Kate O’Connell: Varadkar’s decision to stand down was ‘end of dark enough chapter in my life’ Outgoing Taoiseach says he ‘only wishes’ former Fine Gael TD ‘the very best in her life and political career’Sat Apr 06 2024 - 18:33
Nina Carberry expects to be replaced as coach on Ireland’s Fittest Family due to European election runFormer jockey says she would bring ‘resilience and perseverance’ learnt from horse racing to EU ParliamentSat Apr 06 2024 - 17:48
Simon Coveney would like to see Cork minister appointed in incoming Taoiseach’s reshuffleDeparting minister says decision not to put his name forward for Cabinet ‘wasn’t about being shafted’Sat Apr 06 2024 - 11:59
Simon Harris to focus on law and order in first ardfheis speech as Fine Gael leaderFine Gael ardfheis in University of Galway expected to attract up to 2,000 party membersSat Apr 06 2024 - 09:22
Simon Harris promises no snap election and a ‘diversity of views’ in Cabinet reshuffleIncoming taoiseach insists no maximum ‘age cap’ on possible ministers as he prepares to address his first ardfheis as Fine Gael leaderSat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
No snap election to come, says Harris, as he reassures Coalition colleagues of going ‘full term’No ‘age cap’ for Cabinet reshuffle but focus is on gender and geography, says incoming taoiseachFri Apr 05 2024 - 18:38
Final Defence Forces mission to Golan Heights returns to Ireland today133 soldiers will arrive in Dublin Airport this afternoon after six months on Israel-Syria borderFri Apr 05 2024 - 08:23
Naval Service missed 31 scheduled patrol days in past year because of lack of staffTánaiste insists other countries experiencing same recruitment difficultiesFri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Fine Gael TDs praise Simon Coveney but some say ‘he jumped before he was pushed’Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tipped for Cabinet post, with one backbencher identifying her as future leaderTue Apr 02 2024 - 15:40
Labour ends conference confident of maintaining 56 council seatsDelegates hopeful for up to 70 local authority members, convinced the party always does better than polls predictMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
From priority areas to ‘tumbleweed territory’: Labour candidates get canvassing masterclassRegional organiser gives key tips on effective campaign to win votes in local and European electionsSun Mar 24 2024 - 19:00
Simon Harris launched same student accommodation plan three times, Labour Youth claimsResignation of Josepha Madigan both welcomed and condemned by delegates in education debate on special needsSun Mar 24 2024 - 14:41
Labour remains in political doldrums but party faithful believe Ivana Bacik is a ‘positive influence’Ms Bacik’s followers optimistic for a good local and European electionsSun Mar 24 2024 - 10:17
Housing crisis is civil rights issue of this generation, Labour leader Ivana Bacik tells party conferenceBacik says Labour would transform Land Development Agency into State construction company to build homesSat Mar 23 2024 - 18:30
Labour conference told ‘TikTok taoiseach’ Simon Harris lacks visionLabour party working extra hard to motivate members in advance of the local and European electionsSat Mar 23 2024 - 10:01
TD calls for end to Army security provision for paramilitary prisonersSoldiers provide 24-hour security at State’s highest security prison in Portlaoise, which cost approximately €1.9m in 2023Thu Mar 21 2024 - 21:21
Simon Harris, who can ‘dance to any tune you play’, has long been planning for such an eventualityUnder his watch as minister for health, government was slow to recognise crisis in nursing homes during pandemicThu Mar 21 2024 - 21:00
Ireland’s only arms contract with Israel is €295,000 a year for drone maintenance - MartinSF TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh says State should never have purchased equipment from IsraelThu Mar 21 2024 - 12:36
Mother and baby home redress: Taoiseach defends compensation scheme against sharp criticismIndependent TD Catherine Connolly says compensation based on business and cost and ‘absolutely nothing to do with justice or what is right’Wed Mar 20 2024 - 19:57
Who will replace Leo Varadkar as Fine Gael party leader and Taoiseach? Here are the contendersFive Ministers considered the frontrunners in what promises to be a compelling contestWed Mar 20 2024 - 19:55
Alcohol consumption, drug-taking, vaping, playing loud music among Irish Rail passenger complaintsJust one from many grievances notes ‘three men openly consuming and snorting what is clearly drugs on carriage in open view’Tue Mar 19 2024 - 06:00
More than 1,500 Defence Forces personnel bought their way out of service since 2019Recruitment and retention crisis continuesTue Mar 19 2024 - 06:00
Leo Varadkar must urge Biden to press Israel on ceasefire, Mary Robinson saysChair of Elders says Taoiseach must ‘deliver a political message in a very direct way’ while in the USFri Mar 15 2024 - 15:36
Fianna Fáil European Parliament group to decide nominee for Commission presidency next weekUrsula von der Leyen seeking second five-year term but is facing opposition backlash over support for IsraelWed Mar 13 2024 - 21:43
Legislation needed to guarantee implementation of new autism strategy, Dáil told Oireachtas committee report makes 109 recommendations which TD Pauline Tully says must be acted onThu Mar 07 2024 - 19:51
Countries should stop sending arms to Israel if they want end to conflict in Gaza, Tánaiste saysGovernment exploring possibility of contributing to multinational Gaza food aid air dropsThu Mar 07 2024 - 14:31
