Pat Leahy: Whatever we do on neutrality will come at a priceIf we decline to join an enhanced EU security and defence pact Coalition Ministers fear isolationSat Mar 12 2022 - 01:00
EU leaders pledge to bolster bloc’s military defenceLeaders likely to discuss additional security co-operation at formal summit in BrusselsFri Mar 11 2022 - 20:06
Irish neutrality may face questions as EU leaders gather on defenceFew in Government are willing to consider out loud a referendum on neutral statusThu Mar 10 2022 - 01:00
Ministers fear fuel tax cuts will be wiped out by soaring price risesDáil votes for excise duty cut but Opposition TDs say reductions are not enoughWed Mar 09 2022 - 22:01
Fuel prices: Cut of 20c per litre on petrol, 15c on diesel from midnight agreed by CabinetThreat to food production and consumer prices described as severe as excise duty set to be cutWed Mar 09 2022 - 11:28
Excise duty on fuel set to be cut to offset sharp price increasesMotorists facing costs of €2 a litre for petrol, diesel on some forecourts amid Ukraine crisisTue Mar 08 2022 - 21:37
Citizens’ assembly should consider Ireland’s neutrality, Taoiseach saysMartin tells Dáil Ireland not ‘politically neutral’ as Opposition TD criticises NatoTue Mar 08 2022 - 15:53
More landlords than ever putting properties up for sale, say new figuresNotices to quit from landlords to tenants rose to 958 in final quarter of 2021Mon Mar 07 2022 - 03:33
Army facilities, hotels figure in plans to host up to 100,000 Ukraine refugeesJunior Minister says schools should start preparing to welcome Ukrainian childrenMon Mar 07 2022 - 03:03
Pat Leahy: War in Ukraine will change Irish politicsRussia’s invasion means the nod-and-wink approach to Ireland’s neutrality has run out of roadSat Mar 05 2022 - 18:54
State will have to ‘reflect’ on military non-alignment policy in future – TaoiseachMicheál Martin says discussions around Ireland and Nato are ‘for another day’Sat Mar 05 2022 - 01:41
Irish neutrality means whatever the government of the day wants it to meanThe ground has shifted and Ireland’s approach to military defence will come under scrutiny like never beforeFri Mar 04 2022 - 17:42
Labour may find improving fortunes not as easy as changing leaderParty has been grappling to establish place in a changing political landscapeThu Mar 03 2022 - 15:52
Pay increases for senior public servants unlikely to go aheadThe public servants affected are those paid more than €150,000 a year, including judges, senior civil servants and hospital consultantsWed Mar 02 2022 - 20:34
Preparations under way to receive thousands of Ukrainian refugees‘Not possible to be precise’ about numbers expected, says Government spokesmanWed Mar 02 2022 - 02:00
UCD moves to ‘clarify its position’ on Ukraine after professor quits management roleProf Ben Tonra said UCD stance made him ‘deeply, profoundly ashamed’Tue Mar 01 2022 - 21:14
Cabinet to discuss Irish part of EU aid to UkraineDáil motion on ‘sovereignty and territorial integrity’ comes amid military aid concernsTue Mar 01 2022 - 04:59
Proposed changes to defamation law set to be accepted by GovernmentReport recommends abolishment of juries in libel cases, which could reduce huge payoutsTue Mar 01 2022 - 03:33
War in Ukraine unlikely to leave Ireland’s sacred cow of neutrality untouchedThe EU has been moving steadily towards a meaningful common defence policy for a long timeMon Feb 28 2022 - 20:06
Richard O’Halloran’s return: Averting a China crisisDiplomacy and the businessman’s own dogged negotiations brought him home, not loud calls for actionSat Feb 19 2022 - 03:55
Pat Leahy: Taoiseach’s rising fortune has bought him time to consider his optionsMartin seems in command now, directing events across the Government rather than just reacting to themSat Feb 19 2022 - 01:00
Tony Holohan recommends Nphet be stood downMask-wearing for shops, transport and schools not mandatory from Monday weekFri Feb 18 2022 - 01:00
Covid-19: Government expects Nphet to recommend mask wearing be voluntaryTeaching unions want cautious approach to easing of mitigation measures in schoolsThu Feb 17 2022 - 01:00
Proposal for Revenue to collect TV licence to be consideredRTÉ believes it misses out on €50m a year due to non-payment of fee by 15% of viewersWed Feb 16 2022 - 01:00
Robinson urges Senators to promote need for climate change actionFormer president says climate issue should receive ‘constant everyday attention’Tue Feb 15 2022 - 13:59
