Sinn Féin’s US organisation raises €603,000 in donationsFriends of Sinn Féin paid €53,000 in expenses for the party before North’s Assembly elections in MayTue Jul 19 2022 - 00:15
More than 43,000 Ukrainians have fled to Ireland since Russian invasionNumber of new arrivals fleeing Russian attacks surges to almost 4,500 in three weeks to July 10thMon Jul 18 2022 - 11:34
Lost baggage: the post-Covid travel chaos snarling up Europe’s airportsShortages of airport baggage handlers across the continent have resulted in vast amounts of luggage being misdirected, delayed for weeks or lost completelySat Jul 16 2022 - 03:00
State runs out of accommodation for new Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekersTaoiseach and Ministers to meet on Thursday over ‘severe shortage’ of accommodation as Citywest transit hub for new arrivals at full capacityWed Jul 13 2022 - 20:24
Uber Files: ‘Unacceptable’ for lobbyist to suggest avoiding official channels by contacting minister at homeFormer minister and regulations introducer Brendan Howlin criticises Uber lobbyist John Moran’s notion company could avoid official records by dropping note into house of then minister for finance Michael NoonanTue Jul 12 2022 - 22:53
The Uber Files shine spotlight on Irish lobbying regulationState’s official register points to intensive lobbying by US cab-hailing giant between 2014 and 2017 but does not show full extent of government contacts disclosed in private filesTue Jul 12 2022 - 05:00
Full Uber contacts with government not disclosed in lobbying returnsUS firm’s former lobbyist John Moran, former Department of Finance secretary general, says he fully disclosed Uber role but will correct returns if requiredMon Jul 11 2022 - 23:59
Uber Files: Greater transparency needed around lobbying, says TaoiseachLeaked records show firm tried to push FG-led government in 2015 and 2016 to loosen taxi regulationsMon Jul 11 2022 - 19:53
Irish lobbyist Mark MacGann emerges as whistleblower behind leaked Uber filesLongford-born Mark MacGann says he is speaking out as firm knowingly flouted laws in some countriesMon Jul 11 2022 - 17:01
Fine Gael used Uber text in 2016 election manifesto, US firm claimed in leaked filesFiles reveal American cab-hailing company’s intensive efforts to sway FG ministers and top officials to back rule changes in face of opposition from State’s taxi regulatorMon Jul 11 2022 - 07:09
The Uber Files timeline: How the company lobbied the Irish government to approve its business modelBetween 2014 and 2017 the cab-hailing company engaged in intensive but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to seek regulatory change to permit it to operate in IrelandMon Jul 11 2022 - 05:00
What is Uber and how does its business model work?Cab-hailing company operates in more than 70 countries and is valued at more than €41 billionMon Jul 11 2022 - 05:00
The Uber Files: How the US multinational tried to squeeze the Irish governmentLeaked company records show a prolonged lobbying campaign by the California-based cab-hailing company aimed at loosening rules that blocked its business model in IrelandMon Jul 11 2022 - 05:00
An Bord Pleanála review must report quickly to restore public confidence, say politiciansFormer deputy chairman denies wrongdoing as conflict-of-interest inquiry focuses on his personal investmentsMon Jul 11 2022 - 01:00
Israeli MP calls Al Jazeera journalist’s killing ‘tragic’ and a ‘mistake’Centre-left Israeli politicians on Dublin visit say branding of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as ‘apartheid’ only plays into hands of extremistsFri Jul 08 2022 - 19:08
Funding scheme for nursing homes battling Covid-19 outbreaks extendedNursing home sector calls for scheme to be kept under review in event of another wave in the autumn or winterWed Jul 06 2022 - 20:39
Government asked to help Ukrainians facing delays returning homeFG senator says Ukrainians without passports facing months-long delay in securing paperwork to travel back to UkraineMon Jul 04 2022 - 17:24
Coronavirus: Two in five say ‘no end’ to pandemic Just 10% believe emergency is over, according to pharmaceutical healthcare association surveyMon Jul 04 2022 - 00:01
Copenhagen shooting: police charge man after three killed‘This is a massive operation; we cannot rule out terrorism,’ says city police chief Søren ThomassenSun Jul 03 2022 - 22:18
US Ambassador to Ireland: Church sex abuse ‘did shake my faith. For three years I did not attend mass’Ahead of America’s July 4th celebrations, Claire Cronin talks about her faith, her frustration at the lack of political action on US gun violence, and how she expects President Biden to visit Ireland soonSat Jul 02 2022 - 06:00
Public concern about Covid-19 falls sharply despite rise in hospitalisations - surveyPeople less concerned about impact of the virus in current wave, latest ESRI social activity survey findsFri Jul 01 2022 - 18:08
Covid-19 wave ‘at or beyond’ halfway point, says HSE’s chief clinicianState in third or fourth week of six-week summer wave if Ireland tracks Portugal’s infection rateFri Jul 01 2022 - 13:20
State to lure new PhD students with €28,000 yearly research stipendGovernment launches €100 million programme with private industry to recruit high-level researchers from abroad and retain doctoral students at homeFri Jul 01 2022 - 00:01
