Budget 2025: Pensioners, carers and those with disabilities to be prioritised, says Heather HumphreysThe Minister for Social Protection said across-the-board welfare increases may not featureThu Aug 01 2024 - 12:58
Internet VAT rate cut being considered for budget would reduce household billsUnder an EU directive, member states can apply a reduced rate to internet access services to promote their developmentThu Aug 01 2024 - 06:00
Up to 50,000 ‘informal’ rental arrangements with mean monthly cost of €806, revealed in studyWhile these rents ‘may not be required to register with the RTB’, a further 25,000 unregistered arrangements probably should, says CSO reportTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Immigration set to be crunch topic in the next general election as Sinn Féin revises policy Many parties have broadly similar policies - and none of their measures will magic away an issue leading to heightened tensions in communitiesSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
Emergency fire-safety works to proceed in 600 apartments amid criticism of remediation schemeDepartment of Housing confirms four ‘pathfinder’ projects to identify ‘pinch points’Sat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
New national children’s hospital board set to sanction project’s builders, correspondence shows‘Continued failure by BAM’ to deliver a compliant programme of works for facility, Public Accounts Committee toldWed Jul 24 2024 - 18:39
Sinn Féin’s immigration policy clears path for objecting to asylum centresThe feasibility of finding an area that meets Sinn Féin‘s criteria is not a subject that is likely to bother the partyTue Jul 23 2024 - 20:46
‘Fairer ask’ to locate asylum seeker centres in ‘better-off’ communities, says Mary Lou McDonaldSinn Féin has proposed increased enforcement of deportation orders as part of a new immigration policyTue Jul 23 2024 - 13:43
Children who offend could see sentences deferred to give them chance to address behaviourNew measures are detailed in a draft memo to Cabinet by Minister for Justice Helen McEnteeMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
Maternity leave could be deferred in cases of serious physical or mental illness under new plansMinister for Children Roderic O’Gorman to bring legislation to Cabinet on WednesdayMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
Households who fail to pay TV licence may face immediate fixed-charge notice Viewers may need to key in a code to access publicly funded contentSun Jul 21 2024 - 19:00
Unlike Biden, Varadkar could read a room. The question for the next election is can Sinn Féin?Varadkar did something which is becoming increasingly difficult in fractured modern-day politics: he read the room. He sensed that voters had soured on himSat Jul 20 2024 - 07:00
Gardaí identify suspect in online death threat against Mary Lou McDonaldVideo published online shows masked man threatening to kill Sinn Féin leader and Garda CommissionerWed Jul 17 2024 - 21:05
From an early budget to candidate selection: If that’s not getting election ready, then what is? Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Martin lets fly, asking Independent TD, ‘What planet are you on?’Fri Jul 05 2024 - 12:55
Chambers accused of ‘cock-and-bull story’ after insisting budget date change not election-related Jack Chambers accused of telling a ‘cock-and-bull story’ after he insisted change of date is not election relatedThu Jul 04 2024 - 14:54
Hello election budget bonanza, goodbye Tories?Budget requests are already coming in thick and fast from backbenchersThu Jul 04 2024 - 07:39
Buoyant tax returns likely to fuel political demands for giveaway budgetPressure likely to mount on Chambers and Donohoe to be generous as corporation tax receipts up 15 per cent on last yearThu Jul 04 2024 - 06:00
More than 40 Garda members convicted or given probation over last decadeMinister for Justice Helen McEntee sayas ‘vast majority’ of the 14,000 members of An Garda Síochána ‘uphold the values of the organisation and serve the State with integrity each and every day’Thu Jul 04 2024 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil Ministers support increase of renters’ tax credit to €1,000Minister for Finance Jack Chambers moves to dampen expectations around ‘tighter’ Budget 2025Wed Jul 03 2024 - 11:14
All-action Simon Harris delays - and perhaps drops - hate speech BillTaoiseach’s energetic approach has not stopped him allowing contentious issues to fall by the waysideWed Jul 03 2024 - 07:39
Social Democrats will find it hard to fill vacuum left by departure of Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall Departures unlikely to signal any major policy change in the party given they both stepped down as co-leaders last yearTue Jul 02 2024 - 20:50
Former Social Democrats co-leaders Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall will not contest general electionTDs announce they will not stand for re-election, saying it is ‘time for a new generation to take over’Tue Jul 02 2024 - 13:31
Inside Politics: Cabinet discusses new immigration rules while TV licence decision nearsMinisters will consider fresh proposals on accelerated decision times and new safe countries of origin.Tue Jul 02 2024 - 07:53
Owners of nearly 16,000 defective apartments yet to receive State funding for emergency fire-safety worksDepartment of Housing says there are no delays; Sinn Féin TD says ‘there is clearly a lack of urgency’Mon Jul 01 2024 - 06:00
