Emergency legislation will allow ‘operational agreement’ between Ireland and UK on return of asylum seekers to come into force, Government saysDepartment of Justice planning to take over immigration registration which could free up 100 additional officers for frontline workTue Apr 30 2024 - 21:18
Coercive control and stalking laws may not cover use of electronic tagging devices, Seanad toldUse of items like Apple AirTags in British abuse cases rose by 317% in past five years with little to suggest statistics would be different in Ireland, Senator saysTue Apr 30 2024 - 20:43
Asylum seeker ‘shantytown’ in Dublin will be cleared of tents and refugees housed, Taoiseach tells DáilSouth inner city residents group says it will consider court action on health, safety and privacy grounds unless refugee tents are cleared from areas around International Protection Office on Mount StreetTue Apr 30 2024 - 18:38
Taoiseach insists neutrality ‘not at risk’ with removal of triple lock for UN peacekeeping missionsOpposition accuses Government in Dáil of abandoning neutralityTue Apr 30 2024 - 18:29
TD’s daughter not allowed make savings investment because of family relationship to himAnti-money laundering legislation presumes politicians ‘guilty until proven innocent’, Dáil toldThu Apr 25 2024 - 19:33
Child benefit extension to students aged 18 and teens with disability to come in from May 1stPayment for further year implemented four months earlier than had been scheduledThu Apr 25 2024 - 14:53
Over 100,000 children ‘denied’ school dental screening appointments last yearPrimary schoolchildren should be seen by a dentist in 2nd, 4th and 6th class under the HSE school screening dental serviceThu Apr 25 2024 - 14:11
Dáil suspended in row over George Nkencho caseCeann Comhairle warns Solidarity TD Mick Barry that separation of powers prevents him commenting on decisions of courts and DPPThu Apr 25 2024 - 13:31
Minister for Education urged to ban use of phones as learning tools in classroomsTotal ban on ownership of smartphones for under-13s ‘fraught with difficulty’, Catherine Martin saysWed Apr 24 2024 - 21:31
More than three in four eligible small firms in danger of missing out on 50% rates refundSenator urges extension of May 1st deadline to ‘facilitate greater awareness’ of the grant scheme among shops, hairdressers, pubs and cafesWed Apr 24 2024 - 21:13
University Hospital Limerick had huge increase in staff and funding before Aoife Johnston’s death, says TaoiseachOpposition leader highlights ‘dangerous’ recruitment embargo and chaos faced by staff at the hospital on a daily basisWed Apr 24 2024 - 18:19
‘Very simple answer’ needed on legality of wearing balaclavas at protests, Simon Harris saysTaoiseach tells Dáil that he is exploring issue and if legal, then law needs to be changedWed Apr 24 2024 - 17:37
State and institutions actively participated in narrative to ‘defame’ Stardust families, Dáil hearsIndependent TD and barrister Catherine Connolly excoriates ‘self-serving’ reports where ‘the powerful protect the powerful’Tue Apr 23 2024 - 22:00
‘We failed you when you needed us most’: Taoiseach issues State apology to Stardust familiesForty-three years after fire that killed 48 people, Harris says victims, survivors, relatives suffered ‘a cold shoulder, a deaf ear and two generations of struggle for justice’Tue Apr 23 2024 - 20:14
Michael McNamara to run in European elections in Ireland South constituencyClare Independent TD, who trained as a barrister and is a drystock farmer, previously ran unsuccessfully in 2009Tue Apr 23 2024 - 14:37
‘Everything to play for’: Green Party conference hears Ireland is ‘an outlier when it comes to local democracy’Members fired up to get out and canvass for local and European electionsSun Apr 21 2024 - 12:18
‘I think there’s actually a lot more of an appetite for Green politics than people let on’Green Party members give their views on its chances in local, European elections and coalition after the next general electionSun Apr 21 2024 - 06:00
Catherine Martin signals ‘ground breaking’ basic income scheme for artists to be expandedGreen deputy leader tells conference coming year is ‘pivotal’ and she is ‘absolutely committed’ to new public broadcasting funding modelSat Apr 20 2024 - 18:35
More than 1,000 registering for apprenticeships over past three years have dropped out, Dáil toldCrisis in system as bricklaying, plumbing and carpentry apprentices taking two years longer to finish training, say Sinn FéinThu Apr 18 2024 - 20:40
Ireland will ‘disproportionately benefit’ from EU migration pact, but cost to State unknown - TaoiseachFianna Fáil meeting hears call for Ireland to designate more countries as safe countries of origin under international protection legislation in order to reduce asylum application numbersWed Apr 17 2024 - 21:32
Driver test waiting times down to 10 weeks by mid-year, says Minister Delays down from 30 weeks last August to 15 by end of March, Minister of State Jack Chambers tells DáilWed Apr 17 2024 - 21:31
Varadkar warns against temptation to delay auto enrolment pension Bill because of electionsLegislation is set to bring 800,000 workers aged between 23 and 60 and earning above €20,000 into retirement scheme for the first timeWed Apr 17 2024 - 20:58
Taoiseach expresses concern on divisive language ‘pitting one group against another’ over housingIndependent TD Mattie McGrath says 82 homes for Ukrainian refugees being built in Co Tipperary, not 62 as per original planWed Apr 17 2024 - 16:05
Harris and Sinn Féin clash over healthcare as end comes to nicetiesMary Lou McDonald highlights ‘record’ quarter of a million hospital appointment cancellations, including 800 for children on chemotherapyWed Apr 17 2024 - 15:44
Abortion reform unlikely before next general electionOpposition accuses Government of delaying on proposals, but Ministers reluctant to bring in legislative change before next electionWed Apr 17 2024 - 06:00
