Denis Naughten defends his actions on broadband planFormer minister resigned earlier this year amid controversy over meetings with bidderTue Dec 04 2018 - 21:59
People now being breathalysed going to and from Mass, Dáil toldDanny Healy-Rae claims Government wants to close down churches as well as post offices and other servicesTue Dec 04 2018 - 16:42
Taoiseach rejects Sinn Féin call for tax relief for rentersTax relief should be for all workers not just those renting says VaradkarTue Dec 04 2018 - 16:29
Half of 4,000 refugees Ireland agreed to take in 2015 have arrivedSome 96 people living with families who offered accommodation at height of migrant crisisFri Nov 30 2018 - 18:47
Calls for increased Garda enforcement to stop illegal steroid importationAlmost 400 emergency in-patient cases last year because of anabolic steroid usesFri Nov 30 2018 - 16:39
Asylum seekers may be spared lengthy journeys to DublinMinister asks officials to look at impact of business being conducted at remote centresThu Nov 29 2018 - 20:39
TD talks about her time in prison as Dáil passes social welfare legislationPayments for working while incarcerated a reflection of welfare wage paid to carersThu Nov 29 2018 - 20:01
Coveney says he will not be ‘bounced’ into Israeli goods banTánaiste says Seanad Bill to ban goods from occupied territories is ‘not legally sound’Thu Nov 29 2018 - 19:53
Irish childcare costs are the highest in the world – 'like a second mortgage'Sinn Féin calls for wage agreement for low-paid workers in the sectorThu Nov 29 2018 - 13:41
Do ‘senior republicans’ decide Sinn Féin policy, Taoiseach asksMcDonald under combined FG/FF attack on lack of anti-Brexit voice for NorthWed Nov 28 2018 - 21:20
Bill banning Israeli settlement goods moves a step closer to passingFine Gael says Bill requires Government to do ‘something not in its power’Wed Nov 28 2018 - 20:31
Taoiseach slates ‘Seanad filibuster’ of judicial appointments lawImportant legislation being ‘backed up’ because of delaying tactics, Varadkar tells DáilWed Nov 28 2018 - 19:46
Sinn Féin chief rails against State permit for UK moneylenderCharges ‘very high’ but banning high-interest loans limits freedom of choice – VaradkarWed Nov 28 2018 - 15:43
Last remaining broadband bid ‘has not changed’, says TaoiseachVaradkar questions if Opposition’s raising of tender process is attempt to ‘scupper’ projectWed Nov 28 2018 - 13:51
Taoiseach criticised in Dáil as families queue for nappiesVaradkar says many people ‘for their own reasons’ go to charities rather than StateTue Nov 27 2018 - 20:48
Broadband consortium bid ‘still stands’ Taoiseach tells DáilVaradkar says bidder changed during process ‘but it is not a new consortium’Tue Nov 27 2018 - 14:54
Almost 60,000 in financial hardship defer property tax paymentsOfficials refuse to deduct tax from welfare benefits as amount paid ‘necessary to live on’Sun Nov 25 2018 - 19:15
Scouting Ireland contacted by 15 more people who say they were abusedThe organisation has been contacted by over a dozen victims since abuse revelationsFri Nov 23 2018 - 01:00
Over 3,000 await redress over tracker mortgage scandalPaschal Donohoe unable to give exact time when all affected will receive compensationThu Nov 22 2018 - 20:27
Dáil hears call for ‘all-Ireland’ soccer team following O’Neill resignationSinn Féin TD says having two separate teams splits talent pool and resourcesThu Nov 22 2018 - 14:18
Police outside State contacted about alleged Scouting Ireland abusersMany of alleged abusers may be living outside IrelandThu Nov 22 2018 - 13:32
Nama wind-up date delayed by a year, Dáil hearsMinister says final major sales complete by end 2018, focus afterwards on docklands SDZThu Nov 22 2018 - 12:37
Seanad backs giving citizenship rights to all Irish-born childrenMinister warns of influx to North from Britain but Government loses vote 23-16Wed Nov 21 2018 - 21:27
Dáil passes motion in support of draft Brexit withdrawl dealSinn Féin and People Before Profit amendments to motion rejected by HouseWed Nov 21 2018 - 20:27
Seanad suspended over row about ‘misogynistic’ remarksFianna Fáil Senator took exception when Buttimer claimed she was ‘trying to assert herself’Wed Nov 21 2018 - 18:57
