The Irish Times

Michael McDowell: Bedsit ban offers a warning on future income supports

Unintended consequences can cancel out positive effects of well-meaning initiatives

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 01:00

Screen Producers Ireland appoints Susan Kirby as chief executive

St Patrick’s Festival CEO will lead independent film and television production body

Wed Nov 18 2020 - 11:30

Man suspected of three stabbings and two assaults of women in Belfast

Three women hospitalised after five separate attacks on Monday night

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 08:23

Former advisers to previous FF-Green government reappointed

Alan Ahearne joins Taoiseach’s team, Donal Geoghegan named Ryan’s joint chief of staff

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 13:23

For Irish media, promises on page 137 are better than no promises at all

Draft programme for government has revived hopes of new minister for media role

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 04:45

Eamon Ryan: The optimistic environmentalist

The Green Party leader's upbeat approach may not be enough to persuade his party to enter office

Sat May 16 2020 - 06:30

Miriam Lord: Barefaced cheek as Fianna Fáil chases make-up bills

Election fever simmers as politicians begin stockpiling ammunition – against each other

Sat Nov 30 2019 - 02:00

Voting controversy could result in 30-day suspensions for TDs

Fine Gael accuses Fianna Fáil of muddying waters with video of Ministers out of seats

Tue Oct 22 2019 - 18:10

Climate strategy fits with National Development Plan, says Government

Fine Gael defends plan at Cork meeting as activists challenge Ministers on policies

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 08:29

Fintan O’Toole: Election results show angry energy of protest is exhausted

Old political order is in doldrums but disruptive challenge to it is all over place

Tue May 28 2019 - 05:00

Miriam Lord: Green wave leaves FF and FG treading water

Ryan and Co are an attractive proposition to major party wanting a political partner

Sun May 26 2019 - 22:31

Driving force: 10 years of Ireland’s inter-city motorways

Motorways made the country smaller, but controversies have rarely been far away

Mon Mar 18 2019 - 00:42

Thirteen tips that could save you hundreds of euro

Pricewatch: Here is our guide to a clear-headed, stress-free financial spring clean

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 02:06

TV producers call for licence fee collection to switch to Revenue

Minister for Communications Richard Bruton signals idea is being explored

Mon Nov 26 2018 - 05:50

Former Green Party leader Trevor Sargent ordained a priest

Cleric will make tackling homelessness and climate change ‘key issues’ in his service

Sat Sept 08 2018 - 20:01

There may not be enough waste to feed Poolbeg plant

Covanta’s quest to process more refuse has sparked concern among a variety of groups

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 01:15

Extension of tax relief urged as Government publishes €200m plan for film industry

Blueprint aims to double employment and turnover in audiovisual sector in five years

Wed Jun 27 2018 - 19:05

Report into planning corruption in Donegal remains unpublished

Eoghan Murray confirms that Rory Mulcahy’s report has been on his desk since June 2017

Mon May 07 2018 - 01:00

Climate change, Irish style: it was the Greens wot dunnit

IFA pins blame for Ireland’s impending fines for missing climate targets on John Gormley

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 05:05

IFA blames Gormley deal for potential fines worth millions

Environment chairman says Green Party signed up to bad climate agreement in government

Tue Nov 28 2017 - 17:36

‘Stroke politics’: from disappearing trees to a non-Irish Gaeltacht

Irish politicians have turned ‘pulling a fast one’ into an art form

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 14:22

Conor McGregor is everything we teach our sons not to be

Patrick Logue: Dubliner’s onstage antics give voice to racist and misogynistic ideas

Sun Aug 06 2017 - 06:00

Bottle return scheme could be catastrophic, says Environment Minister

Green Party Bill proposes ban on plastic cups, plates and cutlery

Wed Jul 12 2017 - 08:04

Dublin City Council seeks audit on Poolbeg incinerator after lime leak

Council asks why Covanta issued no immediate information to the public after incident that led to hospitalisation of 11 staff

Mon Jun 12 2017 - 21:20

Eleven hospitalised after incident at Dublin’s Poolbeg incinerator

Health and Safety Authority was notified of an ‘uncontrolled release’ this morning

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 10:57

Poolbeg incinerator to take full waste loads from next week

Dublin facility prepares for ‘first fire of waste’ 20 years after original proposal

Thu May 25 2017 - 19:20

When protesters set the stage at media events

Austin Stack’s attack on Adams is the latest in a long line of high-profile interventions

Thu Dec 08 2016 - 18:51

Irish Water charges: an autopsy

How did a progressive initiative become such a disaster? Conor Pope explores the reasons why

Sat Jun 25 2016 - 05:00

Q&A: Will Fianna Fáil rue its stance on water charges?

Conor Pope: Few winners as Irish Water proves stumbling in government formation

Tue Apr 26 2016 - 11:04

Dublin Bay South results: Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, Fine Gael’s Eoghan Murphy elected

Greens ‘first party to lose all seats in Dáil and come back’

Sat Feb 27 2016 - 13:40

Ministers face struggle to hold on to Dáil seats

Minister for Transport fighting to retain seat in Dublin Central, which is now three-seater

Thu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00

Miriam Lord: Small parties bereft of sufficient cash to be boring

Our big four breathlessly announce ‘the launch’ of yet another drab policy message

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 11:05

Irish Water was Fine Gael’s idea, Fianna Fáil claims

Senator says party never made a decision on water utility or charges while in power

Fri Feb 19 2016 - 15:07

Negative campaigning? In Irish politics? It happens

Fine Gael, PDs, Labour and Fianna Fáil all have experience from elections past

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 19:10