More than 20,000 people could be selling power to grid next year, regulator saysNew system to encourage ‘microgeneration’ to be phased in under regulator planThu Dec 02 2021 - 19:35
Travel restrictions imposed across Europe as Omicron becomes Covid-19 variant ‘of concern’Pfizer indicates it can produce a vaccine against the variant in about 100 daysSat Nov 27 2021 - 02:00
Irish citizens visiting south African region urged to leave as soon as possibleForeign Affairs says commercial flights from South Africa and neighbouring countries ‘remain open but busy’Fri Nov 26 2021 - 20:55
Local authorities to buy up to 500 ‘turnkey’ homesMove aims to boost supply of affordable and social houses sold at discount to first-timersThu Nov 25 2021 - 19:54
Tech giants respond negatively to new rules on grid access for data centresTerms will compel operators to provide their own emergency powerWed Nov 24 2021 - 01:00
New measures on curbing data centres to be unveiledRegulator to impose conditions on grid connection for big technology companiesTue Nov 23 2021 - 01:00
Irish aviation sector may require State Covid-19 supports next year, officials sayNew spending review says airport traffic levels unlikely to recover until 2025Fri Nov 19 2021 - 17:21
Róisín Shortall to seek referendum to end presidential oath to ‘almighty God’Social Democrats co-leader to table Bill on the matter after European rulingThu Nov 18 2021 - 16:42
European court dismisses Irish campaigners’ case over swearing ‘to almighty God’Setback for Róisín Shortall and others seeking to remove reference from the ConstitutionThu Nov 18 2021 - 10:43
Citizens’ Assembly on drugs should take place next year, campaign group saysCityWide group calls for Taoiseach to intervene as it notes cocaine use has risen by 10,000%Wed Nov 17 2021 - 18:59
Tallaght hospital cancels over 1,000 appointments amid power outageICU at Dublin hospital reverts to emergency generator supplies after power cutWed Nov 17 2021 - 15:38
Renters to get right to ‘unlimited’ tenancies under new legislationMinister says all tenants will gain new rights over time but landlords can still end leasesTue Nov 16 2021 - 20:55
Seven amber alerts issued at national electricity grid in past yearAlerts issued as system came under pressure from supply constraints, Eamon Ryan saysTue Nov 16 2021 - 11:25
‘Serious consequences’ for EU-UK relations if article 16 triggered - ŠefcovicEuropean Commission vice-president says he welcomes Frost’s ‘change in tone’Mon Nov 15 2021 - 17:59
Little chance of construction industry being made to pay towards mica redressCoalition concerned that cost of any levy would be passed directly on to consumersMon Nov 15 2021 - 02:00
Company at centre of dispute with Seán Quinn expresses ‘safety’ concernsFormer billionaire says he is determined to remove key directors from businessMon Nov 15 2021 - 01:00
Mother and baby home redress scheme to go to Cabinet next weekScheme will open next year with a projected cost of some €800 millionFri Nov 12 2021 - 23:21
Health officials call for cuts to overtime and agency workAnnual spending on agency staff grew by 97% in 7 years, review findsFri Nov 12 2021 - 19:29
Supplier at centre of mica storm describes ‘devastating effect’ on his familyDavid Cassidy describes ‘personal and sinister witch-hunt’ on social mediaMon Nov 08 2021 - 01:51
Farmers mobilise to mount big protest on Dublin’s streetsIrish Farmers’ Association chief targets November 21st in pursuit of ‘real engagement’Wed Nov 03 2021 - 18:51
Martin Shanahan: ‘I believe we can still win investment at a tax rate of 15%’IDA chief on increased corporate tax rate, housing, power supplies and data centresMon Nov 01 2021 - 06:00
IDA says power constraints should not lead to curbs on building data centresQuestions over electricity supplies ‘unhelpful’ in effort to market the State as a global business hubSun Oct 31 2021 - 18:50
Covid-19 situation ‘not anywhere near’ point of closing schoolsVaradkar suggests antigen tests could be used for school contacts as teachers seek changesFri Oct 29 2021 - 03:05
Teachers call for contact tracing for asymptomatic pupilsNumber of primary pupils testing positive up by almost 50% since start of OctoberThu Oct 28 2021 - 17:19
State to control new National Maternity Hospital site under fresh proposalsTerms include a 299-year lease of the site and an increase in the number of public-interest directorsSat Oct 23 2021 - 04:00
