Minister for Housing survives no-confidence voteSinn Féin motion of no confidence in Eoghan Murphy defeated 59 votes to 49Tue Sept 25 2018 - 22:38
Wallace says land agency will be ‘crony capitalism at its finest’Wexford TD claims Government ‘wedded’ to policy that housing market will fix itselfTue Sept 25 2018 - 20:31
If people ‘want post offices...they’re going to have to use them’, Minister saysMichael Ring notes €615m online spend but TD says many in rural areas have no broadbandTue Sept 25 2018 - 18:44
Varadkar delusional about housing crisis, says McDonaldTaoiseach calls Sinn Féin’s motion of no confidence in Murphy as tactical and cynicalTue Sept 25 2018 - 15:49
Minister to remove cancer warnings on alcohol from BillHarris to introduce compromise proposals to include health warnings in IrishSat Sept 22 2018 - 00:19
Pope has not yet replied to mother-and-baby home memo, Zappone saysMinister says memo to Government ‘in coming weeks’ on what do next about Tuam siteThu Sept 20 2018 - 14:16
Child surgery waiting lists for scoliosis ‘an exercise in manipulation’‘Children in pain today, in pain tomorrow and in pain until this surgery provided’Thu Sept 20 2018 - 14:06
Law on how private security firms carry out High Court orders to be examinedMinister says gardaí need support from public ’not intimidation or abuse’Wed Sept 19 2018 - 21:27
Outsourcing not at heart of CervicalCheck controversy – HarrisMinister pledges full implementation plan for Scally recommendations within 3 monthsWed Sept 19 2018 - 21:08
Council not ‘unduly beholden’ by being airport noise regulator – RossDublin Airport rates amount to 8% of Fingal County Council’s overall incomeWed Sept 19 2018 - 19:59
Minister admits Defence Forces personnel turnover ‘too high’Soldiers have had to ‘fight Government tooth and nail’ over pay, conditions, Dáil toldWed Sept 19 2018 - 16:48
Removing blasphemy from Constitution will confirm Ireland as 'modern State'Charlie Flanagan says it shows Ireland values free speech and embraces multiculturalismTue Sept 18 2018 - 21:58
‘Section 39’ health and social care staff set to get 1% pay risePay rise in January would be backdated to October under proposals put to unionsTue Sept 18 2018 - 19:55
EU support for Ireland’s Brexit position ‘absolutely guaranteed’, says VaradkarTaoiseach dismisses claims Brexit support dependent on corporate tax reformTue Sept 18 2018 - 19:49
Taoiseach plans to challenge Abbas on lack of gay rights in GazaIreland should raise human rights violations in Palestinian, Hamas-controlled areas, says VaradkarTue Sept 18 2018 - 18:25
Shortall claims ‘spurious reasons’ being used to delay alcohol BillVaradkar hopes legislation, pulled from Dáil schedule on Tuesday, will be dealt with this weekTue Sept 18 2018 - 16:25
Varadkar rejects Sinn Féin rent-freeze proposalTaoiseach also says no plan in place to ban photos or videos being taken of garda membersTue Sept 18 2018 - 15:00
FF will withdraw Irish amendment if it puts alcohol Bill at riskDonnelly claims not having health warnings in Irish opens route to legal challengeMon Sept 17 2018 - 20:53
Boris Johnson: Irish Border problem a ‘gnat’ and backstop a ‘monstrosity’Former Tory minister claims protocol used to coerce UK into ‘vassal state of Brussels’Mon Sept 17 2018 - 09:06
FF Irish amendment could delay public health legislation on alcoholHarris plan to pass Bill three years in the making, under pressureSun Sept 16 2018 - 23:19
Cancer warnings on labels: the latest battle in alcohol regulationIreland might be the first country to put cancer warnings on all alcohol productsSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
Cloverhill prisoners slept on mattresses on floor due to overcrowdingEight of the inmates had no prison-cell bed in April, 21 in May and 15 in JuneFri Aug 31 2018 - 01:00
Court poor box collections amount to €7.5m since 2014Flanagan brings in legislation to replace box with community sanctions and probationSun Aug 12 2018 - 22:13
McAleese accuses pope of ‘bad manners’ after failing to reply to her letterFormer president hopeful pontiff will change church doctrine on homosexualityMon Aug 06 2018 - 22:05
5.6% of first-time-buyer grants went to homes over €450,000TD expresses concern that builders factoring help-to-buy scheme into ‘inflationary’ priceMon Aug 06 2018 - 01:00
