Two-term coalition possible, says Ruairí QuinnLabour Minister says party willing to serve second term if numbers rightFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Children not the target, tobacco companies tell TDs and SenatorsExecutives outline their opposition to plain packaging for tobacco productsFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Tobacco firms to argue against plain packaging for cigarettesLaw Society concerned move may undermine intellectual property owners’ rightsThu Feb 13 2014 - 10:40
Government emergency co-ordination group meets to assess impact of huge stormsThu Feb 13 2014 - 06:50
Government will have to rely on own resources to deal with storm costsAny EU solidarity funds will be very small fraction of what is requiredThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:00
Questions for Garda Ombudsman Commission to answer before committee todayConfusion still surrounds details of the three ‘technical anomalies’ as well as GSOC’s decision not to inform Minister for Justice Alan ShatterWed Feb 12 2014 - 14:40
Government moves to extend voting franchise for Seanad electionsfinal Bill is expected to be published before the summer recessWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Kenneth Egan in a long line of ‘celebrity candidates’Sports, especially GAA, a fertile hunting ground for parties seeking election nomineesMon Feb 10 2014 - 15:01
Adams calls for left to provide alternativeLeft must unite to ‘take on conservative establishment’, Sinn Féin leader tells ardfheisMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Southern parties accused of ‘trying to criminalise’ legacy of Bobby SandsMcDonald criticises Kenny and Martin over ‘cheap soundbites’ on conflictMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Sinn Féin now a ‘major player’, Adams tells ardfheisParty leader says ‘toxic political culture’ is to blame for country’s problemsSat Feb 08 2014 - 21:09
Most hawkish speeches at Sinn Féin ardfheis made by Southern dovesMary Lou McDonald and Paraic MacLochlainn are more usually associated with modernisation of partySat Feb 08 2014 - 16:45
Difficult challenges remain for Sinn Féin party on the riseParty is struggling to position itself and has adopted every populist position goingSat Feb 08 2014 - 10:23
Local enterprise offices to ‘breathe new life’ into economyEamon Gilmore says 2014 to be the ‘most important year in our path to recovery’Thu Feb 06 2014 - 16:16
Taoiseach for NY Patrick’s Day parade despite boycottNew York mayor Bill de Blasio to boycott parade over exclusion of gay and lesbian groupsThu Feb 06 2014 - 13:49
Decision not to convene national emergency group defendedWillie O’Dea says he is ‘gobsmacked’ that group did not meet until this monthWed Feb 05 2014 - 13:18
Tense internal battles loom in Ireland South MEP raceFG hopeful keen to have single running mate while Labour candidates push to be the oneWed Feb 05 2014 - 12:23
Parties fall short of gender quotasFine Gael and Fianna Fáil lag far behind the Labour Party and Sinn Féin in selection of female candidatesWed Feb 05 2014 - 10:31
Draft legislation for Bill allowing terminally ill to make ‘living wills’Bill was originally drafted and presented by Wexford TD Dr Liam Twomey in 2010Wed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
Some 300 towns and cities vulnerable to flooding, says MinisterIt will cost tens of billions of euro to build all flood defencesWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
‘Tens of billions of euro’ needed to build defences for 250 flooding flashpointsMinister of State for OPW Brian Hayes says very costly to build defences for all coastal and river flood risksTue Feb 04 2014 - 10:54
Night running has hidden benefitsAdvances in technology and clothing ensures comfort and safety on the coldest nightsTue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00
Labour unlikely to land in position to realise property tax pledgeParty was largest on four of 34 councils in 2009 but it’s hard to imagine history repeatingMon Feb 03 2014 - 14:01
Quinn says he is not ready for the chop as Minister for EducationQuinn says he wants to complete full term and intends to contest the next electionMon Feb 03 2014 - 12:12
Government widens pylon inquiry, denies climbdownRabbitte agrees to investigation into interconnector after Kenny’s interventionThu Jan 30 2014 - 06:14
Kenny does a Bertie and strokes pylon controversy into touchTaoiseach’s move to include North-South line in review harks back to bad old daysThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Garda asked Public Accounts Committee for private meetingSgt Maurice McCabe wants to outline evidence on alleged misuse of penalty point cancellationsWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Waters now muddied between the Government and the PACOpinion: Despite tensions in the past the two have managed to co-existWed Jan 29 2014 - 00:01
Government defends set-up cost of Irish WaterOnly setting up a service in ‘mythical country’ would cost less, says NoonanTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Shatter’s legislation to reform legal sector due before Cabinet todayLegal Services Regulation Bill was first published in 2011 but has been subject to long delays arising from adverse reaction to some of the more controversial provisionsTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water says it will achieve exchequer savings of €2bn by 2021Company says staff numbers would reduce over time, through retirement or by voluntary redundancy schemesTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
When is a party not a party?The Reform Alliance conference today is not a monster meeting, nor is it a party launch. So what do the seven Oireachtas members hope to achieve?Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Garda Commissioner takes legal advice on garda speaking to PACCallinan consults AG as he seeks to prevent whistleblower testifying on alleged wrongdoingFri Jan 24 2014 - 07:32
Irish language ‘being driven to margins of society’Fine Gael and Labour condemned for not attending Oireachtas language committeeThu Jan 23 2014 - 16:19
PAC may meet new penalty points whistleblower next weekMembers will ask the Garda whistleblower to seek legal advice before opting to attendThu Jan 23 2014 - 08:51
Irish Cancer Society made a loss on the operation of its lotteryCharity continued running lottery despite loss because it got a State subventionThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water changes will prove costly, warns Eamon RyanGreen Party leader queries why Coalition changed remit and structure of bodyWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
Quinn to outline proposals for technological universitiesCreation of universities set to involve mergers between current institutesTue Jan 21 2014 - 08:30
RTÉ chief angered by €5m licence cut going to welfareDecision to cut subvention for free TV licence to €54m criticised by RTÉ board and by RabbitteTue Jan 21 2014 - 07:36
RTÉ dismayed at what it saw as raid on licence revenuesChairman felt broadcaster bearing cost of welfare policyTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Ex-CRC chairman Nugent willing to appear before PACVaradkar is latest Minister to call on former chief executive Paul Kiely to return moneyMon Jan 20 2014 - 09:55
Kiely should consider repaying some of €700k package, says former CRC chairmanHamilton Goulding takes issue with reports payoff will not be repaidMon Jan 20 2014 - 07:57
PAC to recall entire CRC board over pay-offsChairman says there are unresoved questions over €740,000 severance packageMon Jan 20 2014 - 07:48
Reform Alliance could soar like an eagle....or turn into a turkeyAnalysis: Group of party exiles may eventually become a partyThu Jan 16 2014 - 14:42
Bonuses in State agencies to come under renewed scrutinyIrish Water discloses average staff bonus of €7,000 as debate on new utility enters second dayThu Jan 16 2014 - 11:54
New Bill promises to deal with judicial misbehaviourGovernment’s legislation programme also promises Bill to establish court of civil appealWed Jan 15 2014 - 20:09
Taoiseach says he knew of Irish Water start-up costsKenny pledges company will be subject to ‘full rigours’ of Freedom of Information actWed Jan 15 2014 - 18:49
Irish Water debacle far from unique in political contextControversy has all hallmarks of previous arrangements brokered FF governmentsWed Jan 15 2014 - 17:14
Public service reforms have been ‘remarkable’ claims HowlinEmployee numbers down to 290,000 and expenditure to €17.5bn a yearTue Jan 14 2014 - 23:00
