- Focus in Budget 2026 has to be on transforming infrastructure, Martin says The Irish Times
- No one-off cost-of-living measures in Budget - minister RTE.ie
- Budget boosts of up to €1,000 per worker dropped as Ministers seek era of restraint The Irish Times
- McDonald criticises ‘do-nothing government’ ahead of Dáil recess BreakingNews.ie
- Taoiseach acknowledges prices are 'elevated' - and gets told to 'wake-up' to the cost of living The Journal
