Legal advisory office to Oireachtas struggling to meet demandsReport recommends extra five staff members and €500,000 annual budget increaseWed May 17 2017 - 15:48
Broad cross-party support expected for autism BillBill will require agencies to be accountable in their provision of autism servicesTue May 16 2017 - 17:16
Owners of vacant, undeveloped sites may face increased financial penaltiesNew Bill to be published by the Social Democrats proposes the addition of stronger sanctions to new laws introduced by Government two years agoTue May 16 2017 - 11:23
O'Sullivan may go before special sitting of committee over TemplemoreFitzgerald backs Garda Commissioner to address 'deep-seated issues'Mon May 15 2017 - 21:31
State imposed fines of €2,250 for illegal fires despite damage worth millionsMinisters accused of ‘turning a blind eye’ to enforcement of rules on vegetation firesSat May 13 2017 - 01:00
PAC chairman rejects Nama claim about ‘material errors’ in Project Eagle reportSeán Fleming responds to letter from Nama chairman Frank DalyFri May 12 2017 - 21:37
Concerns over HPV vaccine have no scientific basis, health official saysDecision not to take jab leaving a large number of girls at risk of cervical cancerThu May 11 2017 - 21:10
Naked video of dead woman compounds family’s distressDara Quigley took her own life days after footage of her detention by gardaí was publishedWed May 10 2017 - 20:31
Speaking time allocation for EU official in Dáil ‘a once off’Solidarity-PBP says regular attempts to take slots from small parties would be resistedWed May 10 2017 - 11:53
Nóirín O’Sullivan faces further controversyInside Politics: Focus turns to extent of commissioner’s knowledge of irregular financial arrangements at Garda CollegeWed May 10 2017 - 08:48
Project Eagle commission to examine actions of NoonanGovernment announces terms of reference for commission looking at Nama saleTue May 09 2017 - 21:40
Fine Gael rules may delay leadership electionFG will be unable to hold a vote until autumn if Enda Kenny does not stand down in JuneTue May 09 2017 - 09:00
Medicinal cannabis protesters block gateway to Leinster HouseSit-down protest by Vera Twomey and supporters prevents cars from leaving DáilThu May 04 2017 - 18:54
Flanagan refuses to disclose Saudi Arabia vote despite Alliance callSaudi Arabia appointed to major international body that monitors women’s rightsThu May 04 2017 - 18:43
Senators support plan for emigrant voting rightsSeanad members from all parties back proposals on extending the franchiseWed May 03 2017 - 19:27
200 people affected by Lyme Disease hold rally outside Dáil‘Whole families are affected from Belfast down to Kerry. There is no help’Wed May 03 2017 - 17:47
Bye Holles Street, hello Holler StreetInside Politics: There is a distinct anti-clerical sentiment among the publicWed May 03 2017 - 08:35
Government may ask Sisters of Charity to gift land to StateHarris given month to find solution to controversy over ownership of maternity hospitalWed May 03 2017 - 01:00
Ministers’ report cards (part 2): who gets 2 out of 10, who gets 8?In the scoring Varadkar probably falls short of a 6 - and Coveney is worth more than a 5Tue May 02 2017 - 10:12
Majority of self-employed would pay more to get PRSI benefitsSurvey finds that 74 per cent of self-employed people would be interested in a system of voluntary extra contributions to access more benefitsTue May 02 2017 - 00:01
Leo Varadkar and Emmanuel Macron meet at Paris rallyFrench presidential candidate is front-runner to win next weekend’s electionMon May 01 2017 - 22:52
Rotation of Independent Alliance’s junior ministry delayedKevin ‘Boxer’ Moran was to take over from Seán Canney on Government’s anniversaryMon May 01 2017 - 20:41
Ministers’ report cards: How have they fared in the past year?Who is best in class? Who must try harder? Harry McGee gives part one of his Cabinet reviewMon May 01 2017 - 09:45
Brexit: Flanagan rejects May's 'no deal better than bad deal' stanceMinister criticises British leader’s claim that ‘no deal with the EU is better than a bad deal’Mon May 01 2017 - 08:16
Simon Harris to consider public ownership options for NMHMinister to examine the possibility of a long-term lease for new maternity hospitalMon May 01 2017 - 01:00
