Adoption law must contain privacy rights, says MinisterLegislation allowing access to sensitive data may be unconstitutional without legal caveatThu Jan 13 2022 - 01:00
What is in the new law on adoption information and how will it work?Q&A: Campaigners are concerned over proposed ‘information session’ for adopteesWed Jan 12 2022 - 21:34
Tracing service for adopted people and parents to be in place this yearMinister unveils ‘landmark’ law giving adoptees right to access information on parentsWed Jan 12 2022 - 19:04
Covid-19: Cabinet agrees to relax close-contact rules as death toll passes 6,000Martin defends handling of winter surge while further 20,909 cases and 88 fatalities reportedWed Jan 12 2022 - 18:31
Blair and Ahern to be asked in front of Dáil committee on Belfast Agreement‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to hear first-hand accounts from key players nearly 25 years onWed Jan 12 2022 - 04:15
Former Fine Gael TD Michael Joe Cosgrave diesPolitician remembered as ‘iconic figure on Northside of Dublin’Tue Jan 11 2022 - 20:22
Zappone’s special envoy role added ‘status’ to Ireland’s UN bidFormer minister was one of 12 diplomats working on campaign for Security Council seatTue Jan 11 2022 - 01:00
Cullinane’s rise from modest roots and car dealership job to SF successParty spokesman on his influences, why he didn’t consider joining IRA, and Patrick KieltySat Jan 08 2022 - 06:00
Tens of thousands of Covid infections not captured in official figuresAt least 380,000 Omicron cases since early December, officials are toldThu Jan 06 2022 - 10:10
Four to stand trial over alleged role in Oireachtas Golfgate eventAftermath of social occasion sparked political controversy as dinner breached Covid-19 rulesThu Jan 06 2022 - 03:00
Coveney spoke to DFA staff for 10 minutes on night of controversial celebrationMinister says he did not see breach of Covid rules shown in photograph from earlier that eveningWed Jan 05 2022 - 15:07
Schools brace for Covid-19 outbreaks following reopening green light‘Inevitable’ that more children will pick up virus, chief medical officer saysWed Jan 05 2022 - 03:30
Tributes paid to late academic and political pundit Richard Sinnott‘He played a pioneering role in the development of political science in Ireland’Tue Jan 04 2022 - 19:57
Farmers and environmentalists must get away from ‘butting heads’ on climate actionMinister for Agriculture denies any suggestion that productive farming and lowering emissions are opposite goalsSat Jan 01 2022 - 01:00
Coronavirus: New rules aim to free up half of PCR testing capacityInfectious Diseases Society says changes will confuse and public may not complyFri Dec 31 2021 - 01:04
Taoiseach defends mother and baby homes redress schemeNot for Government to repudiate commission’s report, Martin saysFri Dec 31 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: Young people told to only get PCR test if antigen test positiveThose aged 4-39 who have symptoms advised to use rapid tests first in effort to ease demandThu Dec 30 2021 - 22:09
Senator calls for former foreign affairs head to be brought before OireachtasProposal to question Niall Burgess over June 2020 celebration to be considered in new yearThu Dec 30 2021 - 20:40
Covid-19: Record 20,554 cases as isolation reduced to seven days for those with boosterHolohan says level of hospitalisation ‘not sustainable’ as figures rise to 619 peopleThu Dec 30 2021 - 19:48
Chris Wall, ‘great friend’ and adviser to Bertie Ahern, dies after long illnessFormer taoiseach says the Fianna Fáil veteran was a ‘phenomenal organiser’Thu Dec 30 2021 - 18:23
‘Absolutely fair’ to use public funds for larger mica-damaged homesEven owners of houses bigger than average must be ‘fully supported’, says McConalogueWed Dec 29 2021 - 01:00
Post-Christmas demand for Covid-19 tests ‘extremely high’Boosters for over-30s to be available from Wednesday as vaccination centres reopenMon Dec 27 2021 - 08:28
Cyberthreat healthcare alert came months before HSE hit by hackersMalicious file opened on March 18th triggered shutdown of HSE’s computer systemsMon Dec 27 2021 - 00:10
Expert advice needed on gender declaration law, says TaoiseachGovernment considers changes to law surrounding age to self-declare genderMon Dec 27 2021 - 00:00
Senior civil servants to decide on Covid rules for key workersDerogations already in place within health service for key staff who are close contactsSun Dec 26 2021 - 20:38
