Junior minister for drugs strategy admits smoking cannabis in pastHildegard Naughton says there is a need for an ‘open and honest’ conversation on drug useWed Feb 22 2023 - 11:05
Google confirms it will cut 240 jobs from Irish businessMove comes following January announcement that parent company Alphabet would shed 12,000 jobs globallyWed Feb 22 2023 - 10:19
As another €1.3 billion falls off the Dáil agenda, housing comes back into focusInside Politics: Through Covid and the cost-of-living crisis, remarkable policy interventions have become almost normalWed Feb 22 2023 - 07:19
Mixed reaction to €1.3bn cost-of-living package Business groups give Government announcement a broad welcome but others saying once-off measures for struggling households do not go far enoughTue Feb 21 2023 - 20:21
Dublin’s ambulance demand ‘far in excess’ of levels where performance standards can be metDublin Fire Brigade outlines a series of stark warnings about the sustainability of the service in the capitalTue Feb 21 2023 - 17:52
Cost-of-living package: €200 welfare bonus, €100 child benefit top-up and retention of 9% hospitality VATRange of new spending measures announced by Government including overhaul of support scheme for business’s energy billsTue Feb 21 2023 - 15:55
After the apocalypse, all that will be left is ChatGPT and lobbyists for the hospitality VAT rate Inside Politics: New cost-of-living package bears the hallmarks of the Coalition’s interventions to dateTue Feb 21 2023 - 08:09
Work to exhume remains at Tuam mother and baby home to begin this year, Cabinet to hearFollowing the work of Catherine Corless, commission found 978 children died at homeTue Feb 21 2023 - 01:00
Reduced bonus child benefit payment to form part of slimmed-down cost-of-living packageNo additional €200 electricity credit agreed, but excise cuts to petrol and diesel will be phased out to avoid cliff-edgeMon Feb 20 2023 - 20:20
Government to consider expanded role for Defence Forces in EU Ukraine missionCabinet will examine proposal to approve deployment of up to 30 personnel to EU’s Military Assistance Mission in support of UkraineMon Feb 20 2023 - 17:13
State fights religious order’s attempt to withdraw funds for legal battles with Shine victimsPaedophile surgeon was jailed for four years in 2019 after being convicted of groping seven boys in his careSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Patients waiting more than 24 hours for bed in EDs up 20% last yearFigures show 51,001 people waited more than 24 hours in an emergency department for admission in 2022Sat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Northern Ireland protocol: ‘Technical issues nearly all worked out,’ say Dublin sourcesExpectations grow that EU and UK are on brink of a dealFri Feb 17 2023 - 13:34
Cost of living: One-off welfare payments being considered as part of Government packageCoalition keen to ‘normalise’ State’s financial outlay as inflation stabilises and to provide assistance to workersThu Feb 16 2023 - 20:44
Eamon Ryan criticised at Fine Gael meeting over decision to stand down Inland Fisheries boardSenator Seán Kyne lead the discussion saying alternate board members should have been appointedWed Feb 15 2023 - 21:20
Coalition under growing last-minute pressure on hospitality cost of living measures The 9% VAT rate currently in place for the industry is due to expire at the end of the month, when it will revert to the previous 13.5% figureWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:00
Vacant home owners should be forced to rent out properties, report recommendsGovernment advised to follow Danish-style reforms which force owners to make vacant homes available to rentersWed Feb 15 2023 - 19:00
Chinese cameras used in Garda stations across Ireland despite national security concernsOffice of Public Works says it is reviewing use of cameras in light of developmentsWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
Tax breaks for landlords offering better terms to tenants should be considered, Cabinet advisedNational Economic and Social Council notes ‘major shift’ away from home ownership, with numbers renting risingWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
Defence Forces specialists are being ‘poached’ by the private sector - TánaisteIf Cathal Brugha barracks to be redeveloped for housing, alternative for Defence Forces must be found, Oireachtas committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence toldTue Feb 14 2023 - 15:41
‘Golden visa’ programme for millionaire immigrant investors to shut from WednesdayGovernment moves to abruptly close €1.25bn programme after surge of applicants from ChinaTue Feb 14 2023 - 15:26
No justification for retaining 9% VAT rate for hospitality, officials sayInitial conversations on the extension of cost-of-living supports and further payments to take place between the Coalition leadersMon Feb 13 2023 - 01:00
Coalition warned not to fuel ‘anti-migrant narratives’ in statements on immigrationBodies representing refugees and immigrants warn Coalition against recent uses of languageMon Feb 13 2023 - 01:00
Talks on Northern Ireland Protocol entering ‘pivotal’ period in coming weeksReports talks have reached ‘end stages’ may be premature with some issues remainingSun Feb 12 2023 - 22:00
Cost of living: Welfare recipients and pensioners in line for spring bonusVaradkar defends comments on State’s ‘hardening’ migration policySun Feb 12 2023 - 14:19