State to pursue stake in National Maternity Hospital, says HarrisPublic ownership element being included in pact to be reached by NMH and St Vincent’sSun Apr 30 2017 - 21:36
The new children’s hospital: what’s taking so long?The latest completion projection is now late 2021 or early 2022, almost 40 years after the first proposalWed Apr 26 2017 - 19:20
National Maternity Hospital row played out like teenager’s tiffInside Politics: Exchange of text messages intemperate enough to qualify as shamingWed Apr 26 2017 - 09:32
Government to give final approval for children’s hospitalSimon Harris to bring memo to Cabinet for the €1bn project expected to open in 2022Wed Apr 26 2017 - 01:00
Government climate change plan a ‘moral and legal failure’Environmental groups say draft plan is wholly inadequate to meet challengesWed Apr 26 2017 - 00:04
Fine Gael leadership contest could lead to damaging schismHarry McGee: Varadkar and Coveney camps could end up in war of attritionThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
Climate change Minister blames Greens for agreeing unrealistic emissions targetsIreland set to miss greenhouse gas targets as emissions rise in every sectorThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Ban on fracking should not be lifted, says Oireachtas reportAreas in Clare, Leitrim and Fermanagh have been identified as suitable for frackingThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Water-charge issue flows back to where it startedAfter 10 days of flailing each other around, the parties returned to the original dealThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael do not want election over waterInside Politics: The committee on water’s report will bear no similarity to legislationThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38
Ireland closer to Trump on climate change than it thinksIt’s all talk and no action from Government unwilling to take risks with fragile recoveryFri Apr 14 2017 - 17:30
Go dté mar atá tú? How to make sense of Ulster IrishWhen written, ‘northern Irish’ Irish varies little but when spoken it’s a different matterThu Apr 13 2017 - 17:46
Podcast: Escaping the Leinster House bubbleThree local politicians discuss issues in Sallins with transport problems of particular concernWed Apr 12 2017 - 17:32
There are ‘far too many post offices’, says An Post chief‘Difficult discussions’ required to ensure post network’s survival, says David McRedmondWed Apr 12 2017 - 13:34
Water charges: everything you need to know (and a bit more)Who will pay, when will that be and will there be refunds?Wed Apr 12 2017 - 12:48
Naughten accuses Ring of ‘throwing in towel’ on An PostMinister of State says he never had specific delegated statutory powers for post officesMon Apr 10 2017 - 20:01
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil seek to defuse water charges rowFG source claims dispute over report ‘was very bad politics from both parties’Mon Apr 10 2017 - 10:16
‘Dead cat’ of water charges keeps bouncing backAnalysis: After week’s unedifying spat, FF and FG have run out of second chancesMon Apr 10 2017 - 01:00
Why water charges threaten to sink the GovernmentBehind-the-scenes intrigue in Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil seems to have undermined a dealSat Apr 08 2017 - 01:00
Ní thuigim: Irish language faces stark threat in its heartlandJust over a fifth of people living in Gaeltacht areas speak Irish on a daily basisThu Apr 06 2017 - 19:22
Ahern warns against ‘sectarian’ Border poll as Brexit talks beginFormer taoiseach welcomes ‘more conciliatory’ tone of recent timesThu Apr 06 2017 - 18:17
Bertie Ahern: Ireland is entitled to negotiate with UK on BrexitThe former taoiseach said Britons were “deluding themselves” on trade after withdrawal from the EUThu Apr 06 2017 - 12:44
Border checks inevitable if UK exits customs bloc - Bertie AhernBrexit a challenge to State as EU frontier, ex-taoiseach to tell Oireachtas committeeWed Apr 05 2017 - 08:23
Who guards the Guards?Inside Politics: The Morris Tribunal should have been a wake-up call over the GardaTue Apr 04 2017 - 09:03
State bodies criticised by Irish Language CommissionerIrish language schemes for public bodies deemed to have failed to achieve goalsMon Apr 03 2017 - 21:12
