PD Oireachtas four to propose wind-upTHE PROGRESSIVE Democrats' four Oireachtas members will formally propose that the party should wind up at next month's special…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Cowen berates FF duo who missed vital votesTHE CONDUCT of two Fianna Fáil TDs absent for crucial Dáil votes last week was sharply criticised last night by Taoiseach Brian…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Cowen tells Dáil bank guarantee details will be delayedThe Government's legislation to underwrite €400 billion worth of Irish banks' deposits and inter-bank loans has been significantly…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Cowen backs EU actions for stabilityIRISH MOVE DEFENDED: IRELAND WOULD back European Union moves to restore stability to the banking system, Taoiseach Brian Cowen…Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Watching from the wingsPOWER POLITICS: The Minister for Finance and Taoiseach may be in the international financial spotlight, but behind the public…Mon Oct 06 2008 - 01:00
Call to abolish Labour presidencyTHE ROLE of president of the Labour Party, currently filled by former minister Michael D Higgins, should be abolished, according…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Minister for Finance has no plans to cap salaries of banking executivesDEAL DETAIL: BANKERS WILL not be able to secure large pay deals to reward them for excessive risk-taking, but the Government…Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Legislation allows taking of shares in crisis-hit institutionsGOVERNMENT GUARANTEE: THE GOVERNMENT'S emergency legislation to safeguard Irish banks includes powers to take shares in troubled…Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Exchequer should fund project at Cork docks, says reportTHE EXCHEQUER should fund hundreds of millions of euro worth of infrastructure, including bridges and roads, to kickstart the…Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Spend way out of crisis, urges LabourBUDGET CUTBACKS by the Government will not rescue the economy, the Labour Party has warned.Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Revenue deliberately delaying tax refunds, say accountantsSOME CHARTERED accountants have accused the Revenue Commissioner of deliberately delaying the repayment of tax refunds to companies…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Emergency legislation to be agreed in principleThe emergency passage of legislation to underwrite billions of borrowings and deposits by Irish banks will be agreed in principle…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Gilmore says Govt has no strategy to get out of recessionThe Government must stop believing that it can deal with the current economic crisis by just cutting State spending, the Labour…Mon Sept 29 2008 - 01:00
Banker says efficiencies could save State €1bnTHE GOVERNMENT could save €1 billion a year in State spending by forcing State departments and agencies to be more efficient, …Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
Labour report urges more power for leaderEXTRA POWERS should be given to the Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore and taken away from the party's currently powerful National…Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
Meeting on future of PDs put off until NovemberThe Progressive Democrats' meeting to decide whether the party should live or die will not take place until November, following…Fri Sept 26 2008 - 01:00
Lenihan backs redundancy scheme for public servantsCIVIL AND public servants should be offered a redundancy package, the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, said last night.Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
PD leader says it is time for party to foldTHE PROGRESSIVE Democrats would have to wind up sooner or later and it is better to do it now rather than wait for an undignified…Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Trucks to be fitted with safety mirrorsHEAVY TRUCKS will have to be fitted with new safety mirrors from January 1st in a European Union-inspired move to cut deaths …Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Coillte pays €3.7m for estate land to settle disputeCOILLTE HAS agreed a multi-million euro deal with Lord Waterford to end a long-running legal battle between them over the preservation…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Fás to face second official investigationTHE STATE’S training agency Fás is to face a second investigation following the decision of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Nationality of Libertas founder was listed as British in UK recordsLIBERTAS FOUNDER Declan Ganley was listed for nearly a decade as a British national in official UK company records, before changing…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
De Rossa will contest European electionLABOUR'S DUBLIN MEP Proinsias De Rossa is to contest next year's European Parliament elections ending speculation about his political…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
US to issue 20,000 one-year work visasTWENTY THOUSAND one-year working visas to the United States are to be made available under a deal to be agreed in a final round…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
Budget will attack the poor - GilmoreTHE GOVERNMENT'S plan to abolish the Combat Poverty Agency shows it is readying to attack the poor in next month's budget, Labour…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
