Irish citizen working for UN among the missingSEARCH EFFORT: AS IRISH efforts continue to assist Haiti in the wake of last week’s catastrophic earthquake it has emerged that…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Minister in EU co-ordination meetingIRISH RESPONSE: MINISTER OF STATE for Overseas Development Peter Power will attend a meeting today in Brussels of European development…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Support for dental health 'destroyed'DENTAL TREATMENT for medical card holders will for the first time be “rationed” in the wake of budget cuts, a crisis meeting …Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Irish citizen working for UN among the missingSEARCH EFFORT: AS IRISH efforts continue to assist Haiti in the wake of last week’s catastrophic earthquake it has emerged that…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Support for dental health 'destroyed'DENTAL TREATMENT for medical card holders will for the first time be “rationed” in the wake of budget cuts, a crisis meeting …Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Over 3,000 jailed for non-payment of fines, a 56% increase on last yearMORE THAN 3,000 people were jailed in the first 10 months of this year, for non-payment of fines, a 56 per cent increase on the…Thu Dec 31 2009 - 00:00
Law on criminal assets to be reviewedA REDUCTION in the waiting period before the State can permanently acquire seized proceeds of crime is being considered as part…Thu Dec 31 2009 - 00:00
Andrews backs lowering legal age of consent to 16MINISTER OF State for Children Barry Andrews has expressed his personal support for a lowering of the legal age of consent to…Wed Dec 23 2009 - 00:00
Two firefighters injured in blazeTWO FIREFIGHTERS were injured and some 200 people evacuated from the Guinness brewery at St James’s Gate, Dublin, yesterday when…Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Call for laws on diplomatic immunity in contract casesTHE MIGRANT Rights Centre Ireland has appealed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to introduce legislation to prevent foreign…Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Taoiseach urged to extend redress scheme to Magdalene womenOPPOSITION AND Government backbench TDs united in appealing to the Taoiseach to introduce legislation to extend the institutional…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Trying to raise their game proves tough challengeDÁIL SKETCH: FINE GAEL’S Richard Bruton posed the philosophical question during a debate on the funding of the Houses of the…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Rabbitte condemns number of committees as absurdIT IS “absurd and ridiculous” that the Dáil has 24 committees when there are only 166 TDs, Labour’s Pat Rabbitte has said…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Kenny claims recommended cuts in administration not implementedFINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny has claimed the Government has failed to implement recommended departmental administrative cuts which…Thu Dec 17 2009 - 00:00
Call for rent allowance to be withdrawn for criminal behaviourRENT ALLOWANCE should be taken from those in private rented accommodation who engage in criminal or anti-social behaviour, the…Thu Dec 17 2009 - 00:00
Clashes over exemption of judges from public pay cutsA DEBATE on a proposal to cut the salaries of judges prompted a clash between two Opposition TDs, as the Dáil passed by 80 votes…Thu Dec 17 2009 - 00:00
Pay cuts will hit every post funded even partly by StateTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen confirmed to Labour leader Eamon Gilmore that public sector pay cuts would be extended to those in the …Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
Papal nuncio to keep ceremonial roleTHE GOVERNMENT has no plans to change the long-standing ceremonial position of the papal nuncio as dean of the Diplomatic Corps…Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
That's the way to cut the waste: take an extra week's holiday - at full payDÁIL SKETCH: IT’S ABOUT reform, we’re told; greater productivity and more efficiency.Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
Martin urges EU foreign chiefs to visit Gaza in wake of refusalMINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin is urging a delegation of European Union foreign ministers to visit Gaza in the wake…Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
McCreevy defends his record as minister and says he has no regretsOUTGOING Irish EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy has staunchly defended his record as minister for finance from 1997 to 2004.Mon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Changes expected to Dáil code after use of 'f-word'CHANGES ARE likely to be made to the document dictating acceptable parliamentary language in the Dáil and Seanad after Green …Mon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Climate law important for State's duties, says GormleyLEGISLATION ON climate change to be introduced next year will be “the cornerstone of our efforts to meet ever more demanding …Sat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Taoiseach becomes first post-Budget strikerDÁIL SKETCH: WHO’D HAVE thought it? The first person going on strike after the Budget is – none other than the commander-in-…Fri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Opposition rounds on 'Celtic Tories'BUDGET CHOICES made by the Government neither deal with nor answer questions of fairness, jobs or competitiveness, according …Fri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Burton accuses Minister of 'picking on children'LABOUR REACTION: LABOUR FINANCE spokeswoman Joan Burton has claimed the Minister for Finance “blew it” with Budget 2010, and…Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Bank support not part of Budget, says TaoiseachANY FUTURE recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank and other financial institutions will be separate from the Budget, Taoiseach …Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Shortall says Minister 'acted outside of law' in €1.1m Fás severance dealTAOISEACH Brian Cowen has rejected Labour claims the Minister for Finance acted “outside of the law” in the €1Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Lenihan accused of 'sinking' public service agreementLABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore has accused Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan of “sinking” the agreement with the public service…Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Gormley vows to act decisively over Dublin docklands authorityMINISTER for the Environment John Gormley has pledged to “act decisively” when he receives the corporate governance reports on…Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Number of missing migrant children upFIVE MIGRANT children have gone missing each month this year, twice as many as for all of last year, the Dáil has heard.Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Gormley to 'act decisively' on DDDAMinister for the Environment John Gormley has pledged to “act decisively” when he receives the corporate governance reports on…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Lenihan blamed over pay talksLabour Eamon Gilmore has accused Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan of collapsing the agreement with the public service unions…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Fine Gael says Dart services reduced in new timetablePASSENGER DEMAND for Dart services is being met, Iarnród Éireann has insisted after Fine Gael criticised the new timetable, claiming…Sat Dec 05 2009 - 00:00
Burton says Lenihan has money 'to play with'REACTION: PROJECTED DEFICIT figures in the 2010 estimates give the Minister for Finance some €300 million to €400 million “to…Sat Dec 05 2009 - 00:00
Prelate's position as chairman of maternity hospital queriedA GOVERNMENT backbencher has told the Dáil that it is inappropriate for the Archbishop of Dublin to be chairman of the National…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Talks with Brown on sex abuse urgedA CALL has been made for the Government to engage in direct talks with British prime minister Gordon Brown and the Northern Ireland…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Tánaiste warns €4bn of cuts will be sought in next week's budgetTHE TÁNAISTE, Mary Coughlan, yesterday reiterated the Government’s intention to make cuts of €4 billion when the budget is announced…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Deferral of climate change action misguided - GormleyPEOPLE WHO believe that action on climate change should be deferred because of the recession have views that are “misguided and…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Jobless rate will be 13.75% next year, says CoughlanUNEMPLOYMENT IS expected to run at 13Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Decision on investigation after HSE audit, says CowenTHE GOVERNMENT is awaiting the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) audit of all dioceses before deciding whether to extend the commission…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Avoiding resignations is same as evading accountability - FGWARNINGS NOT to seek “a head on a plate” by calling for bishops to resign over criticisms in the Murphy report, is “another way…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Most of congregation appears to back bishop on handling of abuse allegationsCHURCH-GOERS HAD predominantly positive views yesterday about Bishop of Limerick Dr Donal Murray and the homily he delivered …Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
All dioceses should be looked at - campaignerINVESTIGATION: THE REMIT of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin should now be extended to…Sat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Ongoing struggle to get credit flowing, says TánaisteTÁNAISTE MARY Coughlan has described as an “ongoing difficulty and struggle” efforts to get credit flowing in banks again, but…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Ahern warns of 'anti-adoption bias'A FORMER minister has suggested there may be an “anti-adoption bias” at senior levels of the Department of Health and of the …Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Flexibility needed to avoid redundancies - CowenBRIAN COWEN has warned that “extremely flexible” and redeployment arrangements must be put in place in the public sector to avoid…Thu Nov 26 2009 - 00:00
Cowen refuses to say if State will have to rescue docklands bodyTAOISEACH Brian Cowen has declined to be drawn on the question of whether the State will have to rescue the Dublin Docklands …Thu Nov 26 2009 - 00:00
Investigation into water management in Lee ValleyMINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley said there would be an investigation of water management in the Lee Valley in the wake…Wed Nov 25 2009 - 00:00
'Predictable' floods may not be coveredINSURANCE CLAIMS: HOUSEHOLDERS IN certain parts of the country may find it more difficult to get insurance against flooding …Sat Nov 21 2009 - 00:00