Tensions in Coalition over proposals for another €200 energy credit in springSeveral Ministers are of the view that another electricity credit would be politically wise during the springSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
Higher dole payments based on previous income to be considered by GovernmentConsultation launched on tiered approach to ‘soften cliff edge’ after job lossFri Feb 10 2023 - 12:40
Government to consider targeted and universal cost-of-living support next weekHeather Humphreys said people not receiving social welfare payments ‘also need help’Fri Feb 10 2023 - 12:08
Bertie is back, but Fianna Fáil members say presidential run a ‘fairytale’Idea of a presidential run is a ‘fairytale’, say Fianna Fáil membersThu Feb 09 2023 - 18:26
Changes to laws on sentencing of children may be ‘brought forward’ after Tserendorj adjournmentMr Justice Tony Hunt described as a ‘yawning gap’ in legislation which caused him to adjourn the sentencing a 17-year-old boy convicted of the 2021 murder of Urantsetseg TserendorjThu Feb 09 2023 - 09:02
Fianna Fáil WhatsApp groups ‘light up’ on news of Bertie’s return Inside Politics: Party figures privately suggest Bertie Ahern speaks to something dormant within the party - the swagger and capabilities of a formidable political machineThu Feb 09 2023 - 07:35
New cost of living measures within next fortnight, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar saysLabour and People Before Profit have suggested there could be price controls on basic goodsWed Feb 08 2023 - 16:39
Call for local councillors to be exempt from obligations to declare earnings outside politicsThe Association of Irish Local Government responds after review of ethics legislation suggests some public officials may have to declare private incomeWed Feb 08 2023 - 16:22
Medium-density builds could significantly increase number of homes per site, architects tell Minister for HousingGovernment should be open to new thinking and new initiatives which will help address the current chronic housing shortage, says Royal Institute of the Architects of IrelandWed Feb 08 2023 - 10:58
Attorney General’s nursing home charges report fails to take into account State’s moral duty - BacikLabour Party leader calls for redress scheme for those affected by imposition of nursing home charges on medical card holdersWed Feb 08 2023 - 10:34
Does Attorney General’s report bring nursing home charges controversy to an end? Not quiteInside Politics: Coalition still has to justify its next steps not just legally or intellectually, but politicallyWed Feb 08 2023 - 07:52
Politicians, officials, should be fined for failing to comply with disclosure obligations, ethics review findsLandmark review also recommends overhaul of ‘lengthy’ and ‘cumbersome’ Sipo system for investigating breachesTue Feb 07 2023 - 15:11
Dublin Airport drone disruptors will be subject to arrest, Minister for Transport warnsOperations suspended several times over bank holiday weekend due to drone sightings near airfieldTue Feb 07 2023 - 11:53
Cabinet to consider key Attorney General report into State nursing home legal strategyIncreased income and price limits for State-backed home loan scheme for people shut out of the traditional mortgage market also to come before Cabinet on TuesdayTue Feb 07 2023 - 08:36
Several controversies wait patiently for Government following bank holiday breakInside Politics: Dáil and Seanad are not sitting until tomorrow but there are several key political setpieces already in trainTue Feb 07 2023 - 08:22
Ireland’s migration politics: ‘It feels as if we’re scrambling and other people are setting the agenda’Both Government and Opposition parties have become the target of anti-immigrant protests as the challenge continues to accommodate refugeesSat Feb 04 2023 - 05:05
Hoteliers declining to host refugees due to fear of protests and local oppositionCabinet papers highlight factors making providers reluctant to accommodate International Protection applicantsSat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Minister writes to 70 sporting bodies asking for facilities to house refugeesTánaiste said groups would be under ‘no compulsion’ to surrender their buildingsSat Feb 04 2023 - 00:01
Big buildings sought by Minister to house refugees and asylum seekers on camp bedsRoderic O’Gorman makes strong plea to Dáil colleagues to find large facilities and halls in which to accommodate arrivalsFri Feb 03 2023 - 05:00
Shortfall of 600 refugee beds in next four weeks predicted‘Greater effort’ needed across Government to find large-scale accommodation, says MinisterThu Feb 02 2023 - 05:00
Shortage of beds for refugees could hit 19,000 by end of March, Cabinet subcommittee hearsState facing shortfall in hotel beds which have been backbone of response to accommodation crisisTue Jan 31 2023 - 22:04
Appoint more women or nominations of men will be refused, McConalogue tells boardsDepartment of Agriculture has oversight of 12 state boards but women currently under-representedTue Jan 31 2023 - 22:02
Further €10 million earmarked for communities that host migrantsDepartment of Integration has already committed €50m for those housing people fleeing war and hungerTue Jan 31 2023 - 18:22
Coalition urged to appoint migration czar Response to refugee crisis neither ‘fast nor flexible enough’, says alliance of leading NGOsTue Jan 31 2023 - 01:00
Darragh O’Brien says homelessness is ‘levelling off’ despite record high figureMinister promotes grant of up to €30,000 for occupation of a vacant property and extra €20,000 for a derelict propertyMon Jan 30 2023 - 16:15
