Gilmore and Shatter clash over proposed legal BillHeated exchanges at Cabinet over objection to planned amendmentWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:00
Nama calls on O’Brien to report claims of impropriety to GardaFianna Fáil senator alleges Nama is already being investigatedTue Dec 17 2013 - 08:28
Majority less likely to donate to charity since top-ups controversyPoll finds 69 per cent less likely to give to charitiesMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
Public will not forgive Enda Kenny if it turns out the worst is not over after allThe Taoiseach has staked his political reputation on a sustained recovery over the next two yearsMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
Poll reveals thriving FG but little joy for listless LabourOpinion: Popularity of Noonan out of line with fate of previous finance ministers who introduced harsh budgetsSun Dec 15 2013 - 00:01
Poll analysis: Noonan and Burton the Cabinet starsReilly brings up rear on 15% rating as he bears brunt of health service controversySat Dec 14 2013 - 07:48
EU leaders told to stay away from bailout exit eventsCoalition thought presence of Barroso and Rehn at events would send ‘wrong signals’Sat Dec 14 2013 - 06:50
Voters back Government on bailout exit strategyFG voters the most positive on exit, Sinn Féin voters the most negativeFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
A defining moment in Irish political historyFF-Green government gave an impression of incompetence in final days before the bailoutFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Satisfaction with Coalition rises ahead of bailout exitTaoiseach and Tánaiste also improve popularity over last ‘Irish Times’/Ipsos MRBI pollThu Dec 12 2013 - 17:34
Poll analysis: support for Government parties rallies despite budgetFianna Fáil will see poll rating as a little disappointing as it is exactly the same as in the last pollThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
Finding of collusion with IRA a prompt for us all to examine our consciencesOpinion: There were clearly sympathisers with the ‘armed struggle’ at all levels of southern societySun Dec 08 2013 - 00:01
Public perceptions: What do you know?An ‘Irish Times’ poll tests public knowledge of Irish life, Government spending and social-media usage, among other subjects. We have a lot to learnSun Dec 01 2013 - 08:00
Gilmore defends Labour’s record in GovernmentIreland would be going into a second bailout were it not for Labour, says leaderSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Public opinion is one thing, facts are anotherPoll shows views held by the public about Irish life have little grounding in realitySat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Voters who have left Labour can be won back if the economy is seen to improveOpinion: Ministers and TDs need to be far more vocal in explaining to the public what exactly the Government has been doingSat Nov 30 2013 - 00:01
Firms to be forced to negotiate with workers under new planGilmore to announce collective bargaining move at Labour conferenceFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:16
Tánaiste says Labour paying for decisions that ‘saved State’Gilmore does not agree that party will suffer collateral damage at the next electionFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Government reaction to referendum defeat is rapid, but may not be radicalOpinion: Reaching out to a wider electorate will prove a challenge for university senatorsThu Nov 28 2013 - 00:01
Huge number of new voters for Seanad university seatsAlmost 600,000 voters will be added to the register of electorsWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:01
All college graduates to get vote in Seanad electionsBill due before Cabinet will extend franchise to institutes of technologyTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
The wheels of government in Ireland grind too slowly for the public goodOpinion: New legislation will introduce an element of intergenerational equity into the pension systemSun Nov 24 2013 - 00:01
Government waste for 2011 estimated at over €22mBulk of losses in health service as millions overspent in other departmentsThu Nov 21 2013 - 12:22
Pensioners may face cuts under reform packageRetired members of troubled schemes to get lower payouts under legislationWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Pensioners in troubled schemes to face cuts under new lawInsolvent and restructured schemes to balance brunt of cuts between workers and retired membersTue Nov 19 2013 - 17:08
Forty of the State's worst ghost estates to be demolishedDevelopments with no hope of being finished to be bulldozed next year after list of 40 drawn upMon Nov 18 2013 - 08:18
Political not economic considerations dominant in bailout exit decisionOpinion: A backstop arrangement would have led to debates in many national parliaments in EuropeSat Nov 16 2013 - 07:02
Significant signal of sovereignty restored in DublinBig contrast with shambolic way entering the bailout began in 2010Fri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Public sector has hired 5,000 JobBridge internsDepartment of Social Protection says interns benefitThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Incoming Eirgrid chairman denies conflict of interestJohn O’Connor rejects suggestion of ‘overlap’ with former job at An Bord PleanálaWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Francie O’Brien was a popular figure across the divide in Leinster HouseFiana Fáil Senator defied party headquarters to keep winning re-electionWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Shatter urges those behind anti-Semitic posters to ‘come clean’Offensive material posted on bridge in Limerick attacks Taoiseach and local TDsMon Nov 11 2013 - 18:01
Labour TD Ciaran Lynch is strong favourite to chair banking inquiryIntensive meetings involving senior Government members, the Oireachtas and committees tendering to hold the inquiryMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
1916 centenary should not be played by anyone for party political advantageOpinion: The Rising was a complex event, best understood in the context of the bloodletting of the Great WarSat Nov 09 2013 - 00:01
Minister defends decision to cut welfare payment for under-25sGiving significant welfare payments at 18 not best way to help young people into work, says Joan BurtonWed Nov 06 2013 - 01:01
Kenny backs referendum on same sex marriageTaoiseach makes first public declaration that he will back campaignTue Nov 05 2013 - 21:23
Referendum on same-sex marriage to be held in 2015Number of other proposed constitutional changes including reduction in voting age to 17 will be put to the electorate on same dayTue Nov 05 2013 - 17:11
Cabinet set to back vote on same-sex unionGovernment parties likely to push out referendum on marriage until 2015Tue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Murder, sainthood and Irishness in ArgentinaDickie Kelly, the brother of a priest murdered in the Dirty War of the 1970s, is third-generation Irish and retains a strong midlands accentTue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Kenny and Gilmore at odds over handling of property tax paymentTánaiste asks Revenue to reconsider approach while Taoiseach backs its strategyMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Kenny insists nobody has to pay property tax until 2014Joan Burton says Revenue must communicate to homeowners that payment is not due immediatelySun Nov 03 2013 - 13:37
Kenny must move carefully through bailout exitThe Taoiseach’s optimism may be blinding him to the dangers aheadSun Nov 03 2013 - 00:01
Bailout exit is ‘Labour’s way’, says GilmoreTánaiste looks forward to distance from Frankfurt and stresses his overseas roleSat Nov 02 2013 - 01:01
Tánaiste says he will stick with tasks aheadLabour leader says he won’t be deflected after three councillors quit in three daysFri Nov 01 2013 - 01:00
Jobless total at lowest for four yearsNumber on the Live Register drops below 400,000 for first time since May 2009Thu Oct 31 2013 - 06:34
Enda Kenny to consult Fine Gael on issue of same-sex marriageTaoiseach’s decision welcomed by parliamentary party chairman Charlie FlanaganThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Government postpones decision on same sex marriage voteCabinet defers talks on subject for a week to allow Kenny consult FG backbenchersWed Oct 30 2013 - 14:05
Same-sex union referendum to pose problems for Fine GaelLabour is driving the agenda but Fine Gael backing for it would anger conservative votersWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:00
