Cabinet agrees abortion draft legislation after marathon meetingThree doctors will need to agree before termination granted on suicide grounds, with three further doctors involved on appealTue Apr 30 2013 - 09:45
Walsh says other FG TDs agree over stance on abortionFine Gael TDs indicate suicide clause in draft abortion legislation a major difficultyTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:13
Cabinet expected to agree on abortion Bill todayPanel of three doctors likely to be approved in legislationTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil distances itself from austerityParty leader Micheál Martin says promissory note deal a game-changerMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Soldiers of destiny return from political wildernessFianna Fáil is biding its time, preparing for what the party faithful believe will be its inevitable return to powerMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Martin signals shift in Fianna Fáil position on austerityParty leader says Fianna Fáil will no longer support the type of measures that have marked budgetary policy over the past five yearsSat Apr 27 2013 - 21:32
Second day of Fianna Fáil ardfheis underwayAbortion issue to be debated at the conference attended by some 4000 delegatesSat Apr 27 2013 - 11:30
Fianna Fáil to oppose Seanad abolition, Martin tells ardfheisParty leader claims Minister for Health James Reilly has failed in his reform of the health servicesFri Apr 26 2013 - 22:21
Government claims progress on abortion legislationDraft Bill expected to be agreed before next Tuesday’s Cabinet meetingFri Apr 26 2013 - 06:00
Watchdog refers parties to Garda for failing to disclose donationsPeople Before Profit Alliance, Socialist Workers Party and Workers Party referredFri Apr 26 2013 - 05:00
Guns, Haughey and tribunals: 40 years of Fianna Fáil Ard FheiseannaFive key moments from party meetings over the past four decadesFri Apr 26 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach says 'no new rights' will be contained in abortion lawKenny rules out holding another referendum on abortionThu Apr 25 2013 - 08:55
Tensions on abortion law escalate at Fine Gael meetingTaoiseach and Minister for Health strongly criticised for lack of consultation at parliamentary party meetingThu Apr 25 2013 - 06:00
Environment ministers to thrash out deal on EU carbon targets for 2030Green Paper to argue new framework must improve on weak 2020 climate change planMon Apr 22 2013 - 06:00
Divisions may delay abortion draftSerious split emerges between Government parties on how to deal with suicide aspects of lawMon Apr 22 2013 - 06:00
Next budget will ease austerity, says FG MinisterMajor concession to middle-income taxpayers in upcoming October budgetMon Apr 22 2013 - 06:00
Government may have to delay publication of draft abortion legislationDivisions emerging between Coalition parties over suicide aspects of lawMon Apr 22 2013 - 05:00
Martin claims Sinn Féin has sullied republicanismFianna Fáil leader tells 1916 commemoration FF is only party with unbroken republican chainSun Apr 21 2013 - 16:41
Victims of a hero and paedophileTo many he was an admirable Irish-language pioneer. But Domhnall Ó Lubhlaí spent decades secretly abusing teenage boys. Why was he never brought to justice?Sat Apr 20 2013 - 07:00
Inquest finding will prove challenging for legislatorsThe finding of the Savita Halappanavar inquest will leave politicians with plenty to ponder ahead of legislationSat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
Rabbitte argues fracking has been a ‘game changer’ in USMinister says any decision on allowing hydraulic fracturing in Ireland will be based on sound scientific adviceThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Abortion law included in legislative programmeSeventeen of 27 Bills are three months overdueWed Apr 17 2013 - 01:05
Calls for review of Ó Lubhlaí allegationsComplaints made against Coláiste na bhFiann founder in the 1990sTue Apr 16 2013 - 07:00
Abortion Bill to be published by summerInclusion of suicide threat likely to cause difficulties for some Fine Gael deputiesTue Apr 16 2013 - 07:00
Banking inquiry unlikely until next year at earliestLegislative bottleneck has led to only nine of 30 promised Bills being published in spring sessionMon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
