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
Who runs Ireland: introductionIreland’s politicians are public figures who are accountable to the electorate, but they’re not the only ones in controlSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Ex-IFA leader Bryan not to run for Fine Gael in the Euro electionsGovernment Chief Whip Paul Kehoe ‘strongly considering’ putting his name forwardSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Clear progress made on jobs but effort must be kept upOpinion: The question now is who will be the likely beneficiary of improvement in circumstancesSat Feb 08 2014 - 00:01
Manning calls for ‘real and sustainable’ reform of SeanadNUI chancellor urges Government to show commitment to the issueThu Feb 06 2014 - 01:07
Government urged to adopt 20-year rule for State papersNational Archives will need extra resources and staff if earlier release agreedWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
Quinn promises ‘fair outcome’ for school abuse victimsMinister for Education told there are 44 claims on hand following Louise O’Keeffe judgementTue Feb 04 2014 - 15:00
Gilmore pledges property tax cut as part of Labour’s local election manifestoCut of 15 per cent cut would apply in large urban areasMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Gilmore says Labour will cut local property taxTánaiste promises 15 per cent cut in tax for voters in large urban areasSun Feb 02 2014 - 14:03
Kenny eerily emulates Ahern in undercutting his MinistersOpinion: There is now a worry that the Coalition could make decisions based on short-term political considerationsSun Feb 02 2014 - 00:01
Taoiseach backs Ballymurphy familiesCall for panel to inquire into 1971 Belfast killings of 11 peopleThu Jan 30 2014 - 22:28
Excluding North-South link from pylon review defendedEirGrid plan has already been examined by international experts, says Minister for EnergyWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Quinn: Government needs time to absorb ‘significant implications’Amnesty hails ‘hugely important victory’ for human rights of all children in IrelandWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Panel set up to examine controversial pylon issueRabbitte appoints group to explore feasability of putting electricity cables undergroundTue Jan 28 2014 - 21:40
Former journalist and politician Ted Nealon dies aged 84Tributes paid to the founder and editor of ‘Nealon’s Guide to the Dáil and Seanad’Tue Jan 28 2014 - 21:25
New political alliance faces challenge agreeing on policyElectoral reform, abortion, entrepreneurship and influence of the EU among topics raised at inaugural meetingMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Others have taken a hit, now inflated salaries in voluntary sector must goOpinion: Though they get little credit for it, serving politicians have taken substantial salary cutsSat Jan 25 2014 - 00:01
New scheme to protect deposits of tenantsCabinet also approves enhanced provisions against anti-social behaviourWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:02
Long-awaited banking inquiry to get under wayAnnouncement about nature and scope of committee to be made within two weeksTue Jan 21 2014 - 21:29
History lessons must not become a thing of the pastMaterial from military archives shows the importance of understanding our pastSat Jan 18 2014 - 00:01
Archives will shed more light on intimidation and murder of Protestants by elements of the IRAConfidential memo from then-director of intelligence Col Michael Joe Costello in September 1925 touches on the issueFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Value of maximum pension was significantTop pension of £350 a year was payable to those of senior rank who served from 1916 to 1923Fri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Oldest participant in Easter Rising was aged 63 while the youngest was just 12Fri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Rebel wounded during Rising was denied a pension because she was a womanMargaret Skinnider led five men in Easter 1916 but was repeatedly refused a pension as the term ‘soldier’ was said to apply to men onlyFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
New archive tells stories of ordinary volunteers in Easter RisingMilitary Service Pensions Collection published onlineThu Jan 16 2014 - 17:43
Commission says no basis for inquiry into complaints about ShatterWallace and Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan had complained about penalty point commentsThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:00
Report to Cabinet urges easier repossessions for banksExpert group recommends system be made more efficientWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
To succeed, the Reform Alliance will have to do more than court media attentionOpinion: Circumstances may not prove sufficiently favourable for the new group to match the political breakthrough made by the PDsSat Jan 11 2014 - 00:01
Records of 49,000 Irish WWI dead in new digital archiveProject developed by Google and DFA is important for remembering soldiers - GilmoreFri Jan 10 2014 - 14:47
Dublin to be key battleground in European electionsAnalysis: Candidates begin to emerge ahead of selection conventionsThu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
Outgoing IFA leader expected to run for Fine Gael in European electionsHanafin rules out running for FF in DublinWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
Local elections will test party support and may indicate shape of next governmentOpinion: Shift towards reflecting urban population growth could benefit Sinn FéinSun Jan 05 2014 - 00:01
Positive exchequer returns give scope for tax cutsDepartment of Finance exceeds deficit target for third successive yearSat Jan 04 2014 - 01:00
Eerie echoes of current crisis in 1983 budget filesA ballooning deficit and a crushing debt burden put fragile coalition to the testSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Bailout myth is a cocktail of half-truths and downright evasionsOpinion: Wide acceptance of an unreliable narrative about what happened means we may never get to grips with the actual factsSat Dec 28 2013 - 00:01
Alan Dukes objected to ‘impertinence’ of questions about his 1983 holiday plansFinance minister suggested: ‘ask the media gurus where they are going’Fri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Prison population in 1983 was a third of today’sState’s jails held 1,350 inmates 30 years ago, compared with more than 4,000 in autumn 2013Fri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
How Garda officers’ careers ended during phone-tapping rowState papers from 1983 show government softened approach as Patrick McLaughlin and deputy commissioner Joseph Ainsworth opted for retirementFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Senior civil servant urged Haughey’s government to drop ‘highly optimistic’ projectionsSeán Cromien said tax claims in Fianna Fáil’s ‘The Way Forward’ plan were wrong, 1983 State papers showFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach supports cutting tax for middle-income familiesScope for reduction will not be clear until the budget, says Enda KennyTue Dec 24 2013 - 01:00
Varadkar ‘would not run from new challenge’Minister for Transport comments amid reports of possible move to health portfolioMon Dec 23 2013 - 09:12
Forfás to be abolishedCabinet agrees legislation to merge enterprise advisory body’s functions with Department of JobsMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:01
Kenny says he is keen to promote talent in 2014 reshuffleChanges planned for second half of next year after European electionsMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:00
Minister in row with standards body over political party fundingHogan rejects plan to allow finances of local political units to be examined by Standards in Public Office CommissionMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:00
‘Reform’ is not a magic wand that can remake our political cultureOpinion: Clientelism is a feature of Irish political life that has been with us for a very long timeSat Dec 21 2013 - 00:01
Abortion Act to become law from start of JanuaryMinister for Health signs commencement order and regulationsFri Dec 20 2013 - 20:05
Kenny dismisses speculation he will take up senior EU postTaoiseach says he would be flattered to be considered but it would not interest himThu Dec 19 2013 - 12:49
Hospital A&E departments could be downgraded under planService plan details €619m in savings but figure excludes €419m deficit carried overThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach rules out votes for all in Seanad electionsMeeting with party leaders on reformThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
