‘No effective control’ of rising costs of tribunals and commissionsDraft Public Accounts Committee report is set to recommend mechanism to manage costsWed Jun 26 2019 - 09:48
Dáil to hear expressions of sympathy for Jackie Healy-Rae 4½ years after his deathFormer Kerry TD died in December 2014 and now has two sons elected to the HouseTue Jun 25 2019 - 20:10
Government approves use of body cameras by gardaíBody-camera use ‘increases admissions and early guilty pleas’ says Minister for JusticeTue Jun 25 2019 - 15:58
Social Democrats must heal divisions to capitalise on momentumTensions between leading figures threaten to derail party after successful local electionsSat Jun 22 2019 - 01:00
Academics question ‘justification’ for rural broadband planCommittee hears current plan should be terminated and ‘more affordable alternatives explored’Wed Jun 19 2019 - 20:49
State may examine laws on children accessing porn, after Ana Kriegel trialLeo Varadkar says Government may review effectiveness of UK online safety measuresWed Jun 19 2019 - 15:06
Government to pay full award to Ruth Morrissey despite appealVaradkar says appeal against High Court judgment is to obtain clarityWed Jun 19 2019 - 08:18
CervicalCheck: at least 120 women to receive €20,000 eachCabinet approves payments for women who were not informed of smear test auditWed Jun 19 2019 - 02:24
Robert Watt refuses to attend committee to discuss broadbandSenior civil servant says he is before another committee to discuss broadband next weekTue Jun 18 2019 - 13:02
Government’s climate change plan draws lukewarm responseInside Politics: Green Party leader Eamon Ryan says proposals lack ‘real ambition’ in certain areasTue Jun 18 2019 - 07:41
Perjury to be made easier to prosecute under new lawLying in court to be made statutory offence and extended to commissions and tribunalsTue Jun 18 2019 - 02:52
Climate action plan welcomed as ‘substantial step-change’Richard Bruton says result of 183 listed actions will defossilise and decarbonise IrelandMon Jun 17 2019 - 21:05
Wind blamed for national children’s hospital building delayBuilder BAM says two-week delay arose in one zone as result of wind exposure on siteFri Jun 14 2019 - 01:12
Irish Government ‘driving us all’ to a no-deal Brexit – DonaldsonDUP chief whip accuses Taoiseach of ‘sub-contracting NI policy’ to the EUThu Jun 13 2019 - 20:28
Water charge would cost more to run than it could raise, Sinn Féin saysCommission for Regulation of Utilities to make decision soon on Irish Water planTue Jun 11 2019 - 09:52
‘Modest’ increases planned for property tax next yearPaschal Donohoe said any changes to the local property tax will be ‘affordable’Tue Jun 11 2019 - 03:00
Cabinet to consider new report on outsourcing of smear testsFirst payments to women affected by CervicalCheck scandal promised within weeksTue Jun 11 2019 - 02:00
School children ‘gobsmacked’ after meeting Trump in Doonbeg‘He was asking was there going to be any future presidents there,’ pupil saysFri Jun 07 2019 - 14:04
Trump has ‘relaxed dinner’ in Doonbeg with fish and chips on the menuIreland’s ambassador to the US Dan Mulhall and Senator Mark Daly in attendanceThu Jun 06 2019 - 21:15
D Day commemorations delay Donald’s Doonbeg dinnerStudent J1 visas may be raised at dinner in Trump’s International Golf Links HotelThu Jun 06 2019 - 16:03
‘Very pleasant’ Donald Trump plans to return to Ireland, Breen saysClare TD and Minister of State says US meeting president ‘a colourful occasion’Wed Jun 05 2019 - 19:29
Review into CIT’s use of offshoot firms finds shortcomingsIssues include errors in claims for expenses and a lack of records on conflicts of interestTue Jun 04 2019 - 01:50
State reaches ‘milestones’ in securing Church assets to cover abuse redressDepartment of Education says excess cash will go towards National Children’s HospitalTue Jun 04 2019 - 01:49
Brexit, E3 visas and NI on the agenda for Varadkar-Trump meetingTaoiseach not expected among officials joining US president at his Doonbeg golf resortTue Jun 04 2019 - 00:07
TDs to seek advice on fast-tracking CervicalCheck claims tribunalNew figures reveal almost 65,000 women still waiting to receive smear test resultsMon Jun 03 2019 - 08:52
