McDowell lends voice to Yes sideFormer tánaiste and Progressive Democrats’ leader Michael McDowell has added his voice to the call for a Yes vote in the Lisbon…Sun Sept 20 2009 - 01:00
McCreevy makes strong appeal for ratificationYES CAMPAIGN: EU COMMISSIONER Charlie McCreevy has made a strong appeal for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, warning…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
O'Keeffe claimed €205,368 as junior ministerMINISTER FOR Education Batt O’Keeffe claimed expenses totalling €205,368 during his four years as a minister of state, the highest…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil rejects Higgins invite to public debateNO CAMPAIGNERS: THE SOCIALIST Party MEP Joe Higgins and other members of 14 left-wing and anti-militarisation organisations …Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Cowen outlines key policy hurdlesTAOISEACH'S AGENDA: PASSING THE Lisbon Treaty referendum, establishing the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and passing…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Gilmore 'uneasy' over €54bn payoutLABOUR PARTY: LABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore has warned that with the establishment of Nama “the State will have an enormous vested…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
McGrath confirms he will vote YesTREATY DEBATE: INDEPENDENT TD Finian McGrath has confirmed he will now vote Yes in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Gormley to take tough line in talks with FFGREEN PARTY: A TOUGH bargaining position in the renegotiation of the programme for government was signalled by Green Party leader…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil found wanting on key question of trust, says BurtonLABOUR: THE NAMA legislation all comes down to a question of trust, Labour finance spokeswoman Joan Burton said.Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Morgan ordered from House after two suspensions for interruptionsDÁIL BUSINESS was suspended twice yesterday in a row that delayed proceedings for almost 40 minutes as Arthur Morgan (SF, Louth…Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Greens will help change banking, says RyanGREEN PARTY: THE GREEN Party “will ensure there is change in the strangely conservative and reckless banking system we have”, …Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Women in sport still playing second fiddleCAMOGIE PLAYERS have access to “premier facilities” for the first time, by being allowed to use county venues for senior championship…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
Heritage week launch for sporting venue databaseA PROJECT to create a database of all sporting venues built in Ireland over the last 150 years is to be launched during National…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
UN poverty goals advance interests of rich at expense of poor, says reportMANY OF the policies adopted by the UN to end global poverty are “unrealistic and unattainable” because they advance the interests…Tue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Death of former Fine Gael TD, mayor and senator Joe DoyleTRIBUTES HAVE been paid to former Fine Gael TD, senator and Dublin Lord Mayor Joe Doyle, who died on Saturday at Blackrock Hospice…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Plan is still to treat swine flu in the homePLANS FOR GPs to treat people with human swine flu in the patients’ homes will continue to be implemented despite the first death…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Cancer society supports centres of excellenceTHE IRISH Cancer Society has reiterated its support for centres of excellence in the treatment of cancer so that the “highest…Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
HSE accused of dismantling South Infirmary centreTHE HSE is dismantling a breast cancer centre of excellence at the South Infirmary in Cork “with no guarantee that an equal service…Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
MEP says ratification of Lisbon will step up fight against drug traffickingRATIFICATION OF the Lisbon Treaty will enable the EU to intensify its fight against international drug trafficking, according…Fri Aug 07 2009 - 01:00
EU missions boosted by two Irish expertsIRISH PERSONNEL will join EU missions in Afghanistan and the Middle East this month as part of the State’s peacekeeping contribution…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Allowances cut for TDs and SenatorsA MINISTERIAL order cutting specific allowances to TDs and Senators will achieve estimated annual savings of €232,378.Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
McCafferty launches women's Yes vote campaign on treatyJOURNALIST AND author Nell McCafferty wants to live “under the protection of the EU” and not “in a country ruled exclusively …Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Government looking for a 'blank cheque' from taxpayersOPPOSITION REACTION: FIANNA FÁIL has created the largest property company in the world and the people who are exposed to the…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
