Here are today's news stories in my final briefing for 2025.
In the Irish Times Joe Brennan writes that the Department of Social Protection next year faces the mammoth task of preparing for the launch of the long-awaited automatic enrolment (AE) pension scheme: "after years of stops and starts, is due to go live in September, capturing about 800,000 workers in the State who do not currently have a workplace or private pension."
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