EU’s green policies have been chucked under a tractor Rightward lurch and farmer protests see climate slip way down the agenda in BrusselsThu Apr 04 2024 - 05:00
EU should not rely on International Court of Justice to hold Israel to account, says academicLack of efforts to stop weapon sales to Israel following invasion of Gaza criticised by academicsWed Apr 03 2024 - 18:50
Hermann Kelly alleged to have knocked phone out of journalist’s hand at European ParliamentComplaint made to security staff about Irish Freedom Party leader over alleged altercation last monthWed Apr 03 2024 - 11:28
Tractors again descend on Brussels in protest against ‘spaghetti’ of red tapeHundreds of farmers protest in Brussels against climate change reforms and the bureaucratic red tape they encounterTue Mar 26 2024 - 16:13
Developer sues resident who sought payment to drop south Dublin housing objectionLegal case filed against homeowner who sought €100,000 in compensation over south Dublin developmentTue Mar 26 2024 - 05:00
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan tweet trial: What exactly happened and was this an act of revenge or just a joke?Former assistant retained access to MEP’s Twitter account after taking it over during National Ploughing ChampionshipsMon Mar 25 2024 - 16:24
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s former assistant sentenced to community service over ‘skinny dipping’ tweetDiarmuid Hayes sent post about former Green politician Saoirse McHugh from MEP’s account as ‘impulsive’ jokeMon Mar 25 2024 - 09:14
State care: Scabies, bed bugs and risk of self-harm and peer-to-peer abuse among accommodation concerns Internal Tusla notes reveal stark concerns with unregulated emergency accommodation for children in careMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
State care: Children in overcrowded emergency Tusla accommodation at risk of abuseInternal documents raise concern about children in care having to share bedroomsMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
Ireland to consider backing Poland in opposing tariff-free Ukrainian importsExtension of favourable access for Ukrainian goods into EU had been expected following compromise agreementSun Mar 24 2024 - 20:57
Abuse survivor: ‘I’m 38 years old and I still don’t know who I am’Man abused as a child by former Garda Reserve member says he spent 18 years ‘living in silence’Sat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
Resident sought €50,000 to withdraw objection to south Dublin housing developmentSouth Dublin homeowner proposed dropping objection to expanded apartment scheme for €50,000 ‘consultancy’ fee paymentWed Mar 13 2024 - 06:00
‘I’ve told them how much I want’: How one man’s objection cast doubt on the proposed expansion of a Dublin apartment blockSouth Dublin homeowner paid €20,000 by developer sought further €80,000 ‘compensation’ to not appeal planning decisionWed Mar 13 2024 - 06:00
Voluntary housing body debt levels a ‘significant financial risk’Provider of social and affordable homes warns debt levels in voluntary sector may curtail housing projectsTue Mar 12 2024 - 06:15
Dee Forbes ‘not fit or able’ to take questions on RTÉ controversyOireachtas committee told in letter that former head of RTÉ remains under ‘active medical care’Fri Mar 08 2024 - 13:07
Folk band Lankum win RTÉ Choice Music album of year Jazzy named artist of the year and breakthrough artist at annual RTÉ music awardsThu Mar 07 2024 - 23:33
Criminal spent €400,000 renovating house since seized by Criminal Assets BureauRolex watch worth more than €30,000 among several confiscated by bureau and soldThu Mar 07 2024 - 21:02
Numbers starting apprenticeships in key construction trades fell last year Opposition politicians criticise drop in apprenticeship numbers as setback to progress on housingWed Mar 06 2024 - 20:07
Tusla care provider linked to UK service with ‘unsafe practices’Inspection by UK health regulator identified ‘unsafe’ practices in home care companyWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
Government spends nearly €460,000 hiring private jets for overseas travel in nine monthsHiring private jet for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s overseas travel cost €300,000 over nine monthsTue Mar 05 2024 - 15:59
Ten companies paid €58m to run unregulated accommodation for children in care last yearTwo directors of one company running emergency accommodation for children in care shared €866,000 in remunerationMon Mar 04 2024 - 06:00
Corncrakes and bats to benefit from biodiversity grantsFunding for community groups will create ‘pocket forests’ in Crumlin and tackle Japanese knotweed in LeitrimMon Mar 04 2024 - 00:01
Tusla cuts ties with two companies that had been providing emergency accommodation for childrenNew company set up in months after Tusla stopped using Ideal Care services over ‘fabrication’ of staff checksFri Mar 01 2024 - 05:30
Gardaí investigating care provider that ‘fabricated’ pre-employment staff checksCalls for review into Tusla’s reliance on private companies to accommodate children in careThu Feb 29 2024 - 05:00
Gardaí to investigate care provider that ‘fabricated’ pre-employment staff checks, Dáil toldSimon Harris says investigation is now under way and that Tusla had put in place a new internal compliance unitWed Feb 28 2024 - 18:47
