Green Party TDs and Senators urge ministers to use ‘soft power’ for Gaza on St Patrick’s DayBackbenchers write to Government asking it to use ‘powerful voice’ to help achieve ceasefireThu Feb 15 2024 - 13:25
Coalition’s perpetual dilemma on GazaIreland an outlier among similar countries in EU but Government faces accusations of foot-dragging at homeThu Feb 15 2024 - 07:58
National children’s hospital now a sunken political costPublic numbed to escalating costs of decades-long saga from which Coalition will glean little creditWed Feb 14 2024 - 07:49
PAC wants to recall board members of children’s hospital over new estimateCost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleaguesWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
Israel blinded by rage says Varadkar, as Government hardens stance on GazaCriticism of ‘rogue state’ comes amid fears it is about to attack city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinian refugees have taken shelterWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
What are the reasons behind the apparent exodus of TDs from Fine Gael? Problem for FG and Taoiseach is that Paul Kehoe is 10th party TD not seeking to defend seatTue Feb 13 2024 - 19:36
Sinn Féin offers amnesty to licence fee non-payers as it pitches direct funding for RTÉAmnesty a ‘slap in the face’ to those who pay, Varadkar says, criticising ‘populist’ planTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:09
Israel has become ‘blinded by rage’, says Taoiseach, as he promises Ireland will take more actionSimon Coveney says Israel ‘behaving like a rogue state’ and must end ‘savagery’ in GazaTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:08
National Children’s Hospital cost has risen to more than €2.2bn, Donnelly confirmsVaradkar says Government will not be putting any more funding towards the project with €2.2bn being its ‘maximum allocation’Tue Feb 13 2024 - 15:16
Rolling scandal at RTÉ is now well into its difficult third or fourth seasonRetirement of long-standing TDs creates difficulties for Fine Gael going into next general electionTue Feb 13 2024 - 07:47
HSE plan to cut agency staff spending by €250m may hit servicesPlans being considered by health officials and Government also include saving €80m by converting agency staff to HSE employeesTue Feb 13 2024 - 05:00
Child benefit for 18-year-olds in full-time education to be introduced in MayBudget 2024 measure originally planned for September will be brought forward and also applies to children with a disabilityTue Feb 13 2024 - 05:00
Varadkar downplays fears of referendums’ impact on immigration lawTaoiseach says issues on ballot ‘more complicated’ than other previous votes such as repealing the 8th or marriage equalityMon Feb 12 2024 - 21:25
How the Coalition is slowly changing policy towards Ukrainian war refugeesUp to January 22nd, arrivals number more than 790, according to figures shared with Ministers at a Cabinet subcommittee meeting this weekSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
State may suspend signing of new hotel contracts for Ukrainians as arrivals dropGovernment to terminate contracts with unsuitable providers under plans being consideredThu Jan 25 2024 - 19:26
Ireland’s Covid inquiry to adopt ‘no-blame’ approach and will not be ‘UK-style’Government indicates its intention to provide a factual account of pandemic and identify lessons learned from itThu Jan 25 2024 - 14:43
Ireland should support return home for Ukrainians, says O’GormanMinister expects between 13,000 and 15,000 asylum seekers to arrive in the country annually from now onWed Jan 24 2024 - 20:45
Referendum on Ireland’s participation on Unified Patent Court due on same day as June electionsCourt designed to provide one-stop-shop for litigation on patents whose decisions will be binding on participating EU member statesTue Jan 23 2024 - 21:00
RTÉ expert advisory committee members to earn up to €66,000 each for 110 days of workTwo panels totalling six people will advise on corporate governance and culture of broadcaster in wake of scandal-hit year of 2023Tue Jan 23 2024 - 15:10
Sinn Féin criticises ‘lack of engagement’ by Coalition over Covid-19 inquiryTaoiseach and Minister for Health set to brief Opposition leaders and health spokespeople on terms of reference and formatMon Jan 22 2024 - 05:02
State must do ‘a lot more’ to allay local fears over asylum housing, says expert groupThe report says communities need to be engaged much earlier in the process than has been the case with some centresMon Jan 22 2024 - 05:00
Monthly broadband charge instead of TV licence fee ‘not really a runner’, says Government sourceIssue of how to fund RTÉ emerging as potential fault line in CoalitionSun Jan 21 2024 - 14:34
Asylum seeker housing: Focus now on larger, State-owned centres, says CoveneyMinister points to more structured way to accommodate people seeking international protectionSun Jan 21 2024 - 14:12
On the frontline on immigration: the tensions between local and national politicsMinisters expect their local election candidates to put some water between themselves and the GovernmentSat Jan 20 2024 - 07:00
Northern Ireland’s damaging strike remains deeply politicalDáil’s return marked by ill-tempered exchanges during its first sessionThu Jan 18 2024 - 08:20
People Before Profit calls for Yes vote in care and family referendumsParty will support referendums despite saying Government’s wording is ‘well short’ of what is requiredWed Jan 17 2024 - 14:38
