European court stance limits Ireland’s ability to deport criminals, O’Callaghan saysIreland shares concerns over challenges posed by convention on human rights in relation to migration and deporting criminals, Minister tells meetingWed Dec 10 2025 - 12:55
Age classifications on websites and apps could be introduced under online safety reform plansOnline safety taskforce was set up in recognition of social media’s harm to children’s physical and mental healthWed Dec 10 2025 - 06:00
Children with additional educational needs will not need assessment to access classes or schoolsMinister for Children Norma Foley announces Government will replace existing process with new systemTue Dec 09 2025 - 15:32
Plan to verify people’s ages online with Government ID a ‘disproportionate response’Civil liberty and digital privacy campaigners question legal basis for proposed digital walletsTue Dec 09 2025 - 09:00
New digital wallet to be tested within months to restrict social media access in Ireland for under-16sAttorney General is to advise on proposed age verification system but senior Government figures stop short of backing Australia-style banSat Dec 06 2025 - 06:00
Could Ireland follow Australia and ban under-16s from social media?Parents and schools are working together to impose community-wide bans on smartphones until their children reach certain agesSat Dec 06 2025 - 06:00
Plan to verify ages of children using social media in Ireland to be considered by Cabinet Instagram and Facebook start closing accounts of young people in Australia believed to be under 16 following banThu Dec 04 2025 - 21:08
People who object to infrastructure projects could be offered damages under new planPublication of internal Fianna Fáil review on disastrous presidential election campaign unlikely before next yearThu Dec 04 2025 - 08:20
People objecting to infrastructure projects could be offered damages to avoid delaysProposed reform of judicial reviews could see ‘flaws addressed retrospectively’ Thu Dec 04 2025 - 06:00
Coalition cancelled energy credits despite warning of greater need this year than lastEnergy officials find bills higher than 2024 and households requiring €321 extra without creditsWed Dec 03 2025 - 17:19
New infrastructure plan: Government expects legal challenge to judicial review reformsReport warns court challenges and overly complex regulatory system could stall infrastructure improvementsWed Dec 03 2025 - 12:08
Zelenskiy visit brings politics of a world at war to IrelandUkrainian president identifies Ireland’s global soft power as a mechanism for ensuring a dignified peace for his countryWed Dec 03 2025 - 08:26
Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s historic visit to Ireland aims to help secure Ukraine’s futureIreland to pledge an extra €100 million in non-lethal military supportTue Dec 02 2025 - 07:55
Major Garda security operation, road closures in place for Zelenskiy visit to DublinAdditional €100m in ‘non-lethal’ military support set to be announced during Ukrainian president’s first official trip to IrelandTue Dec 02 2025 - 06:00
Plan to phase out State-funded commercial accommodation for Ukrainians dropped Proposal, which has not previously been reported, was considered and backed by officials in December 2024Mon Dec 01 2025 - 13:19
More than 1,000 social homes in Donegal visibly cracked due to defective blocks Council has been asking Department of Housing for four years for funding to repair damage done to housing stockWed Nov 26 2025 - 10:00
Verona Murphy says photo opportunity with Sinn Féin does not mean she supports party’s BillCeann Comhairle pictured outside Dáil with SF on International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and GirlsTue Nov 25 2025 - 20:46
‘Exceptionally high building inflation’ blamed for €6m Dublin park tearooms going over budgetCost of consultant architects rose from €246,000 in 2015 to €655,000 last year, audit findsTue Nov 25 2025 - 06:00
Mother and baby home records held in database ‘not fit for purpose’Tusla warned Government that system would require ‘significant’ redevelopment to ensure preservationMon Nov 24 2025 - 06:00
Minister for Defence told to provide details of people who may have ignored abuse complaintsDefence Forces initially claimed providing the information could be a breach of data protectionMon Nov 24 2025 - 06:00
Arts Council chair vows to ‘rigorously’ pursue necessary reforms after botched IT projectMaura McGrath was not expecting to be landed with controversy over €6.7m spend on failed project when taking her jobThu Nov 20 2025 - 19:46
What’s in the in-trays of the new Ministers? Just some very big political challenges Occupied Territories Bill, volatile tax receipts and school spaces for those with additional needs among responsibilitiesThu Nov 20 2025 - 10:00
More than 83,000 Ukrainians who fled war remain in Ireland, CSO findsWomen aged 20 or over made up 45% of those still remaining in the StateWed Nov 19 2025 - 13:33
Who are the new Ministers and what are their qualifications?Cabinet reshuffle follows Paschal Donohoe’s resignation as minister for financeTue Nov 18 2025 - 22:01
Ivan Yates ‘flabbergasted’ at attention on media training activities, committee to hearYates worked as commentator during presidential election after providing undisclosed coaching to failed candidate Jim GavinTue Nov 18 2025 - 18:58
