FG and Labour sharply criticise McDaid over Dáil vote claimsTHE FINE Gael and Labour Party whips have sharply criticised Dr James McDaid for alleging that the Opposition was deliberately…Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Opposition dismisses McDaid claimsOpposition parties have strongly rejected claims by the Donegal North-East TD, Dr James McDaid, who told a TodayFM interviewer…Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Bill aims to tackle difficulty over head shop drug salesFAR-REACHING legislation to ban the sale and distribution of mind-altering and hallucinatory drugs by head shops is to be introduced…Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
McGrath backs 'head shops' legislationMoves by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern to bring in legislation to close down so-called “head shops” have been welcomed by…Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Savvy performer Gilmore would gain in three-way TV debateThe Labour leader can capitalise on his public appeal – but something more is needed for a real breakthroughMon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Party would ask citizens to write new constitutionTHE LABOUR Party in government would appoint ordinary citizens, chosen at random, to a special convention charged with drawing…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
A question of 'when' not 'if' they are to sit around Cabinet table againSKETCH: ARE YOU feeling wan? Recession getting you down? Could that light at the end of the tunnel be an oncoming train? Worry…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Gilmore non-committal on pay dealLabour leader Eamon Gilmore today refused to commit himself on the merits or otherwise of the Croke Park pay deal currently under…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Pay deal will transform public service, says CowenPOLITICAL REACTION: THE AGREEMENT between the Government and the public service unions would provide “confidence and stability…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Taoiseach to face leadership challengeTHE LEADERSHIP of Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to be directly challenged by backbench TD John McGuinness at the weekly meeting of…Mon Mar 29 2010 - 01:00
Robinson and McGuinness meet with senior political and business figuresCHICAGO ENGAGEMENT: NORTHERN IRELAND’S First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness met senior …Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
'No ambiguity' by Government on child protectionTAOISEACH'S REACTION: THERE WAS “no ambiguity” on the Government’s part about the need to protect children against abuse, Taoiseach…Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
SDLP leader demands that she be invited to Obama meetingNORTHERN DELEGATION: SDLP LEADER Margaret Ritchie has written to the North’s First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First …Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
'No ambiguity' by Government on child protectionTAOISEACH'S REACTION: THERE WAS “no ambiguity” on the Government’s part about the need to protect children against abuse, Taoiseach…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Robinson and McGuinness meet with senior political and business figuresCHICAGO ENGAGEMENT: NORTHERN IRELAND’S First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness met senior …Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Taoiseach on visit to Silicon ValleyTaoiseach Brian Cowen continues his trip to the US today, meeting technology entrepreneurs in California’s Silicon Valley.Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Irish 'fiscal restraint' gains press approvalTAOISEACH'S US VISIT: ECONOMIC ISSUES are expected to dominate the Taoiseach’s 40-minute meeting with US president Barack Obama…Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Technology group 'leading recovery'SILICON VALLEY LINK: THE IRISH Technology Leadership Group has consistently been to the forefront of Ireland’s economic recovery…Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Taoiseach gets Windy City welcomeThere was a friendly welcome from the Windy City for the Taoiseach when he flew in this weekend but it was not quite as ecstatic…Sun Mar 14 2010 - 00:00
'Tough decisions' taken on economyIRELAND HAD taken the necessary hard decisions to deal with the economic crisis, Taoiseach Brian Cowen told a group of Irish-…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Cowen begins St Patrick's Day visit to USTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen will today begin his trip to the United States with a visit to Chicago.Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:00
Green failures again criticised by de BúrcaTHE GREEN party should withdraw from the coalition with Fianna Fáil “sooner rather than later”, former party senator Déirdre …Sat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
SF attacks 'pantomime' GovernmentThe Fianna Fáil-Green Party government had become a “pantomime” and should step down, Sinn Fein Vice-President Mary Lou McDonald…Fri Mar 05 2010 - 00:00
Diaspora role in peace process laudedTHE NORTHERN Ireland peace process had “united Irish mainstream opinion with the diaspora”, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said in Dublin…Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
