The Irish Times

Website promotes adoption as an option in crisis pregnancies

Prof Patricia Casey hopes new website dispels some myths about adoption in Ireland

Wed Mar 28 2018 - 19:35

Miriam Lord: Budget 2018, with Paschal Done-with-No-Hue-and-Very-Little-Cry

The only surprise? That people were surprised there was no surprise

Wed Oct 11 2017 - 01:00

Maíria Cahill under pressure to clarify dissident republican links

Labour candidate expected to be elected to Seanad in byelection on Friday

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 13:28

Seanad byelection: obscure Irish political event nears an end

Maíria Cahill set to come out on top when 200-odd votes are counted on Friday

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 07:52

David Norris says gay cousins should be allowed to marry

Senator makes suggestion during the introduction of the Marriage Bill in the Seanad

Wed Oct 21 2015 - 11:52

Meath councillor to contest Seanad byelection for Sinn Féin

Sinead Burke will run against party critic Máiría Cahill, who was chosen by Labour

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 13:49

Opposition parties back Seanad recall over Irish Water

Independent senator Gerard Craughwell called for recall to debate water controversy

Thu Jul 30 2015 - 14:52

Radio: George Hook comes clean about his dirty books

Review: Newstalk host’s literary venture sets pulses racing, as Anton Savage revels in silly season stories on Today FM

Fri Jul 10 2015 - 14:00

Maud Gonne autobiography fetches €5,200 in Yeats auction

Funds to be used for WB Yeats’s old summer home at Thoor Ballylee in south Galway

Tue Jun 02 2015 - 16:41

Grand plans for WB Yeats’s ‘invincible tower’ at Gort

The 15th-century Norman tower Thoor Ballylee was home to the poet and his family for 12 years. An auction is planned to raise funds to turn it into a cultural centre

Fri May 29 2015 - 06:00

Miriam Lord: Marriage referendum really is all about the children

Reluctant gay icon Enda Kenny deploys the ‘what did you do in the war, daddy?’ tactic

Thu May 21 2015 - 01:00

No side say they are open to second referendum

Campaigners are in favour of constitutional protection that stops short of marriage

Wed May 20 2015 - 20:31

Senator criticises lack of female politicians in favour of No vote

Fidelma Healy Eames says absence of opposition is ‘political correctness gone mad’

Tue May 19 2015 - 20:09

Senator claims Chuck Feeney interfering in Irish democracy

Ronan Mullen accuses philanthropist of ‘bankrolling social change’ over same-sex marriage vote

Thu May 14 2015 - 01:00

Differences betwen unions run deep

Question: What is the difference between marriage and civil partnership?

Sat May 09 2015 - 01:00

Behind the News: Fidelma Healy Eames, WB Yeats devotee

A big donation this week means that Thoor Ballylee, the 16th-century tower house once owned by the poet, will reopen this summer, in time for the 150th anniversary of his birth

Sat May 02 2015 - 01:00

Dyslexia curbs Galway girl’s Leaving choices

Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames refers to the case of student seeking 600 points

Thu Apr 16 2015 - 01:07

Children and Family Relationships Bill passes in Seanad

Frances Fitzgerald: Rejects criticism saying children’s welfare turns on good parenting

Tue Mar 31 2015 - 00:23

Noel Grealish rules out joining Shane Ross’s alliance

‘I can better serve the people of Galway as a true independent’ says TD

Thu Mar 26 2015 - 13:56

Healy Eames accepts Mother’s Day not banned in any US state

Galway West Senator says she made error in tweet on same-sex marriage referendum

Mon Mar 16 2015 - 20:57

State’s language policy is costing its citizens jobs, Senator says

Fidelma Healy-Eames makes claims during university entrance requirements discussion

Thu Mar 05 2015 - 19:47

WB Yeats’s tower may become cultural centre

Thoor Ballylee group targets €1 million for project

Fri Feb 06 2015 - 19:11

When will Lucinda Creighton actually form her new party?

With ever-shifting allegiances in Leinster House, the much-heralded new political parties and alliances of Independents are still up in the air

Sat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00

Lucinda Creighton’s political rise and fall ... and possible rise again?

Former Fine Gael junior minister set to form new pary

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 08:58

Speculation grows that FG Mayo TD John O’Mahony will move to Galway West

Decision in January as Mayo drops to four seats with no FG hope of retaining all its TDs

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 01:00

Oireachtas members ask President not to sign water Bill

Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames asks Michael D Higgins to refer Bill to Council of State

Fri Dec 26 2014 - 19:11

Connemara road plan could threaten endangered freshwater pearl mussels

National Parks and Wildlife Service correspondence reveals ‘major concerns’ in upgrade of N59 from Maam Cross to Clifden, which has been approved by An Bord Pleanála

Tue Dec 23 2014 - 01:00

Government looks likely to win crucial Seanad vote on Water Services Bill

Government Senators are now in a minority in the 60-seat upper chamber

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 17:18

Cog Notes: Fears for diversity of future staffrooms

Early findings of a national survey on diversity in initial teacher education raise concerns over a possible impact on the socioeconomic make-up of future staffs

Tue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00