Internal military document contradicts Minister’s claim of defence spending increaseKehoe ‘Scrooge of Government’ with lowest budget increase of any departments – FFWed Nov 21 2018 - 17:39
Leas-Cheann Comhairle thanks TDs who turned up for workPat Gallagher rebukes absentees after Dáil business delay over lack of quorumWed Nov 21 2018 - 14:00
€1,500 a head carbon tax forecast ‘way off the mark’, says TaoiseachLeo Varadkar concedes carbon tax increases but not to extent projected by the ESRIWed Nov 21 2018 - 13:40
Taoiseach accuses Sinn Féin leader of ‘hobnobbing with super-rich’Mary Lou McDonald says Government cutting expenses worth €100 a year to workersTue Nov 20 2018 - 21:08
Brexit deal text not open for renegotiation, says CoveneyMinister claims agreement will not be ‘reopened’ but talks on future relationship to continueTue Nov 20 2018 - 19:38
Call for new Stardust fire inquest to be considered ‘afresh’ by AGFamilies say they have new evidence about 1981 Artane disaster in which 48 people diedTue Nov 20 2018 - 16:55
‘I think it’s time Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael put their differences aside’Delegates offer mixed views on grand coalition with Fianna FáilSun Nov 18 2018 - 12:08
Brexit: Ulster Unionist Party chief critical of Government’s Brexit stanceOrderly, agreed transition for UK departure a ‘great economic prize’, says DonohoeSat Nov 17 2018 - 17:36
Decision to make history optional subject to be reviewedMinister says it is through ‘learning the lessons of our past that we can plan for future’Sat Nov 17 2018 - 14:57
Simon Coveney says Fine Gael is ‘election ready’Party will not stay in Government without clarity on confidence and supply dealSat Nov 17 2018 - 11:41
Proposed sexual violence study to cost over €1 millionFlanagan concerned over recent reports of underwear being held up in a rape trialSat Nov 17 2018 - 11:26
High Court action to force release of CervicalCheck smear test slides, Dáil toldWomen dealing with cancer waiting six months ’just to get own medical information’Thu Nov 15 2018 - 18:56
Ban on tattoos and intimate body piercings for under 18s proposed in new BillBan on piercings proposed amid fears they make youngsters vulnerable to abuseThu Nov 15 2018 - 17:46
Brexit: Coveney rejects claims Government triumphalist on dealSimon Coveney warns parties against arguing about ’majority versus minority’ in NorthThu Nov 15 2018 - 15:40
Varadkar says Brexit deal contains key Irish backstop demandsTaoiseach says unionists may be feeling vulnerable, isolated and worriedWed Nov 14 2018 - 21:17
New generation of Irish criminals ‘want blood and have no conscience’Dáil hears crime warning amid discussion of the escalating violence in DroghedaWed Nov 14 2018 - 19:14
Fire safety defects ‘quite low’ in apartment blocks, Dáil hearsMinister insists responsibility rests with owners and management companiesWed Nov 14 2018 - 12:22
Taoiseach corrects himself after calling food supplements ‘snake oil’Varadkar says some products have proven benefits but that buyers should bewareTue Nov 13 2018 - 20:11
Minister denies claim asylum seekers being ‘herded’ into hotelsConcern that moves to Wicklow, Roosky, Movile centres represent ‘legalised people trafficking’Tue Nov 13 2018 - 18:31
TD holds up thong in Dáil in protest at Cork rape trial commentsRuth Coppinger says time to end victim blaming in sex assault cases and ‘rape myths’Tue Nov 13 2018 - 16:06
State seeking advice on pursuing former commissioner, press officer for legal costsTaoiseach says whistleblower case against Martin Callinan may not be defendedTue Nov 13 2018 - 15:45
Ireland’s reputation as ‘puppy farm capital of EU’ informs UK BillTD says alleged dog smuggling from State highlighted for post-Brexit legislationSun Nov 11 2018 - 17:57
President speaks of Ireland’s ‘official amnesia’ on first World WarMichael D Higgins also warns against new international arms race at Armistice eventSun Nov 11 2018 - 10:37
Politics, social challenges mean only one third of Traveller housing funds spentTánaiste says underlying prejudice driven by fear among many in settled communityThu Nov 08 2018 - 19:53
Minister hits out at ‘complaining’ local authorities over failure to spend moneyFormer FF spokesman calls on Minister to allocate funds on ‘use or lose basis’Thu Nov 08 2018 - 17:50
