Poll shows little confidence in Shatter to resolve crisisVoters unhappy over handling of issue with 82% saying Minister’s reputation damagedSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil ahead in country as Fine Gael tops DublinNationwide support for Fine Gael slips outside the capitalFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:01
Poll puts Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil neck and neckEnda Kenny’s party down five points to 25% in Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI pollFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00
Fine Gael support declines as Fianna Fáil recovers groundPoll shows Opposition parties gain while Government hit by ongoing controversy over the administration of justiceThu Apr 03 2014 - 20:51
Boost for exchequer as tax revenue risesReturns show tax revenue of €9.23bn, 4.7 per cent up on the same period last yearThu Apr 03 2014 - 01:00
Tax receipts rise as spending falls in first quarterExchequer returns for first three months show tax and spending targets achievedThu Apr 03 2014 - 01:00
Shatter orders urgent inquiry into taping of prisoner-to-solicitor callsMinister asks Inspector of Prisons to investigate and report as soon as possibleWed Apr 02 2014 - 22:14
Tax revenues up, spending down, new figures showHowlin and Noonan say returns in line with improvement in the domestic economyWed Apr 02 2014 - 18:06
Law stopping bankrupts contesting elections to be scrappedLegislation will apply to forthcoming European electionsWed Apr 02 2014 - 01:01
Final step to normal relations of Harp and CrownThe visit of President Higgins to Britain represents the normalising of relations after a century of divisionWed Apr 02 2014 - 01:00
Justice Committee may ask Shatter and official to explain Callinan letter delayMinister and secretary general should be asked for clarification, says BacikMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00
The seven days that brought the Coalition close to breaking pointKenny’s decisive action averted a crisis after Garda phone-taping revelationsSat Mar 29 2014 - 00:01
Senior government officials defend Attorney General‘She is not seen as having put a foot wrong on this issue’, says Fine Gael sourceFri Mar 28 2014 - 08:50
Coalition faces further questions after Shatter apologises to whistleblowersOpposition leaders keep up call on Shatter to resign over handling of Garda mattersThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Self-inflicted wounds have made Coalition vulnerableLatest controversy leaves Government TDs wondering if saga will ever endThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Du Plantier case raised fears over taping of calls in Garda stationsCabinet told AG became aware of practice as a result of Bailey case against the StateWed Mar 26 2014 - 13:15
Government fears recording of phone calls at Garda stations may threaten convictionsActing Garda chief taking ‘strong personal interest’ in addressing issueWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:03
Reforms fast-tracked as Government comes to grips with phone recording revalationsNew information brought to the attention of Enda Kenny at the weekendWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Faces of things to come at election poster exhibitionShow at National Print Museum contains mixture of serious, eye-catching and bizarreTue Mar 25 2014 - 11:22
Warning signs starting to flash for Government partiesIf all expected byelections are held on the same day it could be dangerous for the Coalition, as history has shownTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:05
Call for early byelection in Dublin WestBurton says Nulty’s actions ‘utterly unacceptable’Tue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Opposition gains initiative in post-troika vacuumOpinion: Government needs to regain control of political agenda ahead of electionsSat Mar 22 2014 - 00:01
In national interest to back sanctions against Russia, says MinisterDonohoe responding to comments from Russian ambassador to Ireland, Maxim PeshkovThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00
Tánaiste to review Government links with Irish diasporaPublic invited to submit views in review of engagement with Irish abroadWed Mar 19 2014 - 00:46
Poll finds most feel proud to be Irish on national holidaySmall majority say that Ministers should travel overseas for St Patrick’s DaySat Mar 15 2014 - 01:01
Cabinet agrees to overhaul penalty points regimeGarda Inspectorate finds ‘consistent and widespread breaches of policy’Thu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
Widespread breaches in penalty points system uncoveredInspectorate also uncovers waste and recommends overhaul of entire systemWed Mar 12 2014 - 21:57
Rehab says 12 staff earn salaries of over €100,000Top salary of up to €249,000 is paid to charity’s chief executive Angela KerinsTue Mar 11 2014 - 20:51
Kenny rejects criticism of Ireland's corporate tax systemTaoiseach responds to revelation Apple paid just $36m in tax on Irish profits of more than $7bnSat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine puts our bank problems into a better perspectiveOpinion: Commentators blame EU for Ireland’s ‘austerity’, as if there was some painless optionSat Mar 08 2014 - 00:01
Ukraine leaders appeal to EU for supportWarning of Russian threat to wider worldFri Mar 07 2014 - 01:00
Anti-pylon campaigner seeks FF nominationActivist among most prominent opponents of Eirgrid plansThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00
Gilmore tells Russian ambassador of Ireland’s deep concern over Ukraine actionTánaiste says EU wants to see peaceful solution to crisis and is ready to engage in talks with all partiesWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
FG believe economic corner turnedParty faithful back under-fire Minister for Justice Alan Shatter at conferenceMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Kenny’s track record could land him a key EU positionOpinion: Taoiseach’s obvious enjoyment of his job is a key aspect of creating confidenceSun Mar 02 2014 - 12:31
Taoiseach pledges to restore public confidence in gardaíKenny addresses GSOC controversy and economy in keynote speech at Fine Gael ard fheisSun Mar 02 2014 - 08:26
Kenny defends commitment to universal health insuranceHealthcare dominates Taoiseach’s address on the first night of the Fine Gael ardfheisSat Mar 01 2014 - 09:27
Shatter speech takes heat out of row - for nowMinister comes out fighting and defends himself against host of political accusationsThu Feb 27 2014 - 07:08
Party politics could prove a hindrance in determining what actually happenedGSOC fallout leads to game of political brinkmanshipTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Point-scoring is obscuring the real issues in the Shatter rowOpinion: In the interests of the Garda itself some form of independent inquiry is now neededSun Feb 23 2014 - 00:01
Martin says murders were not investigated properlyFF leader calls for Minister for Justice to resign following ‘shocking revelations’Thu Feb 20 2014 - 08:32
Shatter sacks respected and experienced lawyer he appointedTaped conversation with whistleblower led to departureThu Feb 20 2014 - 01:00
St Vincent’s hospital still in breach of pay policyFour of five hospitals and health agencies threatened with cuts now in complianceWed Feb 19 2014 - 01:00
Garda authorities would be foolish to take high standing of force for grantedOpinion: Just when the controversy appeared to be dying down, the Minister raised the temperature againSun Feb 16 2014 - 00:01
Coalition backs GSOC and its chief on bugging inquiryGSOC commissioner says the watchdog ‘cannot definitively say we were bugged’Wed Feb 12 2014 - 06:34
Watchdog accused of implying Garda complicity in ‘bugging’Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan seeks answers over Garda Ombudsman statementTue Feb 11 2014 - 06:01
Bringing in outsiders to conduct bugging sweep points to disquieting level of distrustLevel of animosity between Garda and commission seems out of controlTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:01
Michael Noonan pledges to widen income tax bandsMinister will take workers out of higher tax bracket as soon as State can afford itSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:03
