Opportunity missed for real debate on Upper HouseGovernment made a huge error in pandering to anti-politician moodSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Minimum alcohol pricing on way in bid to fight abuseProposed ban on sports sponsorship by drinks companies is postponedWed Oct 23 2013 - 07:20
Minimum price for alcohol to be introducedCabinet decides to proceed with range of measures but proposed sports sponsorship ban kicked to touchTue Oct 22 2013 - 16:20
Scale of health cuts intensifies pressure on ReillyFianna Fáil leader claims figures produced in the budget had been shown to be dishonestMon Oct 21 2013 - 13:28
Varadkar to give transport committee more input into formulation of statutory instrumentsMinister for Transport says he believes in having a close relationship with the committeeMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Coalition needs to watch its step as public reaches limits of capacity to absorb painOpinion: Cut in tax relief for health insurance has gone down badly with Fine Gael supportersSat Oct 19 2013 - 00:01
Coalition looks to bailout exit as Ministers defend tough budgetSenior figures from both parties believe budget is turning point for GovernmentThu Oct 17 2013 - 09:05
2014 is last of the difficult budgets, Gilmore saysTánaiste says plan focuses on increasing jobsWed Oct 16 2013 - 13:17
Budget’s blend of austerity and stimulus no surpriseStephen Collins: Good dollop of luck every bit as important as various elements of packageWed Oct 16 2013 - 11:02
Tough budget tempered by €500m jobs stimulus planEligibility limits for medical cards, cut in maternity benefit most likely to cause political difficultiesWed Oct 16 2013 - 09:37
Expelled Fine Gael TDs and Senators form allianceBid for Dáil speaking rights as group insist they are not forming a new political partySat Sept 14 2013 - 01:01
Signs of Coalition losing nerve as winning post loomsLabour under pressure from those who opposed participation in government in the first placeFri Sept 13 2013 - 17:09
Dáil reform plan has potential for significant changeWeakness has been on legislative sideFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
Dail to sit earlier and on more Fridays as part of reformsKey elements to come into force if electorate votes to abolish Seanad on October 4thThu Sept 12 2013 - 13:57
TD refuses to join Fine Gael dissidentsWalsh says group may have ‘ulterior agenda’Thu Sept 12 2013 - 01:02
Taoiseach confirms citizens will have role in legislationDáil reform package to be announced todayThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:02
FG Protestant councillors fear for future of their schoolsClaim ‘intransigence’ of Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn’s policy will lead to closuresWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Key change on drafting laws to be put before CabinetMembers of the public to be involved in debate preceding drafting of legislationWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Roscommon Senator Terry Leyden cancels pub opening after embarrassing rowOireachtas envelopes used for invitationsMon Sept 09 2013 - 18:55
Seanad is a ‘rigged, elitist’ body with no purpose, says Fine Gael bookletPublication to be used at meetingsMon Sept 09 2013 - 01:02
Winning the Seanad referendum could damage Kenny more than losing itOpinion: A house condemned to abolition could spell trouble for the GovernmentSat Sept 07 2013 - 00:01
Debate heats up ahead of Seanad referendum‘No’ side calls for ‘real reform’ of Houses, saying proposal started as political stuntMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
No key decisions on budget made yet, says BrutonNo change in basic rates of social welfare or tax expectedMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Proposals to abolish Seanad a ’simple choice’, Bruton saysVoters can have fewer politician and save €20m or retain outmoded system, minister saysSun Sept 01 2013 - 12:58
Recommendation that multi-seat system should stay will stymie political reformOpinion: Constituency work will continue to take precedence over scrutiny of legislationSat Aug 31 2013 - 00:01
Two politicians narrowly missed by falling tree at Leinster HouseJunior Minister Joe Costello and senator chatting at gates when branch blew downFri Aug 30 2013 - 15:35
‘No one more sorry than I about what happened,’ says CowenFormer taoiseach insists that he had expressed regret on a number of occasionsFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:02
Department denies welfare system has work disincentivesSpokesman says three-quarters of those claiming jobseekers’ allowance receive a personal payment of just €188 a weekWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:01
Senators’ expenses report a distortion’‘What Senators are simply trying to do is have a properly vouched system’Mon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
RIC should be afforded an honourable place in this decade of remembranceOpinion: Huge level of public interest shows folly of decision to downgrade school historySat Aug 24 2013 - 00:01
Mount Argus event to mark 1916-1922 deaths of RIC and DMP membersOfficial representative of the Garda Commissioner to attend eventThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Any foolish attempt to cut pensions will be attended by the shade of Ernest BlytheOpinion: Elderly are well organised and get a more sympathetic hearing than do some other groupsSat Aug 17 2013 - 00:01
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin press for Dáil recall to debate organ donationCeann Comhairle Seán Barrett has 10 days in which to decide on recallWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin urge Dáil recall on organs debateParties join forces to press for recall to debate donation issueTue Aug 13 2013 - 19:06
Fianna Fáil joins Labour in call for easier budgetSavings of €3.1 bn not needed says Michael McGrathTue Aug 13 2013 - 01:07
US dismissive about summit between Haughey and Gorbachev‘Soviets skilfully and subtly underlined the benefits to Ireland of neutrality’Mon Aug 12 2013 - 01:02
Cables express surprise at excitement over first Irish-Soviet summitUS envoy said little was achieved but economic ties were given a boostMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Expelled FG TDs want Dáil speaking timeCreighton denies move to establish new partyMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
US urged Haughey to take tough line with Nicaraguan president OrtegaUS wanted Irish government to apply public pressure on Nicaraguan leader and to encourage other EU countries to do the sameMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Creighton denies rumours of move to found new political partyFormer Minister of State says FG members discussed how to work together but ‘nothing more’Sun Aug 11 2013 - 16:13
Informed debate, not wild charges, required for proper approach to political reformSense of national self-loathing that permeated some summer school speeches is a little worryingSun Aug 11 2013 - 00:05
Serious illness made Haughey look for place in ‘history’US ambassador’s secret assessmentSat Aug 10 2013 - 09:31
Cables provide a remarkable insight into a dramatic year in Irish politicsThe year 1989, as shown by cables sent to the US embassy in Dublin, was a dramatic period in Irish politics that illustrated how unpredictable events can change the course of history.Sat Aug 10 2013 - 06:22
Serious illness made Haughey look for place in ‘history’US ambassador’s secret assessment was made to secretary of state James Baker in 1989Sat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Haughey seen by US as deftly negotiating PD coalition in 1989US ambassador’s cable said even Haughey’s opponents had begun to speak of him in newly admiring termsSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
O’Rourke proposes FF coalition with FGFormer deputy leader says parties should forgo past differences after next electionWed Aug 07 2013 - 10:00
Seanad likely to be recalled to discuss law on organ donationFianna Fáil senator Mark Daly secures signatures from one third of SenatorsTue Aug 06 2013 - 15:45
