Backbenchers feel sidelined in debate on critical issueThe angry response of a conservative cohort within Fine Gael to the Cabinet’s announcement of a speedy timeline for implementing…Wed Nov 28 2012 - 00:00
People who cannot pay new tax may get waiverMinister for Transport Leo Varadkar has said people who cannot afford the property tax to be announced on budget day next week…Tue Nov 27 2012 - 00:00
Rabbitte defends Reilly in primary care site controversyMinister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said the Government allowed a “good news” story about the development of primary…Tue Nov 27 2012 - 00:00
Report 'tallies with Labour view'Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said the report of the expert group on abortion tallies with the position held by…Mon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Labour to seek assurance on limited abortionLabour will this week press for an early Cabinet commitment to legislate for limited abortion amid party concerns about Minister…Mon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Reilly stands over actionsMinister for Health James Reilly has insisted Fianna Fáil has "no justification" in tabling another motion of no confidence in…Mon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Sinn Féin leader undergoes eye surgery at Royal Hospital BelfastSinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has undergone eye surgery at the Royal Hospital in Belfast, according to a party spokeswoman.Mon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Oireachtas expenses system 'flawed'Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman John McGuinness has described the system of expenses paid to TDs and Senators as “flawed…Fri Nov 23 2012 - 00:00
Dáil divided as SF fails with motion on abortionLeinster House remains a house divided in the aftermath of the Government’s inevitable trouncing of the Sinn Féin motion on abortion…Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
TD expenses system 'is flawed'The Public Accounts Committee has said the system of TDs expenses is flawed and should be independently review.Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
Coalition parties confident TDs will not break ranks over motionDáil vote: There was growing confidence among the Coalition parties last night that no Fine Gael or Labour deputies will break…Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Report critical of rationale for merging State archives and National LibraryThe thinking behind the plan to merge the National Archives into the National Library “does not look compelling”, according to…Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Controversial merger first mooted in 2009 budgetBACKGROUND: President Michael D Higgins is credited with giving autonomy to cultural institutions when he was minister for culture…Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Fiction of contrary Donegal ignores inconvenient truthLazy sneering has greeted another referendum No vote from Donegal and the people of the disaffected county find themselves dismissed…Thu Nov 15 2012 - 00:00
'Very difficult to justify' rates of pensions for politiciansINTERVIEW : Kathleen Lynch says politicians’ pensions are under considerationMon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Foster children to leave 'twilight zone'IMPLICATIONS : Children waiting to be adopted by their foster families can emerge from a “twilight zone” as a result of the …Mon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Dull campaigns failed to engage votersANALYSIS: Despite criticism and court rulings, the on-the-ground trawl was fairly lacklustreMon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Top public servants urged to forgo risesLabour Party Minister of State Kathleen Lynch has called on higher-paid public servants to forgo increments allowed under the…Mon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
'No' vote mushroomed unnoticed by those inside political bubbleANALYSIS : The result shows that voters are not in the mood to do as instructedMon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Campaign controversy rumbles on as voters go to the pollsVoters go to the polls today in the children’s rights referendum with the Government under pressure to explain the blunder in…Sat Nov 10 2012 - 00:00
Vote tainted, insists WatersProminent No campaigner and journalist John Waters has accused the Government of “effectively misappropriating” public funds …Fri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00
Minister insists Coalition tried to comply with rulesReaction: Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has insisted the Government sought to comply with the McKenna judgment when…Fri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00
Adams appeals for 'Yes' voteSinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has appealed to voters not to vote against the children’s rights referendum as a way of “punishing…Thu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00
Children's vote rushed before budget cuts, says No coalitionAn alliance of campaigners against the children’s rights referendum has said Saturday’s vote has been hurried so it could take…Thu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00
Waters says foster parents are in it for the moneyBarnardos chief executive Fergus Finlay and columnist John Waters have clashed over the children’s rights referendum in relation…Wed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
