‘Real pity’ unions rejected public sector pay offer of 8.5% rise over two years, Donohoe saysForsa union chief Kevin Callinan says opening offer from Government side was ‘extremely disappointing’Thu Jan 11 2024 - 13:43
Helen McEntee denies Government ‘backed down’ on asylum seeker housing after protestsTense protests in Carlow against the accommodation of males as Department makes ‘abrupt’ change to take families insteadThu Jan 11 2024 - 08:58
Homeless groups warn against tightening access to emergency accommodationPotential move would lead to increase in rough sleeping and risk of ill health and death, say Simon Community and Focus IrelandThu Jan 11 2024 - 06:00
Garda yet to identify man found dead while sleeping rough in Dublin cityHomeless organisations told the Government they have “profound concerns” at a potential move to tighten access to emergency accommodationThu Jan 11 2024 - 06:00
Opposition to single men seeking asylum is increasingly a fact of political life in IrelandFar right actors may accelerate mistruths, but ascribing every protest to agitators is a fallacyWed Jan 10 2024 - 06:00
Proportion of single men among asylum seekers fell sharply in final weeks of 2023Decline came as State ran out of capacity to offer beds to the cohortWed Jan 10 2024 - 06:00
Ireland ‘is not full’, Eamon Ryan says, as Cabinet discusses accommodation for Ukrainian refugeesMinisters due to approve plans to limit accommodation and welfare payments for those fleeing Russian invasionTue Jan 09 2024 - 20:22
Elderly in rural areas face beds shortage as small nursing homes closeOne in five smaller private homes closed in two-year period, as private equity funded hubs take larger chunk of marketTue Jan 09 2024 - 00:01
Covid inquiry may go without judge as chair to avoid participants ‘lawyering up’Coalition sources concerned appointment of judge to chair pandemic inquiry could set overly legalistic toneMon Jan 08 2024 - 21:36
Civil servants warned Government against tax breaks for landlords, documents showOfficials said move would cause ‘unintended consequences’, records released to Sinn Féin showMon Jan 08 2024 - 20:55
Homeless figures hit new record with more than 4,000 children in emergency accommodationLatest figures show more than 13,500 people in emergency beds in NovemberFri Jan 05 2024 - 19:36
Defence officials recommended scrapping LÉ Eithne to avoid repeat of ‘LÉ Aisling situation’ involving warlordAdvice came amid fears of repeat of ‘LÉ Aisling situation’, when an ex-Naval Service ship ended up in the hands of a Libyan warlord, documents indicateFri Jan 05 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin pushes for removal of judge convicted of sexual assaultsGerard O’Brien was convicted last month of sexually assaulting six young men; he has yet to be sentencedThu Jan 04 2024 - 06:00
Jack Chambers: Fianna Fáil members ‘fear’ and ‘reject’ Sinn Féin, making coalition unlikelyThe ‘super junior’ minister will ‘consider’ leadership bid when Michéal Martin steps asideTue Jan 02 2024 - 06:00
Garda roads policing numbers fall in 2023 as road deaths reach nine-year highForty-seven fewer gardaí policing roads by end of 2023, a year that saw 184 people killed in collisionsTue Jan 02 2024 - 06:00
‘Utter nonsense’: Eamon Ryan criticises false stories about him that spread online – and in the DáilA Limerick TD claimed the Green Party leader sent a State car to the city with his bicycle in the bootTue Jan 02 2024 - 06:00
Fire at Dublin building intended as homeless accommodation confirmed as arsonDisused Shipwright pub in Ringsend was subject of false claims that property was earmarked for asylum-seeker accommodationMon Jan 01 2024 - 12:20
Disability funding used as ‘piggy bank’ when other areas run out of cash, Minister of State claimsParents being ‘led astray’ by idea there is a system that will work once a diagnosis is in place, whereas reality is ‘No, you go back on another list,’ says Anne RabbitteThu Dec 28 2023 - 06:15
Civil society groups give lukewarm reception to referendums as wording on carers falls shortConstitutional law expert Dr Laura Cahilane said proposed amendment had ‘completely fudged’ opportunityWed Dec 06 2023 - 06:00
‘Tight’ timeline for housing referendum within lifespan of Coalition, says TánaisteCommission split on question of constitutional vote, meaning majority and minority reports likely on key issueTue Dec 05 2023 - 18:06
Referendums on women in the home and the concept of the family to be held next MarchCabinet has approved plans for referendums to amend the ConstitutionTue Dec 05 2023 - 13:12
Government unable to say when all asylum seekers will be accommodated Department of Integration could not accommodate 32 International Protection applicants yesterdayTue Dec 05 2023 - 09:09
Ban on condoms and same-sex relationships ‘paralysed’ Ireland’s response to Aids, says VaradkarNew monument in Dublin’s Phoenix Park remembers those affected by the virusSun Dec 03 2023 - 18:50
Asylum seekers without housing set to get higher payments as accommodation shortage bites Roderic O’Gorman expects single male applicants for International Protection to be turned away in coming daysSun Dec 03 2023 - 17:56
No campaign to make Paschal Donohoe next head of IMF, Varadkar saysMinister for Public Expenditure’s ‘intention is to run again for the Dáil’, Taoiseach says amid reports of interest in International Monetary Fund jobSun Dec 03 2023 - 17:19
Sinn Féin to bring motion of no confidence in Minister for Justice Helen McEnteeMary Lou McDonald accuses Government of forcing party’s hand by ‘not listening’ amid safety issuesFri Dec 01 2023 - 11:34
