Government to block welfare for new EU immigrantsThe Government is preparing to block social welfare entitlements for immigrants from new member-states in central and eastern…Wed Feb 25 2004 - 00:00
Awarding of OPW contracts under investigationThe Government has initiated an investigation into the awarding of contracts by the Office of Public Works to a company whose…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Revenue does not know cost of tax breaksThe Government is unable to say how much revenue the Exchequer is losing through tax exemptions available for investors in hotels…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Three named for Hunt Museum inquiryThe retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Donal Barrington is to lead the inquiry into the Hunt Museum collection in Limerick…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
FF MEP pressed to make way for FaheyA Fianna Fáil MEP from Co Galway is coming under increasing pressure from senior members of the party to withdraw his candidacy…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Publicans in Kerry meet over smoke banPublicans in Co Kerry are renewing their campaign against the ban on smoking in pubs after the Minister for Health, Mr Martin…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
EU signals marked reduction in funds for IrelandThe European Commission has signalled a sharp reduction in finance to Ireland from EU structural funds.Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Opposition raise fears of political interference in work of forceThe Garda Bill introduced by the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, leaves the force open to political interference, the Opposition…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Legal action threat over inquiry at Hunt museumThe Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Paris is threatening legal action against the Hunt Museum in Limerick over its refusal to grant…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Bill to overcome 'credibility issues'The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has said he hopes that individual gardaí will see the Garda Bill as an opportunity to …Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Union urged to resist decentralisation planOfficials in the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism have complained that their own union has not been strong enough in its…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Minutes reveal civil servants' concerns about decentralisationNew evidence of disquiet at the Government's decentralisation plan is revealed in a confidential set of minutes which show that…Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:00
Taoiseach to visit site of Omagh atrocity but many relatives will not be presentThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, is planning to visit the site of the Omagh bombing on Thursday, six months after he was criticised for…Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:00
Museum to ask retired judge to investigate Nazi art claimsThe Hunt Museum in Limerick is to ask a retired senior judge to lead an investigation into claims that some of its collection…Sat Feb 14 2004 - 00:00
Consultant links Hunts to Nazi dealersThe couple who amassed the Hunt Museum collection in Limerick had business connections with art dealers linked to the main art…Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Board to discuss Nazi art loot claimThe board of the Hunt Museum in Limerick will meet tomorrow to discuss allegations by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre that some of…Thu Feb 12 2004 - 00:00
Cowen salutes Croatia's progress on path to EUEU ENLARGEMENT: Croatia has "considerably high" expectations that its application to the join the European Union will be accepted…Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
Two strikes but still in as Beverley banks on partyTwice expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party during the last Dáil, Ms Beverley Cooper Flynn now faces renewed scrutiny…Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
Schroder's doubts over timetableEU CONSTITUTION: The German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schröder, has said he doubts whether the Government can broker an agreement…Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Museum asked to examine Nazi claimsThe Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr O'Donoghue, has asked the board of the Hunt Museum in Limerick to examine claims…Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Government seeks advice on electronic voting system ordersThe Government is seeking legal advice from the Attorney General, Mr Rory Brady SC, to ensure that ministerial orders to trigger…Fri Feb 06 2004 - 00:00
Clause in controversial Immigration Bill altered by MinisterThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has changed a controversial clause in the Immigration Bill which would have permitted …Thu Feb 05 2004 - 00:00
New US envoy makes a favourable impressionThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, last night held an introductory meeting with the new US special adviser on Northern…Thu Feb 05 2004 - 00:00