'No' campaign warns on referendumNo campaigners in the children’s rights referendum have said a Yes vote would result in a “mini troika” in every home in the …Wed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
Mattie McGrath only TD to urge No voteIndependent TD Mattie McGrath has emerged as the only deputy to oppose the children’s rights referendum, which has the support…Wed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
Bishops say amendment is 'reasonable'Prelates’ stance: The Catholic bishops have given qualified support to the children’s referendum in a statement that said a “…Tue Nov 06 2012 - 00:00
Research project to see childcare cases in courts reported on for first timeChildcare cases in the courts will be reported on for the first time as part of a new research project launched by Minister for…Tue Nov 06 2012 - 00:00
Child care hearings project launchedMinister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has launched a new research project on child care hearings in the courts that aims to…Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Journalists will be free to report on family casesJOURNALISTS WILL be allowed to report on family law and child care cases when the in-camera rule is amended by new legislation…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
O'Rourke speaks out about voter apathyREFERENDUM: FORMER MINISTER Mary O’Rourke warned against voter apathy ahead of the children’s rights referendum on Saturday, …Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
What the wording meansExisting article 42.5 In exceptional cases, where the parents for physical or moral reasons fail in their duty towards their…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Labour must assert values, says chairmanTHE OUTSPOKEN Labour Party chairman Colm Keaveney has said his party must ensure its traditional values are taken into account…Fri Nov 02 2012 - 00:00
Bishops' view welcome - VaradkarRELIGIOUS STANCE: MINISTER FOR Transport Leo Varadkar has said he would welcome a statement from the Catholic bishops outlining…Thu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00
Yes vote would aid children in foster care, says expertSOME 700 children in long-term foster care could be eligible for adoption immediately if the children’s rights referendum is …Wed Oct 31 2012 - 00:00
Special benefit for twins expected to be abolished in budgetSPECIAL CHILD benefit rates applying to twins are expected to be abolished in the budget as part of a package of measures to …Wed Oct 31 2012 - 00:00
Firms may get bonus to retain interns and recruit joblessEMPLOYERS WOULD be paid four-figure cash incentives to retain interns and recruit long-term unemployed people under two new schemes…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Plan to buy iPads for TDs is criticisedPLANS TO provide TDs and Senators with free tablet devices have been sharply criticised in a strongly worded letter to the Ceann…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Who opposes children's referendum?BACKGROUND: Just 11 days ahead of polling day, what groups and personalities oppose the amendment on children’s rights – and…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
700 children may be set for adoptionSome 700 children in long-term foster care could be eligible for adoption immediately if the children’s rights referendum is …Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
German finance minister to meet Noonan todayTHE GERMAN finance minister who controversially suggested Ireland could not expect a retrospective bank debt deal will travel…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Schäuble pledges German supportGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has said Germany will be as supportive to Ireland as it has been in the past when asked…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Taoiseach wrote twice to Shatter on family caseTAOISEACH ENDA Kenny wrote twice to Minister for Justice Alan Shatter about a family law matter after being contacted by a Mayo…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Misprint in Bill 'should not have happened'THE CIRCULATION of printed copies of the children’s rights referendum Bill containing a misprint was a mistake that should not…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Bill copies with misprint 'recalled'Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said copies of the children’s rights referendum Bill containing a misprint have …Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Fathers' group quits allianceOPPOSITION: FATHERS’ RIGHTS campaigners opposed to the children’s rights referendum have left the Children’s Rights Alliance…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Referendum copies to be pulped after right to life errorSOME 30,000 printed copies of the children’s rights referendum Bill will have to be pulped after a misprint suggested the proposed…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Sinn Féin rejects Shatter's criticism of rulingMcKENNA JUDGMENT: SINN FÉIN has rejected a suggestion from Minister for Justice Alan Shatter that the McKenna judgment should…Wed Oct 24 2012 - 01:00
Former judge backs Yes side in referendumFORMER SUPREME Court judge Catherine McGuinness has said people living in the “comfortable nest of privilege” could find it difficult…Wed Oct 24 2012 - 01:00
