The Irish Times

Seanad adjourns indefinitely as tributes paid to retiring Senators

Electorate praised for voting ‘in their wisdom’ in referendum to retain Seanad

Thu Feb 04 2016 - 12:56

Miriam Lord: Breathless Enda is gone in 60 seconds

Opposition leaders knocked for six by the wash churning in Kenny’s wake

Wed Feb 03 2016 - 21:08

Bill proposes ban on drones photographing or videoing homes

Legislation would also make it an offence to fly a drone over another person’s home

Thu Jan 28 2016 - 22:24

An Irishman’s Diary about the pitfalls of state honours systems

Iffy honorifics

Fri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00

Feargal Quinn calls for State honours system

Independent Senator insists his proposal is constitutional

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00

Supermarkets: the shops that run our lives

Supermarket culture, with its “retailing tricks”, has had a phenomenal effect on how our lives, towns and cities, farms and food systems are organised

Fri Nov 20 2015 - 12:15

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

Senator calls for construction industry law to be implemented

Legislation to ensure prompt payments for subcontractors was passed two years ago

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 01:00

MacGill: New ‘revolutionary’ needs to bring markets to account

Achievements of former civil servant and Central Bank governor Dr TK Whitaker celebrated at annual summer school

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 13:25

Postcards Revisited | Skerries: ‘Word is Bono played his first gig here’

A series in which we return to the scene of John Hinde postcards: Red Island was a holiday camp in Skerries that operated for three decades. Thin Lizzy and Horslips played the ballroom. As for the food situation, ‘it was a bit like the army’

Fri Jul 17 2015 - 11:20

Another week, another new political grouping?

Polls show new political party fatigue is already beginning to set in

Fri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00

Independent Alliance to field up to 20 candidates in general election

Journalist Carol Hunt and Lord Mayor of Drogheda unveiled as new members

Mon Jun 29 2015 - 12:50

Feargal Quinn to announce he is to join Independent Alliance

Senator’s move seen as boost for grouping led by Shane Ross and Michael Fitzmaurice

Mon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00

FG Senator Pat O’Neill: Aer Lingus deal right for airline and for Ireland

Independent David Norris insists Ireland should have a State-owned airline

Fri May 29 2015 - 01:00

Miriam Lord: FF byelection effort faces rise of Mé Féin

John McGuinness flies to Canaries for holiday as Carlow-Kilkenny campaign begins

Sat May 02 2015 - 11:38

Senator calls for donor-assisted reproduction to be restricted

Fianna Fáil’s Jim Walsh says it should be confined to married mothers and fathers

Fri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00

The Irish consumer: a strange beast

We take pride in ‘Irish’ goods made overseas but take much local produce for granted. We complain to the wrong people. And it’s brother against brother in the war over two samey teas

Mon Mar 16 2015 - 01:00

Emergency drug legislation passes through the Seanad

Fianna Fail Sen ator Diarmuid Wilson calls for major debate on illegal drugs

Wed Mar 11 2015 - 21:41

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

Norris criticises ‘savage cuts’ to salaries of Leinster House ushers

Senator alleges ‘surreptitious attempt’ to reduce pay of Oireachtas attendants

Wed Mar 04 2015 - 18:26

Borders area, north and south, is ‘bandit country’, Seanad told

Difficulties policing 34 Border crossings in Dundalk area to deal with fuel laundering and cigarette smuggling outlined

Wed Feb 25 2015 - 21:20

State board appointments to become fairer, says Brendan Howlin

Government ‘dropped the ball’ in some instances, says Labour Senator John Whelan

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00

Chipper Leo Burdock raises €50,000 through crowdsourcing

Famous brand fishes for finance and comes up trumps

Wed Jan 14 2015 - 12:53

Government gets comfortable Seanad majority on water Bill

Alan Kelly criticises Leo Varadkar for ‘silly’ remarks and ‘lecturing’ people

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 21:06

Consumers set to spend almost €4bn over Christmas

Retail Ireland report shows sales up 1.5%, with rising employment driving spending

Mon Dec 01 2014 - 08:43

Seanad report: Senator Feargal Quinn highlights ‘crisis’ in private pension sector

Concern that the Government is not valuing self-employed, he says

Wed Nov 12 2014 - 19:21

Feargal Quinn prepares Bill to halt Irish Water PPS demands

Senator and former Superquinn boss says semi-State’s move is causing huge anger

Sat Oct 25 2014 - 06:26

Miriam Lord: Fierce water fight for byelection prize

As frontrunners Cathal King and Paul Murphy slug it out, the other candidates in Dublin South West are in danger of drowning

Mon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00

What start-ups need is proof, not passion

After the dotcom bust, entrepreneurs came to realise the untested hunch was no longer adequate

Fri Oct 03 2014 - 01:10

Taoiseach’s contempt for the Seanad clear since he tried to abolish it a year ago

Opinion: The genie was well out of the bottle before the concession by Kenny that the Seanad seat targeted for a thoroughly humiliated John McNulty ‘should not be accepted in those circumstances’

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 08:32