Call for doctors' strike threat to be liftedIt was "particularly unfortunate" that consultants were contemplating industrial action when they should be united with the Government…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Harney faces criticism over crisis in nursingOpposition parties have demanded a debate on the nursing service as the report into the death of two-year-old cardiac patient…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Tanaiste expects outpatient plan shortlyThe Tánaiste and Minister for Health expects to receive proposals shortly on providing outpatient treatment to individuals who…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Labour TD criticises 'Times' over remarksThe Labour Party deputy leader has sharply criticised The Irish Times over comments by columnist Kevin Myers about the welfare…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Workers being 'blackmailed' to decentralise, says Fine GaelGovernment Departments are attempting to "blackmail civil servants into decentralising", a Fine Gael frontbencher has claimed…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Questions to Minister on Leech contractThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Roche, told the Dáil he preferred to rely on the Department's press office and other departmental…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Higgins says 'bonded labour' used to build roadsA modern version of bonded labour is being used in the construction of Irish roads, the Dáil was told.Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
Stud tax break 'appears to breach EU rules'Dáil Report: Ireland's controversial stud fee tax exemption scheme appears to be in breach of EU rules, according to the European…Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:00
Warning on health risk of PVC firesA call has been made for the authorities to "come down hard" on people who act "with impunity" in residential areas and burn …Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:00
Lenihan denies stalling tactic on overseas aidThe Minister of State for Foreign Affairs has rejected allegations that the proposed White Paper on Ireland's development aid…Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Buying out West-Link bridge 'not an option'Buying out the West-Link toll bridge contract on the M50 in Dublin is not an option for the State, the Taoiseach has told the…Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Embassies to be opened in all EU member-statesIreland will complete its network of resident embassies in all EU member-states and in the countries that will accede in 2007…Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Harney demands Rabbitte withdraw allegationsDáil Report: The Tánaiste, Ms Harney, angrily demanded in the Dáil yesterday that the Labour Party leader withdraw allegations…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
McDowell to float plans for press councilThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, will bring forward legislative proposals shortly for the establishment of a press council…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Sewage plant finally gets go-aheadThe State's longest running planning battle could be at an end after the decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission…Mon Jan 31 2005 - 00:00
Cowen predicts net rise of 35,000 jobsA net increase of 35,000 jobs is expected this year, the Minister for Finance, Mr Cowen, told the Dáil as he faced concern about…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Up to 29 credit cards in use by departmentsThe number of corporate credit cards used by individual Government departments ranges from two to 29, according to information…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
No excuse for dirt in hospitals, says HarneyThere can be no excuse for dirt in hospitals, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health, Ms Harney told the DáilThu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Envoy appointed to tsunami areaThe Government has appointed former minister of state Mr Chris Flood as a special envoy to the tsunami-affected region of Asia…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Bravery in Congo to be commemoratedThe Government is to commemorate the bravery and heroism of Irish soldiers in a battle in the Congo in 1961 after a report formally…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
O'Dea will stand by 'triple-lock'The Minister for Defence, Mr O'Dea, says he is not prepared to "abandon the triple-lock" mechanism to allow Defence Forces personnel…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Emigrant free travel option to be examinedThe Government will know by the end of March whether it is feasible to offer free travel in the State to Irish emigrant pensioners…Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:00
Birr the hot spot last year and Kilkenny coolest, says reportBirr, Co Offaly was the place to be last year for the warmest weather while Kilkenny was the coolest.Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:00
Motorist's death brings to four number of road deathsGardaí have named the 22-year-old motorist who died in a road traffic accident in Co Waterford, one of two deaths on Irish roads…Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:00
