Sinn Féin tables Dáil motion for €1.3bn emergency budgetSinn Féin's Pearse Doherty says a cash payment for lower earners, social welfare increases, a month's free rent, and cuts in the price of fuel will form part of the package.Tue Jun 28 2022 - 21:34
State unable to find any country willing to take 4.5m unused Covid-19 vaccinesCabinet told that there is an overabundance of supply of vaccines throughout the worldTue Jun 28 2022 - 20:56
Fine Gael to put income tax cuts at heart of its budgetary strategyA confidential document circulated to Fine Gael TDs and Senators emphasises the party's aims of achieving income tax cuts in next October's Budget.Tue Jun 28 2022 - 19:29
Review of Help to Buy will determine future of €600m scheme for first-time buyersA recent report suggests that as many as a third of first-time house buyers don't need the grant to meet their deposit.Sun Jun 26 2022 - 21:29
Government and human rights advocates ‘concerned’ over how UK Bill will impact Belfast AgreementA lawyer representing the Ballymurphy 10 says proposed law will “row back” legal progress in the NorthThu Jun 23 2022 - 19:00
Government commits to target ensuring 20% of public service recruits speak Irish from 2030New committee will seek to increase number of services available through IrishThu Jun 23 2022 - 14:56
Political reality of Brexit is the UK wants to ghost the EU forever Unilateral moves by the UK on the Northern Ireland protocol and on the Bill of Rights shows its intention is for complete breaking of tiesThu Jun 23 2022 - 08:28
British plans to replace Human Rights Act a ‘violation’ of Belfast Agreement — civil society coalitionUK government accused of ‘reneging’ on its commitment to the North’s peace processWed Jun 22 2022 - 19:00
Q&A: Who are the 4,000 public servants earning over €150,000?Pay restoration is grounded in law but that won’t stop Government from facing political backlashWed Jun 22 2022 - 11:55
It’s the rich wot gets the pleasure. It’s also the top public servants wot gets their pay risePay rises for top public servants will go down like a lead ballon with the publicWed Jun 22 2022 - 07:15
State’s €1.5bn agri-environment scheme aimed at reducing biodiversity lossGovernment scheme targeting 50,000 farms and will form key part of State’s new Cap agenda from 2023Tue Jun 21 2022 - 19:01
Relationship between Martin and Johnson the worst between British and Irish leaders in 35 years, says AhernFormer taoiseach suggests a great deal of groundwork needs to be done before any Border pollTue Jun 21 2022 - 16:37
Second coronavirus booster scheme under consideration for under-65sDonnelly urges immunosuppressed to get second boosterTue Jun 21 2022 - 13:33
Government has its ‘Read my lips’ moment on cost-of-living measuresThe Government insist they will put no new measures in place before the Budget but will implement the October packages very quicklyTue Jun 21 2022 - 08:07
€1.5 billion climate package for agriculture aims to soften blow of emissions reduction targetsScheme encouraging more environmentally friendly practices to target 50,000 farmers who could earn up to €10,500 eachTue Jun 21 2022 - 01:00
Varadkar’s personal attack on Sinn Féin’s Doherty emblematic of political cut and thrustTánaiste may have banked Doherty’s 1990s arrest to use if SF TD raised the Garda leak investigationSat Jun 18 2022 - 04:40
Housing supply for asylum seekers buckling under strain of rise in new arrivalsPressure of arrivals in State ‘a runaway train coming down the tracks’Fri Jun 17 2022 - 19:00
Pressure grows on Government to act on cost of living before budget Backbenchers and ESRI report on energy poverty add to pressure to move against high prices before Dáil risesFri Jun 17 2022 - 04:15
New trans support network calls for better balance on RTÉ programmesGroups say Joe Duffy’s Liveline phone-in shows ‘stigmatised and misrepresented’ trans communityFri Jun 17 2022 - 04:00
Government may reconsider introducing Uber and Lyft to address taxi shortageLack of available taxis at key times might prompt look at other forms of transport, Tánaiste saysThu Jun 16 2022 - 19:59
Varadkar on Higgins: It is easier to describe a problem than to solve itTánaiste says President was fully entitled to comment on housing policyThu Jun 16 2022 - 15:07
Varadkar does not rule out interim measures to offset inflation before October BudgetLeo Varadkar has said the ESRI report on the cost of living is "very stark"Thu Jun 16 2022 - 13:13
Watt should have engaged earlier over plan surrounding Holohan TCD move, committee toldDepartment of Public Expenditure never got proposal from Department of Health on financing secondmentWed Jun 15 2022 - 20:15
British ‘Rwanda’ immigration policy sees spike in numbers seeking asylum in IrelandAsylum arrivals into Ireland during first five months of 2022 up 700 per centWed Jun 15 2022 - 03:00
