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
Almost two-thirds of SHD-approved housing still undeveloped, committee toldFast-track system has been widely criticised and has prompted many legal challengesTue Sept 07 2021 - 20:40
Electricity network constraints may keep worsening for yearsNational grid operator to tell Government of growing concerns for power supply stabilityMon Sept 06 2021 - 01:00
WHO’s Mike Ryan questions need for booster vaccinesHead of emergency programme says ‘we have to look at equity’ in global vaccine supplySat Sept 04 2021 - 15:00
LDA sets out plan to become engine of affordable homes supplyAgency chief says it is on track to deliver 8,000 new dwellings by the end of 2026Sat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00
Councils seek to recruit staff to help meet building targetsLabour shortages and the potential for costs to increase significantly among challengesFri Sept 03 2021 - 20:44
Regulatory backlash against tech giants gathers paceIrish regulator imposes €225m fine over WhatsApp’s violations of privacy lawsThu Sept 02 2021 - 12:05
Record €225m fine imposed on WhatsApp by Irish regulator for ‘severe’ breaches of privacy lawEuropean regulators directed Helen Dixon to radically increase penalty for Facebook-owned serviceThu Sept 02 2021 - 11:01
Covid and home working: Return to offices to herald change for hundreds of thousandsInability of employers to ask about vaccination status the ‘elephant in the room’Wed Sept 01 2021 - 06:00
Differences over corporate tax rate at Martin-Macron meeting in DublinFrench president’s visit ends after positive talks that see agreement on Brexit and Afghan crisisFri Aug 27 2021 - 00:30
Macron denies he is pressurising Ireland on corporate tax reformIrish officials contradict French president, saying French ‘were pushing us to sign’Fri Aug 27 2021 - 00:07
Retired Cork judge Patrick Moran dies aged 78Long-serving Circuit Court judge presided over libel case taken by Ian BaileyThu Aug 26 2021 - 21:06
Bono’s proposal for rooftop bar in Dalkey quashed by plannersRedevelopment project to be given green light once plans are changedThu Aug 26 2021 - 05:44
Varadkar calls for ‘expansion’ in wind power to supply networkData centres draw criticism for putting national grid under acute pressureThu Aug 26 2021 - 04:33
Government planning transfer of 1,400 social housing units to LDATransfer from Nama would secure State ownership of the homesMon Aug 23 2021 - 06:00
Hospital reverses advice to delay transplants for unvaccinated patientsBeaumont says ‘no patient will be or has been removed from the transplant list’Fri Aug 20 2021 - 20:25
Most vaccinated people entering ICU have impaired immune systems, says senior doctorMore than 75% of patients admitted to ICU with Covid since April had no vaccineFri Aug 20 2021 - 17:19
State at risk of ‘exponential’ surge of Covid-19, HSE chief saysPaul Reid calls for unvaccinated people to get the jabs amid high infection levelsThu Aug 19 2021 - 19:38
State to face €200m bill if it wins bid to host yacht race, officials sayMinisters to consider cost-benefit analysis before final submission for America’s CupThu Aug 19 2021 - 05:00
Dublin Port spurns Minister’s demands to use lands for housingState company tells Eamon Ryan that property marked for infrastructure ‘unavailable’Wed Aug 04 2021 - 03:05
Minister seeks to bypass pre-legislative scrutiny on draft planning lawsDarragh O’Brien’s waiver request meets resistance from Oireachtas housing committeeTue Aug 03 2021 - 20:20
Religious oaths set to remain a thorny issue for public figuresRow over requirement for president to take oath may have to be settled by a referendumTue Aug 03 2021 - 01:00
Challenge to presidential oath must be thrown out, Government claimsRóisín Shortall and co-litigants cannot be ‘victims’ of ‘presence of Almighty God’ oathTue Aug 03 2021 - 01:00
Religious oaths in Ireland ‘respect tradition’, Christian think tank saysGroup makes submission to European Court of Human Rights to preserve religious oathsTue Aug 03 2021 - 01:00
Government’s radical land sale plans potentially contentiousConstitutionality likely to be tested given potentially large sums at stake for landownersMon Aug 02 2021 - 01:30
State to take half of increased value of land rezoned for housingMove is part of far-reaching measures to rein in speculation and cool property marketMon Aug 02 2021 - 01:00
Ageing Ireland: ‘I don’t want to go to a residential home... The idea abhors me’With a rapidly ageing population, services for older people are a key challenge for societySat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
Covid-19 vaccination programme in ‘final furlong’, HSE chief saysTaoiseach plays down prospect of further easing of restrictions before end of AugustFri Jul 30 2021 - 04:00
Lowry got €377,000 for legal costs racked up in court action against Moriarty tribunalPayment came three years after the TD won his action against the tribunal’s decision to award him only one-third of his legal costs for participating in the inquiryFri Jul 30 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 vaccination programme approaches ‘final furlong’ as 1,361 new cases reportedColm Henry says further evidence required before declaring ‘true plateau’ in daily casesThu Jul 29 2021 - 18:22
Health officials warn of strain on hospitals but Covid-19 admissions remain lowPattern of infection in coming weeks ‘really quite uncertain’, says Prof Philip NolanThu Jul 29 2021 - 05:00
