Signs of rethink on welfare cuts for widowsTDs in Fianna Fáil and the PDs have intensified pressure on the Government over a controversial cut in the welfare entitlements…Thu Mar 25 2004 - 00:00
PDs reassess European poll strategy for DublinThe PDs are reassessing their European election strategy in the absence of an obvious candidate to run in Dublin instead of Ms…Thu Mar 25 2004 - 00:00
Rabbitte stands over criticism of immigrant pollThe Labour Party leader last night stood over his claim that the Government was pursuing a citizenship referendum because Fianna…Wed Mar 24 2004 - 00:00
Widows' welfare cuts to be debatedFine Gael, Labour and the Greens are to table their third joint private members' motion since the Christmas recess.Sat Mar 20 2004 - 00:00
FG accuses Taoiseach of hypocrisy over terrorismFine Gael has accused the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, of hypocrisy over terrorism after pointing out that a Bill to introduce new counter…Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:00
Commitment to property report doubtedOpposition parties have expressed their concern that the Government will ignore a new report on property which says that local…Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:00
Tax property speculators' windfall profits, report urgesAn Oireachtas committee is set to tell the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, that he should use taxes or development levies to recoup some…Thu Mar 18 2004 - 00:00
Report urges more detail on pricesEstate agents and auctioneers should be subject to independent or State regulation over market information they provide to the…Thu Mar 18 2004 - 00:00
Measures on social housing proposedLocal authorities should include the cost of providing social and affordable housing in their development levies, the Oireachtas…Thu Mar 18 2004 - 00:00
Harney confirms she met developerThe Tánaiste, Ms Harney, has confirmed she met property developer Mr Tom Gilmartin but declined to say if he told her of his …Wed Mar 17 2004 - 00:00
Diplomatic immunity for secret service not an option says LabourIRELAND: Labour has called on the Government to reject any demand from the US for diplomatic immunity for the secret service…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Government accused of bowing to businessFinance debate: The Government was repeatedly accused at the Green convention of bowing to the demands of big business instead…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Garda must tackle corrupt politiciansCorruption debate: The Garda should not stand aside from tackling corruption while the tribunals of inquiry are under way, the…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
FG selects McGuinness for East constituencyFine Gael has selected agricultural journalist Mairéad McGuinness and outgoing MEP Ms Avril Doyle to contest the European election…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Ireland may call summit on EU securityThe Government is consulting with other EU members on the possibility of holding an emergency summit of interior and justice …Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
'Free-for-all' no solution to lack of affordable housingRural housing debate: The Green party's environment spokesman, Mr Ciarán Cuffe, criticised the Government's one-off rural housing…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Ahern calls for party to take positive stance towards EUDebate on Europe: The outgoing Green MEP for Leinster Ms Nuala Ahern has called on the party to adopt a more positive stance…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Call for developers to give land for schoolsEducation debate: Developers of major residential developments should be obliged by law to provide a portion of their land to…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
High-chairs and high morale as Greens gatherDelegates' views: The Green convention in Salthill saw the biggest deployment of high-chairs at an Irish political event as …Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Ahern and Blair to meet North parties next weekThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, will travel to Hillsborough Castle tomorrow week in their …Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Incinerator owners' accountability queriedPrivately-owned incinerators will not be accountable to the public because the Government will not monitor them, it was claimed…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
FF and PD backers hoard land, says leader of GreensThe leader of the Greens, Mr Trevor Sargent, has launched a scathing attack on the Government and its supporters, accusing the…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
Adams says bombings are an appalling actSINN FEIN REACTION: The Madrid bombings were condemned yesterday by the Sinn Féin president, Mr Gerry Adams, whose party has…Fri Mar 12 2004 - 00:00
E-vote test inadequate, says expertA computer expert has claimed that the scale of a Government test on the electronic voting system was inadequate after it was…Fri Feb 27 2004 - 00:00
OPW leases on property cost €100mSome of the State's most prominent business figures have emerged as the landlords of buildings leased by the Government.Fri Feb 27 2004 - 00:00
British unlikely to hand over bomb files - AhernSuspicions that the British authorities knew in advance about the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974 would inevitably remain…Thu Feb 26 2004 - 00:00
