: The Irish Times March 24, 2026 15:25 UTC