Irish cancer screening services are among world’s best, Dáil toldTánaiste moves to reassure women, saying, ‘BreastCheck has saved lives’Thu May 24 2018 - 14:50
Varadkar threatens to force passage of road traffic BillDáil ‘guillotine’ may be used amid criticism of filibustering tactics used by group of rural deputiesThu May 24 2018 - 14:36
Expert: vaccination can end cervical cancer within 20 yearsCreator of HPV vaccine hopes crisis will encourage parents to have children immunisedThu May 24 2018 - 09:58
Senator accused of ‘further stigmatising’ those with mental health issuesCall for Rónán Mullen to explain remark that ’mental health not health’ in abortion debateTue May 22 2018 - 22:04
Data Protection Bill passed after Seanad accepts 105 amendments from DáilLegislation goes to President for signature; provisions set for review after three yearsTue May 22 2018 - 21:57
‘Cool the Conspiracy theory’ Taoiseach tells McGrath over illegal voting claimsClaim that French student unknowingly registered to vote ‘has been refuted’Tue May 22 2018 - 18:09
Ireland’s ‘hard laws’ create hard abortion cases, says VaradkarTaoiseach dismisses Ó Cuív claim that 14-year jail term can be cut without referendumTue May 22 2018 - 16:20
New ‘Farmers for Yes’ group campaigns to repeal Eighth Amendment‘Nobody makes the decision lightly to go to England or to order a pill across the internet’Fri May 18 2018 - 21:52
Varadkar: Only a matter of time before someone ‘bleeds to death’ if abortion No voteVicky Phelan tweets for Yes vote so women can ‘make the choice about our own care’Fri May 18 2018 - 14:04
Shane Ross says FF spokesman is ‘voice for the Law Library’‘I’m not going to apologise to a former stockbroker for the fact I’m a barrister,’ Jim O’Callaghan repliesThu May 17 2018 - 20:54
Coveney urges voters to ‘look at facts, not posters’‘People desperate to win an argument may present facts in very emotive manner,’ says TánaisteThu May 17 2018 - 19:21
CervicalCheck victims refused their files; lawyers ‘escorted off premises’ – Dáil hearsNo victims should be treated in way that adds to their trauma, Simon Coveney saysThu May 17 2018 - 13:52
Government loses vote as Dáil backs 16 as age of digital consentProvision passed to make it illegal for companies to target children with online marketingWed May 16 2018 - 20:43
€1.8 billion spending flexibility for budget, based on last year’s figures – DonohoeMinister for Finance tells Dáil he expects full employment ‘later in the year’Wed May 16 2018 - 19:34
Government urged to publish advice leading to U-turn on open disclosure‘It is very important that the Government does not attempt to muzzle a key Oireachtas committee’, Dáil toldWed May 16 2018 - 18:30
Patient advocate to be appointed to new HSE board, Minister saysSF says mandatory open disclosure on patient safety incidents vital to changing health service cultureTue May 15 2018 - 21:55
Leo Varadkar offers guarantee of no border on island of IrelandTánaiste says negotiations under way for EU citizenship for NI citizens post-BrexitTue May 15 2018 - 20:08
Daly urges Government to ‘take the lawyers out of hospitals’TD claims no-fault compensation system should be introduced after cancer scandalTue May 15 2018 - 19:57
Ireland will not expel Israeli ambassador, says VaradkarCoveney should have told envoy to ‘pack his bags’ in wake of Gaza violence, says DohertyTue May 15 2018 - 15:44
Rural TDs call time on drink-driving provision in BillFilibustering TDs frustrate passage of proposal described by Minister as ‘life saving’Mon May 14 2018 - 01:00
Sports committee to consider funding IRFU, GAA and FAI on basis of ’ethics’Three main sports codes to be asked before Oireachtas in wake of Belfast rape trialSun May 13 2018 - 19:16
Government awaiting details of how many of 209 smear tests analysed in USTD claims ‘most of botch up’ in the US as 10 legal cases relate to smear tests in AmericaFri May 11 2018 - 20:28
Minister rejects claim he has ‘blood on hands’ over Israeli drone procurementDrones described as ‘information-gathering asset with no offensive capability’ by Paul KehoeThu May 10 2018 - 22:02
Time to prepare for ‘brace yourself’ Brexit, Green leader saysPaschal Donohoe says much work done on many possible outcomes of UK leaving EUThu May 10 2018 - 21:18