‘Complex’ property rights could stymie plans to remove domestic abusers from homesOfficial figures may understate number being made homeless by domestic violence, Government figures believeMon Nov 17 2025 - 07:07
New apartment design standards to be ‘robustly’ defended amid legal challengeLabour leader says ‘significant’ development in judicial review case will be revealed in High Court on MondaySun Nov 16 2025 - 20:15
Put long-term homeless families with children at top of housing queue, councils told Government shifts focus in effort to reduce number of children in emergency accommodationFri Nov 14 2025 - 06:00
Landmark housing plan includes €100m fund to tackle child homelessness, but unclear how many will benefitUnder new housing plan, Government will no longer set itself annual construction targetsThu Nov 13 2025 - 16:23
President Catherine Connolly says she will be a ‘catalyst for change’ over next seven yearsIreland’s 10th president references diversity, climate, housing, neutrality and Irish unity at ceremony in Dublin CastleTue Nov 11 2025 - 21:32
Sinn Féin promoting policies that ‘are not left wing’, says Holly CairnsThe Social Democrats leader said she would rather lose her seat than adopt a more popular position on the nitrates derogationSat Nov 08 2025 - 13:41
Holly Cairns on her struggles with the Dáil commute and childcare: ‘It is difficult’The Social Democrats leader discusses returning to work after maternity leave, political differences with Sinn Féin and how Harris is ‘fanning the flames’ on immigrationSat Nov 08 2025 - 06:30
Refuge being refurbished rather than converted into asylum seeker accommodation, charity saysWidely shared video of contractors carrying out works at refuge claimed it was being made into International Protection centreFri Nov 07 2025 - 18:39
Zohran Mamdani captures global attention after New York mayoral winMany cost-of-living promises echo rhetoric Trump used to win the 2024 presidential electionThu Nov 06 2025 - 08:34
Minister still trying to ‘end housing crisis’ despite official prediction it will last 15 yearsJames Browne targeting end to housing crisis during his own term and believes ‘that can be done’Wed Nov 05 2025 - 13:42
UN report warns of ‘serious escalation of climate risks and damages’Lack of ambition and action means exceedance of 1.5 degrees is approaching, report saysWed Nov 05 2025 - 08:10
Fire-safety concerns found during inspections at more than 50 asylum centresOne fire drill to evacuate accommodation unit of just 11 people took 30 minutes, report findsWed Nov 05 2025 - 06:00
Jack Chambers rejects Sinn Féin claim he should have declared Fianna Fáil hired Ivan YatesMinister says matter for broadcaster to declare conflict of interest, not for him as party’s director of electionsTue Nov 04 2025 - 21:02
‘I’ve asked for criminal sanctions to be investigated’: Minister responds to electrical exams cheating claimsJames Lawless expresses concern about possible criminal activity within the electrical apprenticeship programmeTue Nov 04 2025 - 12:17
Alarm at claims of cheating in electricians exam Fianna Fáil is in its Maud Gonne era, that is to say, absolutely tormented by a man called Yates Tue Nov 04 2025 - 07:13
Forty-five adults and seven children deported from Ireland to Georgia Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan says he is ‘dedicated to strengthening enforcement measures’Tue Nov 04 2025 - 06:26
Exam papers ‘sold for €50’ to electrical apprentices Attorney General consulted over claims test papers were available, prompting concerns over public safetyTue Nov 04 2025 - 06:00
Ivan Yates gave media coaching to Taoiseach, Jim Gavin and five other FF ministersParty acknowledges work done by former FG minister for failed Áras candidate which has sparked Government rowMon Nov 03 2025 - 21:18
Are Micheál Martin’s days as Fianna Fáil leader drawing to a close? After the Jim Gavin presidential election debacle, there are a lot of angry people in Fianna Fáil, but it’s less clear if anybody is ready to replace Micheál MartinSat Nov 01 2025 - 06:01
Government seeks new housing tsar to tackle accommodation crisis on a salary of €217,000Housing Activation Office to focus on sites with potential for large-scale housing developmentFri Oct 31 2025 - 11:27
Accommodation for Ukrainians set to run out in weeksSubstantial cuts to time in State accommodation being considered as 50 new Ukrainians seek temporary protection every day Fri Oct 31 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’Simon Harris accused of ‘going down the Nigel Farage route’ over immigration commentsThu Oct 30 2025 - 13:57
Taoiseach Micheál Martin defends leadership amid backlash over presidential campaignMr Martin criticised ‘unacceptable’ and ‘hurtful’ comments about him from Fianna Fáil rebelsThu Oct 30 2025 - 11:37
Some 470 Beaumont Hospital workers join call for boycott of Israeli firm’s drugsLatest petitions follow similar action by staff at Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital CappaghThu Oct 30 2025 - 06:00
Mary ‘May’ McGee: The dignified Irish mother who took on the might of the StateMary ‘May’ McGee, who died this week aged 81, successfully fought the ban on contraceptionWed Oct 29 2025 - 17:54