No 'bailout' for loans by builders or developersPRESS CONFERENCE: THE DISCOUNTED valuation on the property loans to be taken over by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Survey shows increased voter understanding of treatySIXTY PER cent of Irish voters say they have at least some understanding of the Lisbon Treaty compared to 44 per cent days before…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Random drug testing for drivers under new planRANDOM DRUG testing of motorists will be a key part of the new anti-drugs strategy to be published in September, said Minister…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Protesters in final bid to retain breast cancer services at Sligo hospitalSOME 200 people, the majority of them women, protested outside the Taoiseach’s department in Dublin yesterday as part of a final…Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
Call to pay tenants' deposits to the PRTBHOUSING AGENCY Threshold has called for tenants’ deposits to be paid to the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) rather…Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
Social welfare overpayments cost €50m a yearSOCIAL WELFARE overpayments of almost €140,000 a day were made in the five years from 2004 to 2008, according to figures released…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
One-third of rural dwellers have little contact with neighboursA THIRD of people in rural areas see their neighbours once a month or less, a new survey has found.Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Licensing system for embalmers urgedPROFESSIONAL EMBALMERS and funeral undertakers have urged the Government to introduce a national licensing system for funeral…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Stamp duty on property unpaid in 155 casesSTAMP DUTY payments were defaulted on in 155 property sales this year, the majority of them by solicitors acting for the buyers…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Unicef accuses Tesco of misusing charity sloganUNITED NATIONS children’s agency Unicef Ireland and supermarket giant Tesco have become embroiled in a row over the use of the…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Nine staff to lose jobs at Law SocietyNINE PEOPLE are to be made redundant by the Law Society of Ireland because of the drop in the number of trainee solicitors.Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Rotunda head apologises for families' stressORGANS WERE retained by the Rotunda Hospital for unacceptably protracted periods and without the knowledge of parents according…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Pathologist says there is 'nothing to hide'ORGAN RETENTION: THE ROTUNDA Hospital pathologist named in the HSE inquiry report only as “consultant A” has identified himself…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Businessman and fine art collector made 31 willsBUSINESSMAN Gordon Lambert made 31 wills between 1979 and 2003, an average of more than one a year, a High Court case in Dundalk…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Labour to conduct Lisbon campaign like 'ground war'THE LABOUR Party will conduct its Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign like a “ground war” rather than the “air war” last year’s…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
FF backbenchers say cuts must be from 'the top down'McCARTHY REACTION: A NUMBER of Fianna Fáil backbenchers have welcomed the publication of the McCarthy report, saying it shows…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Need to recognise rural issues during cuts, warn OppositionDEPARTMENTAL CLOSURES: UP TO two new Government departments with an economic remit could be created through the closure of the…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Education Science Unions say cuts are a 'social timebomb'EDUCATION SECTOR: RADICAL CUTS of €746 million in the education sector are identified in the McCarthy report, including 6,390…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Unions warn of industrial actionUNION REACTION: PUBLIC SERVICE trade unions have warned of industrial action if attempts are made to implement job cut recommendations…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Government 'cowardly' on 'Snip' report - GilmoreThe Bórd Snip Nua report is a Government report and not that of economist Colm McCarthy, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has insisted…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Labour launches Lisbon campaignIrish businesses will be able to apply directly to the European Investment Bank for funding rather than going through Irish banks…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Who they arePROFILE: Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure ProgrammesFri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Greens abstain and criticise Ahern on gangs BillTHE GREEN Party last night voted against the Government for the first time since the administration was formed in 2007, when …Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Violence in NI a 'challenge' to shared future, says TaoiseachTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has added his voice to the condemnation of the violence in the North and said the political system had …Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Criminal Justice Bill passes all stagesTHE SEANAD last night passed all stages of the controversial Criminal Justice Bill, approved by the Dáil last week.Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Seanad debates anti-gang lawA Fine Gael proposal that only a chief superintendent’s evidence should be acceptable in court rather than that of a garda of…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Cowen condemns North violenceTaoiseach Brian Cowen has condemned the violence in the North and said the political system had to make politics work for people…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
