Proposal to relax planning rules for cabins ‘tinkering around edges’ of housing crisis, McDonald says
Minister of State John Cummins says proposal would allow more people to live independently
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Planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens set to be relaxed
Extensions up to 40m2 to a home can be built without planning permission whereas habitable structures of this size must have approval if not attached to the home itself
Taoiseach accused of drinking too much ‘big tech Kool-Aid’
To shut door on data centres would send signal Ireland does not want to be part of ‘most profound economic revolution’, Micheál Martin says
Possible tax breaks for property development not discussed at ministerial meeting on housing
Government preparing to agree additional €450 million in capital funding for housing sector
Fianna Fáil interventions on housing prompt puzzlement in Fine Gael
Mood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Ireland could give Ukraine €50m in non-lethal military support, Cabinet to hear
Simon Harris to brief ministers on plan and seek approval for Ireland’s participation in G20 forum, while Peter Burke is to set out IDA Ireland’s new five-year strategy
‘Too many’ unentitled asylum applicants, says Minister, signalling cut in supports
Cutting Ukrainian hosting payment will ‘push people into homelessness’, say advocacy groups
Ireland’s lack of security strategy ‘indefensible’, veteran Garda intelligence officer says
Six-year delay in publishing strategy criticised ‘at a time of heightened global instability and risk’
Harsh to blame Verona Murphy after Micheál Martin ignites slow-burning brouhaha
Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney
As the Healy-Raes give the people what they want (tar) Trump to give Ireland what it doesn’t (tariffs)
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Furious scenes in the Dáil after Taoiseach’s unparliamentary language as Gaeilge
Ireland’s climate and energy security must not be sacrificed to appease Trump with LNG deal - Friends of the Earth
‘Government must not lock Ireland into long-term gas addiction in short-term effort to distract US president’
Government orders review of operations of Arts Council following €6m IT system controversy
Ministers criticised handling of project by Arts Council and Department of Arts
Heavy focus on US as Cabinet set to sign off on St Patrick’s Day travel plans
Emphasis on building trade links to Republican-leaning ‘red states'
Q&A: What next for the YSTE, Ireland’s annual showcase of young scientific talent?
A big player in pharma/healthcare, biotech or the tech world would be good fit in replacing BT
538 public servants are on career breaks. One has lasted 12 years
At least 50 employees of Government departments and their agencies on career break for five years or more
Miriam Lord’s Week: Who’s that brave England supporter among the guests of the Six Nations?
Ireland-England game brought the great and good to the Aviva, including a former British PM
Social housing targets need ‘adequate funding’, officials tell Minister
Local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are ‘approaching capacity’ under existing resourcing
Twitchiness abounds as Gucci Government awaits invite to Trumps’ Irish jamboree
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: End of Dáil fireworks brings spending and housing to the fore
Coalition confident shock 2020 defeat of its candidate for leas-cheann comhairle will not be repeated
John McGuinness expected to be elected, but secret ballot injects uncertainty
Government criticises ‘provocative’ Israeli comments on Irish ‘obligation’ to Gaza refugees
Controversy comes as figures show the number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland has increased more than eightfold
Defamation Bill among planned laws to be revived in new Dáil
Taoiseach briefs Cabinet on plans to restore 11 proposed laws to Dáil order paper
Dáil returns: ‘You left the ESB to do the heavy lifting’ - Government criticised over Storm Éowyn response
Housing targets and ministerial appointments among other topics addressed as TDs reconvene
Insurers told they must handle Storm Éowyn claims surge quickly and fairly
Dáil is expected to hear statements on the State’s response to the storm this week if a row over speaking time can be resolved
Trump agrees to pause Canada and Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears
Mexico agrees to send 10,000 members of its national guard ‘to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl’, says Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum
Ceann Comhairle rules Regional Independents cannot be viewed as members of the Opposition
Ruling appears to present a path to resolving the conflict about speaking time and allowing the Dáil to proceed this week
Dáil speaking rights for Michael Lowry group not ‘black and white issue’, Martin says
Taoiseach Micheál Martin points to precedent and possible future cases in call for compromise
In a Word ... Politics
It might be argued that some smaller parties were outmanoeuvred in negotiations to form this Government, while others chose to make demands they knew would be refused
Miriam Lord’s Week: ‘What hold does Michael Lowry have over them?’ - the question everyone is asking
No one can figure out why Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are going out on a limb despite his controversial past and divisive Dáil presence
Storm Éowyn’s devastating aftermath overshadows Ireland’s political turbulence
From Seanad election latest to the neverending Dáil speaking rights row, it's your essential end-of-week politics catch-up
‘Another stroke’: Fresh plan to give Michael Lowry’s group Dáil speaking time criticised by Opposition
Government plan is ‘total arrogance’ on the back of a ‘grubby deal’, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says
The Irish Times view on junior ministers: little power and even less responsibility
The Government’s claim the increase to 23 juniors is necessary defies credulity
Government gender balance hands Opposition low-hanging fruit
It is the less predictable events that will present the biggest problems for the Coalition
Opposition parties expect showdown over speaking rights row
Committee to consider wording of a new amendment to Dáil rules to break gridlock over ongoing row around Regional Independent Group
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