Planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens set to be relaxedExtensions up to 40m2 to a home can be built without planning permission whereas habitable structures of this size must have approval if not attached to the home itselfWed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil interventions on housing prompt puzzlement in Fine GaelMood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál MartinTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Ireland could give Ukraine €50m in non-lethal military support, Cabinet to hearSimon Harris to brief ministers on plan and seek approval for Ireland’s participation in G20 forum, while Peter Burke is to set out IDA Ireland’s new five-year strategyTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Possible tax breaks for property development not discussed at ministerial meeting on housingGovernment preparing to agree additional €450 million in capital funding for housing sectorTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Arts Council may need €1.5m more to replace grants system after €5.3m failureNew grant system was part of original scope of upgradeThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:45
Arts Council’s €5.3m IT loss: the questions left to be answered, and who knew what and whenUnclear when the then minister for arts Catherine Martin was informed of scale of issueThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:30
Three companies that shared €4.8m from Arts Council for abandoned IT project namedThree firms who received bulk of €5.3m spent on scrapped IT system named as Codec, Ergo and ExpleoThu Feb 13 2025 - 13:25
Botched IT project has many markers of bike shed and RTÉ saga It’s convenient responsibility for Arts Council was with Green Party - the controversy may even galvanise Coalition a bitThu Feb 13 2025 - 08:02
‘A massive waste of money’: Arts Council’s scrapped €6m IT system sparks fury in CabinetMinisters criticise public spending and governance breaches and ‘massive waste of money’Thu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Government orders review of operations of Arts Council following €6m IT system controversy Ministers criticised handling of project by Arts Council and Department of ArtsThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Tánaiste says it was ‘appropriate’ that senator resigned Fine Gael whip after arrestCircumstances that led to Martin Conway’s resignation were distressing and there will be ‘a full investigation’, Simon Harris saysWed Feb 12 2025 - 20:19
Arts Council controversy: Review ordered after €6.7m spent on abandoned IT system projectArts Council says project delivered was ‘not fit for purpose’Wed Feb 12 2025 - 18:59
St Patrick’s Day visits: Full list of destinations as eight Ministers head for USIn total, 38 State representatives will visit more than 90 cities in 40 countriesWed Feb 12 2025 - 12:26
Simon Harris says Government should not ‘make policy on the hoof’ as he defends rent controlsTánaiste’s comments come after Taoiseach Micheál Martin trailed possibility of replacing RPZsWed Feb 12 2025 - 10:47
Cabinet prepares to sign off St Patrick’s Day blitz of US Republican statesUp to 11 Ministers are heading Stateside, and Trump threat will also focus minds of EU trade ministersWed Feb 12 2025 - 07:52
Former Fine Gael junior minister Brendan Griffin hired by lobbying firmEx-Kerry TD will not have to serve ‘cooling off’ period due to passage of time since leaving ministerial roleTue Feb 11 2025 - 15:58
Social Democrats extend suspension of Eoin Hayes after review of shares controversyDublin Bay South TD gave incorrect statements on sale of shares in software company PalantirTue Feb 11 2025 - 12:16
Tax breaks for developers back on table as pressure grows over housing goalsHousing, crime and public spending are set to feature in political exchanges as the Taoiseach talks AI in ParisTue Feb 11 2025 - 07:11
Arts Council mothballs multimillion overhaul of ICT systems after years of delaysLong-delayed 2023 annual report said to detail spending on overhaul of system for dealing with funding applicationsTue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Government expects more than ‘case by case’ support from Independent backbenchers - TaoiseachMicheál Martin says it is his ‘understanding’ that TDs would contribute to ‘significant majority’Fri Feb 07 2025 - 14:48
Twitchiness abounds as Gucci Government awaits invite to Trumps’ Irish jamboreeYour essential end-of-week politics catch up: End of Dáil fireworks brings spending and housing to the fore Fri Feb 07 2025 - 13:01
Just how big is the Government’s majority? TDs from Lowry group muddy the watersCoalition may be about to find out there are limits to the usefulness of ambiguityFri Feb 07 2025 - 06:05
Coalition leaders ‘very annoyed’ at letters from TDs in Lowry group pledging ‘case-by-case’ supportThree TDs assumed to support the coalition after talks to fill ministerial roles write to Ceann Comhairle on their voting plansThu Feb 06 2025 - 19:00
Paul Murphy calls for Leo Varadkar to give evidence on super juniors in CabinetPeople Before Profit TD seeking injunction at the High Court to sideline contentious political rank Wed Feb 05 2025 - 14:44
NFL in Dublin: Negotiations ongoing to bring game to Croke Park this autumnDecision could be made as soon as this week on Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers clashWed Feb 05 2025 - 10:29
