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
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
No precedent to allow Regional Independent TDs become part of an ‘opposition’ group in DáilGovernment-supporting Independents to speak from Dáil opposition benches during election of taoiseachTue Jan 21 2025 - 21:39
Ireland’s next Cabinet: Who are the frontrunners and how do they rank?Who is likely to end up where after the confabulations are done and dusted?Tue Jan 21 2025 - 07:36
Who are the Independents supporting new FF-FG coalition and what do they want in return?Arrangements underpinning the support of Independents seem to be based on constructive ambiguityFri Jan 17 2025 - 08:46
Incoming coalition promises ramped up infrastructure spending and economic stability Government to take office with Micheál Martin as taoiseach and majority of 17 in Dáil backed by IndependentsThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
Programme for government pledges cheaper childcare, 300,000 new homes and a ‘Year of the Invitation’New plan to replace Housing For All and more public sector investment in infrastructure part of coalition’s dealWed Jan 15 2025 - 20:04
Everything you need to know about the programme for government: from childcare costs to 300,000 extra jobsDepartment of Justice will incorporate home affairs and migrationWed Jan 15 2025 - 18:59
Two Independents to sit at cabinet as new government agreed, while Healy-Raes expected to give support after talksFull text of new programme to be made available today in advance of meetings of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary partiesWed Jan 15 2025 - 08:30
Regional Independent Group strikes deal with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on formation of next governmentVAT to fall from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent for food, hospitality, hairdressers and entertainment in next budgetTue Jan 14 2025 - 21:38
Government formation: Policy talks enter final stageSome political issues remain to be ironed out around the structures underpinning a new government and asks from Independent TDsTue Jan 14 2025 - 06:00
Their day has not come: Sinn Féin prepares for another five years in oppositionAs Sinn Féin heads into next Dáil, it faces a crucial moment in its quest for growth, power and delivering on its mission of seismic changeSat Jan 11 2025 - 06:00
Intensive government coalition talks to get under way today Regional Independent group and two Healy-Rae brothers set to join new government if negotiations are successfulFri Jan 10 2025 - 20:17
Simon Harris and Micheál Martin say they are happy to work with Michael LowryTaoiseach says he accepted findings of Moriarty tribunal but that he knows ‘the practicalities of how the Dáil works’Wed Jan 08 2025 - 06:00
Healy-Rae brothers to seek ministerial role in return for backing next government ‘Major policy differences’ between Social Democrats and larger parties suggest Soc Dems unlikely to have role in next coalitionTue Jan 07 2025 - 19:20
New roads investment planned by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil after Green exit Series of referendums on issues such as housing and water ‘highly unlikely’, negotiators sayMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
‘Very challenging’ for new government to be in place after next meeting of Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD saysMinister of State James Browne says ‘significant progress’ made in negotiations before ChristmasSun Jan 05 2025 - 15:19
Bono awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe BidenU2 singer pays tribute to bandmates and fellow activists as he becomes the first Irish recipient of highest US civilian honour since Mary RobinsonSat Jan 04 2025 - 22:06
What happens now in the negotiations to build the next government?Government-formation talks are to reconvene for what one senior negotiator said will be a ‘crucial week’Sat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
Five things to watch in 2025 as the next government takes shapeYear ahead promises no shortage of intrigue and challenge for the political classes as they look to digest a new reality brought about by the year of electionsWed Jan 01 2025 - 06:00
Labour, Soc Dems and Sinn Féin planning ‘strategic co-operation’ as Dáil oppositionIndependent TDs begin jockeying for ministerial positions in the next governmentFri Dec 20 2024 - 06:00
Labour Party pulls out of talks on forming next governmentIvana Bacik communicates decision to leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelThu Dec 19 2024 - 14:18
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to discuss how they will approach election of ceann comhairle Talks continue between potential parties to coalition governmentTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
Taoiseach strongly rejects charges of anti-Semitism by Israel’s foreign ministerUS Chamber of Commerce raised concerns with Irish Government about the Occupied Territories BillTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
Occupied Territories Bill raised by US business lobby group in talks with Minister US Chamber of Commerce discussed planned legislation with Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke as speculation grows Ireland’s stance on Israel’s war in Gaza may trigger economic repercussionsMon Dec 16 2024 - 21:05
High Court to hear challenge to accommodation for 1,000 asylum seekers in AthloneIncoming Independent TD for Longford-Westmeath Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran among group of local representatives backing challengeFri Dec 13 2024 - 19:54
Labour Party ‘unlikely’ to enter government but not out yet, says BacikLabour keen to let process ‘play out’, sources sayFri Dec 13 2024 - 18:21
Coalition talks: How the process of forming Ireland’s next government has unfolded so farWith government formation talks set to intensify before Christmas, focus now on who will provide safety in numbers for next coalitionFri Dec 13 2024 - 14:31
Election 2024: Labour set ‘to exit coalition talks’ with Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelSources indicate that move to shut down discussions with right-of-centre duo will end government-formation optionFri Dec 13 2024 - 06:00