After the armed struggle, Sinn Féin’s struggles‘Towards a New Republic’ is the theme of this weekend’s conference. More accurately, it is ‘Towards a new Sinn Féin’Fri Apr 12 2013 - 20:09
Burton expresses confidence in Gilmore’s leadership of Labour PartyMinister says Labour leader ’has support of parliamentary party’Fri Apr 12 2013 - 07:01
McDowell says abolition of Seanad is a cheap stuntFormer tánaiste and PD leader claims a single-chamber Oireachtas would concentrate power in hands of GovernmentThu Apr 11 2013 - 02:00
Every harsh Coalition decision seen as betrayal by LabourGovernment parties do not have luxury of dismissing troika out of hand without coming up with feasible alternativesSun Apr 07 2013 - 10:00
European funding for banks could be ‘invaluable’ to recovery, says IMFNinth review of Ireland’s bailout programme warns of significant obstacles aheadThu Apr 04 2013 - 07:00
Irish mortgage arrears a source of concern for CommissionStaff paper suggests some homeowners paying credit card bills before servicing mortgage loansWed Apr 03 2013 - 11:57
Health sector has ’major structural problems’Harsh criticism of failures by Department of Health and HSE to implement cost-saving measures and to begin long-term reformsWed Apr 03 2013 - 11:34
Commission claims elements of Budget 2013 were ’regressive’Staff paper contends community employment schemes can be ’subsidised employment traps’Wed Apr 03 2013 - 11:12
EU concerned over self-assessment of property taxInternal staff report also says water charges by early 2014 and urges quicker reform of legal professionWed Apr 03 2013 - 11:04
Internal EU report shows concerns over health spending, mortgages and unemployedConfidential EU Commission report discloses monthly monitoring of health spending by troikaWed Apr 03 2013 - 07:00
Government has 'nothing to fear' over monthly troika reports on health spendingEU Commission internal report discloses concern over level of mortgage distress and high unemploymentWed Apr 03 2013 - 06:00
Economic recovery in medium term ‘highly uncertain’ - IMFNo guarantee of bailout exit even with rigorous adherence to reform programmeWed Apr 03 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore denies his leadership of Labour Party in questionParty suffered 16 percentage point drop in Meath East byelection, with candidate finishing in fifth placeFri Mar 29 2013 - 13:06
Byelection shows that FG and FF remain the dominant forces in Irish politicsLabour’s dismal performance has put party leadership into an awkward placeFri Mar 29 2013 - 06:00
Fine Gael’s McEntee wins Meath East byelectionLabour slumps to fifth place as voters stay with Fine Gael and return to Fianna FáilThu Mar 28 2013 - 17:00
Weather depresses Meath East byelection turnoutHelen McEntee of Fine Gael and Thomas Byrne of Fianna Fáil are joint favouritesThu Mar 28 2013 - 06:00
Low turnout likely as wintry conditions keep polling stations almost emptyThe snow fell across Meath East yesterday and the voters stayed awayThu Mar 28 2013 - 06:00
Sports bodies oppose alcohol sponsorship banGAA, IRFU and FAI say there’s no evidence sponsorship increases alcohol misuseWed Mar 27 2013 - 14:34
FF and FG vying for top spot in Meath East byelectionHelen McEntee and Thomas Byrne on equal odds ahead of polling todayWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
Video: Taoiseach confronted by off-duty garda on Meath East canvassFine Gael remains the slight favourite to win the byelectionTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:23
Only dogs remain hostile to Fianna Fáil in Meath EastThomas Byrne says he is confident of winning byelectionTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:00
Smaller parties hope to make mark in Meath EastGreen Party among those hoping to consolidateTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:00
Energy crop faces uncertain future in price dispute‘Elephant grass’ was seen as small but key renewable source of energyMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:08
Coalition insists no parent in indebted households will be forced to give up workGovernment says personal insolvency arrangements will not include ‘horrendous’ measuresMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:00
Handling of property tax exemptions a ‘mess’Seán Sherlock says a more thorough examination of unfinished estates neededSun Mar 24 2013 - 01:00