Successors: Frontrunners For Defence JobFOUR MINISTERS of State are in the running to replace Willie O’Dea as Minister for Defence, but the Taoiseach is unlikely to …Sat Feb 20 2010 - 00:00
Taoiseach 'pushed' for appointment of Senator to commissioner's officeEUROPEAN ASPIRATIONS: THERE WERE “hundreds” of approaches made about positions in the cabinet of Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European…Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
De Búrca says Gormley told her she was 'shafted' by FFFORMER SENATOR Déirdre de Búrca has accused Green Party leader John Gormley of failing to ensure that Taoiseach Brian Cowen stood…Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Profile: A career with its share of hard knocksPOLITICS IS a bruising business, and Senator Déirdre de Búrca had taken her share of hard knocks in the recent past.Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Draft law to elect Dublin mayor approvedTHE GOVERNMENT approved draft legislation for a directly-elected mayor of Dublin with “strong executive powers” at a Cabinet…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
Extremist group born out of bloody feudBACKGROUND: The INLA has a long history of extreme violence and vicious internal feudingTue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Former WP leader Mac Giolla diesA leading figure in Irish republican and left-wing politics for more than half a century, Tomás Mac Giolla, former president …Thu Feb 04 2010 - 00:00
Clinton condemns bomb attackDISSIDENT VIOLENCE: THE BOMB attack which left Co Antrim police officer Peadar Heffron (33) critically wounded last week has…Wed Jan 13 2010 - 00:00
Politics caught in heady mix of frenzy and normalitySKETCH: Outside the Assembly chamber dark questions were being whispered, while inside routine matters were dealt withWed Jan 13 2010 - 00:00
Politics caught in heady mix of frenzy and normalitySKETCH: Outside the Assembly chamber dark questions were being whispered, while inside routine matters were dealt withWed Jan 13 2010 - 00:00
Clinton condemns bomb attackDISSIDENT VIOLENCE: THE BOMB attack which left Co Antrim police officer Peadar Heffron (33) critically wounded last week has…Wed Jan 13 2010 - 00:00
Sinn Féin postpones meeting on policingTODAY’S MEETING of the Sinn Féin ardchomhairle (executive council) in Dublin has been postponed due to the weather, party president…Sat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
Impossible to be prepared for 'unknown unknowns'INSIDE POLITICS: WHATEVER ABOUT his role in the invasion of Iraq, we should be grateful to Donald Rumsfeld for enriching the…Sat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
Sinn Féin postpones meeting on policingTODAY’S MEETING of the Sinn Féin ardchomhairle (executive council) in Dublin has been postponed due to the weather, party president…Sat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
Impossible to be prepared for 'unknown unknowns'INSIDE POLITICS: WHATEVER ABOUT his role in the invasion of Iraq, we should be grateful to Donald Rumsfeld for enriching the…Sat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
Minister was 'overwhelmed' by goodwill after diagnosisPERSONAL REACTION: MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan told RTÉ Radio yesterday that he had been “overwhelmed” by the public …Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
'I would be the first to recognise' if I was unfit to continuePOLITICAL BRIEFING: EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE that he could continue to carry out his official duties despite being diagnosed with…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
'I would be the first to recognise' if I was unfit to continuePOLITICAL BRIEFING: EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE that he could continue to carry out his official duties despite being diagnosed with…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Minister was 'overwhelmed' by goodwill after diagnosisPERSONAL REACTION: MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan told RTÉ Radio yesterday that he had been “overwhelmed” by the public …Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
HSE and hospital respond to FG waiting time claimBOTH TEMPLE Street Children’s Hospital and the Health Service Executive were “most concerned” about waiting times for paediatric…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Dermot Nally's public service recalledTHREE FORMER taoisigh, Liam Cosgrave, Garret FitzGerald and Albert Reynolds, were among the mourners at the funeral Mass for …Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Opposition to raise issue of 'inequitable' pay cutOPPOSITION PARTIES have pledged to pursue the Government over what they claim are inequitable pay cuts in the public service …Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
HSE and hospital respond to FG waiting time claimBOTH TEMPLE Street Children’s Hospital and the Health Service Executive were “most concerned” about waiting times for paediatric…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Opposition to raise issue of 'inequitable' pay cutOPPOSITION PARTIES have pledged to pursue the Government over what they claim are inequitable pay cuts in the public service …Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Dermot Nally's public service recalledTHREE FORMER taoisigh, Liam Cosgrave, Garret FitzGerald and Albert Reynolds, were among the mourners at the funeral Mass for …Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
