Cabinet to decide on Friday if travel curbs can be lifted earlySome Ministers and FF called for nationwide travel to be brought forward to June 29th to save domestic tourismMon Jun 01 2020 - 00:51
Pods of four and ‘tapered curriculum’ among suggestions for when schools reopenDepartment considers plan that could allow most students return to school full-time in AugustSat May 30 2020 - 02:00
Covid-19: Pupils may be kept apart in groups and pods when schools reopenPrimary and secondary schools to restart at end of August, Varadkar confirmsSat May 30 2020 - 01:45
Rise in pension age poses potential problem in coalition talksDifferences also emerge between FF, FG and Greens over Land Development AgencySat May 30 2020 - 01:40
Taoiseach has confirmed schools will reopen at the end of AugustGovernment realised it was not a ‘no risk scenario but we know it’s a low risk scenario’, said Leo VaradkarFri May 29 2020 - 18:38
Private hospitals ‘takeover’ by State will not be extended past JuneDeal came under fire over its cost and the lack of use of much private hospital capacityFri May 29 2020 - 18:32
Donohoe tweaks wage subsidy scheme so mothers returning from maternity qualifyRevenue to implement it and will be backdated to March 26thFri May 29 2020 - 16:45
Reopening Roscommon: ‘There is resilience and you can feel it in the community’Despite devastating clusters of Covid-19, the county is determined to get back in businessMon May 25 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Ireland to start antibody testing early next monthTest can detect if person has had Covid-19 and can determine prevalence in populationThu May 21 2020 - 14:51
Fine Gael needs to ‘prepare for election’, party meeting toldBut Taoiseach says it would be disingenuous to have a ‘Plan B’ to government formation talksMon May 18 2020 - 20:55
Numbers getting Covid-19 unemployment payment fall by 5,000More than 1.26m workers relying on State for all or part of incomeMon May 18 2020 - 17:31
‘Senior hurling’: How Green Party fared in government last timeWhat can they expect this time? ‘The hits will come ferociously ... It will be Stalingrad’Sat May 16 2020 - 06:15
New plan for Covid-19 testing commits to 72-hour turnaround timeFF health spokesman Stephen Donnelly says median turnaround for test results is currently five days, far short of three-day targetThu May 14 2020 - 01:27
Coronavirus: Holohan dismisses possibility of reopening schools earlyFurther 10 deaths and 159 cases of Covid-19 reported in the StateWed May 13 2020 - 20:03
Government says new EU air travel guidelines are in line with its responseOpening up air travel: ‘I hope it’ll be this year, but it’s certainly going to be months rather than weeks’ – TaoiseachWed May 13 2020 - 19:23
HSE to outline new plan for Covid-19 testing targetsPlan to contain performance indicators including tests per week and turnaround timeWed May 13 2020 - 18:22
Covid-19 unemployment payment will end before wage subsidies, says VaradkarSocial Democrats rule themselves out of FF-FG coalition governmentWed May 13 2020 - 17:28
Re-opening schools ‘among the safest things’ in next few months, Taoiseach saysEmerging Covid-19 evidence was to allow children return to education, Varadkar saysWed May 13 2020 - 14:58
Varadkar and Martin promise to honour pay deal in bid to get Labour on boardFine Gael and Fianna Fáil leaders outline commitment in letter to Labour leaderTue May 12 2020 - 01:00
FF and FG may join to stop Sinn Féin chairing Covid-19 committeeParties could coalesce around external nominee to block David Cullinane’s run for seatMon May 11 2020 - 21:41
Coronavirus: Slight fall in number receiving emergency paymentWarning issued over scam texts purporting to be from Department of Social ProtectionMon May 11 2020 - 14:11
Businesses could reopen sooner if Covid-19 spread continues to slow, says Humphreys‘If trend continues we can begin to reopen economy in line with roadmap, if not more quickly’Mon May 11 2020 - 12:00
Catherine Martin: Classical singer who takes up Green baton in coalition talksSome believe she has leadership ambitions and will not be willing to play second fiddleSat May 09 2020 - 01:00
Climate change is the central focus in FG, FF and Greens talksParties hold informal discussions ahead of substantive government talks next weekSat May 09 2020 - 01:00
Government formation: Deputy leaders of Greens, FF, FG hold informal talksSimon Coveney, Catherine Martin and Dara Calleary ’marking out pitch’ for processFri May 08 2020 - 21:42