Auto-enrolment pension legislation finally introduced in Dáil 25 years after it was first discussedSome 800,000 workers will be brought into a scheme for the first time, but Sinn Féin says NTMA should manage new initiative and not private pensions sectorTue Apr 16 2024 - 20:46
McDonald tells Dáil 4,000 children with scoliosis are waiting on first consultationSinn Féin leader says ‘suffering and mental distress is unimaginable’ for children who could not get spinal surgeryTue Apr 16 2024 - 18:51
Harris rejects claims he is sitting on his hands in relation to abortion services reformPeople Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says women still being treated as criminals for accessing reproductive healthcareTue Apr 16 2024 - 18:27
Public-private philanthropy partnership could let donors contribute to own areasCommunity Foundation Ireland proposes five pilot funds worth €10m each for local donorsMon Apr 15 2024 - 07:32
Ireland exported more than half a billion euro worth of goods to Israel last year ‘Always a potential clash between importance of trade and geopolitical considerations’ and should be dealt with at EU level, says Michael McGrathMon Apr 15 2024 - 05:00
Fianna Fáil grassroots ‘optimistic’ about outdoing Sinn Féin in local electionsParty members express views on targets, party leaders and potential coalition partnersSun Apr 14 2024 - 17:14
‘Get underage children off your apps’, Tánaiste warns social media giantsGovernment will force internet companies if they do not do so voluntarily, Micheál Martin tells Fianna Fáil ardfheisSat Apr 13 2024 - 18:46
Fianna Fáil ministers cast doubt on Harris promises on housing and taxMinister for Finance Michael McGrath promises ‘substantial income tax package’ in Budget, but questions timeline of Taoiseach pledgesSat Apr 13 2024 - 16:09
Bertie Ahern would have called election for June in Simon Harris’s positionFormer taoiseach told reporters at Fianna Fáil ardfheis he believed Coalition would run for full termSat Apr 13 2024 - 15:47
Migrants should be deported for serious offences even if granted asylum, says Lisa ChambersDublin MEP Barry Andrews expects legal challenges to migrant pact agreed this week by European ParliamentSat Apr 13 2024 - 13:48
Europe has ‘abandoned Palestine’ across political spectrum, FF MEP saysFew countries have spoken out for Palestinian people, Billy Kelleher said, while action was needed before current tragediesSat Apr 13 2024 - 12:40
Fianna Fáil faithful gather to discuss matters from Palestine to potholes at ardfheisEuropean election candidates - including the ‘Billy Barry kids’ - take coffee with supporters ahead of tough battleSat Apr 13 2024 - 10:27
Ireland working with Spain and others to build support for recognition of PalestineSimon Harris says it is ‘highly likely’ more countries to follow Ireland and Spain in planning to recognise state of Palestine, with a ‘very clear view emerging’ in Europe of the need for violence in Gaza to endFri Apr 12 2024 - 06:00
HSE controls 183 vacant properties, some empty more than a decade, Seanad hearsMinister says HSE recently ‘very co-operative’ with Department of Integration in making ‘small number of properties available’Thu Apr 11 2024 - 19:52
‘Highly likely’ more EU countries will recognise Palestine - HarrisTaoiseach says ‘clear view’ emerging on need for end to violence in Gaza following meeting with Ursula von der LeyenThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:41
Pets from Ukraine cost the State up to €1 million a monthMartin says this was only one aspect of Ireland’s ‘humane’ response and ‘reflects the best of what we are as a people’Thu Apr 11 2024 - 17:40
Dáil told cancer outcomes worsening because of Government underfundingTánaiste rejects Sinn Féin claims in Dáil that Ireland is a ‘laggard’ in treating diseaseThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:23
Plans to publish revised housing targets in autumn show ‘lack of ambition, urgency’, Bacik says Labour leader says Taoiseach’s call for 250,000 homes ‘clear acceptance new targets needed’ but Minister of State says ‘robust evidence-based research’ requiredThu Apr 11 2024 - 15:35
Simon Harris to raise Ireland’s intention to recognise Palestine with Von der LeyenOpposition accuse Fine Gael leader of ‘no show’ in Dáil amid preparations for first foreign trip in officeThu Apr 11 2024 - 07:14
Minister claims Danny Healy-Rae tells people ‘everything they want to hear’ Michael McGrath in heated exchange with Kerry TD and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty over increases in motor fuel excise dutyWed Apr 10 2024 - 21:55
‘No-show Taoiseach’: Harris lambasted for being ‘as láthair’ on first full day in officeGovernment Chief Whip says Fine Gael leader unavailable because of phone calls to British, Northern Ireland and Ukrainian leadersWed Apr 10 2024 - 16:01
Delay ‘not credible any longer’: Recognition of state of Palestine expected in coming weeksIreland and some EU states set to announce formal recognition once peace initiative with Israel – expected within weeks – is under wayWed Apr 10 2024 - 06:00
Harris pledges to be ‘Taoiseach for all’ no matter their political viewFine Gael leader makes his first speech in Dáil as head of Government, setting out priorities in housing and healthTue Apr 09 2024 - 18:05
Ireland can no longer pretend to be immune from realities of European security, says Charlie FlanaganInvasion of Ukraine was Europe’s 9/11 and Ireland is ‘in President Putin’s crosshairs’Sun Apr 07 2024 - 13:20
‘Fine Gael should re-embrace Christian Democratic values’: FG members give their views on Simon Harris, the next cabinet, and party’s futureFine Gael ardfheis delegates ‘100 per cent’ opposed to coalition with Sinn Féin because ‘we’re just not compatible’Sun Apr 07 2024 - 12:00
