The quintessential ‘tomorrow’s problem’ of pensions policy is addressedInside Politics: Idea of sorting out auto-enrolment option has been mooted for decadesThu Mar 31 2022 - 07:29
Fees for new auto-enrolment State pensions criticisedScheme is too generous to pension funds, critics claimThu Mar 31 2022 - 01:00
Cost of housing Ukrainian refugees ‘creates challenges’ in budget, says MartinTaoiseach signals ‘targeted approach’ to increasing vaccine take-up among refugeesWed Mar 30 2022 - 20:40
Single-use coffee cups to be hit with 20c levy ‘later this year’Circular economy legislation will also promote use of CCTV to combat fly tippingWed Mar 30 2022 - 10:01
Diplomat expulsions overshadow major pension and Leaving Cert reformsInside Politics: Russian embassy expulsions followed weeks-long backbench campaignWed Mar 30 2022 - 07:33
Stephen Donnelly criticises underinvestment in health by Fine Gael before he took overMinister for Health told meeting waiting lists were longest in Europe and of ‘worsening and worsening’ trolley crisesTue Mar 29 2022 - 20:05
Auto-enrolment pension for private sector workers to cost €3bn over 10 yearsAbout 750,000 private sector workers will be automatically signed up to the schemeTue Mar 29 2022 - 13:20
Irish politicians to visit Moldova to study influx of refugeesDelegation will seek to learn how other countries are providing humanitarian servicesTue Mar 29 2022 - 11:40
Level of debt taken on by Approved Housing Bodies too high, Oireachtas will hearThe sector is being asked to deliver 21,500 homes by the end of the decadeTue Mar 29 2022 - 08:16
The mind-boggling costs for Ireland of the crisis in UkraineInside Politics: There is a growing sense that not everything can be solved by unconstrained Government interventionTue Mar 29 2022 - 07:48
Ireland likely experiencing several hundred thousand Covid-19 cases per week, says DonnellyNo plans to reimpose measures as numbers in hospital with virus set to top 2,200Tue Mar 29 2022 - 04:55
Ireland’s humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees likely to be €2.8bn next yearCost is expected to ‘ramp up significantly’ this year as more arrivals follow the initial cohort of 10,000 refugeesTue Mar 29 2022 - 04:30
New State pensions auto-enrolment plan will see higher rates phased in over 10 yearsCabinet also set to approve a €10m package of supports for tour operators and travel agentsMon Mar 28 2022 - 21:55
Covid-19: Containing BA.2 variant would need ‘extreme measures’, Donnelly saysEmergency department taskforce asks Minister for urgent fresh public health adviceMon Mar 28 2022 - 11:18
Holohan to step down from position as chief medical officerFormer Nphet chairman ‘kept Ireland safe during exceptionally challenging two years’Fri Mar 25 2022 - 21:49
Holohan to step down to take position at Trinity CollegeChief Medical Officer will remain in situ until JulyFri Mar 25 2022 - 16:29
‘Suspect device’ discovery following van hijacking halts speech by Simon Coveney in BelfastMinister forced to leave stage at event in city after and device placed inside vehicleFri Mar 25 2022 - 10:52
Covid: HSE warns of threat to waiting lists as hospitals under increased pressureTargets set likely to be endangered as elective care cancelled, says Dr Colm HenryFri Mar 25 2022 - 05:30
How will Ireland face new phase of Covid post-Nphet?Virus has become a particularly troublesome headache for the healthcare systemThu Mar 24 2022 - 19:08
Hospitals told in letter from Reid to focus on Covid care for coming fortnightPrevious notices to hospitals have come during surges that prompted restrictionsThu Mar 24 2022 - 18:11
Covid: Record daily number of hospital admissions set in past 24 hoursHealth system under ‘severe pressure’ due to surge in cases, says HSE chief clinical officerWed Mar 23 2022 - 18:10
No Border checks for non-Irish entering NI, says Brandon LewisCoveney says proposed immigration changes not yet finalised as far as Dublin is concernedWed Mar 23 2022 - 17:30
Martin to attend EU summit as he exits Covid quarantineTaoiseach has two successive negative Covid tests ahead of departure from the USWed Mar 23 2022 - 17:11
Covid-19: New advice group to replace Nphet ‘imminent’ with nearly 1,400 cases in hospitalMore than 21,000 cases of virus reported today and nine further deaths in past weekWed Mar 23 2022 - 11:14
Covid-19: New restrictions ruled out despite surge in casesWorld Health Organisation warns Ireland lifted public health curbs too ‘brutally’Wed Mar 23 2022 - 01:00
