The Irish Times

‘Time to get tough’ with online platforms like Airbnb on short let housing, says Sinn Féin

Planning minister Peter Burke says regulatory control to become operational by early 2023

Tue May 24 2022 - 20:49

Success of pandemic remote working should count if staff wish to operate from home, TD says

Oireachtas enterprise committee debates Bill aimed at giving right to request to work remotely

Wed May 18 2022 - 15:25

Vaccine activists accuse Big Pharma of relying on public money

Waiving patent rights may have chilling effect on medicine development, industry warns

Wed May 11 2022 - 20:34

‘Ridiculous’ that cash payments not accepted at driver licence centres, say TDs

Post offices suggested as a ‘more accessible way’ for people to renew their licence

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 12:25

Jennifer O’Connell: Is making everyone equally unhappy the plan?

One good news initiative after another failed to cheer a disgruntled public. Until housing is fixed, nothing is fixed

Sat Feb 12 2022 - 01:00

Remote working bill criticised as a ‘lost opportunity’

Politicians criticise bill which allows for 13 grounds for refusing working from home

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 17:44

Dáil hears call for €15 per hour minimum wage in ‘cost of survival crisis’

Government did not oppose PBP motion but have ‘no intention of actually acting’, Boyd Barrett says

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 12:44

Government ‘failing to grasp’ urgency of cost of living crisis, opposition parties say

Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly says increases in cost of living ‘beyond a crisis at this stage’

Sun Feb 06 2022 - 15:36

Stark differences in impact of pandemic on workers according to report

Some employees were well protected but working life found to have become worse for many

Mon Jan 31 2022 - 18:20

Loss of 12.5% tax rate won’t have ‘significant impact’ – IDA chief

Welcome certainty of corporate deal will offset rate increase, says Martin Shanahan

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 11:26

Post-Covid redundancies to arise but record number in employment expected next year

Economy growing rapidly but ‘smooth recovery not guaranteed’, Tánaiste says

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 12:29

Sinn Féin delegates gather in Dublin believing their day has come

Party spokespeople presenting themselves as ministers-in-waiting, ready for power

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 01:00

FAI applies for designation of Portugal game under ticket touting law

Varadkar says officials to meet FAI, GAA and IRFU about designating future events

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 14:23

Miriam Lord: Leaders barely escape as Mary Lou gives them a good dressing-down

‘The emperors have no clothes,’ said SF leader, before tearing strips off the Coalition

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 22:41

Pension pathway fraught with political risk

Government must address competing priorities on hot potato of old-age payment

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 19:36

People living longer should not be viewed as ‘problem’, says pensions chairwoman

Josephine Feehily says retirement age should go to 68, but more gradually

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 14:23

TDs join women protesting against maternity restrictions

Bill to ensure partners can attend for appointments, childbirth, introduced in Dáil

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 19:25

Miriam Lord’s Week: Extra seats could mean a squash and a squeeze for TDs

As the Dáil expands along with the population, some space will have to be cleared

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 01:00

‘Real opportunity’ to make remote working part of normal life – Varadkar

Report with public’s views on hybrid working ‘reasonably predictable’ says Isme

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 16:59

Miriam Lord: Dr Feelgood needs his Project Happy now

Micheál gets ratty in slugfest over housing, CO2 monitors and Belarus comparisons

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 23:22

Data is like gold but data centres present dilemma, Varadkar says

Tánaiste says up to a third of all electricity produced may go to powering data centres

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 12:37

Reducing pension age from 66 to 65 would cost €127m, Sinn Féin says

Louise O’Reilly says people have told her they are exhausted at the age of 65 after a lifetime of work

Tue Jun 22 2021 - 15:47

‘Differences should be celebrated’: Chu gives speech at anti-racism rally

Lord Mayor of Dublin was speaking at event in Smithfield on eve of her wedding

Sat Jun 19 2021 - 19:23

Salons renting chairs to hairdressers, Oireachtas committee told

Some businesses being established without any full-time employees, Isme tells TDs

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 13:23

Miriam Lord: Taoiseach sounds like an Ikea ad as he announces Grand Reopening

Micheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable relief

Sat May 29 2021 - 05:00

Large percentage of new-builds may be reserved for first-time buyers under new plan

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is set to bring the plans to Cabinet on Tuesday

Sun May 16 2021 - 13:33

Tánaiste hails ‘day of hope’ as he pledges continued financial supports

Varadkar says up to 15,000 businesses could re-open , 200,000 could get jobs back in May

Thu Apr 29 2021 - 16:03

Donohoe insists ‘no cliff-edge’ cuts as Dáil approves extension of supports

Vaccination programme will be ‘touchstone’ for economic recovery, says Minister

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 20:42

Meat processing sector disputes it is highly profitable, based on low pay

Wage rates on par or ahead of those in North or Britain, industry representatives say

Tue Apr 13 2021 - 14:03

Former Debenhams workers protest a year on from closure

‘We were devastated,’ says former shop steward at march outside Henry Street branch

Fri Apr 09 2021 - 20:48

Varadkar says he queried oversight of employment rights in meat processing sector

Tánaiste says he wrote to Workplace Relations Commission last autumn

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 15:28

Sinn Féin proposal to safeguard workers’ redundancy rights

Bill would make time on PUP scheme reckonable for calculation of redundancy payment

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 18:25

Nearly half of inspections of meat plants found breaches of employment law

Department of Enterprise, Employment says almost €184,000 in outstanding wages recovered

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 13:17

Varadkar to contact digital giants over events breaching lockdown laws

In wake of Dublin street violence, Tánaiste concerned at online platform use by groups

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 01:00