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
Live music, entertainment sectors at danger of collapse, Ministers warnedCatherine Martin has demanded ‘active engagement’ on reopening the industryThu Jul 29 2021 - 00:15
Further easing of Covid-19 measures ‘may not be far away’, says HolohanCoronavirus: 1,408 new cases reported, with 152 virus patients in hospital and 26 in ICUWed Jul 28 2021 - 23:11
Hospitality industry complains of acute labour shortageWorkers leaving sector and PUP blamed by some for difficulty in finding staffTue Jul 27 2021 - 01:00
Big tech lobbying Coalition against curbing data centresRegulator frets that growth of power-hungry facilities may spark blackoutsMon Jul 12 2021 - 02:15
Government sounds out business leaders about rise in corporate tax ratePressure mounts on Donohoe as State one of only nine countries to not sign OECD dealSat Jul 03 2021 - 03:36
Donohoe keeping close eye on US as he stages last-ditch corporation tax battleMinister for Finance knows tax endeavour could still fall apart in the US CongressSat Jul 03 2021 - 01:00
Electricity supply concerns spark emergency plans for DublinPower to be generated in North Wall in response to grid alerts and winter fearsThu Jul 01 2021 - 00:05
Restaurants say move is unworkable, discriminatory and not legal under equality ActsYoung unvaccinated restaurant workers could be in the ‘bizarre situation’ of working in a place where they cannot socialiseTue Jun 29 2021 - 18:56
Group to decide if public inquiry needed into mica damage to homesMinister to hear recommendation amid pressure on Government to boost redressSun Jun 27 2021 - 19:52
Planning process set for major review by Attorney GeneralReview aimed at streamlining process and speeding up delivery of key projectsThu Jun 24 2021 - 04:55
Britain to blame for eroding trust with Ireland, says former NI secretaryGiven history between Ireland and UK, trust must be re-established, says Peter HainWed Jun 23 2021 - 19:08
‘We want the Government to fight for us’: Fishermen to protest Brexit-related cutsFlotilla to sail up the Liffey to highlight drop in quotas after Brexit and EU changesWed Jun 23 2021 - 08:51
Tax rise ‘would not drive multinationals from State’Any move from Irish rate could erode certainty, warns top business lawyerMon Jun 21 2021 - 01:00
Government weighs up industry levies to part-fund mica rebuilding costsProposals for similar levies were previously ruled out in cases of pyriteSat Jun 19 2021 - 00:55
Price of coastal homes ‘soars in wake of pandemic’Properties near sea 23% more expensive than before Covid-19 – reportThu Jun 17 2021 - 00:01
Inquiry into Beacon vaccination controversy still not completedLawyer investigating misuse of vaccines at private hospital wants to talk to HSE officialsTue Jun 15 2021 - 03:45
Finglas rezoning proposal in doubt due to opposition of Fianna Fáil councillorsResistance to plan has prompted claims ‘hundreds’ of new homes could be blockedSun Jun 13 2021 - 21:30
Q&A: What’s going on with the Brexit ‘sausage war’?EU and UK disagreeing on how to process chilled meats, as grace period deadline loomsSun Jun 13 2021 - 16:02
Allowing Facebook staff work from abroad won’t alter tax status in Ireland, company saysConcern in Government at possible loss of income tax from non-resident workersFri Jun 11 2021 - 00:30
Phil Hogan faces restrictions on lobbying as he begins consulting careerFormer commissioner cannot advise clients on trade or agriculture until August 2022Tue Jun 08 2021 - 23:01