Massive effort to house tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees under wayOfficials evaluating potential sites and facilities throughout the countryTue Mar 22 2022 - 19:57
Up to 40,000 Ukrainian refugees expected in Ireland by end of AprilGovernment identifies 500 buildings to house those fleeing the warTue Mar 22 2022 - 10:37
‘Realistic, achievable, necessary’: Mary Lou McDonald pushes EU to back Irish reunification‘Final days of partition’ are here, argues Sinn Féin newsletter sent to diplomatsTue Mar 22 2022 - 04:55
Garda aims for seven-day turnaround in vetting premises for Ukrainian refugeesReception hub to be opened in Rosslare after ‘dramatic increase’ in arrivals at portTue Mar 22 2022 - 04:33
Ireland and UK due to host Euro 2028 as other bids fallTournament could bring up to 150,000 visitors, with final bid due by early 2023Mon Mar 21 2022 - 22:15
State will consider helping Ukrainian refugee hosts with cost of doing so – DonohoeEconomic uncertainty likely to be present for some time, says Minister for FinanceMon Mar 21 2022 - 18:24
Covid cases surge: 63,954 cases reported in last five days‘We are still dealing with a highly transmissible virus’, says HSE’s Paul ReidMon Mar 21 2022 - 12:10
Donohoe indicates he would support easing strict EU rules on state aidMinister says first indication of how economy is being impacted by war will be in March exchequer returnsSat Mar 19 2022 - 01:23
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees may be housed at Millstreet Arena in Co CorkGovernment looking at using National Show Centre near Dublin airport as ‘spillover’ facilitySat Mar 19 2022 - 01:01
Coveney says ‘deterrent to Kremlin’ needs to be strengthened includingMr Coveney said that Irish people have been ‘extraordinarily moved, but also enraged by what they have seen at the heart of Europe’.Fri Mar 18 2022 - 16:55
Ukraine: 130 people rescued from bombed Mariupol theatre but more may be trappedChina’s Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden that conflicts such as Ukraine are in no one’s interestsFri Mar 18 2022 - 08:05
Dublin Port blockade threat loomed over €18m haulier packageMinisters insist fuel-inflation support for sector not shaped by city shutdown fearsFri Mar 18 2022 - 01:00
Kyiv growing confident of peace deal as Biden labels Putin ‘a pure thug’US president to urge Chinese leader Xi to distance himself from Kremlin aggressionFri Mar 18 2022 - 01:00
Ireland would support sanctioning Russian energy exports, Coveney saysRussia ‘completely underestimated’ EU response to invasion of Ukraine, Minister saysFri Mar 18 2022 - 00:01
Three Ministers unable to make Patrick’s Day trips due to Covid-19Harris, McConalogue and Chambers test positive for virus along with TaoiseachThu Mar 17 2022 - 17:46
Scrutiny tightens on Coalition as public set for more energy price hikesHouseholds bracing for bigger bills as utility inflation expected to extend into next yearThu Mar 17 2022 - 01:00
Sectors beyond energy likely to be hit by impact of war, forum hearsTánaiste convened meeting of politicians and business leaders held in response to Ukraine conflictWed Mar 16 2022 - 21:08
Fears mount over State’s capacity to house Ukrainian refugees‘There is a capacity point,’ says one Minister, noting growing concern about what to do nextWed Mar 16 2022 - 05:55
State ‘making a mess’ of Covid bonus scheme, say unionsHSE told that proposal in its present format is now ‘unacceptable and unworkable’Wed Mar 16 2022 - 01:00
Ryanair criticised by Ukraine ambassador for prices on routes used by refugeesEmbassy gives list of Irish firms trading with Russia to Government asking that ties be cutTue Mar 15 2022 - 11:33
More than 6,600 Ukrainian refugees now in IrelandOne third of new arrivals are being accommodated in hotelsTue Mar 15 2022 - 07:06
Lobbying watchdog criticises extent of reformsLegislative, structural and resourcing improvements needed, outgoing watchdog saysTue Mar 15 2022 - 03:00
Further sanctions against Russia expected ‘in coming days’, says Paschal DonohoePolish envoy to Ireland will tell EU affairs body that invaders may use chemical weaponsTue Mar 15 2022 - 03:00
Irish men being targeted by ads to join Ukrainian armyAdvertisements running on Facebook include contact details for Ukrainian embassyMon Mar 14 2022 - 17:09
Data Protection Commissioner pay should be more than €185,000, review findsAudit found staff within organisation feel model may no longer be fit for purposeMon Mar 14 2022 - 13:46
