Ireland must use its exchequer surplus wisely, says Donohoe as bumper budget announcedBudget 2023: Ministers announce €4.1bn package of once-off measures, alongside budgetary measures worth €6.9bnTue Sept 27 2022 - 15:30
Labour’s Ged Nash accuses pension providers of charging ‘scam’ fees to customersLouth TD tables Bill requiring trustees to supply clear and concise information about chargesFri Sept 23 2022 - 16:20
Budget 2023: People will see money in pockets and off bills ‘in weeks’Budget an opportunity to deal with high costs in childcare, healthcare, public transport and rents, says VaradkarThu Sept 22 2022 - 13:46
Government ‘worst in class’ for providing energy crisis supports, Pearse Doherty saysMinister for Finance says Sinn Féin’s yet to be published alternative budget ‘has more instalments than Star Wars’Thu Sept 22 2022 - 12:06
Taxi drivers given extension on 10-year age limit for vehiclesUp to 4,000 cars are granted reprieve amid global shortage of new carsThu Sept 22 2022 - 11:44
Violet-Anne Wynne makes history as first TD to bring her baby into DáilBaby sits placidly in her mother’s arms amid loud cheers and laughter in Dáil chamberWed Sept 21 2022 - 20:58
Irish Water criticised over information around ‘boil water’ notices and ‘do not consume’ warnings Second Minister raises shortcomings in communication with islanders off the west coast and in the Spiddal area of ConnemaraWed Sept 21 2022 - 20:51
Ceann Comhairle rejects Taoiseach’s claims about heckling in Dáil Micheál Martin said Opposition TDs were not being challenged over repeated interruptions of Ministers in HouseWed Sept 21 2022 - 14:09
Minister accuses Sinn Féin of following ‘Tory’ ideology with energy cap proposalDoherty says households in North have energy price certainty after UK government announced plans to limit billsWed Sept 21 2022 - 13:22
‘We don’t want to subsidise data centres’: targeted energy bill support planned for businesses Specific budget measures that would not benefit multinationals or data centres being drawn up as Varadkar signals possible wage subsidiesFri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
Planning board salaries should be halved, says TD, amid allegations of impropriety Dáil debate on controversy surrounding An Bord Pleanála hears wages of board’s seven members amount to almost €1mThu Sept 15 2022 - 19:39
School transport scheme an ‘utter mess’, Dáil told Parents feel badly let down after thousands of children left without school transport, Sinn Féin TD saysThu Sept 15 2022 - 13:48
Irish hopes for billions under EU windfall tax proposals dashed Suggested commission measures likely to be put in place for just six months, rather than planned 12Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
Clashes over how energy costs should be addressed as Dáil returnsMartin and McDonald unite in expression of sympathy over Queen Elizabeth but at odds over best way to support householdsWed Sept 14 2022 - 16:44
TD tells Dáil about his mother’s experience in mother and baby home‘It was extremely traumatic for my mother and my sister,’ says Gino KennyThu Nov 25 2021 - 21:16
Less than 50% of Cloverhill prisoners vaccinated against CovidFurther concerns about low vaccination rate in Castlerea PrisonThu Nov 25 2021 - 17:55
HSE achieves better outcomes than Britain’s NHS, Varadkar saysIreland’s health service too small for State’s ageing population, Tánaiste acknowledgesThu Nov 25 2021 - 17:46
Total of 277 cases of Covid-19 in prisons since pandemic began, Dáil toldSome 112 prisoners had already tested positive before committal, Helen McEntee saysThu Nov 25 2021 - 15:46
Tánaiste says 30,000 daily PCR capacity highest of pandemicEasier to get Garth Brooks tickets than PCR test appointment - DohertyThu Nov 25 2021 - 13:17
€500 annual grant for wigs on the way for those suffering hair loss from illnessTreatment benefit will be in place by end of May next year, Minister confirmsThu Nov 25 2021 - 11:43
80% of people are getting PCR test within 24 hours - DonnellyPeople refusing to wear mask on trains giving ‘two fingers’ to society, says TD in Dáil debateWed Nov 24 2021 - 21:35
TD says ‘urgent need’ for all children to be ‘informed by science, not religion’Teaching of sex education has been considered by three ministers, but still an issueWed Nov 24 2021 - 19:21
Politician frets over Lottery’s €19m jackpot rollover . . . the 47thTaoiseach notes FG TD’s ‘tenacity’ to ensure it could be you – sooner, rather than laterWed Nov 24 2021 - 17:26
State ‘can’t just dive into’ antigen testing, says TaoiseachMartin responds to Opposition charge of Coalition lacking urgency on introducing systemWed Nov 24 2021 - 15:21
