Tense internal battles loom in Ireland South MEP raceFG hopeful keen to have single running mate while Labour candidates push to be the oneWed Feb 05 2014 - 12:23
Parties fall short of gender quotasFine Gael and Fianna Fáil lag far behind the Labour Party and Sinn Féin in selection of female candidatesWed Feb 05 2014 - 10:31
Draft legislation for Bill allowing terminally ill to make ‘living wills’Bill was originally drafted and presented by Wexford TD Dr Liam Twomey in 2010Wed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
Some 300 towns and cities vulnerable to flooding, says MinisterIt will cost tens of billions of euro to build all flood defencesWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
‘Tens of billions of euro’ needed to build defences for 250 flooding flashpointsMinister of State for OPW Brian Hayes says very costly to build defences for all coastal and river flood risksTue Feb 04 2014 - 10:54
Night running has hidden benefitsAdvances in technology and clothing ensures comfort and safety on the coldest nightsTue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00
Labour unlikely to land in position to realise property tax pledgeParty was largest on four of 34 councils in 2009 but it’s hard to imagine history repeatingMon Feb 03 2014 - 14:01
Quinn says he is not ready for the chop as Minister for EducationQuinn says he wants to complete full term and intends to contest the next electionMon Feb 03 2014 - 12:12
Government widens pylon inquiry, denies climbdownRabbitte agrees to investigation into interconnector after Kenny’s interventionThu Jan 30 2014 - 06:14
Kenny does a Bertie and strokes pylon controversy into touchTaoiseach’s move to include North-South line in review harks back to bad old daysThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Garda asked Public Accounts Committee for private meetingSgt Maurice McCabe wants to outline evidence on alleged misuse of penalty point cancellationsWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Waters now muddied between the Government and the PACOpinion: Despite tensions in the past the two have managed to co-existWed Jan 29 2014 - 00:01
Irish Water says it will achieve exchequer savings of €2bn by 2021Company says staff numbers would reduce over time, through retirement or by voluntary redundancy schemesTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Government defends set-up cost of Irish WaterOnly setting up a service in ‘mythical country’ would cost less, says NoonanTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Shatter’s legislation to reform legal sector due before Cabinet todayLegal Services Regulation Bill was first published in 2011 but has been subject to long delays arising from adverse reaction to some of the more controversial provisionsTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
When is a party not a party?The Reform Alliance conference today is not a monster meeting, nor is it a party launch. So what do the seven Oireachtas members hope to achieve?Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Garda Commissioner takes legal advice on garda speaking to PACCallinan consults AG as he seeks to prevent whistleblower testifying on alleged wrongdoingFri Jan 24 2014 - 07:32
Irish language ‘being driven to margins of society’Fine Gael and Labour condemned for not attending Oireachtas language committeeThu Jan 23 2014 - 16:19
PAC may meet new penalty points whistleblower next weekMembers will ask the Garda whistleblower to seek legal advice before opting to attendThu Jan 23 2014 - 08:51
Irish Cancer Society made a loss on the operation of its lotteryCharity continued running lottery despite loss because it got a State subventionThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water changes will prove costly, warns Eamon RyanGreen Party leader queries why Coalition changed remit and structure of bodyWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
Quinn to outline proposals for technological universitiesCreation of universities set to involve mergers between current institutesTue Jan 21 2014 - 08:30
RTÉ chief angered by €5m licence cut going to welfareDecision to cut subvention for free TV licence to €54m criticised by RTÉ board and by RabbitteTue Jan 21 2014 - 07:36
RTÉ dismayed at what it saw as raid on licence revenuesChairman felt broadcaster bearing cost of welfare policyTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Ex-CRC chairman Nugent willing to appear before PACVaradkar is latest Minister to call on former chief executive Paul Kiely to return moneyMon Jan 20 2014 - 09:55
Kiely should consider repaying some of €700k package, says former CRC chairmanHamilton Goulding takes issue with reports payoff will not be repaidMon Jan 20 2014 - 07:57
PAC to recall entire CRC board over pay-offsChairman says there are unresoved questions over €740,000 severance packageMon Jan 20 2014 - 07:48
Reform Alliance could soar like an eagle....or turn into a turkeyAnalysis: Group of party exiles may eventually become a partyThu Jan 16 2014 - 14:42
Bonuses in State agencies to come under renewed scrutinyIrish Water discloses average staff bonus of €7,000 as debate on new utility enters second dayThu Jan 16 2014 - 11:54
New Bill promises to deal with judicial misbehaviourGovernment’s legislation programme also promises Bill to establish court of civil appealWed Jan 15 2014 - 20:09
Taoiseach says he knew of Irish Water start-up costsKenny pledges company will be subject to ‘full rigours’ of Freedom of Information actWed Jan 15 2014 - 18:49
Irish Water debacle far from unique in political contextControversy has all hallmarks of previous arrangements brokered FF governmentsWed Jan 15 2014 - 17:14
Public service reforms have been ‘remarkable’ claims HowlinEmployee numbers down to 290,000 and expenditure to €17.5bn a yearTue Jan 14 2014 - 23:00
Focus to turn to Phil Hogan’s knowledge of contractsIrish Water will appear before the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment this afternoonTue Jan 14 2014 - 09:17
Coalition feeling heat for political messes of its own makingAs third anniversary of Government approaches, blaming previous administration counterproductive, writes Harry McGeeMon Jan 13 2014 - 13:46
Democracy Matters criticises Government for slow Seanad reform‘We haven’t gone away you know’, says Noel WhelanMon Jan 13 2014 - 13:28
TDs insist on Irish Water disclosing consultant payState firm due to answer questions on €50m spend before Oireachtas hearingMon Jan 13 2014 - 09:36
Fianna Fail Bill proposes to give all voters a say in Seanad electionsParty says franchise can be extended without need to alter ConstitutionFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:01
Irish Water executives were no longer working with major consultancy when recruited, says utility chiefJohn Tierney says employees came from private sector, Bord Gáis and local and central GovernmentFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
Major firms among those paid €50m by Irish WaterCompany defends expenditure, which comprised half of its overall spend in 2013Fri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water criticised for €50m spend on consultantsMost of consultancy spend relates to the establishment of company, admits chief executiveThu Jan 09 2014 - 20:20
Taoiseach defends changes to funding scheme for elderlyKenny says funding for grant system was being increasedThu Jan 09 2014 - 16:58
FF proposes fundamental changes to Seanad electionsBill would extend franchise to every voter for some panels and change compositionThu Jan 09 2014 - 12:45
Fáilte Ireland raises concerns over impact of pylons on tourismAgency says it is ‘vital that full consideration of potential visual impacts’ be consideredThu Jan 09 2014 - 07:47
Thousands of submissions received by Eirgrid on pylon plan€500m plan to create 750 high voltage pylon network between Leinster and Munster has run into oppositionWed Jan 08 2014 - 09:47
Controversy escalates over national energy upgradeFew disagree with the overall wind energy concept. It is the method that raises questionsWed Jan 08 2014 - 06:56
Taoiseach defends electricity pylons on eve of consultation deadline on network upgradePylons necessary to ‘ensure jobs and investment can be spread across Ireland’Mon Jan 06 2014 - 20:40
Official portrait of Brian Cowen yet to get go-aheadPaintings of 11 of 12 ex-taoisigh on display in Leinster HouseMon Jan 06 2014 - 07:42
Burton dismisses suggestions she is a maverick or not a ‘team player’Some Labour Party colleagues have privately criticised her for pursuing her own agendaTue Dec 31 2013 - 08:27