Plans to organise in North off the agendaFIANNA FÁIL has indefinitely put off plans to organise in Northern Ireland - despite serious consideration of the issue last …Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
FF aims to avoid 'errors' of last local electionsCANDIDATE SELECTION: FIANNA FÁIL will run a centrally controlled campaign in next year's local elections, with reduced candidate…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Taoiseach signals big budget cuts inevitablePUBLIC SPENDING will be sharply restrained in next month's budget, the Taoiseach has warned, offering the clearest signal yet…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Cowen pessimistic on pay rise for State workersThe Government's ability to increase pay next year for hundreds of thousands of State employees has "even tightened in the past…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Lenihan says more states to breach EU borrowing limitsEUROPEAN UNION RULES: IRELAND WILL not be the only country to fall foul of European Union borrowing rules even if it is likely…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Cowen claims aid to buyers will not inflate house pricesTHE GOVERNMENT will not "artificially inflate" house prices, but will offer help to the lower-paid to get local authority loans…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Irish banks weathering storm, says LenihanIreland's banks are weathering the global economic storm that has claimed two of New York's four largest investment banks, the…Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
Cowen warns FF TDs country faces tougher timesIreland faces "much tougher" economic times over the coming year, or two, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has warned Fianna Fail TDs during…Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
Suspects who pose risk to children to be vettedTHE GOVERNMENT is to draft legislation urgently that will let the State collect and share information about people who pose a…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
No State agency 'immortal', warns Mansergh ahead of quango cullNO STATE agency should regard itself as “immortal”, Minister of State Martin Mansergh has warned, as he made it clear that a …Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Referendum on protection of children 'secretly' axedFINE GAEL will not remain part of a major Oireachtas child protection committee unless the Government commits to honouring a …Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Revenue warns accountants over aiding tax cheatsACCOUNTANTS HAVE been warned by the Revenue Commissioners that they will be prosecuted for aiding and abetting tax evasion if…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
Ministers have just two days to cut budgets by 2½%MINISTERS HAVE just two days to finalise spending plans for next year before Wednesday's crucial Cabinet meeting, in the face…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
PDs hope Grealish does not defect to FFSENIOR PROGRESSIVE Democrat figures are hopeful that the party will not suffer the defection of Galway TD, Noel Grealish, despite…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
Govt has reneged on child referendum - FGThe Government has reneged from a solemn promise to bring in statutory rape laws and improve children's rights under the Constitution…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
FG to unveil children's rights referendum planFIANNA FÁIL'S failure to honour promises to have a children's right referendum will be criticised today by Fine Gael.Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
TD suggests lump sum for jobless foreignersFOREIGN UNEMPLOYED workers in Ireland could be given a lump sum payment of up to six months' worth of unemployment benefit if…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Government plans clampdown on pirate DVD salesTHE GOVERNMENT is set to introduce tougher powers to curb sales of counterfeit DVDs, which are costing the entertainment industry…Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Irish media now more Eurosceptic, warns EC reportIRELAND'S MEDIA have become more Eurosceptic and more tabloid in their reporting in the years between the second Nice Treaty …Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Tensions rise over issue of children's rightsTENSIONS HAVE increased between the Government and Fine Gael over ever-strengthening signals from the Government that a children…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Latest pay talks likely for ThursdayINVITATIONS FROM Taoiseach Brian Cowen to trade union leaders and employers to meet to agree on a new round of social partnership…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Loans to Ahern 'did not warrant' investigationTHE PAYMENTS received by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Manchester and Dublin in the early 1990s "did not warrant" investigation…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Rule changes would facilitate inquiries, says ethics bodyETHICS LEGISLATION should be changed to make it easier for politicians and officials to be investigated, the Standards in Public…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Ethics watchdog will not examine Ahern paymentsBertie Ahern will not face an ethics inquiry over loans and gifts he received in the early 1990s from Manchester businessmen …Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Checks between North and rest of UK on wayPEOPLE TRAVELLING between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom will be subjected to stiffer identity checks before…Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