McBrearty considering suing Fine Gael for ‘trauma’ over disputeCouncillor submits resignation from party over ‘internal battle’Mon Jun 03 2019 - 06:00
Maria Bailey absent for key Oireachtas meetingFine Gael TD withdraws personal injury case against Dean hotel but fallout continuesThu May 30 2019 - 20:11
Taoiseach says Angela Kerins ‘very badly’ treated by PACVaradkar ‘glad’ referendum to give parliament more investigative power defeatedThu May 30 2019 - 16:54
Labour and Greens meet to discuss potentional allianceHowlin and Ryan discuss formation of ‘co-operative arrangements’ at local levelThu May 30 2019 - 14:59
Ireland South recount gets under way as Greens poised to take final seatSinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has sought recount as she faces losing seatThu May 30 2019 - 07:57
‘Sword of Damocles’ still hanging over Maria Bailey‘They couldn’t fire her for doing that awful interview. They aren’t grounds for dismissal’Thu May 30 2019 - 06:43
New rules for Oireachtas committees to follow Kerins rulingWorking group to report in autumn in wake of Supreme Court rulingThu May 30 2019 - 03:04
Maria Bailey agrees to Fine Gael ‘internal review’ on swing caseParty undertakes review ‘to establish all facts’ after meeting with TaoiseachWed May 29 2019 - 18:48
Maria Bailey controversy: Taoiseach expected to meet Fine Gael TDVaradkar says many would agree with criticism from Heather Humphreys over ‘compensation culture’Wed May 29 2019 - 03:31
European elections: Wallace passes out Kelleher in South constituencyDublin: Daly on way to Brussels after securing third seat, leaving Andrews in ‘cold storage’ until BrexitTue May 28 2019 - 22:34
Clare Daly says she will ‘rattle the cages’ in EuropeFianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews takes fourth seat, saying he will ‘figure out what to do’ until BrexitTue May 28 2019 - 20:37
Pressure grows on Maria Bailey to step down from Oireachtas committeeCabinet and FG colleagues critical of TD’s personal injury claim and radio interviewTue May 28 2019 - 01:00
Maria Bailey says leak of swing case was ‘planned’ to maximise damageSimon Harris says TD’s radio interview ‘unfortunate’ and ‘blaming lots of others’Mon May 27 2019 - 16:02
People Before Profit and Solidarity fail to galvanise votersAnger at housing crisis does not translate into support in same way as water chargesMon May 27 2019 - 10:41
Elections 2019: Greens the big winners while Sinn Féin slumpsFianna Fáil will strengthen its position as the largest party of local governmentSun May 26 2019 - 23:27
General election unlikely in next few weeks, says VaradkarGreen leader Eamon Ryan to work with all parties on climate-friendly goals and policiesSun May 26 2019 - 22:34
Social Democrats ‘reasonably happy’ with the party’s performanceCo-leader Catherine Murphy says party’s goal is to reach 20 councillorsSun May 26 2019 - 20:59
Shane Ross allies lose seats in local electionsKevin Daly and Seamus O’Neill fail to retain Glencullen Sandyford and DundrumSun May 26 2019 - 20:40
Green leader Eamon Ryan sees ‘rainbow coalition’ in local governmentTaoiseach says FG under-performed against expectations in local electionsSun May 26 2019 - 20:27
Taoiseach raises prospect of election but ‘not in next couple of days or weeks’‘Others could pull the plug on the government’, says Leo VaradkarSun May 26 2019 - 19:54
Labour’s hopes of rebirth must waitParty gets some key wins despite Greens stealing its thunderSun May 26 2019 - 18:13
Labour’s expected resurgence swept away by the Green waveLabour is still struggling to find relevancy and faces an uphill battle to gain seatsSun May 26 2019 - 07:52
A year on from the abortion referendum concerns remainLandslide victory for the Yes was confirmed with a result of 66.4% to 33.6%Sat May 25 2019 - 01:00
National children’s hospital board at odds with NTA over BusConnectsBoard disputes NTA claim engagement took place over proposed corridor near new siteFri May 24 2019 - 00:30
Labour and Greens hold talks on climate change co-operationMicheál Martin says FF will not follow FG instruction in banning pacts with Sinn FéinWed May 22 2019 - 18:32
