Training to be provided by Irish soldiers to Ukrainian troops will be ‘non-lethal’ - TánaisteCabinet has discussed plans to deploy up to 30 Army personnel to the EU’s Military Assistance MissionTue Feb 21 2023 - 16:28
Cost-of-living package: €200 welfare bonus, €100 child benefit top-up and retention of 9% hospitality VATRange of new spending measures announced by Government including overhaul of support scheme for business’s energy billsTue Feb 21 2023 - 15:55
Cost-of-living package: €200 electricity credit ‘unlikely’ as Pinergy becomes first retailer to cut pricesCoalition leaders and Ministers set to finalise measures likely to amount to less than €1bnMon Feb 20 2023 - 08:14
All eyes will be on DUP’s verdict if a Brexit deal is struck this weekUnionist opinion on any agreement to resolve Protocol dispute, and the position of Tory Brexiteers, are potential stumbling blocks to success of expected dealMon Feb 20 2023 - 01:00
‘Huge gaps’ remain between EU and UK on protocol deal, DUP MP says‘Imposition of EU law on Northern Ireland’ remains ‘fundamental issue’ for DUP, says Sammy WilsonMon Feb 20 2023 - 00:01
AIB urged to explain 99 per cent debt write-down for DJ CareyMinisters and Opposition call on majority State-owned bank to be questioned on ‘jaw-dropping settlement’Sun Feb 19 2023 - 19:00
Planned changes on sentencing of children for serious crimes aimed at ‘maximising’ options available to judgesTserendorj murder sentencing has highlighted ‘yawning gap’ in legislationThu Feb 16 2023 - 15:29
Efforts to find accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers enter ‘extremely difficult phase’, PAC to hearAll accommodation capacity within the International Protection Accommodation Service system is being usedThu Feb 16 2023 - 05:00
Nicola Sturgeon stuns UK politics with surprise resignationScotland’s first minister is to step down as soon as a successor is chosenWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:54
Nicola Sturgeon resigns as Scotland’s first minister after eight yearsSturgeon guided country through Covid-19 pandemic and led SNP to repeated election victories at UK, national and local levelWed Feb 15 2023 - 16:05
‘Nicola Sturgeon was a friend of Ireland’: Departing Scottish first minister praised by Irish politicians Scotland’s first minister makes surprise announcement that she will be stepping downWed Feb 15 2023 - 13:35
IRFU contacts Garda over sites selling Ireland vs England tickets for €889 to €3,119Ticket touting and practice of reselling tickets above face value was banned in 2021 with Sale of Tickets ActTue Feb 14 2023 - 19:46
Roads and bridges to be improved and strengthened under plans to spend €626 million in 2023Transport ministers Ryan and Chambers target funding at maintaining existing networkTue Feb 14 2023 - 12:25
Delayed proposals for inquiry into sex abuse at private schools going to Government ‘shortly’ Department of Education says it is not yet in a position to provide ‘definitive timeline’Tue Feb 14 2023 - 05:00
Cabinet to discuss plans to protect vulnerable witnesses in coercive control and stalking casesExpanded trial protections would prohibit those accused of coercive control from personally cross-examining victim or childTue Feb 14 2023 - 00:01
Denis Naughten announces he will not contest next general electionRoscommon TD was previously a Minister for CommunicationsMon Feb 13 2023 - 22:14
Dublin Airport to install more noise-measuring stations amid controversy over flight pathsCouncil meeting told residents are losing faith in its determination to enforce planning conditionsMon Feb 13 2023 - 21:00
Coalition warned not to fuel ‘anti-migrant narratives’ in statements on immigrationBodies representing refugees and immigrants warn Coalition against recent uses of languageMon Feb 13 2023 - 01:00
Why has Bertie Ahern suddenly rejoined Fianna Fáil, and why should we care?The former taoiseach is back in the headlines as we approach the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Belfast Agreement, and he might have big plansSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
'I'm an ordinary member' - Bertie Ahern speaks at FF event in DublinBertie Ahern addresses media at a Fianna Fáil event in Dublin on Thursday. Video: Cormac McQuinnThu Feb 09 2023 - 22:18
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern receives a standing ovation at Fianna Fáil eventBertie Ahern receives a standing ovation at an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement. Video: Cormac McQuinnThu Feb 09 2023 - 21:06
Ahern has ‘no intention’ of returning to ‘old job’ as he rejoins Fianna Fáil Former taoiseach refuses to rule out 2025 presidency bid, saying it is ‘too far away’Thu Feb 09 2023 - 20:37
Changes to laws on sentencing of children may be ‘brought forward’ after Tserendorj adjournmentMr Justice Tony Hunt described as a ‘yawning gap’ in legislation which caused him to adjourn the sentencing a 17-year-old boy convicted of the 2021 murder of Urantsetseg TserendorjThu Feb 09 2023 - 09:02
Martin welcomes return of Bertie Ahern to Fianna Fáil but says 2025 presidential bid ‘is just speculation’Tánaiste says significant time has passed and cites former taoiseach’s ‘outstanding contribution to peace’Thu Feb 09 2023 - 08:37
