Leech PR contract will not be renewedThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Roche, has indicated that a PR contract given to Ms Monica Leech by his predecessor, Mr …Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
Standards body studying reportWhat happens next: The Standards in Public Office Commission will decide next week whether to proceed with a full-scale inquiry…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Ahern to restrict ministerial use of PR agenciesThe Taoiseach is to withdraw from Ministers the power to directly hire private-sector public relations consultants, in an attempt…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Cullen did not breach rules over Leech contractsFindings: Minister for Transport left himself open to 'perception of impropriety' by proposing supporter for PR workFri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Parties claim Minister's position now underminedOpposition reaction: The Opposition has claimed the Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, has been seriously undermined by the …Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Cullen expected to keep place in CabinetMr Martin Cullen appears to have retained his place in the Cabinet after he met the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, yesterday to a discuss…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Holiday schedule limits Dail session to six weeksThe Dáil session beginning today after the six-week Christmas recess will continue for only six weeks because of a three-week…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Withdrawal of Hitler sympathy message unlikelyThe office of the President, Mrs McAleese, has declined to say whether she will take the opportunity at Auschwitz tomorrow of…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Ahern says he had no evidence Burke was corruptThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has said he had no evidence to prove that Ray Burke was corrupt before he appointed him to his first…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Leech report to exonerate CullenA report on the award of public relations contracts by the Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, is unlikely to contain a "smoking…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Hearings into Barron report on bombingFigures who were prominent Republicans in the 1960s and 1970s have been asked to attend hearings of an Oireachtas sub-committee…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Officials asked to review Leech reportOfficials in the Office of Public Works and the Department of Environment have been asked to review draft sections of a report…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Labour claims Ahern's judgment is in questionOpposition reaction: Labour has claimed the jailing of Burke raises very serious questions about the political judgment of the…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Cullen camp feel Minister's name will be clearedPeople in the immediate circle of the Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, are said to be increasingly confident about his fate…Mon Jan 24 2005 - 00:00
Harney says IRA link is 'serious, sinister'PD reaction: The Tánaiste, Ms Harney, has said that the implication of the Provisional IRA in the Northern Bank robbery was …Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Levels of trust damaged - AhernDublin reaction: The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, expressed concern yesterday that the Provisional IRA was planning the £26Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Tributes paid to Eileen DesmondThe Labour Party leader, Mr Pat Rabbitte, has led the tributes to the former TD, minister and MEP, Mrs Eileen Desmond (72), who…Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Minister to visit affected regionsIRELAND: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Ahern, will visit Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka next week to review the devastation…Fri Jan 07 2005 - 00:00
Superstores miss tax-relief deadlineSuperstore operators will not receive tax relief to develop warehouses in urban renewal areas because the relevant schemes have…Fri Jan 07 2005 - 00:00
OPW passes PR file to Leech inquiryThe Office of Public Works has given a file on its public relations contract with Ms Monica Leech to Mr Dermot Quigley, the former…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
Lifting of restrictions clears way for Ikea superstoreThe Government has cleared the way for the development of retail superstores by the Swedish furniture group Ikea and the US warehouse…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
Removal of store size rule clears way for IkeaThe removal of the restriction on the size of retail warehouses will apply to the eight places outside Dublin designated as "…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
State willing to increase €10m aid effort once UN decides on needsIRELAND: The Government has agreed in principle to increase its allocation of €10 million in emergency aid for the relief effort…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
Team set for disaster zone to assess possible role for ArmyThe Government is sending a high-level team of officials and military personnel to the tsunami disaster zone in Asia to assess…Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:00