Emergency electricity generation will only cover 60% of possible gap Ministers approve plans to increase borrowing for Eirgrid to €3 billionTue Jun 14 2022 - 21:00
Dublin and Limerick to get 120 all-electric buses within two yearsThe NTA committed to buy over 800 buses over five years as diesel phased outMon Jun 13 2022 - 22:13
Plan to increase electricity generation this winter to go before CabinetEirgrid is to be given permission to purchase 450MW of temporary electricity generatorsMon Jun 13 2022 - 21:23
UK asylum seekers-to-Rwanda policy partly behind 600% hike in applications to IrelandCabinet committee agrees to fast-track over 5,000 emergency places to respond to migrant accommodation crisisMon Jun 13 2022 - 19:57
Dublin and Limerick to get 120 all-electric buses, says NTAElectric buses will become norm in every city, predicts Minister for Environment Eamon RyanMon Jun 13 2022 - 18:37
Ministers frustrated at delays in approving accommodation for Ukrainian refugees — RyanEamon Ryan responds to reports at the weekend that asylum seekers are sleeping in meeting rooms of hotels and of long delays in Garda vetting of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees.Mon Jun 13 2022 - 13:05
More than 100 electric double-decker buses due in Dublin and Limerick by 2024National Transport Authority signs five-year deal with bus manufacturer for 800 all-electric busesMon Jun 13 2022 - 12:46
Can remote hubs transform the way we work?An article asking why remote hubs are still used only by a small minority of those who work from home.Sat Jun 11 2022 - 05:00
State’s electric vehicle target possible only with ‘incentives favouring better off’ Exchequer at risk of losing 8% of annual revenue if objectives met, notes reportFri Jun 10 2022 - 19:00
Only 1,800 have registered to date on an app to use 242 remote working hubsOverall occupancy of the 22,000 seats in 242 remote hubs said to be running at about 50 per centWed Jun 08 2022 - 19:00
Limit on what can be done to tackle cost of living increases — HumphreysMinister for Social Protection rules out any further measures ahead of the budget to reduce costsWed Jun 08 2022 - 18:36
‘It is shocking’: Government criticised as 150 Ukrainian refugees in direct provisionPressure to accommodate refugees has led to some being placed in direct provision centresTue Jun 07 2022 - 20:45
The murderer, the attorney general, the taoiseach and the birth of GubuMalcolm Macarthur’s crimes in 1982 almost toppled Charles Haughey’s governmentSat Jun 04 2022 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil’s internal rumblings are about its future — not its leadershipBarry Cowen says he is not seeking to challenge Micheál Martin’s leadership but wants to stop party’s ‘drift’Thu Jun 02 2022 - 20:46
Gubu: Listen to the trailer of a new podcastA crime spree that shocked 1980s IrelandThu Jun 02 2022 - 16:59Listen | 01:21
Barry Cowen tables motion criticising Fianna Fáil in GovernmentOffaly TD says party is being sidelined by Sinn Féin and calls for leadership to name a date for Border pollWed Jun 01 2022 - 21:37
Bank holiday travellers face one-hour queue to get through security - DAA DAA chief executive accepts airport ‘failed in its duty’ to passengers last weekendWed Jun 01 2022 - 11:36
Graham Dwyer: Cabinet approves urgent drafting of laws to address EU data rulingMinister for Justice Helen McEntee says new legislation will be enacted by summerTue May 31 2022 - 20:20
Minister to meet with DAA over weekend chaos at Dublin AirportPassengers suffer prolonged queues and issues around check-in and security screeningMon May 30 2022 - 00:12
Dublin Airport to refund missed flights as Ministers express ‘deep unhappiness’ with long queuesAirport says travellers should contact airlines to rebook due to issues at security screening and check-inSun May 29 2022 - 18:56
Cost of living measures to feature prominently in Budget 2023, says TaoiseachMartin signals public transport fare reductions may be extendedSun May 29 2022 - 18:17
Minister calls for McClenaghan to be allowed compete at Commonwealth GamesGymnast and fellow athletes told they cannot represent Northern Ireland at the eventSun May 29 2022 - 17:55
Mark Daly ‘horrified’ at his picture being stolen by Tinder scammersCathaoirleach contacts gardaí after image used by criminals to scam hundreds of thousands of euroSun May 29 2022 - 16:04
The people have spoken and not very nicelyIt’s hard to see Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael substantially reversing their losses from 2020Sat May 28 2022 - 05:01
Politicians accepting hospitality at horse-racing festival ‘deeply concerning’Eight Government TDs and Senators attended Punchestown in April as guests of bookmakers’ bodyThu May 26 2022 - 19:08
Boris is loyal to the party, especially if it’s late nightBritish PM’s refusal to refusal to resign contrasts with Irish politicsThu May 26 2022 - 07:35