TD visibly upset over mental health service failures as she highlights teenager’s anorexia struggleIt’s hypocritical to talk of women’s achievements when State fails to provide most basic health facilities, says Independent Deputy Verona MurphyTue Mar 05 2024 - 21:33
Varadkar rules out reopening emergency departments in Mid-West regional hospitals to combat trolley crisis in LimerickSinn Féin leader says last month 2,247 people were treated on trolleys, ‘the highest number on record for any hospital ever’Tue Mar 05 2024 - 20:22
Eamon Ryan ‘asleep at the wheel again’ over failure at Dublin Airport to prepare for cold weatherMary Lou McDonald hits out over chaos at airport as Taoiseach highlights need to make sure airport operator prepared for de-icing and extreme weather eventsTue Dec 13 2022 - 22:08
Dáil votes confidence in Darragh O’Brien as TDs criticise ‘Harry Kane of Irish politics’ Taoiseach says Minister for Housing had taken office at a very difficult time, and was dealing with the issue ‘with great dedication and commitment’Tue Dec 13 2022 - 20:56
Hospitals ‘no place’ for protest says Taoiseach in wake of comments by Archbishop of ArmaghPrimate of all-Ireland supports protests, saying it is ‘perfectly reasonable’ to offer alternative options to women ending a pregnancyTue Dec 13 2022 - 17:51
Most learner drivers fail to hand over permits when disqualified Campaigner says ‘shame on powers that be’ after figures show that just 14.5 per cent of learners surrender their licence when put off roadTue Dec 13 2022 - 12:05
Dun Laoghaire baths will reopen after 17-year campaign but ‘shockingly’ without pool, Dáil hearsTD highlights ‘mad proposals’ activists fought against in debate to create Dublin Bay authority to protect water from Baily Lighthouse to Sorrento PointFri Dec 09 2022 - 07:06
‘When you go to the mart, it is 95 per cent men. It can be a difficult place to go’Pippa Hackett says the problem is ‘there isn’t equality on the ground’ for women farmers who own just 13% of holdingsThu Dec 08 2022 - 20:11
‘Large decrease’ in number of patients waiting more than a year for treatment, Minister tells DáilStephen Donnelly says €443 million for next year will prioritise lists in gynaecology, spina bifida, scoliosis, obesity, bariatricsThu Dec 08 2022 - 15:46
Cold snap and low wind speeds means electricity supply will be ‘tight’ for two weeks, Varadkar saysLow temperatures and low wind speeds could lead to amber alerts on national grid over coming daysThu Dec 08 2022 - 14:00
Government accused of ‘pulling a fast one’ on remote working legislation Leo Varadkar’s proposals on right to request remote working ‘pretty useless’, says Social Democrats joint leader Catherine MurphyWed Dec 07 2022 - 21:18
Patient Safety Bill to be amended to make it mandatory for clinicians to inform patients of right to reviewMinister says ‘we don’t normally legislate at that level’ but ‘there’s a particular unique context to this in Ireland’Wed Dec 07 2022 - 18:05
Minister for Education currently on a career break, Dáil hearsSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald ‘gobsmacked’ that Norma Foley’s is to cut career breaks while she is on one herselfWed Dec 07 2022 - 14:14
TD claims Housing Agency has suspended payments to mortgage to rent operatorRichard Boyd Barrett claims hundreds of people could be living in unsafe buildings due to unrepaired defectsWed Dec 07 2022 - 08:12
Gambling Bill will not include ‘outright ban on advertising or sponsorship’Minister warns of need for balance to avoid ‘unintended consequence’ of driving advertising undergroundTue Dec 06 2022 - 21:00
Sinn Féin expresses ‘concern, disappointment and alarm’ at Government legislation for Cervical Check legacyParty is understood to be planning an intervention in the Dáil on TuesdayTue Dec 06 2022 - 19:55
Government ‘telling fairy tales’ about housing crisis, Sinn Féin leader claimsFianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath warned Mary Lou McDonald’s policies could ‘further drive landlords out’ of Irish marketTue Dec 06 2022 - 16:27
Ireland shows ‘Europe’s best face’, Ursula von der Leyen tells OireachtasEuropean Commission president tells Oireachtas ‘there can be no hard Border on the island of Ireland’Thu Dec 01 2022 - 18:50
Paschal Donohoe defends banker pay changes as necessary for Irish-owned banks to competeMinister for Finance challenged over changes for institutions soon after tracker mortgage scandalThu Dec 01 2022 - 14:51
HSE ‘bureaucratic madness’ stops boy getting post-surgery physio at school - DohertyDáil told nine-year-old with cerebral palsy refused access to services because he does not live in the catchment areaThu Dec 01 2022 - 13:14
Taoiseach refuses to withdraw remark that three TDs acted like ‘puppets’ for Putin’s regimePaul Murphy says Micheál Martin making very serious allegation TDs were ‘agents of a foreign state, particularly a state like Russia’Wed Nov 30 2022 - 21:15
Garda pulled man’s trousers down in drugs search on busy street in Dublin city centreTD highlights incident as Dáil debates Labour motion calling for decriminalisation of drugs for personal useWed Nov 30 2022 - 20:23
State must act against landlords ‘exploiting housing crisis’ with unsafe rentals, Dáil toldLabour leader Ivana Bacik and PBP TD Bríd Smith highlighted unauthorised accommodation after Irish Times reportWed Nov 30 2022 - 17:54
Taoiseach questions ‘need’ to own dangerous dog breeds after Wexford attackNine-year-old Alejandro Miszan was left seriously injured by a pit bull terrierWed Nov 30 2022 - 17:38