Tightening of rules to prevent politicians lobbying former colleagues to be proposedLegislation would increase the penalties for breaking lobbying rulesTue Feb 15 2022 - 05:00
Mask requirement for schoolchildren may be lifted next weekRemaining Covid restrictions to be reviewed before end of FebruaryTue Feb 15 2022 - 03:55
Trade unions to press for significant pay increases amid rising living costsEmployers brace for pay claims as Ictu says it will advise members to seek 5.5% raiseSat Feb 12 2022 - 03:05
Pat Leahy: Coalition keeps supplying Opposition with ammunitionGovernment must keep eye on long-term big picture, not just short-term, price-hike fixesSat Feb 12 2022 - 01:00
Cost of living: State to cut public transport fares and offer €200 energy rebateOpposition and advocacy groups deem Government measures insufficient amid inflation surgeFri Feb 11 2022 - 01:00
Bill-payers to get €200 energy credit in April under cost-of-living packageMeasures, including 20% cut in transport fares and extra benefits, to cost €505 millionThu Feb 10 2022 - 21:38
Coalition tries to buy time with cost-of-living packageAnalysis: Chances of measures achieving the intended goals are only fair to middlingThu Feb 10 2022 - 21:33
Analysis: Funding Defence Forces may prove easier than plotting its futureKey questions must be answered before organisation can decide on needsThu Feb 10 2022 - 01:00
Government under fire over response to cost-of-living crisisOpposition seeks to turn up the heat ahead of package of measures to tackle the issueWed Feb 09 2022 - 01:43
Coveney ‘didn’t take much notice’ of Covid-19 rule-breaking photoMinister for Foreign Affairs says different course of action likely ‘with benefit of hindsight’Tue Feb 08 2022 - 20:04
First full programme of St Patrick’s Day ministerial visits since before pandemicMinisters to visit 33 places across world including venues in US, EU, UK, Far East and Latin AmericaTue Feb 08 2022 - 16:38
Pat Leahy: What does Golfgate verdict teach us? We all lost the plot a bitProsecution may have folded but that does not mean it was a bad idea to take it in first placeSat Feb 05 2022 - 01:00
Plan to restore senior public sector pay must be honoured, says IMOConsultants ‘dismayed’ by reports that Government may defer pay cut reversalsFri Feb 04 2022 - 15:30
Paul Givan’s resignation as First Minister a ‘very damaging move’DUP strongly condemned by Government and others in Northern ExecutiveFri Feb 04 2022 - 08:35
Pressure for action on cost of living amid fears of fuelling inflationGovernment to ‘enable people to cope with cost of living increases’, says TaoiseachThu Feb 03 2022 - 12:52
Poots’s order to halt post-Brexit checks ‘breaches international law’Coveney joins NI politicians in condemning move by North’s Minister of AgricultureThu Feb 03 2022 - 07:04
Salary rises for top public servants may be deferredMinister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath to run rule over top-level payThu Feb 03 2022 - 03:00
Sinn Féin eyes hike in employer social insurance to keep pension age at 65Government warns of looming question of pension affordability due to demographicsThu Feb 03 2022 - 01:00
Poots orders halt to post-Brexit checks on goods from Britain to NorthMinister cites legal advice that measures should not have been brought in without Stormont approvalWed Feb 02 2022 - 18:52
Former Fianna Fáil TD Noel Treacy dies aged 70Galway man was a junior minister in several departments over his three-decade careerWed Feb 02 2022 - 13:53
Opposition piles on pressure over Foreign Affairs ‘champagne party’Martin rejects criticisms, calling SF’s position ‘hypocritical’ due to funeral of Bobby StoreyTue Feb 01 2022 - 22:30
Evidence in champagne party report doesn’t sustain case for the prosecutionComparison between events in Iveagh House and 10 Downing Street not sustainableTue Feb 01 2022 - 19:03
Plan to reduce €3,000 charge for third-level education to be considered by CabinetOpposition likely from fiscal conservatives in wake of spending costs incurred in pandemicMon Jan 31 2022 - 04:35
Return to the office: New guidelines urge employers to take cautious approachAdvice stresses need for consultation and support for staffMon Jan 31 2022 - 00:01
Higgins would ‘welcome’ chance to meet Bloody Sunday familiesSome campaigners expressed disappointment that President did not attend Derry eventSun Jan 30 2022 - 22:07
