'Lap dancing' VAT shows up unfair systemReform essential as marriage counselling is taxed at 23 % while entry to a lap dancing is subject to just 9%, Labour toldMon Dec 02 2013 - 06:57
Siptu president calls for more social solidarityJack O’Connor praises Labour commitment to ‘making a difference’Mon Dec 02 2013 - 01:01
Stagg calls for end to fluoride in waterLabour chief whip time has run out for ‘mass medication’Mon Dec 02 2013 - 01:01
Chair of party to be ordinary memberMotion excluding TDs and Senators ‘sectarian’Mon Dec 02 2013 - 01:00
Tánaiste says public should ‘dare to hope again’Eamon Gilmore defends Labour’s record in Government and takes responsibility for unpopular decisionsSun Dec 01 2013 - 12:08
TDs and Senators no longer allowed to serve as Labour chairDelegates support motion after Loraine Mulligan voted in to replace Colm KeaveneySun Dec 01 2013 - 12:06
Labour extends age limit for being considered a ‘youth’Age change brings the party in line with how everyone else defines youth, conference toldSat Nov 30 2013 - 20:01
End of ‘mass medication’ fluoride in water would save €12mAnti-fluoride campaign ‘paranoid’ and favours snake oil sellers over science, Labour conference toldSat Nov 30 2013 - 14:52
Gilmore called on to resign over cuts to disability servicesGerry Kerr calls for future policies to be equality-proofed to assess impact on disabledSat Nov 30 2013 - 11:05
Burton says Labour should focus on wage growth for working- and middle-class familiesMinister says economic recovery must come from middle out rather than top downSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
50,000 Irish language terms on EU database of nine millionIrish is the 14th largest of 23 official EU languages, Dáil toldFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
New devices will detect drivers on drugsNext road traffic Bill to combat driving under influence of drugsFri Nov 29 2013 - 00:40
Thousands driving under influence of drugs, TD claimsMinister tells Dáil roadside devices to test for drug-driving to be bought next yearThu Nov 28 2013 - 20:36
Irish bog bodies ‘may have been victims of climate change’BBC documentary says high kings may have been killed to appease gods after bad harvestsThu Nov 28 2013 - 20:01
Rabbitte: Bord Gáis bids unacceptableMinister decides against selling energy company as offers below expectationsThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Sick pay changes ‘not targeting’ small businesses, says Richard BrutonEnterprise Minister defends increase in waiting time from three days to six before an employee can receive sick payThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Noonan critical of tobacco tradeGovernment will ‘not be diverted’ by vested interests from plain packaging plan, says MinisterThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Kenny: There is a solution to every distressed mortgageBut owners have to engage with banks, Taoiseach tells DáilWed Nov 27 2013 - 14:22
Government ‘financing the richest in society’TD accuses Coalition of double standards on question of write-downsWed Nov 27 2013 - 12:38
Norris says Government attempts at reform of Seanad cynical and dishonestUniversity electorate to double while vocational electorate will halve, Senator claimsWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
New penalties for hit-and-run driversJail term of up to 10 years for fleeing scene but no increased time limit for blood testsFri Nov 22 2013 - 22:05
Action needed to stop ‘hollowing out’ of Ireland’s town centresMinister says ideas to regenerate towns would be duplication and could be priceyFri Nov 22 2013 - 15:04
Dáil observes moment’s silence in memory of John F KennedyTD recalls the ‘great shock and numbness’ felt across the globe 50 years agoFri Nov 22 2013 - 14:01
As troika departs, Fleming says no need for Labour to take on FG clothes and sell State assetsFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:01
ESB pensions row will have no impact on sales of the semi-state’s assets - HowlinSF accuses Labour Ministers of “singing dumb” on €1.6 billion pension defecitFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Clare Daly introduces new Bill on abortionCourt adjudication of legislation is the ’only way to resolve the conflict’Fri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Cabinet may set up expert group on assisted suicide, Gilmore saysStephen Donnelly tells Dáil of constituent Marie Fleming’s worsening conditionThu Nov 21 2013 - 14:22
Noonan urged to ‘light fire’ under banksPeople continue to live in their homes despite arrears, Noonan tells DáilThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Government wins vote over bailoutOverwhelming support for decision to exit bailout without precautionary credit lineThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Senators express shock and support for critically ill colleague after serious fallFianna Fáil says any necessary voting arrangement can be ’taken as a given’Wed Nov 20 2013 - 01:01
Reilly says most people retaining some level of health cover despite recessionMinister for Health gives details of Bill to implement risk equalisationWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Tánaiste urges Palestinians not to be distracted from peace talks with IsraelRegrettable tests not carried out on Arafat at time of his death, says GilmoreWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
‘Vast majority’ retain some level of health insurance - ReillyHealth Insurance Bill to give companies time to regulate product for the New YearTue Nov 19 2013 - 21:06
Taoiseach criticises top-up allowances for hospital executivesFF leader says it beggars belief that allowances were retainedTue Nov 19 2013 - 16:53
Home loan costs up in Dublin area but stable elsewhereScheme for holders of distressed AIB mortgages comes into operation today with Irish Mortgage Holders’ OrganisationMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:01
Campaign highlights abuse of mixed-race Irish in institutional care‘I was in a class all of my own, beneath everybody else along with the dogs and the pigs’Mon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Egyptian foreign minister to review case of boy abducted from Ireland in 2009Independent TD criticises lack of urgency on case and lack of information to familyFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:16
Accountancy bodies let ‘off the hook’ over crisis‘Are the big four accountancy firms beyond rebuke?’ asks Senator Seán BarrettFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:01
Nicotine patches may be made freely available to pregnant womenOne in five pregnant women smoke, Minister tells DáilThu Nov 14 2013 - 22:46
Martin heckled after calling bailout announcement ‘political stunt’FF leader says Kenny refused to give the pros and cons of whether Ireland should have a precautionary credit lineThu Nov 14 2013 - 17:54
Preliminary report on data breach being considered, says GilmoreFF leader warns confidence in online banking could be shatteredThu Nov 14 2013 - 14:38
Government has one vote majority in Seanad after Labour Senators abstain in pylons rowMotion called for legislation to high voltage lines underground but was rejectedThu Nov 14 2013 - 12:06
Narrow Water bridge cost row may not be sorted on time to keep EU funding, says Kenny‘If the Taoiseach decided to make this happen, it would happen’ - AdamsThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Minister orders investigation into reported delays in treating children with cancerSinn Féin highlights warning by hospital chief executives of serious threats to patient servicesThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Indian doctors ‘quit hospital’ in row over training registerDáil told medics qualified to bridge gaps but ‘we don’t want them long-term’Wed Nov 13 2013 - 13:18
AIB and Bank of Ireland will have 70 per cent of market, says Fianna FáilMinister for Finance confident of new market entrants after withdrawal of ACC and Danske BankWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Twenty out of 392 credit unions have less than legal minimum of 10 per cent of assetsAverage credit union loan €7,764 but 26 Newbridge loans averaged €550,000Wed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Local authority losses in Anglo liquidation were ‘unavoidable cost’, says NoonanLocal authorities face ‘impossible choice’ on unfinished housing estates, FF claimsWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
TDs question the legality of jobseeker’s allowance cut under the Equal Status ActMeasures will affect 14,000 people under 26, says Joan BurtonSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
