Taoiseach says Ireland will protect food, pharma sectors in call with EU CommissionIrish economy needs to ‘sharpen up’ in face of looming threat of trade war - says Peter BurkeSun Mar 30 2025 - 18:36
Ceann Comhairle no confidence motion ‘a bit rich’ given Opposition’s behaviour in Dáil, says TaoiseachOpposition has objected to inclusion of controversial new speaking time slots for coalition-supporting Independents and Government backbenchers on Dáil scheduleThu Mar 27 2025 - 14:43
‘I at all times followed correct procedures’: Verona Murphy to resist Opposition no-confidence motionDebate and vote scheduled to oust Ceann Comhairle who has ‘impartially adhered to my solemn undertakings ... through the House to the Irish people’ Thu Mar 27 2025 - 06:00
Cost of accommodating asylum seekers could be cut by 60% under new rules, suggests Government Indicative future cost could fall from €123,000 per applicant to under €50,000, contingent on cutting processing times from 29 months to nine Tue Mar 25 2025 - 19:41
‘Shame, shame, shame’: Opposition leaders accuse Coalition of giving ‘two fingers’ to democracy in row over speaking rightsCombined Opposition leaders have accused the Coalition of giving “two fingers” to democracyTue Mar 25 2025 - 17:03
US secretary of commerce says Ireland’s ‘tax scam’ has ‘gotta end’Loans and business advice planned if trade war begins next monthSat Mar 22 2025 - 06:00
How official Ireland is preparing for a possible US-EU trade warThe working assumption had been that Trump would use the threat of tariffs to get people around the table, but that has changedSat Mar 22 2025 - 06:00
EU-US trade war would hit job growth and cut living standards, Donohoe warnsMinister warns of ‘gradual loss of confidence’ in the basic rules regarding global tradeThu Mar 20 2025 - 12:54
Irish Bill not going to impact immediate decisions of Israeli government, says TaoiseachEU leaders meet in Brussels over Middle East, Ukraine and potential US trade warThu Mar 20 2025 - 11:43
Ireland intensifies preparations for transatlantic trade war amid US tariff threatsHarris to gather trade forum next weekFri Mar 14 2025 - 06:00
‘One of the great alliances’: Taoiseach underlines Irish-American relationship at JD Vance breakfast meetingJD Vance, who has played the role of antagonist during recent summits, was generous in his assessment of Ireland Wed Mar 12 2025 - 19:59
Micheál Martin’s White House bout with Donald Trump: How did the Taoiseach fare?Micheál Martin took some hits, but managed to deploy his own talking points and made it throughWed Mar 12 2025 - 17:33
Thomas Gould arrest: Mary Lou McDonald to address issue before DáilSinn Féin TD denies wrongdoing over alleged €150,000 fraud and will remain as party’s junior spokesperson on housingMon Mar 10 2025 - 06:00
Government to relax rules on some employment permits to plug shortfalls in planning and homecare sectorsRole of town planning officer will become eligible for critical skills permit Mon Mar 10 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach to meet Jewish leaders during US visitMeeting comes amid accusations of anti-Semitism against Irish GovernmentMon Mar 10 2025 - 00:01
McDonald should tell Dáil what she knows about Sinn Féin TD’s arrest, says Michael Healy-RaeSolicitor acting on behalf of Cllr Kenneth Collins says his client denies wrongdoingSun Mar 09 2025 - 16:32
Officials cast doubt on housing data before electionDespite document, outgoing coalition claimed output would exceed Housing for All pledgeSat Mar 08 2025 - 06:00
Trump administration points to US-EU ‘trade imbalances’ ahead of Taoiseach’s visitUS State Department refuses to say if issue raised during call between Simon Harris and Marco Rubio earlier this weekFri Mar 07 2025 - 21:19
Róisín Shortall tells former colleagues she has no interest in running for presidency Left-wing parties had discussed backing former co-leader of Social Democrats and former Labour TD as consensus candidateWed Mar 05 2025 - 21:19
TikTok planning to cut up to 300 Dublin jobs, Government toldThe move will see as much as 10% of company’s Irish workforce let goWed Mar 05 2025 - 19:01
Left-wing parties intensify discussions on joint candidate for presidential election Leaders of Labour Party, Sinn Féin, Green Party and Social Democrats, as well as a representative from People Before Profit, expected to attend talks on WednesdayWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:00
Ukraine, Middle East and investment discussed on call between US secretary of state Marco Rubio and TánaistePair discussed ‘mutually beneficial nature of the Irish-US economic relationship’ on telephone call on Tuesday afternoonTue Mar 04 2025 - 15:41
Can Jim O’Callaghan live up to his brand as the law and order politician?In Justice, political ambition quickly collides with political realitySat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
Arts Council review to include role of auditors and accountability of boardProf Niamh Brennan will lead the review, while a parallel review will be conducted of the Department of Arts and Culture itself Sat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
Payment for accommodating Ukraine refugees set to be cutMinister seeks review of provisions for excluding people convicted of non-political crimes from being granted refugee statusSat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