Three nursing homes got €1m-plus each in Covid-19 supportsHSE says 455 nursing homes received €135m under pandemic schemeWed Jun 29 2022 - 01:00
Boris Johnson reiterates intention to scrap Northern Ireland protocolEuropean Union to remain ‘united’ against United Kingdom plan to unwind Brexit deal, says Italian ministerTue Jun 28 2022 - 01:05
EU to remain ‘united’ against UK plan to unwind Brexit deal, says Italian minister'Impossible’ that British alternative NI plan can work, says Italy’s European Affairs minister Vincenzo AmendolaMon Jun 27 2022 - 19:47
Bono reveals he has a half-brother from his late father’s extramarital affairU2 frontman tells BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs he only learned this in 2000 and had ‘complicated relationship’ with his fatherSun Jun 26 2022 - 07:57
From fighting at the front to a Dublin hospital: ‘You don’t think of it as killing, it’s war’Two Ukrainian fighters, one a volunteer living in Dublin, on how the war has affected themSun Jun 26 2022 - 04:00
Census 2022 results lead to suggestion of new six-seat constituenciesCensus 2022 shows State’s largest population since post-Famine period in 1851Thu Jun 23 2022 - 23:55
What does Census 2022 tell us about Ireland and its population?Early data shows a surging population but a State struggling to provide homes for itThu Jun 23 2022 - 20:04
Population growth in Census 2022 could require at least 11 new TDs to be appointedAll but one of 39 Dáil constituencies now have in excess of 30,000 people for every TD, according to preliminary census figuresThu Jun 23 2022 - 19:33
Census 2022: Population increase continues to outstrip growth in number of new homes CSO data explains severe pressure being experienced in State’s housing supplyThu Jun 23 2022 - 18:27
Census 2022: Population rises above five million for first time since 1851Preliminary 2022 Census results show population of State increased by 7.6 per cent since 2016Thu Jun 23 2022 - 11:52
Covid-19 leads to significant increases in healthcare spending in 2020 and 2021New CSO figures show €508 million spent on coronavirus vaccines last yearWed Jun 22 2022 - 13:40
Ireland a potential ‘weak link’ for Russia money, says anti-corruption campaignerFinancier Bill Browder says State is a ‘soft touch’ in fight against human rights violatorsTue Jun 21 2022 - 19:56
Delay in ‘Future of Media Commission’ report publication ‘disappointing’, says chairIt’s ‘now time’ for Government to publish long-awaited document, Prof Brian MacCraith tells Press Council report launchTue Jun 21 2022 - 18:25
Wexford nursing home had no system to contain Covid-19 outbreak, watchdog findsHiqa says 32 residents and 12 staff became infected because proper systems were not in placeMon Jun 20 2022 - 21:38
Calls grow for greater Covid-19 antigen testing to suppress summer waveImmunologist says subsidising antigen kits would encourage more to test for virusSun Jun 19 2022 - 21:10
Bono and Paul Muldoon get personal about their fathersAt a strange and startling event in Dalkey, the U2 frontman remembers his father telling him he had cancerSun Jun 19 2022 - 19:05
Hiqa: patients at risk from ‘grossly overcrowded’ Limerick emergency department Inspectors criticise management planning after finding staff trying to cope with twice as many people as intended at University Hospital LimerickFri Jun 17 2022 - 10:00
New trans support network calls for better balance on RTÉ programmesGroups say Joe Duffy’s Liveline phone-in shows ‘stigmatised and misrepresented’ trans communityFri Jun 17 2022 - 04:00
Trinity College Dublin seeks new group of fifty-somethings to research ageingLongitudinal study seeks new sample group of people aged between 50 and 62Thu Jun 16 2022 - 00:05
Brexit: What does the EU think of UK law to override NI’s trade rules?EU Commission rejects UK’s new legislation and launches legal action against BritainWed Jun 15 2022 - 20:51
RTÉ defends Liveline as Dublin Pride ends media partnershipBroadcaster says sorry to people hurt but that is nature of phone-in showWed Jun 15 2022 - 19:33
UK law to override protocol could turn Ireland into ‘wild west’Business groups warn of potential harm to north-south trade under British billWed Jun 15 2022 - 07:13
President says Irish housing crisis ‘a disaster’ and ‘our great, great, great failure’ Higgins says building homes is important, not being a ‘star performer’ for international speculatorsTue Jun 14 2022 - 21:07
Horn of Africa drought: Ireland ‘should lead’ aid mobilisationDóchas chief says 23 million people are at risk with crisis levels of hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia and KenyaTue Jun 14 2022 - 09:58
Explainer: How does the UK want to change the Northern Ireland protocol?The UK has published a bill that would dismantle the Brexit agreement for Northern IrelandMon Jun 13 2022 - 20:06
Northern Ireland protocol: majority of MLAs sign letter rejecting proposed lawMove ‘flies in the face of the expressed wishes of not just most businesses, but most people in Northern Ireland’, politicians tell JohnsonMon Jun 13 2022 - 18:52
UK poised to introduce Bill dismantling Northern Ireland protocol Industry figures in North reject British ‘dual regulatory regime’ concept as unworkableTue Jun 07 2022 - 22:03
