Brendan Griffin

RTÉ board considering exit package for individual that could cost €400,000

Severance packages for departing senior RTÉ executives have caused controversy in recent months

Wed Jun 12 2024 - 19:57

Departing Fine Gael TD Brendan Griffin will not reconsider after Varadkar departure

Charlie Flanagan also pushed back against speculation that he might return

Mon Mar 25 2024 - 13:14

‘Simon Harris has to make changes’: As Leo Varadkar bows out, what is next for Fine Gael?

FG needs to connect more tightly with its natural voting contingency, sharpen its messaging and get back to its identity basics of law and order, the economy and enterprise

Sat Mar 23 2024 - 07:00

RTÉ before the Oireachtas: More insights into bad governance, arrogant culture and inadequate safeguards

Toy Show the Musical and executive exit payments among the topics at today's hearing. But where do we go to from here?

Wed Feb 14 2024 - 20:00

RTÉ crisis: Drop of almost €1 million in TV licence sales and renewals in June and early July

Figures show 5,837 fewer TV licences were sold in five weeks than in the same period in 2022

Tue Jul 18 2023 - 05:00

Miriam Lord’s Week: Marty Morrissey’s godlike status in Clare provokes Senator into a dramatic U-turn

Oireachtas hearings over controversial payments at the public-service broadcaster provide spectacle set to run and run

Sat Jul 08 2023 - 06:00

RTÉ witnesses endure pointed but mostly respectful questioning at Oireachtas committee

Senior figures from national broadcaster subjected to hours of detailed questioning by politicians about payments to Ryan Tubridy

Wed Jun 28 2023 - 21:03

Kathy Sheridan: Some youngish TDs are quitting. The question is why more are not?

Unlike most occupations, the question of whether politics is worth the downside is not just about the individual, but the whole family. Is it worth the in-your-face threats and protests on the doorstep?

Wed Jun 07 2023 - 05:15

‘There was a lot of soul searching’: Why many mid-career male politicians are quitting

Covid lockdowns made many TDs reassess their life priorities and were, for the first time in their children’s lives, not away from home continuously

Sat May 13 2023 - 05:00

Exodus of Varadkar loyalists leaves Fine Gael leader exposed

Former key allies of Taoiseach known to feel undervalued and overlooked

Wed Apr 19 2023 - 19:37

Toiréasa Ferris resigned from Sinn Féin because party was ‘diluting its republicanism’

Former Kerry councillor says there are many ‘nationalists and socialists’ in the party who aren’t ‘republicans’

Fri Feb 03 2023 - 13:32

Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin will not stand in next general election

Kerry TD says he wants to be around his sons more for the ‘remaining years of their childhood’

Tue Jan 31 2023 - 09:40

Minister will be ‘pushing up daisies’ before wind energy can serve needs

Patrick O’Donovan defends plans for a liquid natural gas terminal on the Shannon

Fri Aug 05 2022 - 12:30

Miriam Lord’s week: G7 enjoys horseback circus in Alps before Taoiseach joins in for Madrid

Talking of pecs, perhaps Micheál should invite Vladimir Putin to Courtmacsharry for the annual New Year’s Day swim

Sat Jul 02 2022 - 04:00

Ministerial reshuffle: Who is in the firing line and who can expect a promotion?

Martin set to get his choice of cabinet posts while botched secondment could have repercussions for Donnelly

Sat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00

Ban on sale of turf would ‘devastate the poorest of people living alone’

In Kerry, the tradition of going to the bog is as deep as the layers of turf itself

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 20:55

People Before Profit TDs defend decision not to clap for Zelenskiy Oireachtas address

TDs Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith did not applaud

Wed Apr 06 2022 - 12:03

Miriam Lord: As Taoiseach eggs him on, Mattie gets rasher

Picking a breakfast roll battle with healthy Micheál is silly even by Dáil standards

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 22:19

Bord defers decision on planning permission for €650m Shannon LNG plant

Decision pushed back to September due to complexity of project, An Bord Pleanála says

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 19:10

Employers pay back €106m of wage subsidies to Revenue

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe says 3,733 companies have repaid some or all of their EWSS payments

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 16:49

Weekend Gaelic games previews, throw-in times and TV details

There’s football and hurling action in three provinces and the All-Ireland camogie final

Sat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00

Taoiseach predicts ‘massive rise’ in Covid-19 cases as hospitality closing times moved to 8pm

Booster vaccine doses to be made available to people aged 40-49 from Sunday

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 17:43

Man executed for Cork murder 126 years ago to receive posthumous pardon

John Twiss was convicted of the murder of John Donovan and executed in January 1895

Tue Nov 30 2021 - 20:41

Plight of mica-stressed homeowners dominates FG party gathering

Parliamentary party meeting hears support for 100% redress to remedy defective buildings

Wed Sept 22 2021 - 21:52

Sinn Féin TD accused of not condemning killers of Garda Jerry McCabe

Martin Browne tells Oireachtas committee he ‘condemns everything about’ the murder

Thu Jul 08 2021 - 17:23

Two Fine Gael TDs tell party they will not vote for vaccine pass or lockdown in Dáil

Michael Ring criticises Government over plan to reopen tourism despite dining limits

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 23:14

Restaurants are being ‘scapegoated’ over Covid-19, leading restaurateur says

Many restaurants will shut for good if they cannot reopen soon, Oireachtas committee hears

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 16:04

Driving test backlog could be cleared in four months - Minister

Estimated 120,000 learners waiting for theory tests and 72,000 for driving test

Fri Jun 18 2021 - 18:02

Aer Lingus to fly certain services disrupted due to Stobart Air closure

‘Wake up’ to Irish aviation crisis, Government urged as Stobart Air ceases trading

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 18:00

‘Wild West’ social media firms criticised for response to harmful content

Facebook, Twitter and TikTok appeared before the Oireachtas media committee

Wed May 19 2021 - 19:41

Introduction of September bank holiday ‘under review’ – Taoiseach

Suggestion being considered to help hospitality sector and show appreciation for frontline workers

Wed May 05 2021 - 19:01

Felling licences have been taking almost a year to be issued, figures show

Permit delays at Department of Agriculture are squeezing timber supplies

Tue May 04 2021 - 05:35

University Hospital Kerry says weekend work will clear endoscope backlog by June

Hospital responds after accusations by Fine Gael TD of ‘significant delays’ for patients

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 21:17

University Hospital Kerry accused of delays in sending patients for endoscopes

Over 100 people cleared by treatment fund to have scopes carried out in nearby private hospital

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 22:05