Sinn Féin will not attend White House’s St Patrick’s Day eventMary Lou McDonald said she could not visit while there was a threat of mass expulsion hanging over the Palestinian peopleFri Feb 21 2025 - 17:29
US-Ukraine ties sour as leaders trade ‘dictator’ and ‘disinformation’ barbsTrump aims barrage of falsehoods at Kyiv after criticism of US-Russia talks in Saudi ArabiaWed Feb 19 2025 - 21:37
Ireland would consider sending peacekeepers to Ukraine in event of ceasefire, Taoiseach indicatesUS president suggested Ukraine was to blame for Russian invasionWed Feb 19 2025 - 19:35
Omagh bomb inquiry: Government expected to sign memorandum on disclosure of potentially relevant materialInquiry chair says hearing evidence from survivors and bereaved people has been a ‘humbling experience’ Wed Feb 19 2025 - 18:57
Planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens set to be relaxedExtensions up to 40m2 to a home can be built without planning permission whereas habitable structures of this size must have approval if not attached to the home itselfWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil interventions on housing prompt puzzlement in Fine GaelMood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál MartinTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Ireland could give Ukraine €50m in non-lethal military support, Cabinet to hearSimon Harris to brief ministers on plan and seek approval for Ireland’s participation in G20 forum, while Peter Burke is to set out IDA Ireland’s new five-year strategyTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Possible tax breaks for property development not discussed at ministerial meeting on housingGovernment preparing to agree additional €450 million in capital funding for housing sectorTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Arts Council may need €1.5m more to replace grants system after €5.3m failureNew grant system was part of original scope of upgradeThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:45
Arts Council’s €5.3m IT loss: the questions left to be answered, and who knew what and whenUnclear when the then minister for arts Catherine Martin was informed of scale of issueThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:30
Three companies that shared €4.8m from Arts Council for abandoned IT project namedThree firms who received bulk of €5.3m spent on scrapped IT system named as Codec, Ergo and ExpleoThu Feb 13 2025 - 13:25
Botched IT project has many markers of bike shed and RTÉ saga It’s convenient responsibility for Arts Council was with Green Party - the controversy may even galvanise Coalition a bitThu Feb 13 2025 - 08:02
‘A massive waste of money’: Arts Council’s scrapped €6m IT system sparks fury in CabinetMinisters criticise public spending and governance breaches and ‘massive waste of money’Thu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Government orders review of operations of Arts Council following €6m IT system controversy Ministers criticised handling of project by Arts Council and Department of ArtsThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Tánaiste says it was ‘appropriate’ that senator resigned Fine Gael whip after arrestCircumstances that led to Martin Conway’s resignation were distressing and there will be ‘a full investigation’, Simon Harris saysWed Feb 12 2025 - 20:19
Arts Council controversy: Review ordered after €6.7m spent on abandoned IT system projectArts Council says project delivered was ‘not fit for purpose’Wed Feb 12 2025 - 18:59
St Patrick’s Day visits: Full list of destinations as eight Ministers head for USIn total, 38 State representatives will visit more than 90 cities in 40 countriesWed Feb 12 2025 - 12:26
Simon Harris says Government should not ‘make policy on the hoof’ as he defends rent controlsTánaiste’s comments come after Taoiseach Micheál Martin trailed possibility of replacing RPZsWed Feb 12 2025 - 10:47
Cabinet prepares to sign off St Patrick’s Day blitz of US Republican statesUp to 11 Ministers are heading Stateside, and Trump threat will also focus minds of EU trade ministersWed Feb 12 2025 - 07:52
Former Fine Gael junior minister Brendan Griffin hired by lobbying firmEx-Kerry TD will not have to serve ‘cooling off’ period due to passage of time since leaving ministerial roleTue Feb 11 2025 - 15:58
Social Democrats extend suspension of Eoin Hayes after review of shares controversyDublin Bay South TD gave incorrect statements on sale of shares in software company PalantirTue Feb 11 2025 - 12:16
Tax breaks for developers back on table as pressure grows over housing goalsHousing, crime and public spending are set to feature in political exchanges as the Taoiseach talks AI in ParisTue Feb 11 2025 - 07:11
Arts Council mothballs multimillion overhaul of ICT systems after years of delaysLong-delayed 2023 annual report said to detail spending on overhaul of system for dealing with funding applicationsTue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Government expects more than ‘case by case’ support from Independent backbenchers - TaoiseachMicheál Martin says it is his ‘understanding’ that TDs would contribute to ‘significant majority’Fri Feb 07 2025 - 14:48
Twitchiness abounds as Gucci Government awaits invite to Trumps’ Irish jamboreeYour essential end-of-week politics catch up: End of Dáil fireworks brings spending and housing to the fore Fri Feb 07 2025 - 13:01
