Double welfare payment to kick in next week as eight welfare lump sums to be madeIncreased supports agreed in Budget 2023 to be paid in run up to ChristmasTue Oct 11 2022 - 20:39
State humanitarian fund to be extended to Creeslough familiesCabinet agrees money normally used for flooding victims will help households affected by Donegal explosionTue Oct 11 2022 - 14:18
Nobody wants a ‘blanket immunity’ from prosecution for those involved in Northern Ireland conflict, says Higgins President’s remarks are an unusual criticism of the policy of a foreign governmentTue Oct 11 2022 - 14:06
Online fundraisers for families of Creeslough disaster raise more than €700,000Donegal man in Australia ‘overwhelmed’ by scale of donations to appealTue Oct 11 2022 - 12:47
Bids to design civic plaza for Dublin’s College Green to be sought within next monthEamon Ryan is bringing 30 transport ‘pathfinder projects’ to Cabinet in bid to speed up completionTue Oct 11 2022 - 10:52
Energy crisis and winter Covid-19 plan to dominate political agendaInside Politics: Households continue to feel the crunch ahead of the winter seasonTue Oct 11 2022 - 08:33
Employers set to have fewer reasons to refuse requests to work from home Tánaiste signals proposed law will be significantly changed to give workers more extensive grounds for working from home and better WRC appeals mechanismMon Oct 10 2022 - 05:00
EU leaders move towards gas price cap as Irish churches set to get help with energy billsEamon Ryan holds further meetings with energy companies as fuel allowance begins, with November 14th date set for cost-of-living fuel lump sumSat Oct 08 2022 - 00:00
Concrete levy will have greater impact on new-build costs than previously thought, fresh estimates showDepartment of Finance says when ‘soft costs’ such as finance and fees are included, the impact is higherSat Oct 08 2022 - 00:00
Irish and UK governments to do ‘everything possible’ to re-establish Northern Executive by end of the monthMinisters also discuss importance of co-operation in tackling terrorism and paramilitarism at London conferenceFri Oct 07 2022 - 16:13
State reaches agreement with landlord on €10m lease error on Department of Health headquartersDeal will be extended for nine months after ‘mismeasurement’ by the Office of Public Works resulted in overpayment to landlordThu Oct 06 2022 - 05:00
New group of Fianna Fáil TDs to propose changes to controversial concrete levyTen per cent levy was the first item discussed at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting amid growing uneaseWed Oct 05 2022 - 20:13
Ireland and United Kingdom must move beyond dispute and begin a new phase of relationship - TaoiseachTaoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking at the launch of a new book, Ireland’s Call: Navigating Brexit, by Stephen CollinsWed Oct 05 2022 - 20:05
Government claims broadening concrete levy would result in higher bank and interest chargesSF to table private member’s motion to scrap proposed levy and instead impose a levy on developers’ profitTue Oct 04 2022 - 15:41
British minister apologises to Irish Government over Brexit negotiationsCoalition figures welcome Steve Baker’s comments and note ‘mood in the room has changed’Sun Oct 02 2022 - 23:30
Review completed into planned reconfiguration of Our Lady’s Hospital, NavanProtesters intend to picket HSE head office amid suggestions that the changes will go aheadSun Oct 02 2022 - 20:46
United Ireland citizens should not have to declare loyalty to new state, says FF TDO’Callaghan, viewed as a future Fianna Fáil leadership candidate, will outline his blueprint for a United Ireland in speech this SaturdayFri Sept 30 2022 - 03:34
Extra €8bn a year in expenditure needed by end of decade due to population changes, Department of Finance warns Risk analysis also warns of higher hits to corporation tax and mounting geopolitical tensionsThu Sept 29 2022 - 23:12
Concrete blocks levy to add up to €1,600 to build costs, but controversial plan to remainTen per cent levy was announced as part of Budget 2023, but Opposition parties have called for it to be scrappedThu Sept 29 2022 - 20:04
Thousands of parents using childminders must wait until 2024 to access new childcare subsidiesGovernment announced 90 cent increase in the hourly subsidy as part of Budget 2023, in a move which could cut childcare by 25 per centWed Sept 28 2022 - 20:17
O’Gorman to seek supplementary budget of €850m to house Ukrainian refugeesMore than 50,000 Ukrainians have so far been supported with accommodation, education and social protection supportsWed Sept 28 2022 - 20:00
Childcare costs to be cut by up to 25%, but how exactly does it work?The changes to the National Childcare Scheme will be effective from January 2023Wed Sept 28 2022 - 18:57
Leinster House heaters remain off as politicians told to set example on energy savingParliamentarians had queried temperature of rooms in government complexWed Sept 28 2022 - 17:31
Sinn Féin says Government treating lower-income workers as an ‘afterthought’Budget 2023: Doherty calls €500 tax credit for renters a ‘poor and pale imitation’ of their own planTue Sept 27 2022 - 20:24
Coalition’s €11bn budget wrong-foots the contender in the green corner: Sinn Féin Budget 2023: Pearse Doherty retreats to housing and health, knowing it is unlikely problems here will be resolved before next electionTue Sept 27 2022 - 19:28