Time will tell on wisdom of Sinn Féin’s move against Drew HarrisCultivating a relationship with the Garda Commissioner in opposition is part of that balance and the party has now set itself in direct opposition to the incumbentThu Nov 30 2023 - 19:00
Tasers, water cannons, bodycams, smaller shields and stronger pepper spray planned for gardaíHelen McEntee also announced that the Garda recruit class will graduate from Templemore a month earlyThu Nov 30 2023 - 09:47
Dublin riots: Not enough gardaí in city to contain rioters to one location, says Drew HarrisGarda Commissioner says policing operation was made difficult due to Dublin’s side streets and alleyways which rioters could run downWed Nov 29 2023 - 19:13
Dublin riots: Drew Harris tells committee Tasers to be given to Garda Public Order UnitGarda commissioner faces grilling at Oireachtas committee over Dublin riotsWed Nov 29 2023 - 16:12
Dublin riots: Gardaí to get stronger pepper spray and more safety gear - Drew HarrisCommissioner will defend response of gardaí to street violence at committee today, saying in similar situations in other cities normal society was ‘shut down for days’Wed Nov 29 2023 - 10:53
McEntee clings on but Government credibility will crack if there’s further violenceThere is no enthusiasm in Cabinet to move against the Minister, but she remains under scrutinyWed Nov 29 2023 - 06:00
Local authority councillors may chair new community safety partnerships A pilot scheme in three areas - Longford, Waterford and Dublin North Inner City - may be rolled out more widely and will include a broader membership including residents and community representativesTue Nov 28 2023 - 20:19
State could run out of accommodation for asylum seekers as soon as this weekDepartment of Integration facing increasing challenges amid growing community resistanceTue Nov 28 2023 - 16:23
Greens request sight of plan to expand facial recognition technology useParty supports gardaí having access to best technology to fight crime but insists on ‘proper safeguards’Mon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Senior gardaí promise large-scale arrests of Dublin riot ringleaders and participantsDrew Harris under pressure to make progress in inquiry into Dublin Riots which followed stabbing of schoolchildrenMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Helen McEntee faces a career-defining crisis in the wake of Dublin riotsNo drumbeat in senior echelons of Government for Minister of Justice to resign but she may face no-confidence motionMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Varadkar’s tweet regarding Emily Hand’s release prompts strong reactionTaoiseach Leo Varadkar defends use of word ‘lost’ in relation to kidnapping of Irish-Israeli Emily Hand (9) in his social media postSun Nov 26 2023 - 21:47
Varadkar and McEntee meet some of those who intervened in Parnell Square attackMinister for Justice defends speed of garda response to Dublin city riots which came after stabbingSun Nov 26 2023 - 21:42
Irish ambassador summoned to Israeli ministry over Varadkar ‘lost’ comment about Emily Hand‘Emily Hand was not “lost”, she was kidnapped by a terror organisation worse than Isis,’ Israeli foreign minister writes on XSun Nov 26 2023 - 16:49
FAI invited to appear before PAC over executive pay and use of millions in Covid fundingInvitation comes amid renewed controversy at football governing body over erroneous payments to chief Jonathan HillThu Nov 23 2023 - 17:04
Near-€1.4bn surplus in State training fund is ‘ridiculous’ and ‘outrageous’ Accumulated surplus in National Training Fund now stands at €1.37 billion, Public Accounts Committee is toldThu Nov 23 2023 - 13:26
Censorship: ‘When we talk to students about this legislation, they look at us like we have two heads’The language of the Act and the report that informed it – drawn up by the inimitably named Committee on Evil Literature – is stark to a modern readerTue Nov 21 2023 - 19:16
Tiered payments for laid-off workers should be higher, union leader saysIreland should move beyond ‘Victorian values’v and match European levels of income support for jobless - Siptu’s KaneTue Nov 21 2023 - 08:06
Coalition to scrap censorship laws dating back almost a centuryMinister for Justice Helen McEntee will seek Cabinet approval to draft legislation which would repeal the Censorship of Publications ActsTue Nov 21 2023 - 06:00
European Parliament elections: Who are the likely runners and riders?Frances Fitzgerald’s retirement has sparked a flurry of interest in her Dublin seat, while Barry Cowen is the name on everybody’s lips in Midlands-North WestTue Nov 21 2023 - 06:00
Mairead McGuinness will not contest next European electionsFine Gael MEP says ‘absolute focus’ is on serving as EU Commissioner, a role she was appointed to following Phil Hogan’s resignation in 2020Mon Nov 20 2023 - 16:40
‘We need a ceasefire and we need it now’: senior WHO official Dr Mike Ryan calls for Gaza peaceNumber of children who have no surviving family is growing all the time, Irish executive director of organisation saysMon Nov 20 2023 - 09:51
Josepha Madigan expected to seek European election nomination as Fitzgerald retiresRegina Doherty, Barry Ward and Colm Brophy among national politicians who may compete for roleFri Nov 17 2023 - 18:32
Fine Gael members gather on eve of a year that will test and define the partyInsiders see party facing the ‘fight of its life’ in next year’s elections but believe fear of a Sinn Féin government might be best unifying force within FGFri Nov 17 2023 - 12:09