Healy-Rae firm turns profit while in receipt of Covid-19 supportsData for Black Cap & Company Ltd show TD and wife paid over €100,000 in last two yearsSun Dec 26 2021 - 16:08
Dr Tony Holohan urges people to avoid crowded retail environments as 10,404 cases recordedTesting centres are ‘very busy’ due to high incidence of CovidSun Dec 26 2021 - 13:46
Cyber criminals ‘don’t take a holiday’ over Christmas, Minister warnsBusinesses, other organisations must take precautions, says Ossian SmythThu Dec 23 2021 - 01:00
Twenty politicians returned party donations last yearOthers returned sums to companies that had made donations, Sipo report showsThu Dec 16 2021 - 22:07
Watt refuses to say if he is still waiving €81,000 salary increaseDepartment of Health secretary general asked about salary at Public Accounts CommitteeThu Dec 16 2021 - 14:28
Children’s hospital: ‘Fair assumption’ construction will cost more than €1.7bn estimateWatt criticised at PAC as he refuses to provide estimates for final cost of projectThu Dec 16 2021 - 12:26
Nphet to discuss restrictions on large sporting events and social gatheringsMinisters warned ICU numbers could be worse than January due to Omicron spreadThu Dec 16 2021 - 07:55
National Children’s Hospital: €873m to be drawn down by end of 2021Sum amounts to 60% of approved cost of project hit by spiralling costs and delaysThu Dec 16 2021 - 06:58
Sinn Féin TD would seek to convince unionists on all-island health cooperationDavid Cullinane said cross border care ‘makes sense’Wed Dec 15 2021 - 21:25
Boosters: Vaccine centre opening hours extended and 15-minute post-jab wait shelvedOlder and more vulnerable patients remain prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinationWed Dec 15 2021 - 19:24
Gerry Adams video: Former SF leader has nothing to apologise for, Michelle O’Neill says‘The party position is Gerry Adams did not set out to cause any offence’ – David CullinaneWed Dec 15 2021 - 19:00
Sinn Féin TDs differ over whether Gerry Adams should apologise for Christmas sketchDavid Cullinane and Matt Carthy insist former party leader has nothing to say sorry for but Eoin Ó Broin disagreesWed Dec 15 2021 - 08:55
Poll shows public divided down the middle on additional restrictionsCompliance with public health measures rises, except among younger peopleWed Dec 15 2021 - 05:01
McDonald remains silent on controversial Adams videoSenior Sinn Féin TDs differ over whether former leader should apologiseWed Dec 15 2021 - 04:01
Taoiseach does not rule out more Covid restrictions but says we must ‘hold our nerve’Martin says vaccination for children with underlying conditions to start next weekTue Dec 14 2021 - 22:38
Updated vaccine booster plan including people in 40s being prepared by HSEFinalised plan expected to include young children and a date for next shot for over-40sMon Dec 13 2021 - 05:00
Schools and childcare services to get up to €72m for ventilationFlexibility on spending includes purchase of high-efficiency particulate-absorbing filtersMon Dec 13 2021 - 01:00
Donaldson repeats threat to collapse Stormont over NI protocolDUP leader criticises Boris Johnson for lack of action on issue which is ‘not sustainable’Sun Dec 12 2021 - 19:30
Planned hauliers protest ‘not the way to do business’, says MinisterTruckers group to hold 24-hour protest in Dublin in response to record high fuel pricesSun Dec 12 2021 - 15:27
Covid-19: 4,667 new cases reported as State ‘very eager’ to offer boosters to people in 40sFour additional instances of Omicron detected bringing variant’s total in country to 10Sun Dec 12 2021 - 15:08
All passengers on flights with confirmed Omicron cases to be contact tracedGuidelines for household contacts also updated to take new variant into accountFri Dec 10 2021 - 20:43
Truck protest will be another ‘hammerblow’ to city businessesGarda prepare for large numbers of heavy vehicles arriving in Dublin on MondayFri Dec 10 2021 - 20:08
Ministers seek to play down significance of poll result showing rise in support for Sinn FéinFianna Fáil’s Darragh O’Brien says country is three-and-a-half years away from an electionFri Dec 10 2021 - 15:05
Rising electricity bills: Government ‘plans €100 credit’ for householdsIt is likely sum would be paid directly to electricity companies and not be means-testedFri Dec 10 2021 - 13:46
Schools may not close during future orange weather warnings, says TánaisteDecision was precautionary due to the nature of Storm Barra, says VaradkarWed Dec 08 2021 - 22:40