Concern at Fine Gael meeting over asylum seekers losing or destroying passports while flying into the StateSources said Minister Patrick O’Donovan told the meeting that the level of fines that can be imposed on airlines over the issue are ‘far too low’Wed Feb 08 2023 - 22:27
Bertie Ahern: Fianna Fáil TDs ‘delighted’ at return of former taoiseach to the partyMr Ahern’s return to the party will fuel speculation that he will seek to run for the presidency in 2025Wed Feb 08 2023 - 18:42
Health service recruitment targets missed despite ‘unprecedented’ increases in staff, PAC to be toldRobert Watt expected to blame Covid-19 and worldwide shortage of health workers for situationWed Feb 08 2023 - 17:40
More than 4,500 refugees and asylum seekers arrive in Ireland since start of the yearThe Government is scrambling to find more places to house new arrivalsTue Feb 07 2023 - 21:45
Nursing home charges advice ‘sound, accurate and appropriate’, Attorney General concludesRossa Fanning argues that litigation is by nature ‘adversarial’Tue Feb 07 2023 - 21:11
Legal advice on nursing home charges was ‘sound, accurate and appropriate’, Attorney General concludes Attorney General Rossa Fanning has defended the legal advice given to the StateTue Feb 07 2023 - 16:51
More than 300 legal actions taken against State over nursing home feesSinn Féin TD suggests ‘thousands’ of people with disabilities living in care facilities are also eligible for compensationThu Feb 02 2023 - 15:27
Nursing home charges: Tánaiste queries whether people today should ‘keep paying for historic wrongs’Micheál Martin says Government has to make decisions that are not always ‘palatable’ given current spending needsThu Feb 02 2023 - 15:24
It’s a case of ‘hold your horses’ on reports Brexit deal has been struckInside Politics: Progress being made on resolving issues around NI protocol but UK reports of agreement ‘premature’Thu Feb 02 2023 - 07:51
Take-up of Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme ‘much less than anticipated’Deadline for claims extended, while scheme is under review and may be continued or tweakedWed Feb 01 2023 - 15:00
Report that UK and EU have reached post-Brexit customs deal treated with caution in DublinAccording to Government sources intensive talks between London and Brussels are ongoing the matters being discussed are complex and will require detailed and sustainable solutionsWed Feb 01 2023 - 14:45
IRFU signs off on proposals to increase number of women on board to 40% by end of 2023Plans to go to July annual council meeting for consideration and approvalWed Feb 01 2023 - 14:10
Nursing home charges: Government’s defence of legal strategy rejected by former investigatorTaoiseach Leo Varadkar defended the use of a legal strategy aimed at containing the State’s potential liability on private nursing home charges describing it as ‘legitimate’ in the DáilWed Feb 01 2023 - 10:09
Controversy over private nursing home charges stretches back decadesInside Politics: Complicated issue has potential to drag in several ministers from the pastWed Feb 01 2023 - 07:48
Nursing home charges: Micheál Martin ‘not aware’ of two memos detailing State’s strategy on refundsVaradkar tells Dáil he ‘must have been’ briefed about the ‘legitimate’ legal strategyTue Jan 31 2023 - 15:09
Politicians fear anti-refugee sentiment will lead to people being seriously hurt or killedGovernment urged to do more to tackle issue, including setting up a body similar to NphetTue Jan 31 2023 - 13:34
Progress on childcare costs a bright spot amid housing and health crisesInside Politics: Parents using childminders set to be brought into subsidy scheme by 2024Tue Jan 31 2023 - 08:01
Tánaiste to brief Cabinet on plans to mark 25th anniversary of Belfast AgreementEvents will not focus on a specific date but will take place across 2023Tue Jan 31 2023 - 05:00
Thousands of parents may receive childminding subsidies under plans going to Cabinet O’Gorman to seek Cabinet approval to change the legal status of childminders, enabling the National Childcare Scheme to be opened to more parentsTue Jan 31 2023 - 03:00
Anti-immigration protesters demonstrate outside offices of three TDsOnline video shows group using abusive language and shouting ‘out, out, out’Fri Jan 27 2023 - 16:36
Sinn Féin faces Sipo investigation over spending on election databaseParty admits errors in electoral spending returnsFri Jan 27 2023 - 01:00
Now Sinn Féin feels the heat on election spendingAnalysis: Party admits it must make several changes to spending declarationsFri Jan 27 2023 - 01:00
Which sports bodies have the best – and worst – representation of women on boards?Sport organisations urged to ‘redouble’ efforts to meet minimum 40% target for female representation by end of 2023Fri Jan 27 2023 - 00:01
Sinn Féin made two more errors in 2020 election expenses statementParty incorrectly listed sums in euro for spending charged in sterling, leading to an under-declaration of €945Thu Jan 26 2023 - 12:53
Senior Coalition figures continue to express confidence in Donohoe Paschal Donohoe to make a fresh Dáil statement in effort to draw a line under the election expenses controversyMon Jan 23 2023 - 00:01
Auto-enrolment pension scheme likely to miss ‘ambitious’ 2024 target, officials fearDepartment of Social Protection working towards a draft Bill for early this year, but planned start date may slip byMon Jan 23 2023 - 00:00