Childminders who work in their home can claim €1,000 grant for toys and equipmentUp to with 75% of the total amount will be paid in advance so childminders can tackle upfront costsTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ told it must double down on reform and structural changeIncoming Minister for Arts and Media Patrick O’Donovan met with broadcaster’s director general Kevin Bakhurst and its chair Terence O’Rourke at Montrose Tue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Concerns over impact of Trump cuts on Irish foreign aid effortsShutting down USAID could affect Irish programmes in AfricaTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Insurers told they must handle Storm Éowyn claims surge quickly and fairlyDáil is expected to hear statements on the State’s response to the storm this week if a row over speaking time can be resolvedTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Ceann Comhairle rules Regional Independents cannot be viewed as members of the OppositionRuling appears to present a path to resolving the conflict about speaking time and allowing the Dáil to proceed this weekMon Feb 03 2025 - 22:16
Households unlikely to receive energy credits and other once-off payments next winterGoverning without subsidies may spark Opposition and consumer backlash if cost of living continues to escalate Mon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Harris warns of ‘significant challenges’ for Ireland if Trump places tariffs on EUUS president has warned he will impose levies on European Union Mon Feb 03 2025 - 00:01
Taoiseach dismisses suggestions Mattie McGrath could rejoin Fianna FáilMicheál Martin understood to have met Tipperary South TD to ask for his support for the GovernmentSun Feb 02 2025 - 17:49
Opposition signals it will not accept Lowry’s group being given Leaders’ Questions time in DáilLabour’s Bacik seeks meeting with Taoiseach and Tánaiste as Dáil speaking rights row continuesSun Feb 02 2025 - 16:59
‘Not worth dying in ditch for’: Government losing patience with Michael Lowry over speaking time rowTalks between Government and Opposition parties to defuse row break up amid recriminationsSat Feb 01 2025 - 05:00
Talks on Dáil speaking time row break up without agreementBitter row over speaking rights continues to disrupt Dáil businessFri Jan 31 2025 - 20:42
Storm Éowyn: Generators arrive in State from EU donors as still no power for 86,000 properties About 2,800 houses still without water as CAO deadline is extended for students in affected areasThu Jan 30 2025 - 17:35
Simon Coveney appointed to board of engineering companyFormer tánaiste takes up new role with RelianceThu Jan 30 2025 - 13:22
Cabinet gender balance row intensifies after just six women appointed Minister of StateOpposition zone in on ‘shameful record’ in addressing gender balanceThu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
Government gender balance hands Opposition low-hanging fruit It is the less predictable events that will present the biggest problems for the CoalitionWed Jan 29 2025 - 20:54
‘It’s 2025 not 1955’: Just six women appointed Ministers of State while FF’s Robert Troy handed ministerial returnJerry Buttimer appointed Minister of State with Robert Troy also making a ministerial comebackWed Jan 29 2025 - 18:57
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael expected to increase number of women in government when junior ministers announced Parties respond to criticism over gender balance after 12 out of 15 Cabinet roles went to menWed Jan 29 2025 - 06:00
Storm Éowyn: EU to send 17 generators to Ireland as nearly 142,000 remain without electricityRepair crews from Austria, Finland arrive to assist ESB in restoring powerTue Jan 28 2025 - 21:08
Storm Éowyn: Roscommon reeling and counting the cost‘I manage because that’s the way I was reared, but the younger children ... they don’t understand’Tue Jan 28 2025 - 21:05
‘It’s 2025 - not the Stone Age’: Government to face extra pressure to promote female TDs as junior ministersLabour leader Ivana Bacik said there were the same number of Ministers with the name James as there were womenSat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
New Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to give up practising law during time in CabinetFianna Fáil TD has been a barrister since 1994 and a senior counsel since 2008Fri Jan 24 2025 - 18:52
New Government pledges to go on offensive over US tradeCabinet criticised as ‘very male’ with only three women as full ministers, down one from last timeFri Jan 24 2025 - 06:00
Parties meet for late-night talks aimed at avoiding second day of Dáil disorderCeann Comhairle Verona Murphy and Opposition parties in talks on Wednesday night to hammer out solution to standoffWed Jan 22 2025 - 22:03
Verona Murphy’s turbulent first day: ‘She should have got the metre stick out’Surprise that Murphy, a robust contributor who rarely took a backwards step in her days as an Independent TD, did not nip Dáil conflict in the budWed Jan 22 2025 - 20:54
Ministers to be unveiled today as almost all departments set to changeFianna Fáil’s Mary Butler and Fine Gael’s Martin Heydon are among TDs tipped for promotionWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:00