Children to be allowed in places where betting happens under exemptions to gambling lawLegislation to be changed to exclude charitable and philanthropic organisations from advertising watershedMon Jul 01 2024 - 06:00
Green Party leadership candidates speak of ‘image problem’ and going on ‘election footing’Final leadership hustings are held as Roderic O’Gorman and Pippa Hackett face offSun Jun 30 2024 - 17:57
Anger in Government after Defence Forces discloses 68 serving soldiers convicted or charged with offencesGovernment believes figure will rise with more extensive look back as unit commanders are summoned to meetingFri Jun 28 2024 - 06:00
O’Gorman and Hackett pledge to win back voters who have drifted away from GreensBoth candidates for Green Party leadership make their pitch to supporters in first hustings ahead of online voteThu Jun 27 2024 - 21:21
Defence Forces report: Total of 68 members convicted or before courts on range of criminal offencesTánaiste Micheál Martin received the report on Wednesday but it is understood clarification was sought on a number of mattersThu Jun 27 2024 - 18:28
Dara Calleary returns to Cabinet as new Government super junior minister James Lawless appointed as Minister of State at the Department of TransportThu Jun 27 2024 - 18:22
Defence Forces chiefs hope to expel convicted soldier Cathal Crotty by early next weekGovernment has received report on prevalence of criminals within Defence Forces ranksThu Jun 27 2024 - 06:00
Garda Special Detective Unit investigating bomb threat against home of Taoiseach Simon HarrisThreat was made by an individual who phoned a Samaritans helplineWed Jun 26 2024 - 22:02
‘It was brutal’: Pitbull terrier dies after attacking smaller dog in Limerick cityGarda sources confirm dog had been roaming loose in the area before attacking pet being walked by a woman and her sonWed Jun 26 2024 - 17:36
Fianna Fáil TDs vie for promotion after Jack Chambers’s rise to FinanceJunior ministers and backbenchers eye advancement after Michael McGrath’s exit for EuropeWed Jun 26 2024 - 06:00
Report on convicted criminals in Defence Forces identifies 20 cases of concernTánaiste Micheál Martin ordered review on the issue, with information previously held only at brigade levelTue Jun 25 2024 - 19:12
Who is Michael McGrath? Father-of-seven and former accountant’s long political career leads to EuropeMinister for Finance spends as much time on the sidelines as he can watching his children’s sporting exploitsMon Jun 24 2024 - 20:29
Michael McGrath to be nominated as Ireland’s next European CommissionerNomination of Minister for Finance to be brought to Cabinet for approval on Tuesday with resignation to follow shortly afterMon Jun 24 2024 - 20:17
‘Their opponents painted them as a bunch of flip-floppers’: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin?One big task for the party ahead of a general election will be to present a more concrete vision of the change it keeps talking aboutSat Jun 15 2024 - 06:00
General election could take place in October as calls grow within CoalitionOctober 18th or 25th mooted as TDs from main parties seek to capitalise on the outcome of the local and European electionsSat Jun 15 2024 - 06:00
European Election: Fianna Fáil claims seat in Ireland South as Mick Wallace loses outEuropean election: Counting nears conclusion as new team of MEPs emergesThu Jun 13 2024 - 22:24
Fianna Fáil emerges as largest party of local government as European election sees high-profile exits Ciarán Cuffe and Clare Daly lose their European Parliament seatsWed Jun 12 2024 - 06:17
Growing unease in Sinn Féin over Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership after poor election resultsSinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsedTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Three places that tell the story of the local electionsThe same story played out nationally in the local elections: Fine Gael holding its own, Independents storming ahead and scores of Sinn Féin candidates left trailingTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil vie for victory in local electionsGrowing unease in Sinn Féin over series of missteps by Mary Lou McDonaldTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin falls flat in hugely ambitious local election strategyThe country’s main opposition party saw second, third and fourth candidates perform poorly around the country as it suffered from running too many contendersSun Jun 09 2024 - 22:00
Election results: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in battle to become largest party of local governmentSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald concedes ‘it hasn’t been our day’, as she pledges to regroup and examine what went wrongSun Jun 09 2024 - 20:42
‘I am sorry we didn’t do better’: Sinn Féin leader ‘disappointed’ by local election resultsSimon Harris says he wants Government to complete its full-term rather than have an early general electionSun Jun 09 2024 - 18:13
Local election results: Hundreds of seats yet to be filled as FF and FG set to battle it out to be largest partyElection results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’Sun Jun 09 2024 - 10:07
Local and European elections: Voter turnout reaching 50% as polling stations shutCounting will begin in the local elections on Saturday and the European elections on SundayFri Jun 07 2024 - 21:54
Voting in the Local and European elections: Where to vote, who is on the ballot paper, and other tipsWhat we’re voting for on June 7th, how to do it and what happens when a TD becomes an MEPThu Jun 06 2024 - 17:00