St John of God reaches deal with HSE to continue providing community servicesVoluntary organisation providing disability and mental health services had long complained of underfunding crisisWed Feb 28 2024 - 18:41
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan's former assistant says Saoirse McHugh skinny dipping tweet an ‘impulsive joke’Belgian court told Diarmuid Hayes still had access to MEP’s Twitter account after contract not renewedWed Feb 28 2024 - 14:30
Care home used by Tusla ‘fabricated’ pre-employment checks of staff, posing major risk to young people in its careCompany who ran emergency accommodation for children in State care ‘fabricated’ staff checks and Garda vettingWed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
Rory Hearne to seek nomination to stand for Social Democrats in European electionsAcademic and housing policy commentator is seeking to run in the Midlands North West constituencyMon Feb 26 2024 - 16:49
Lawyers complain about court security after barrister knocked to the floor and a solicitor ‘slapped in the face’Bar Council raises concerns about violence towards barristers and solicitors in letter to Courts ServiceMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:00
One in five TDs are landlords as Michael Healy-Rae boosts property portfolio to 25Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental propertySat Feb 24 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ crisis: Catherine Martin and RTÉ board at odds - as it happenedBoard seeks meeting with Minister in wake of Siún Ní Raghallaigh departure after Martin claimed she was misinformedFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:30
Siún Ní Raghallaigh resigns as chair of RTÉ board after Minister says she had been ‘misinformed’Catherine Martin said it has emerged that board approved exit package for Richard Collins despite initial denialFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:47
Siún Ní Raghallaigh profile: From cleaning up RTÉ controversy to becoming a casualtySiún Ní Raghallaigh had long career in broadcasting and production before becoming chair of the RTÉ board in 2022Fri Feb 23 2024 - 06:31
Independent review ordered into Scouting Ireland governance following board splitBitter row within board of youth organisation worsens as Department of Children commissions reviewThu Feb 22 2024 - 20:14
St John of God order warned for years it could no longer ‘bail out’ servicesRecords show financial crisis facing disability care provider had been building for yearsWed Feb 21 2024 - 17:08
Migrants presenting as homeless ‘directly from the airport’, housing officials claimOfficials had ‘concern’ about increase in migrants becoming homeless, internal documents showTue Feb 20 2024 - 05:00
Solidarity rally held in Tallaght after Muslim cleric assaulted in suspected hate-based attackShaykh Umar Al-Qadri says he did not want to see Ireland ‘go down the road’ of other European countries where anti-immigrant sentiment is surgingMon Feb 19 2024 - 21:17
Holly Cairns says Social Democrats in power would deliver 50,000 homes a yearParty leader says she will ‘talk to every party’ about a potential coalition after the next election but preferably, she says, without Fine Gael or Fianna FáilSun Feb 18 2024 - 16:08
Further protests held in Dublin over ‘unconscionable’ conditions in GazaGaza's healthcare system is ‘being demolished’ with Nasser hospital under siege, says Dublin-based GPSun Feb 18 2024 - 14:03
St John Ambulance seeks State funding to hire child-protection officerOrganisation is criticised over lengthy delay filling safeguarding role following child-abuse scandalSun Feb 18 2024 - 10:06
Families ‘deeply concerned’ at proposed HSE takeover of St John of God servicesVoluntary provider St John of God intends to hand over responsibility for disability and mental health services to the HSESat Feb 17 2024 - 19:41
RTÉ paid Rory Coveney exit package worth one year’s salary Kevin Bakhurst issues statement on circumstances around departures of former RTÉ senior executivesSat Feb 17 2024 - 17:05
‘People in Ireland are not willing to normalise what’s happening’: Thousands march in Dublin against Gaza violenceGaza protest in Dublin hears calls for Israel to face consequences for killing civilians during conflictSat Feb 17 2024 - 15:02
Q&A: What is happening at St John of Gods?Large provider of disability and mental health services had long complained of funding crisisFri Feb 16 2024 - 19:00
HSE ‘shocked’ as St John of God says it will stop providing disability and mental health servicesProvider to hand over services to HSE after lack of progress over €30m funding deficitFri Feb 16 2024 - 18:41
Consultants criticise lack of commitment to open more hospital beds in HSE planNational service plan for 2024 states cost of running services will exceed available fundingFri Feb 16 2024 - 10:48
Cash-for-visa scheme: Clearing backlog of Irish residency applications will take ‘years’‘Golden visa’ scheme allowed wealthy people secure residency in return for investments of €1m in an Irish business or philanthropic donationsThu Feb 15 2024 - 11:43
Man (30s) killed in single vehicle crash on M1 in north DublinCar struck barrier after veering off motorway in fatal crash near Donabate, north Co DublinWed Feb 14 2024 - 14:50
Minister has ‘concerns’ about people leaving direct provision system entering homeless servicesDarragh O’Brien says Department of Integration needs to ‘work hard’ on exit strategy for people given permission to remain in StateWed Feb 14 2024 - 12:44