'Accountability deficit' in body which disbursed €100 millionConsultants to the Government have criticised an "accountability deficit" at a publicly funded body responsible for the disbursal…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Judge stands by criticisms in report on bombingsMr Justice Barron has defended his assertion that the government in 1974 could have done more to help further the investigation…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Britain gave all 'relevant' files on bombingsThe British government has said that it gave "all relevent information" from its files to the Barron inquiry into the Dublin …Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Fianna Fail candidate courts the Chinese vote with his manifestoA Fianna Fáil local election candidate is seeking votes from the Chinese community in his Dublin constituency by translating …Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
June electronic voting to go aheadThe Government has insisted that it will press ahead with the use of a €35 million electronic voting system in the elections …Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Fine Gael urges 'proofing' of budget against objectivesThe Finance Bill, which gives effect to the Budget, will be published by the Government tomorrow.Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Citizenship right under study by GovernmentThe Government is considering an opinion from its legal advisers which suggests that the constitutional right to Irish citizenship…Sat Jan 31 2004 - 00:00
Inquiry fails to identify source of leaked Aer Rianta memorandumThe Department of Transport has failed to identify the person responsible for the leak of a confidential Cabinet memorandum on…Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Broadcaster wrote Ahern speechesThe broadcaster David McWilliams has said that he wrote magazine articles under a pseudonym in the 1990s criticising the then…Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Elderly urged to contribute to retirement homesElderly people with "modest assets" should be obliged to make a contribution to their own upkeep in retirement or nursing homes…Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Ahern 'heartened' by EU flexibility on issuesIRELAND: The Taoiseach has said he is "heartened" by the willingness of European Union leaders to seek a compromise on the issues…Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Aylward, Cassells for Euro electionsThe Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Liam Aylward, has been put on the Fianna Fáil ticket to run in the European election…Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Relocation rejected by many civil servantsLarge numbers of staff in the Departments of Agriculture and Communications have said they are not interested in taking part …Wed Jan 28 2004 - 00:00
Sums lodged equalled one house per yearFlood report: George Redmond regularly received big sums of money from property developers for 28 years, the planning tribunal…Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:00
Flood focuses on four corrupt payments made to RedmondFlood report: The retired assistant Dublin city and county manager George Redmond received corrupt payments from a property …Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:00
Brady was wrong over remarks, says AhernThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has said the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr Royston Brady, should not have described his colleagues on the…Wed Jan 21 2004 - 00:00
Murphy invited to Dail committeeThe Northern Secretary, Mr Paul Murphy, and two of his predecessors have been asked to appear before an Oireachtas sub-committee…Tue Jan 20 2004 - 00:00
Taoiseach and Blair to discuss North and EU todayThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, will meet Mr Tony Blair in London today to discuss the Northern peace process and efforts to agree an…Mon Jan 19 2004 - 00:00
Martin insists he backs waste policyThe Minister for Health, Mr Martin, has insisted that he supports the Government's waste management policy even though he was…Mon Jan 19 2004 - 00:00
Permanent jobs for advisers criticisedLabour has condemned moves by the Government to remove the prohibition on special advisers to ministers from taking permanent…Mon Jan 19 2004 - 00:00
Minister finalising proposal for electricity link with BritainIRELAND: The Minister for Communications, Mr Dermot Ahern, is finalising proposals to build a multimillion-euro electricity …Thu Jan 15 2004 - 00:00
Taoiseach disputed cardinal's stance on stem cellsThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, suggested in private exchanges with Cardinal Desmond Connell that the church leader misunderstood the…Wed Dec 24 2003 - 00:00
Opposition says first-time house buyers are priced out of marketThe Opposition has claimed that first-time house buyers are being priced out of the market after a new survey said house prices…Tue Dec 23 2003 - 00:00
Ahern denies an EU crisis and is 'not interested' in post of EC presidentThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has said he is not interested in the post of president of the European Commission, which will become…Sat Dec 20 2003 - 00:00
Committee endorses electronic votingAn Oireachtas committee has voted to endorse the Government's electronic voting system just a week after it heard serious reservations…Fri Dec 19 2003 - 00:00
FG renews attack on benchmarkingFine Gael has renewed its attack on the benchmarking pay deal after a Government advisory group said the award should be paid…Thu Dec 18 2003 - 00:00
Cullen denies Bill would usher in charges for waterThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, has rejected claims by Labour and Fine Gael that a new Water Services Bill would…Thu Dec 18 2003 - 00:00
