Budget 2026: Middle-Income Earners Set to Be €500 Worse Off

Analysis: Here's why Irish workers will be worse off after Budget 2026

As always on budget day, a choice was made. This time out, the decisions went against workers.

Budget 2026: Middle-income earners set to be €500 worse off

Workers will pay more next year in what has been labelled “stealth” tax rises on earnings.

Working couples 'on their own' as budget leaves them worse off

A couple, with children, earning €45k each, is worse off by €75 according to analysis by Grant Thornton

Workers 'get nothing' in Budget 2026 with 'no break from taxes' - Irish Mirror

Sinn Fein and other opposition parties have slammed Budget 2026 as failing ordinary workers, accusing the government of abandoning election promises and offering no relief from the cost of living crisis.