Sinn Féin forced on the defensive over €1.6bn energy price cap proposalTaoiseach says Sinn Féin proposal offers a ‘blank cheque’ to energy companiesSat Sept 17 2022 - 06:00
Former environment minister says Ireland should seek floating LNG terminal amid energy crisisComments come as second stress-test of energy supply in a week said to have been successfully completedSat Sept 17 2022 - 01:00
Coalition looking to accelerate use of ESB windfall profits to lower energy costs Government will use funds to help reduce pressure on households and protect jobs, Taoiseach saysSat Sept 17 2022 - 00:01
Palestinian president to visit State for talks with Higgins, Taoiseach and CoveneyMahmoud Abbas’s visit comes ahead of diplomatic engagements at UN General Assembly in New YorkFri Sept 16 2022 - 22:13
Expanding free GP care among Sinn Féin’s €155m plans to reduce cost of healthcareProposals are part of €1.1bn in new measures which would bring spending on health to more than €22bnFri Sept 16 2022 - 18:33
Soaring ESB profits to be used to bring down energy costs for families and businesses - TaoiseachMeanwhile, Varadkar says he wants Help-to-Buy scheme for first time buyers extendedFri Sept 16 2022 - 13:25
Minister assesses resident concerns over proposed Kildare homes for UkrainiansLocals say demand for services such as schools and doctors are already running over capacityThu Sept 15 2022 - 18:00
Three-quarters of children’s hospital construction budget is spent as costs top €1bnFears construction costs of national children’s hospital may rise due to pandemic, inflation and BrexitThu Sept 15 2022 - 13:03
Proposals for sweeping tax increases receive cool reception from MinistersTaxation commission ‘stunned’ at Tánaiste’s dismissal of some proposals as being ‘straight out of the Sinn Féin manifesto’Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
What are floating LNG terminals, and are there plans to bring any to Ireland?There has been a reluctance in Government, predominantly Green Party-led, to embrace LNG due to concerns that some of the gas is extracted through frackingThu Sept 15 2022 - 02:30
Ireland has not joined other European countries in seeking floating LNG terminals amid energy crisisMove would be inappropriate ahead of outcome of State energy security review, says Department of EnvironmentThu Sept 15 2022 - 02:30
Renewed call for a dedicated transport police raised at Fianna Fáil party meetingTaoiseach says he will engage with relevant Ministers on issue despite An Garda Síochána having previously said it did not intend to establish separate unitWed Sept 14 2022 - 21:53
Tax commission’s proposals prompt concerns from trade unions and industry groupsSweeping recommendations to pay for a greying population and future public services questionedWed Sept 14 2022 - 20:29
Fianna Fáil cool on Varadkar suggestion that Donohoe could remain Eurogroup president after Coalition reshuffleDiscussions among Coalition leaders on appointments after December reshuffle yet to take place, says TánaisteWed Sept 14 2022 - 19:32
Varadkar defends 80 cent increase to minimum wage amid criticism from unions and business groupsMove, which brings minimum wage to €11.30 an hour, described as an ‘insult to workers’Wed Sept 14 2022 - 17:08
Minimum wage to rise to €11.30 per hour under plans expected to be approved by CabinetIncrease set to be brought in after a recommendation from the Low Pay CommissionTue Sept 13 2022 - 19:11
Robert Troy says he will ‘most certainly’ stand in next general electionFormer minister of State resigned recently over failure to fully declare property interestsMon Sept 12 2022 - 17:00
‘No appetite’ to cut tax-free inheritance limit, Taoiseach saysBudget focus will be helping families with children with the cost-of-living crisis, Micheál Martin saysMon Sept 12 2022 - 14:59
EU showing ‘flexibility’ in proposal to reduce Northern Ireland checks to a ‘couple of lorries a day’ Maroš Šefčovič encouraged by Truss seeking negotiated solution to protocolMon Sept 12 2022 - 14:30
Coalition pledges to ‘put money back in people’s pockets’ as Ministers feel push-back in budget meetings Unions reveal pre-budget wish-list including demands for enhanced subsidies for childcareThu Sept 08 2022 - 19:25
€200 cap on childcare and €9 public transport fares among Labour proposalsParty outlines details of proposed €4 billion cost-of-living packageThu Sept 08 2022 - 17:47
Irish households in line for larger electricity bill credit before ChristmasCredit set to be paid as part of a package of once-off measures accompanying the budgetThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
Energy crisis: Pressure increases for multibillion-euro budget day giveaway to help consumersPressure on Cabinet expected to increase as British government set to announce spending of up to £100bn to assist public with energy billsThu Sept 08 2022 - 00:05
UK will legislate on North protocol if negotiations fail, new Northern Secretary saysSecond prominent pro-Brexit MP, Steve Baker, appointed to the Northern Ireland OfficeWed Sept 07 2022 - 21:31
Ministers signal second energy credit likely but warn no guarantee blackouts will be avoidedWe’re going to do everything possible to ensure continuity of supply, says Michael McGrathWed Sept 07 2022 - 18:47
Catherine Murphy ‘fully entitled’ to refuse to disclose sources regarding Siteserv transactionSome witnesses argued that the TD had waived her privilege by providing witness statements, but this was rejected by her, with the Cregan Commission agreeingWed Sept 07 2022 - 18:28