Use of ‘nasty’ language by some politicians when engaging with Roscrea protesters criticisedLabour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’Wed Jan 17 2024 - 13:58
Businesses with warehoused Covid-era tax liabilities to face relaxed deadlines, lower interest ratesMichael McGrath says expectation is that interest rates will fall but scale of these remain to be seenWed Jan 17 2024 - 10:32
As Dáil resumes, Government tries to make running repairs to its migrant accommodation strategy As long as Coalition intends to put asylum seekers and refugees in private sector accommodation, it may have to be in deal-making modeWed Jan 17 2024 - 07:53
Special package for 10 areas with highest number of refugees and asylum seekersGovernment says ‘scoping work’ under way to determine the size of the package that will be offeredWed Jan 17 2024 - 06:00
New taskforce to target productivity and savings in the health serviceSpending on acute hospitals has increased 80 per cent in the past seven years; spending on health services pay has risen by €3.2 billion in the same periodWed Jan 17 2024 - 06:00
Roscrea standoff: Government agrees ‘in principle’ to purchase disused hotel in town as ‘community hotel’Purchase part of attempts to defuse tensions over accommodating asylum seekers in local hotelTue Jan 16 2024 - 19:50
British Labour MP has not 'heard a peep' from Tánaiste since asking for views on Rwanda Bill's impact on Belfast AgreementLabour Party wrote to Tánaiste last month raising concerns over effects of Rwanda BillTue Jan 16 2024 - 15:08
Catherine Martin plans to designate 14 new sporting events ‘free to air’, including Six Nations rugbyMinister for Arts, Sports and Media also wants to make All Ireland football and hurling quarter and semi-finals free to airTue Jan 16 2024 - 14:33
Ten areas most ‘under pressure’ due to housing asylum seekers to get extra resources, says VaradkarTen districts with most international protection applicants and people from Ukraine will get more health, education and policing aid, Taoiseach saysTue Jan 16 2024 - 12:43
Cabinet to consider new terms of reference for tribunal into allegations made by Women of Honour group into Defence ForcesMinister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris will also bring new policy on student accommodation to CabinetTue Jan 16 2024 - 06:00
Roscrea protests: Gardaí examine warning that hotel at centre of standoff over asylum seeker housing could be burnedSome 17 international protection applicants entered Racket Hall hotel on Monday amid scuffles between gardaí and protesters which saw one person arrestedMon Jan 15 2024 - 22:25
Labour questions whether UK’s Rwanda Bill breaches Belfast AgreementAodhán Ó Ríordáin has written to Tánaiste after concerns raised with him by British Labour PartyMon Jan 15 2024 - 18:53
Roscrea protests: Man arrested during ‘standoff’ between gardaí and protesters at hotel as 17 asylum seekers move inGarda Public Order Unit deployed as crowd of 200 gathered outside Racket Hall hotel in Co TipperaryMon Jan 15 2024 - 14:54
Squeeze on electricity supply to last into 2030s, report findsRising demand may force State to fall back on older fossil-burning power plants, Eirgrid report indicatesSat Jan 13 2024 - 06:00
Unions to seek significant restructuring of Government pay offer when talks resume next week Clear gap between 8.5% over 2½ years offered by the Government and the 12.5% sought by unionsFri Jan 12 2024 - 06:00
‘Real pity’ unions rejected public sector pay offer of 8.5% rise over two years, Donohoe saysForsa union chief Kevin Callinan says opening offer from Government side was ‘extremely disappointing’Thu Jan 11 2024 - 13:43
Helen McEntee denies Government ‘backed down’ on asylum seeker housing after protestsTense protests in Carlow against the accommodation of males as Department makes ‘abrupt’ change to take families insteadThu Jan 11 2024 - 08:58
Homeless groups warn against tightening access to emergency accommodationPotential move would lead to increase in rough sleeping and risk of ill health and death, say Simon Community and Focus IrelandThu Jan 11 2024 - 06:00
Garda yet to identify man found dead while sleeping rough in Dublin cityHomeless organisations told the Government they have “profound concerns” at a potential move to tighten access to emergency accommodationThu Jan 11 2024 - 06:00
Proportion of single men among asylum seekers fell sharply in final weeks of 2023Decline came as State ran out of capacity to offer beds to the cohortWed Jan 10 2024 - 06:00
Opposition to single men seeking asylum is increasingly a fact of political life in IrelandFar right actors may accelerate mistruths, but ascribing every protest to agitators is a fallacyWed Jan 10 2024 - 06:00
Ireland ‘is not full’, Eamon Ryan says, as Cabinet discusses accommodation for Ukrainian refugeesMinisters due to approve plans to limit accommodation and welfare payments for those fleeing Russian invasionTue Jan 09 2024 - 20:22
Elderly in rural areas face beds shortage as small nursing homes closeOne in five smaller private homes closed in two-year period, as private equity funded hubs take larger chunk of marketTue Jan 09 2024 - 00:01
Covid inquiry may go without judge as chair to avoid participants ‘lawyering up’Coalition sources concerned appointment of judge to chair pandemic inquiry could set overly legalistic toneMon Jan 08 2024 - 21:36