IRA activities must end - AhernThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has adopted a tough stance against the activities of the Provisional IRA, while distancing himself from…Thu Feb 26 2004 - 00:00
Government to block welfare for new EU immigrantsThe Government is preparing to block social welfare entitlements for immigrants from new member-states in central and eastern…Wed Feb 25 2004 - 00:00
Rights group urges public inquiry into bombsThe investigation by Mr Justice Barron into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974 was no substitute for a sworn public inquiry…Wed Feb 25 2004 - 00:00
Three named for Hunt Museum inquiryThe retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Donal Barrington is to lead the inquiry into the Hunt Museum collection in Limerick…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
FF MEP pressed to make way for FaheyA Fianna Fáil MEP from Co Galway is coming under increasing pressure from senior members of the party to withdraw his candidacy…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Revenue does not know cost of tax breaksThe Government is unable to say how much revenue the Exchequer is losing through tax exemptions available for investors in hotels…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Awarding of OPW contracts under investigationThe Government has initiated an investigation into the awarding of contracts by the Office of Public Works to a company whose…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Publicans in Kerry meet over smoke banPublicans in Co Kerry are renewing their campaign against the ban on smoking in pubs after the Minister for Health, Mr Martin…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
EU signals marked reduction in funds for IrelandThe European Commission has signalled a sharp reduction in finance to Ireland from EU structural funds.Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Union urged to resist decentralisation planOfficials in the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism have complained that their own union has not been strong enough in its…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Bill to overcome 'credibility issues'The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has said he hopes that individual gardaí will see the Garda Bill as an opportunity to …Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Opposition raise fears of political interference in work of forceThe Garda Bill introduced by the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, leaves the force open to political interference, the Opposition…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Legal action threat over inquiry at Hunt museumThe Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Paris is threatening legal action against the Hunt Museum in Limerick over its refusal to grant…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Taoiseach to visit site of Omagh atrocity but many relatives will not be presentThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, is planning to visit the site of the Omagh bombing on Thursday, six months after he was criticised for…Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:00
Minutes reveal civil servants' concerns about decentralisationNew evidence of disquiet at the Government's decentralisation plan is revealed in a confidential set of minutes which show that…Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:00
Museum to ask retired judge to investigate Nazi art claimsThe Hunt Museum in Limerick is to ask a retired senior judge to lead an investigation into claims that some of its collection…Sat Feb 14 2004 - 00:00
Consultant links Hunts to Nazi dealersThe couple who amassed the Hunt Museum collection in Limerick had business connections with art dealers linked to the main art…Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Board to discuss Nazi art loot claimThe board of the Hunt Museum in Limerick will meet tomorrow to discuss allegations by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre that some of…Thu Feb 12 2004 - 00:00
Two strikes but still in as Beverley banks on partyTwice expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party during the last Dáil, Ms Beverley Cooper Flynn now faces renewed scrutiny…Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
Cowen salutes Croatia's progress on path to EUEU ENLARGEMENT: Croatia has "considerably high" expectations that its application to the join the European Union will be accepted…Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
Museum asked to examine Nazi claimsThe Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr O'Donoghue, has asked the board of the Hunt Museum in Limerick to examine claims…Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Schroder's doubts over timetableEU CONSTITUTION: The German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schröder, has said he doubts whether the Government can broker an agreement…Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Government seeks advice on electronic voting system ordersThe Government is seeking legal advice from the Attorney General, Mr Rory Brady SC, to ensure that ministerial orders to trigger…Fri Feb 06 2004 - 00:00
Clause in controversial Immigration Bill altered by MinisterThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has changed a controversial clause in the Immigration Bill which would have permitted …Thu Feb 05 2004 - 00:00