Consultant claimed MCD associate ‘maligned’ industry figuresConcert promoter facing complaints of ‘abrasive management behaviour’Thu Oct 21 2021 - 03:41
UL takes legal case against Irish Water over chargesUtility company plans to charge €106 per student as campus residences reclassifiedWed Oct 20 2021 - 02:00
MCD faces claims of ‘abrasive management behaviour’Live promoter ‘looking into allegation of breaches of dignity-at-work policy’Tue Oct 19 2021 - 00:01
A parish they never knew – Arthur Beesley on the final resting place in Sligo of five British soldiersAn Irishman’s DiaryMon Oct 18 2021 - 19:01
Building skills shortage may check Coalition plans on homesAmbitious targets and funding in place to boost construction and ‘settle housing crisis’Thu Oct 14 2021 - 04:01
Spending on public and waste water services boostedBudget 2022: Increase of 12% linked to need to provide infrastucture for home buildingTue Oct 12 2021 - 19:31
Paul Gallagher: AG whose private case work thrust him into controversyStellar legal mind with ferocious output and common touch has become figure of criticismFri Oct 08 2021 - 19:45
Oireachtas group told of childcare workers on ‘poverty wages’Committee briefed on working conditions in sector – ‘numerous staff working second jobs’Tue Oct 05 2021 - 19:14
Call for answers on Attorney General’s private work grows louderSources say Paul Gallagher recently acted for former INM directors in High Court hearingMon Oct 04 2021 - 03:09
Varadkar asked to clarify details of Attorney General’s private client workGovernment says no conflict of interest in Paul Gallagher’s work for former INM directorsSat Oct 02 2021 - 01:00
Mica debacle set to cost taxpayers dearlyBuilding products standards were tightened only after emergence of mica and pyrite issuesFri Oct 01 2021 - 06:00
Claims of Attorney General conflict of interest rejected by GovernmentLeaders sharply criticised for allowing Paul Gallagher to represent former INM directorsFri Oct 01 2021 - 01:00
AG aiding former INM directors in private capacity with High CourtGovernment permitted Paul Gallagher deal with outstanding cases after his appointmentWed Sept 29 2021 - 21:09
Rezoning of south Dublin lands questioned by regulatorLack of transport and schools puts areas in west Dublin under ‘development pressure’Mon Sept 27 2021 - 04:28
United Ireland would grant unionists ‘significant’ opportunities in coalitionsResearch shows preference for creation of integrated unitary state over devolved modelThu Sept 23 2021 - 18:25
Access to mother and baby homes redress scheme to be widenedWomen who stayed less than six months and those resident after 1974 set to be includedTue Sept 21 2021 - 01:00
Ireland to US travel to resume in November for fully vaccinatedPassengers will have to show proof of vaccination and negative test from previous three daysMon Sept 20 2021 - 21:32
US multinationals add to pressure on Ireland to agree to a global tax dealNot in Ireland’s best interests to hold out if deal agreed, says American ChamberMon Sept 20 2021 - 05:00
Wildly differing costings for America’s Cup could torpedo Irish bidGovernment is seeking extension, but some observers say little chance of bid proceedingMon Sept 20 2021 - 03:00
Further 11 Irish citizens moved from AfghanistanTotal of 47 people evacuated from country since Taliban seized controlSun Sept 19 2021 - 22:49
Costs of repairing mica-damaged homes to escalate as councils seek public fundingGovernment under pressure to boost funding for remedial work in several countiesThu Sept 16 2021 - 01:00
Michael D Higgins will not attend Armagh church service with queenPresident turns down invitation to event marking NI centenary and island’s partitionWed Sept 15 2021 - 00:05
Resistance grows in Coalition against bid to host 2024 America’s CupConcerns build about cost of underwriting project championed by Simon CoveneyTue Sept 14 2021 - 04:33
Judge criticises sale of building services group Siteserv to Denis O’Brien‘Commercially unsound’ sale could have realised €8m more for State – draft reportSat Sept 11 2021 - 01:00
Investigation into IBRC and Siteserv rumbles on slowly and expensivelyUnlikely that definitive conclusions will be in place before next year, 10 years on from dealSat Sept 11 2021 - 01:00