Not possible to clip VAT on fuel due to EU rules, says TaoiseachSharp Dáil exchanges between McDonald and Martin amid Dublin truck demonstrationWed Nov 24 2021 - 14:44
Call for end to ‘all-out civil war’ in amateur boxingFG Senator says sport being damaged from grass roots to high performance levelsWed Nov 24 2021 - 12:58
‘Dark history’ of mother and baby homes ‘very much part of our present’, Dáil toldRedress scheme should cover 100% of the survivors, SF spokeswoman on children saysTue Nov 23 2021 - 21:19
Smoky coal from NI delivered ‘unchallenged’ to homes in smokeless zones, Dáil toldTD demands ‘major clamp-down’ on cross-Border sales and ‘illegal advertising’Tue Nov 23 2021 - 19:37
‘You can’t get a PCR test for love nor money’ – Opposition TDs criticise delaysTaoiseach defends in Dáil the Government’s approach to fourth wave of pandemicTue Nov 23 2021 - 16:12
No decision made on subsidising antigen tests, Donohoe saysHolohan has warned incorrect use of antigen tests could lead to increased infectionsTue Nov 23 2021 - 15:47
Ethiopia could fracture amid ‘famine-like conditions’, Coveney saysMinister unsure if it will be possible to visit Addis Ababa in two weeksThu Nov 18 2021 - 22:12
Sex offenders should lose ‘right to be forgotten’, Dáil toldNaughten highlights UK case where offender changed name five times over 30 yearsThu Nov 18 2021 - 21:09
Public health advice ‘not God’ but needs to be respected, Taoiseach tells SeanadMartin warns antigen testing is ‘not silver bullet by any means’Thu Nov 18 2021 - 20:45
Labour call to prioritise teachers for boosters rejectedPutting one profession before another could ‘erode public support’ for vaccination programmeThu Nov 18 2021 - 15:41
Ryan rejects stroke politics claim in climate council appointmentsMinister dismisses Sinn Féin allegation of cronyism and drift from Green Party stardardsThu Nov 18 2021 - 15:22
Row over provision of free antigen tests in OireachtasGovernment parties say they will pay costs for their membersThu Nov 18 2021 - 14:47
Up to 1.7m Irish passport applications expected next year – CoveneyMinister says Passport Service staff will effectively double by JanuaryThu Nov 18 2021 - 13:06
Taoiseach rejects SF leader’s claims on mother and baby redress schemeMary Lou McDonald accuses Government of ‘doubling down’ on commission’s ‘failures’Wed Nov 17 2021 - 21:52
The less talk about triggering Article 16 ‘the better’, Coveney saysMinister keen to give ongoing negotiations on Brexit related issues ‘every chance of success’Wed Nov 17 2021 - 21:36
Government delays reading of Labour’s carbon labelling Bill for a yearIvana Bacik tells Dáil that the legislation is ‘not some sort of far-fetched utopian vision’Wed Nov 17 2021 - 16:50
Kelly and Martin in bitter Dáil clashes over conversation on Covid stay-at-home rule‘I learned something about you yesterday that I will not forget,’ Taoiseach tells Labour leader in DáilWed Nov 17 2021 - 14:29
Overpayment of rent for Department of Health office has cost €1.4mDáil hears claim ‘no substantive progress’ made but meeting with landlord plannedWed Nov 17 2021 - 10:54
A 20% increase in 999 calls contributed to ambulance delays, Minister saysStaff can get call-out to place up to 300 miles away, adding hours to long shifts, Dáil toldTue Nov 16 2021 - 21:23
Taoiseach says no change to planned cuts in pandemic unemployment paymentMartin says hospitality sector struggling to fill vacancies as TD raises concerns over job lossesTue Nov 16 2021 - 19:10
Government ‘sleepwalking us into another Christmas lockdown’, Dáil hearsSome people over-80 will not be eligible for a booster vaccine until March 2022Tue Nov 16 2021 - 17:44
Work resumes on processing backlog of 31,500 foreign birth registrationsMinister pledges ‘focus on reducing turnaround time’, which is currently 18 monthsMon Nov 15 2021 - 00:00
Labour Party leader Alan Kelly hits out at ‘arrogance’ of other political partiesMr Kelly said too many parties are ‘lying to the Irish people’ and there is a third optionSat Nov 13 2021 - 17:08
Ireland cuts 6.7 acres of trees for every acre planted, Labour conference toldParty debates climate change and need for ambitious afforestation programmeSat Nov 13 2021 - 12:29
Dublin seeks to ease Brexit tensions as talks resume in LondonSefcovic set to tell British that removal of ECJ role in protocol is ‘unattainable’ goalFri Nov 12 2021 - 01:07
Former PAC chairman accuses HSE officials of ‘blatant lies’ in ‘Grace’ abuse caseTwo more disability cases in southeast under review in addition to ‘Grace’ and ‘Brandon’ casesThu Nov 11 2021 - 19:41