Sinn Féin says €2 billion once-off cost-of-living measures ‘simply won’t cut it’Pearse Doherty has accused the Coalition of missing the crisis that households are currently experiencingWed Sept 07 2022 - 15:21
Budget 2023: Cost of living package could rise to €2bnSurging energy bills and large exchequer surplus means larger suite of once-off measures now expectedTue Sept 06 2022 - 23:13
Christmas lights on streets and heating in buildings among issues under consideration to help reduce energy costs - RyanEnvironment minister also said local authorities are looking at the issue of Christmas lights on streets among other measuresTue Sept 06 2022 - 20:59
Important for North that Truss does well as PM, says AhernIncoming British prime minister will leave Northern Ireland to new secretary of state, former taoiseach predictsTue Sept 06 2022 - 09:05
Liz Truss to unveil cabinet after taking reins of power as British PM Kwasi Kwarteng set to become chancellor, James Cleverly likely foreign secretary and Suella Braverman as home secretaryTue Sept 06 2022 - 00:01
Liz Truss as new British prime minister is an opportunity to ‘reset’ relations, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin emphasised the importance of ‘putting the people of Northern Ireland at the centre of our attention and focus’Mon Sept 05 2022 - 19:02
Kevin Callinan: The union leader who ‘knows how to close out on a deal’Ictu chief pursuing approval of State’s 340,000 public sector workers for pay deal agreed this weekSat Sept 03 2022 - 04:00
Top civil servant Robert Watt will not benefit from terms of new public pay dealMinisters told in private deal would not increase salary of ‘a serving secretary general in Civil Service to a salary rate above current highest rate’Fri Sept 02 2022 - 19:58
Sinn Féin TD defends Stephen Donnelly for failing to register rental propertyJohnny Guirke says failure to register property an oversight ‘because there wouldn’t be anything to be gained’Thu Sept 01 2022 - 21:12
Minister insists Navan Hospital Emergency Department will not close in SeptemberThe plan to convert the emergency department to a medical assessment unit has caused political controversy as well as prompting concern from senior medicsThu Sept 01 2022 - 16:16
Fórsa executive recommends that its members back new public sector pay dealThe union which represents 82,000 mostly public sector workers will commence balloting on the deal next week with voting to finish in early OctoberThu Sept 01 2022 - 15:35
Highest-paid public servants in line for 3.5% salary increases under proposed new dealSenior judges and hospital consultants would be among 4,000 State workers paid more than €150,000 in line for next year’s mooted increasesWed Aug 31 2022 - 12:34
Public-sector pay: workers in line for pre-Christmas lump sum if €1.6bn deal approvedLump-sum payments are an ‘attractive’ element of the proposed deal, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform saysWed Aug 31 2022 - 05:00
Public sector unions to take five weeks to consider 6.5% pay offerTaoiseach says deal - set to cost €1.6 billion over three years - is a ‘fair’ oneTue Aug 30 2022 - 13:38
Public sector pay talks reconvene at WRC with industrial action still a possibilityUnions says they want a deal but ballots on industrial action will go ahead this week if talks do not produce agreementMon Aug 29 2022 - 19:36
What chance is there of a deal being done at the public sector pay talks? Coalition locked in talks against backdrop of galloping inflation; stakes are high — to avert a winter of discontentMon Aug 29 2022 - 19:15
Mark Daly hopes to leave Seanad Cathaoirleach role with upper chamber ‘better than he found it’Coalition deal means Fianna Fáil Senator to make way for Fine Gael politician in DecemberMon Aug 29 2022 - 01:00
Consumers warned to expect further energy price hikes in coming weeksDepartment of Finance and Revenue Commissioners examining Green Party proposal for windfall tax on energy companiesSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Two more Fianna Fáil politicians seek changes to declarations of interests in wake of Troy controversyJunior minister James Browne and Senator Catherine Ardagh omitted a property each for one year of returns to Oireachtas authoritiesFri Aug 26 2022 - 20:43
Green party using State funding to pay €9,750 salary top-up to its leader in SeanadPayment was in addition to €70,870 salary Pauline O’Reilly is entitled to as a senatorFri Aug 26 2022 - 20:40
Greens spend close to €22,000 in taxpayer funds on mediation consultants to tackle internal party conflict Party was riven by divisions after general election success in 2020, with some members against entering government with Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelThu Aug 25 2022 - 20:35
Robert Troy profile: Hard-working politician and unapologetic landlord downed by property interestsYoungest of 12 children from Co Westmeath left banking role to take over family post office and run for Fianna Fáil in local electionsThu Aug 25 2022 - 19:11
Independent TDs call for more money in people’s pockets after budgetGroup urges social welfare increases matching the rising cost of living and free public transport for studentsWed Aug 24 2022 - 20:15
Almost 80 TDs and Senators are landlords, landowners or both Register of Members’ interests for Dáil and Seanad indicates substantial portfoliosWed Aug 24 2022 - 05:58