Greens meet FF and FG for talks aimed at devising programme for governmentGreens appoint Catherine Martin to lead its party team in talksFri May 08 2020 - 01:59
FF and FG tell Social Democrats of ringfenced cash for SláintecareParties try to lure left-leaning group into government in pursuit of broad-based coalitionThu May 07 2020 - 18:29
Over 600 recruits ‘job ready’ for Be on Call for IrelandFurther 1,000 clear interview hurdle and are going through final stages of hiring processThu May 07 2020 - 16:29
Ministers feel excluded from key Government decisionsFrustration kicks in as sub-group, NPHET, civil servants make key Covid-19 decisionsThu May 07 2020 - 02:08
Coronavirus: Tax take predicted to fall €14bn from impact of pandemicGovernment’s budget deficit swelled to €7.5 billion in April, twice that of 2019Wed May 06 2020 - 02:12
O’Neill criticises Government for failing to share Covid-19 announcement detail‘We need to tackle [this disease] on an all-island basis’ says North’s Deputy First MinisterTue May 05 2020 - 20:01
Over-70s advised not to stop and talk when outside exercisingThose cocooning told to avoid contact with other people and not to go to the shopsTue May 05 2020 - 13:03
Green Party divided about entering talks on coalition governmentCoveney insists he has not ruled out 7% emissions targetSat May 02 2020 - 11:18
Coveney doubts over emissions target come at critical time in coalition talksGreen Party’s deputy leader ‘shocked’ by Tánaiste’s comments, raises doubts about FG’s sinceritySat May 02 2020 - 02:55
Coveney’s remarks come at critical time in government formation processWill today’s latest twist colour the Greens response? asks Harry McGeeFri May 01 2020 - 19:26
Greens eye further talks with Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelDivisions remain in party about entering negotiations on government formationFri May 01 2020 - 02:16
Green Party TDs to consider FG-FF invitation to join negotiationsDivisions in party over potential coalition focus on commitment to emissions targetThu Apr 30 2020 - 02:53
Too big an ask? How Green Party will respond to FF-FG positionsWill it all be enough to entice Greens into talks? Party likely to reply in detail on ThursdayWed Apr 29 2020 - 20:22
Covid-19: Dublin Bus sees ‘modest’ increase in passenger numbersGovernment survey shows nine out of ten people staying at home during lockdownWed Apr 29 2020 - 13:49
Green Party demand to cut emissions by 7% a year may be most dauntingParty wants to achieve twice the Government’s Climate Action Plan of about 3.5% per annumWed Apr 29 2020 - 02:43
‘Hard political choices’ needed if economy to recover, warns spending watchdogIncoming head of Fiscal Advisory Council says severe austerity can be avoidedMon Apr 27 2020 - 07:20
FF, FG expected to respond quickly to Green demand for 7% emissions cutDemands include major national herd cut, mothballing third runway at Dublin AirportMon Apr 27 2020 - 02:19
Green coalition demands 'doable' for Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelGreen Party demands including red-line 7% annual cut to carbon emissions ‘all doable’Fri Apr 24 2020 - 01:00
Pivot to FG-FF coalition partners not cut-and-driedGreen Party divided on coalition and will demand a high price for itThu Apr 23 2020 - 21:30
Green Party lays out 17 demands for entering coalition negotiationsRyan says 7% greenhouse emissions reduction would effectively comprise red line for partyThu Apr 23 2020 - 16:24
Ireland may not have new government until mid-June, Coveney saysVaradkar defends ‘aspirational’ FG-FF policy planTue Apr 21 2020 - 23:04
Gaeltacht regions reduced to ‘Indian reservations’Forthcoming TG4 documentary to run rule over state of the last Irish-speaking regionsTue Apr 21 2020 - 16:52
Independent TDs urge FF and FG to set deadline for coalition talksLeo Varadkar and Micheál Martin to meet leaders of smaller parties in coalition bidMon Apr 20 2020 - 17:35
Coronavirus: Healthcare workers adapting to ‘unfamiliar’ PPEMasks, gowns, gloves and goggles from China pose challenges, HSE expert saysMon Apr 13 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: The inside story of Ireland’s contact tracing operationPublic servants are making 2,000 calls a day to monitor and tackle the spread of Covid-19Sat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