Aosdána poet Matthew Sweeney dies at 65 of motor neurone disease‘One of the finest poets of his generation, a craftsman of the highest achievement’Sun Aug 05 2018 - 21:44
Guide to investigations into CervicalCheck controversyBackground: New inquiry examining outsourcing of services to labs in United StatesFri Aug 03 2018 - 07:09
Department of Children pours cold water on ’granny grant’ proposalsKatherine Zappone ‘focused’ on increased childcare investment in budgetFri Aug 03 2018 - 00:08
Amnesty decision spurs move to set up electoral commissionCalls for definition of ‘political purposes’ to be clarified in law following court rulingWed Aug 01 2018 - 01:37
High Court’s quashing of Sipo Soros funds decision welcomed by AmnestyDepartment of Local Government to act on watchdog’s call for electoral commissionTue Jul 31 2018 - 16:45
Varadkar appeals for Ryanair and unions to resume talksTaoiseach ‘concerned’ about impact on holidaymakers as fourth pilots’ strike to go aheadThu Jul 26 2018 - 21:04
Taoiseach expresses confidence Brexit deal can be sealed before MarchVaradkar renews offer to Italian PM to take 600 migrants once security clearance agreedThu Jul 26 2018 - 19:52
Air Corps crosses Border to assist with Co Down forest fireBefore this summer Air Corps had never engaged in such a cross-Border operationThu Jul 26 2018 - 16:45
Sipo calls for law to stop foreign meddling in Irish pollsNo spending limits or regulations in place, warns watchdogThu Jul 26 2018 - 16:07
Ticketsellers will ‘have to come on board’ with new resale lawsCabinet approves legislation to ban the resale of tickets at multiples of their face valueThu Jul 26 2018 - 07:47
‘Lawyers in the Seanad’ holding up judicial appointments reform – RossMinister confident Stepaside will reopen on 24 hour basis; says he will run in next general electionWed Jul 25 2018 - 20:39
Wexford girl (9) schools Shane Ross on gender equality in sportCharlie Moore wants to see more girls play sport in effort to promote good mental healthWed Jul 25 2018 - 18:03
Government ‘may insist on access to State-funded sports grounds’Ross hopeful GAA, Liam Miller tribute match organisers will reach agreement on venueWed Jul 25 2018 - 14:04
Hotels and State properties may pay more for TV licencesLicence fee collection to be reviewed in wake of evasion costs running at €40m annuallyTue Jul 24 2018 - 21:36
Decriminalising homosexuality will have to be done on case-by-case basisSearches of Garda Pulse records indicate 150 cases at issue and require further examinationTue Jul 24 2018 - 21:20
Aer Lingus flight to Dublin forced into Shannon diversionPassengers from London Heathrow told wind conditions ‘unstable’ on approachThu Jul 19 2018 - 17:45
Constance Markievicz to be formally recognised as Westminster’s first female MPVótáil 100 committee travels to present portrait of revolutionary to House of CommonsWed Jul 18 2018 - 06:41
Referendum needed to change definition of ‘family’ in ConstitutionHarris: ’Men loving men,women loving women no less a family than mine’Tue Jul 17 2018 - 22:06
Controversial Road Traffic Bill passed by Seanad and now goes to PresidentUpper House takes just two hours in total on legislation after weeks of filibustering in DáilTue Jul 17 2018 - 19:57
Brian O’Driscoll strikes right note in NI with Lambeg drum turnFormer Ireland and British Lions rugby star praised for attendance at Loughgall paradeTue Jul 17 2018 - 17:52
Irish plan to put cancer warnings on alcohol being closely watchedScotland ‘happy’ Ireland to fore in campaign to be first in EU to have such labelsMon Jul 16 2018 - 01:00
Insurance policies to be hit with 2% levy for next seven yearsDáil passes Bill aiming to deal with outstanding claims from Setanta Insurance collapseThu Jul 12 2018 - 22:11
A ‘small minority can terrorise communities’, says MartinTánaiste warns absence of Executive and defence of status quo ‘not a safe strategy’Thu Jul 12 2018 - 21:32
Ireland no ’global leader’ on gay rights - in 15th place on equality ’rainbow map’Minister says ’other countries with hate crime law have major problems - we do not’Thu Jul 12 2018 - 20:35
Night time water restrictions to be introduced in Dublin areaEoghan Murphy calls on TDs not to blame Irish Water as drought conditions continueThu Jul 12 2018 - 20:33