Dáil adjourned in chaos after filibustering on Road Traffic BillRarely used rule invoked as Catherine Murphy criticises disrespect shown to HouseWed May 09 2018 - 22:39
Taoiseach defends lack of communication with Theresa May‘We have each other’s mobile numbers,’ says Leo VaradkarWed May 09 2018 - 21:43
Taoiseach welcomes move by Google, Facebook on referendum adsVaradkar criticises ‘extraordinarily inaccurate’ and ‘quite grotesque’ poster imagesWed May 09 2018 - 20:49
Lack of Brexit progress by June will bode badly, says TaoiseachLeo Varadkar warns absence of ‘backstop’ accord will mean no transition period for UKTue May 08 2018 - 21:24
Tributes paid to ‘fearless campaigner’ Monica Barnes in DáilEx-Fine Gael TD described as ‘progressive voice when that wasn’t always welcome’Tue May 08 2018 - 17:25
Taoiseach says ‘right heads’ have to roll over CervicalCheckVaradkar effectively rules out sacking Tony O’Brien as the HSE director generalTue May 08 2018 - 15:32
Charitable status of not-for-profit Pobal being reviewedState agency received €13.5 million in fees from Government department in 2016 to disburse fundsMon May 07 2018 - 13:15
National Famine commemoration day to be held on third Sunday of May each yearFormal State event to be held in a different location each year across the countryThu May 03 2018 - 20:51
Minister in row with SF TDs over allegations homelessness figures ‘manipulated’Murphy insists local authorities made error and families ‘never went into homelessness’Thu May 03 2018 - 20:40
Minister insists no biometrics collected in card technology upgrade‘We don’t collect biometric data. We collect and store photographs,’ Regina Doherty saysThu May 03 2018 - 19:04
HSE chief Tony O’Brien to take leave of absence from US boardSinn Féin demands accountability from director general before he walks ‘off into the sunset’Thu May 03 2018 - 11:57
New law can stop domestic abusers texting and phoning victimsLegislation enhances protections and creates criminal offence of psychological abuseThu May 03 2018 - 06:57
Taoiseach had ‘no private meeting’ with Denis O’Brien in DavosVaradkar says decisions on media ownership should be ‘independent of politicians’Thu May 03 2018 - 06:43
Danny Healy-Rae threatens to sue Shane Ross over remarkKerry TD tells Minister he will answer for calling rural TDs ‘road-traffic terrorists’Wed May 02 2018 - 22:01
Dáil told HSE needs €2bn to fund claims into the futureTaoiseach Leo Varadkar says ‘we need to create a culture of truth in the health service’Wed May 02 2018 - 20:40
Varadkar fundraiser run by chair of US firm HSE chief has joinedTaoiseach: ‘I know Thomas Lynch. He’d be well known to lots of people in business circles.’Wed May 02 2018 - 13:38
Women to be offered redress over delayed cancer diagnosis - TaoiseachVaradkar asks for time to deal with CervicalCheck fallout as ‘we want to do the right thing’Wed May 02 2018 - 13:23
‘Vicious and aggressive’ approach of HSE has destroyed livesNot all cases notified to CervicalCheck subjected to screening history, Harris revealsTue May 01 2018 - 22:31
‘Considerable number of cases’ not covered by CervicalCheck auditHarris tells Dáil many smear tests not included in sample which revealed 208 false negativesTue May 01 2018 - 19:55
Zappone appoints Jillian van Turnhout to monitor scoutsMinister says she will restore funding when assured governance at required standardTue May 01 2018 - 19:26
Tony O’Brien should be sacked if he does not resign, says McDonaldVaradkar says HSE chief is entitled to fair hearing over cervical cancer controversyTue May 01 2018 - 15:17
Doctors no longer defending medical negligence cases because of legal costs involvedMaster of maternity hospital says 65% of €1.6 billion liability was for obstetrics casesMon Apr 30 2018 - 15:43
Consumer interest in venison falls dramaticallyNiche market ‘seasonal’ as number of deer farms drops from 500 to ‘a small number’Sun Apr 29 2018 - 21:52
Government to adopt ‘carrot and stick’ approach to sulky racingInitiative follows rise in number of collisions and death of boy (12) in Dublin incidentSat Apr 28 2018 - 18:34
Views of public to be sought on State’s overseas aid programmeSimon Coveney says spending to combat world hunger ‘rooted in our own experiences’Thu Apr 26 2018 - 20:44
‘Worldwide shortage of psychiatrists’ delaying service deliveryMattie McGrath claims €10m spent on psychological services but €400m on medicationThu Apr 26 2018 - 20:07
