Paschal Donohoe ignored bank levy advice from officials that would have benefited PTSB
Levy put in place during 2014 to recover funds injected by State into banking sector during financial crisis
Equality safeguards in International Protection Bill remain ‘unclear’, watchdog says
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission responding to publication of full International Protection Bill
Opposition parties refuse to sign off housing committee report examining Government’s plans
Parties dissent from housing committee’s report scrutinising draft laws reforming rental sector
Ireland could see ‘electricity shortage event’ in next two to five years, regulator warns
Predicted expansion in demand ‘largely attributed to growth in data centre loads’, notes commission’s analysis
‘An affront to basic dignity’: historic convictions for same-sex activity to be expunged
Minister for Justice will amend legislation to exonerate people convicted before homosexuality was decriminalised in 1993
Macron accuses Trump of trying to ‘subordinate’ Europe in pursuit of Greenland
EU leaders preparing diplomatic blitz in Davos to lobby US president to retract Greenland and tariff threats
EU faces possibility of ‘entire breakdown’ in transatlantic relationship, Tánaiste says
Bloc’s leaders prepare diplomatic blitz to lobby Donald Trump to row back on Greenland, tariff threats
EU leaders scramble to calibrate response to Trump threats
Required majority of national governments appear not to favour unleashing the trade ‘bazooka’ – yet
RTÉ’s departing chief financial officer joins listed landlord Ires Reit in same role
Mari Hurley took up the role in August 2024 after a controversy over payments at the broadcaster
Ministers seeking clarification on pension overpayment errors after recession ‘salary sacrifice’
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty claims Ministers ‘holding out’ and that behaviour is ‘absolutely unacceptable’
Dublin data centre uses as much power as 200,000 homes
Capacity of Castlebaggot substation ‘completely consumed’ by local data centres
Government plan to make refugees wait three years for reunification ‘cruel’, says charity
Justice Minister says new legislation aims to strike a balance between the rights of asylum applicants and the wellbeing of the State
Fianna Fáil backbencher laments lack of ‘political leadership’ on Mercosur deal
John Lahart rues failure to make case for trade deal before Government voted against it
Refugees must wait three years for spouse and child reunification under new plans
The number of unsuccessful asylum seekers who left Ireland was up 89% last year
‘Big disappointment’: EC officials criticise Irish opposition to Mercosur deal
Independents and farming lobby resist backing the trade agreement, which is expected to pass