Budget 2023: Tax credit for renters and a reduction in childcare fees in €11bn packageBudget 2023 measures include cost of living payments, welfare increases and extended free GP careTue Sept 27 2022 - 17:14
Budget 2023 to include €12 weekly welfare rise and supports for businesses, parents and rentersBusinesses with soaring energy bills will be given up to €10,000 a monthTue Sept 27 2022 - 03:14
Budget 2023: Renters to get €1,000 tax breaks over two yearsBusinesses in line for payments of up to €10,000 a month to help them with energy billsMon Sept 26 2022 - 21:30
Homeowners offering vacant properties to Ukrainian refugees to be offered enhanced payments under new plansMinister for Justice Helen McEntee voices concern over rising anti-refugee sentiment in IrelandFri Sept 09 2022 - 05:00
Coalition pledges to ‘put money back in people’s pockets’ as Ministers feel push-back in budget meetings Unions reveal pre-budget wish-list including demands for enhanced subsidies for childcareThu Sept 08 2022 - 19:25
People Before Profit call for €1,000 cost-of-living payment for families across the board at a cost of €2.5bnParty members gathering in Dublin for annual think-in also criticise Sinn Féin for meetings with “Ireland Inc” and for “sitting on the fence” on climate issuesWed Sept 07 2022 - 16:22
Soft electoral support a core problem for the Social DemocratsActivists formulating policy and strategy know the party will struggle to convert support to seatsTue Sept 06 2022 - 19:00
Social Democrats call for emergency energy scheme similar to pandemic supportsParty says Government needs to urgently intervene to help households and businesses with the rising cost of livingTue Sept 06 2022 - 12:47
What are European countries doing to help their citizens with rising energy bills?Approach taken across EU ranges from frozen bills, price caps and lump-sum paymentsTue Sept 06 2022 - 05:00
Temperatures in buildings could be slashed this winter under new energy planThree party leaders and Ministers will meet today to discuss measures which could see heating turned down across the public sector this winterTue Sept 06 2022 - 00:01
Explainer: What do politicians have to disclose in the Dáil when it comes to their personal interests?Controversies around Stephen Donnelly and Robert Troy have sparked questions on the exact rules and ethic codesSat Sept 03 2022 - 01:00
Donnelly says he would not have benefited from proposed tax law changes for ‘accidental landlords’Minister for Health’s statement follows revelations that he did not register a tenancy with the RTB for three yearsFri Sept 02 2022 - 15:53
‘Significant work’ required to establish vaccination compensation scheme, says Department of HealthReport from 2020 recommended introduction of scheme for people who suffered injury arising from vaccination programmes ‘as matter of urgency’Fri Sept 02 2022 - 00:08
Opposition pressure on Donnelly over lobbying for landlord tax breaksMr Donnelly, who describes himself as an ‘accidental landlord’, called for different tax treatment for accidental landlords in the DáilThu Sept 01 2022 - 22:33
Donnelly lobbied for tax breaks for ‘accidental landlords’ for four years Donnelly repeatedly raised issue between 2014 and 2017 during Dáil debates and tabled amendments to legislationThu Sept 01 2022 - 10:46
Stephen Donnelly admits failing to register Dublin rental property for three yearsMinister registered property days after it emerged Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy had failed to do so with a tenancy in WestmeathWed Aug 31 2022 - 21:15
Minister for Health gives no commitments on Tavistock referrals after meeting clinicians Concerns raised about HSE plans to continue referring patients to gender identity clinic in UKWed Aug 31 2022 - 19:00
HSE to go ahead with plans to reconfigure Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan despite review ordered by DonnellyPlans to convert emergency department to medical assessment unit prompted political controversy and concern from senior medicsWed Aug 31 2022 - 16:34
Cabinet to consider new proposals for recording mother and baby homes survivors’ testimonyGovernment receives report on options for ‘lived experience’ project, following decision to drop independent review of survivors’ testimonyTue Aug 30 2022 - 21:41
The fall of Troy: Anatomy of a political downfall which left Coalition exposedControversy around Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy lasted two weeks but drip-feed of information left Coalition exposedSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Landlord politicians may have to declare housing contracts amid overhaul of ethics regimeTaoiseach likely to appoint successor to Troy as minister of State next weekFri Aug 26 2022 - 05:00
Politicians move to explain absence of rental properties from tenancy registerVast majority of TDs’ rental properties are on register but some are now vacant or no longer rented, politicians sayFri Aug 26 2022 - 05:00
Residents complained to Robert Troy about ‘dangerous’ conditions at Dublin propertyConcerns also raised about dumping and that part of property boundary could collapse ‘at any minute’Wed Aug 24 2022 - 21:35
Robert Troy says fire safety cert not required for rented Dublin propertyCouncil previously opened planning enforcement investigation into house divided into apartments on Rathdown RoadWed Aug 24 2022 - 16:39
Almost 80 TDs and Senators are landlords, landowners or both Register of Members’ interests for Dáil and Seanad indicates substantial portfoliosWed Aug 24 2022 - 05:58