World's biggest gum-maker lobbied against taxThe biggest maker of chewing gum in the world, Wrigley, lobbied the Government against plans to introduce special taxes on gum…Tue Jan 04 2005 - 00:00
Case may exist for State to buy land for housingConsultants hired by the Government reported that there might be a case for the State to compulsorily acquire development land…Mon Jan 03 2005 - 00:00
Dublin Airport to end free use of VIP loungeThe Dublin Airport Authority has told the Government that it wants to stop the practice of offering VIP services free of charge…Fri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
Supreme Court asked to test legality of health charge BillLegislation giving the Government retrospective power to charge residents of State care institutions by deducting up to 80 per…Thu Dec 23 2004 - 00:00
Leitrim constituency change ruled outThe Government has ruled out making any change to a constituency review that has angered politicians in Co Leitrim because they…Thu Dec 23 2004 - 00:00
Ring abused parliamentary privilege in comments on ex-FF officialThe Dáil's internal watchdog has found that the Fine Gael TD, Mr Michael Ring, abused his parliamentary privilege when he claimed…Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
CIE fares set to rise in new yearThe Government has approved a range of fare increases for CIÉ that will see the cost of basic bus and DART journeys in Dublin…Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
Oireachtas committee calls on EU to open entry talks with AnkaraEU: An Oireachtas committee has called on EU leaders to open accession negotiations with Turkey but warned that Ankara had a…Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
Inquiry to examine PR adviser's appointmentThe Government will move before the end of the week to appoint a former civil servant to inquire into the appointment of a Waterford…Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
Tests of e-voting system uncover flawsThe Commission on Electronic Voting has restated its criticism of the €50 million electronic voting system that was dropped by…Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
Decision over Aer Lingus postponed to new yearThe Government has failed to meet its commitment to decide on the future ownership of Aer Lingus before Christmas.Wed Dec 15 2004 - 00:00
20,000 patients to get €2,000 each for 'unsound' deductionsPayments of €2,000 each are to be made to around 20,000 people in publicly funded residential care who had 75 per cent of their…Wed Dec 15 2004 - 00:00
Curtin set to challenge body considering his removalJudge Brian Curtin is now expected to initiate a constitutional challenge against the Oireachtas committee which is investigating…Fri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Pension rule deemed legally unsafe in 2002The Government last night admitted the Department of Health was told two years ago that the practice of using pensions to pay…Fri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Irish put politicians at top of corruption listIrish people believe political parties are more affected by corruption than any other institution or sector, according to new…Fri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Pension use for nursing home fees challengedThe Government has conceded that new legislation is required to regularise a scheme in which the pensions of public nursing home…Thu Dec 09 2004 - 00:00
Rabbitte call to clarify draft IRA statementDublin reaction: The Labour leader, Mr Pat Rabbitte, last night called on the Government to clarify "ambiguity" about the intentions…Thu Dec 09 2004 - 00:00
Cabinet seeks more details on Ikea planThe Government has stepped back from approving a special planning concession for the Swedish retailer Ikea, which plans a furniture…Wed Dec 08 2004 - 00:00
Details of proposed deal to be released if talks failThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, plans to release detailed information on the scope of the deal to restore powersharing ithe North if…Tue Dec 07 2004 - 00:00
€53m land deal profit shared by top professional figuresSenior figures from the worlds of business, medicine and the legal professions were among the investors who sold a south Dublin…Tue Dec 07 2004 - 00:00
Integrity of Taoiseach's office would be undermined - KennyFine Gael leader Mr Enda Kenny said the release of the killers of Det Garda Jerry McCabe would completely undermine the integrity…Tue Dec 07 2004 - 00:00
Labour calls on McDowell to explain altered Garda recordLabour has called on the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, to explain why the Garda record of an incident central to the Morris…Tue Dec 07 2004 - 00:00
€1.6bn paid in tax settlements shows wide extent of evasionTens of thousands of tax defaulters have made settlements with the Revenue in the years since the body's powers were strengthened…Mon Dec 06 2004 - 00:00
Meeting with McCabe unlikely without dealThe Government has indicated that the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, is unlikely to meet the widow of the Det Garda Jerry McCabe until …Mon Dec 06 2004 - 00:00
Sinn Fein TD denies allegation he took part in 'horrific act'The Sinn Féin TD, Mr Aengus Ó Snodaigh, has said he has no knowledge of claims aired in the Dáil yesterday in which he was alleged…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