Move to reregister Irish vessel condemnedThe International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has condemned the move by Irish Ferries to reregister one of its vessels…Fri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
TV stations' film choice criticisedFilmmakers have criticised Irish TV stations for their failure to screen Irish films over the Christmas period.Fri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
One year in Portlaoise jail costs €232,000It costs €232,100 a year to keep an offender in Portlaoise prison, the State's most expensive place of detention.Mon Dec 20 2004 - 00:00
Husband accused of assault after wife's deathThe husband of a 41-year-old woman who died at her home in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, will appear in court again tomorrow after …Mon Dec 20 2004 - 00:00
Residency application proposals explainedThere will be no "blanket" granting of permission to remain in the State for the non-national parents of children born in Ireland…Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Ministers were at meeting on care chargesDail Report: The former minister for health, Mr Micheál Martin, and two ministers of state attended a meeting in December 2003…Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Residents of homes to pay up to 80% of pensionsLong-term residents of publicly funded nursing homes will have to pay up to 80 per cent of their pensions towards their accommodation…Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Nursing home charges illegal, says RabbitteEmergency legislation to regularise a scheme charging medical card holders for nursing home residential care, seeks to "deem …Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
Brennan promises education reviewThe Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mr Brennan, said he was well disposed to reducing the qualifying period for the back…Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
O Cuiv accused of 'false' Irish jobs forecastThe Minister for the Gaeltacht, Mr Ó Cuív, was accused in the Dáil of making a "false and grossly inflated prediction" that 2…Wed Dec 15 2004 - 00:00
Change in nursing-home charges dueDAIL REPORT: The Government hopes to introduce amending legislation this week to regularise a scheme that charges residents …Wed Dec 15 2004 - 00:00
Minister warns PDFORRA against lobbying TDsThe Minister for Defence, Mr O'Dea has warned the Defence Forces' public representative body PDFORRA against lobbying politicians…Fri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Harney says pensions charge may not be 'legally safe'The Tánaiste and Minister for Health will tell health boards they are to immediately stop charging elderly people in public nursing…Fri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Kenny criticises PDs over foreign aidThe Fine Gael leader has accused the Progressive Democrats of "bleating loudly" when the Government reneged on its commitment…Thu Dec 09 2004 - 00:00
Failure to free gardai from desks criticisedFour years after the Government promised to "civilianise" Garda jobs none of the almost 500 available gardaí have been released…Thu Dec 09 2004 - 00:00
Offer to immigrants 'impossible'Free travel could not be offered just to Irish people returning from Britain, but would have to be given on a Europe-wide basis…Wed Dec 08 2004 - 00:00
Martin appeals for talks in Irish Ferries strikeThe Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mr Martin, has appealed to both sides in the Irish Ferries dispute to "stop…Wed Dec 08 2004 - 00:00
Call for decriminalisation of prostitutes, but not prostitutionLabour Party women's conference: The Labour Party women's conference has called for the decriminalisation of prostitutes, but…Mon Dec 06 2004 - 00:00
Taoiseach outlines 'social justice' roleThere is no credible alternative economic model to the hybrid version developed in the Republic in recent years, the Taoiseach…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
MRSA deaths claim rejectedPeople who contracted the hospital superbug MRSA died mainly "because of the underlying causes connected to the original illness…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
'No alternative' for Ahern on garda killersThere will be no peace deal on the North if the Government does not address the early release of those involved in the killing…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
Budget philosophy is expediency, says KennyThe Budget is based on the political needs of the Government rather than the social needs of the people or the economic needs…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
Regulation of laser clinics on the cardsThe Tánaiste will introduce legislation to deal with the mushrooming of unlicensed cosmetic surgery and laser clinics.Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
Quinn tells of farmers 'roaring' at walkersThe former Labour leader, Mr Ruairí Quinn, has spoken of his experience of the "ranting, foaming, raging anger of aggressive …Thu Dec 02 2004 - 00:00
House adjourns early without a voteDebate In an unprecedented move the Dáil adjourned early last night because there were no increases in excise duty on alcohol…Thu Dec 02 2004 - 00:00
Decision soon on site for AbbeyA decision is finally expected next week on the new location for the Abbey TheatreThu Dec 02 2004 - 00:00
