‘A matter for the voters’: War of words erupts between Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil over housingPolicies of both parties called into question as O’Brien challenges Ó Broin for longer-term solution to crisisWed Nov 01 2023 - 21:25
Coalition considers exemptions to plans to time limit supports for Ukrainian refugeesNew measures would see those with disabilities or vulnerable people exempted from new limits, while talks are ongoing around providing educationTue Oct 31 2023 - 06:00
More than 135,000 mortgage holders excluded from new interest relief schemeSinn Féin calls on Government to reverse decision to exclude those with outstanding balances of less than €80,000Mon Oct 30 2023 - 06:00
Attacks on Unifil personnel in Lebanon, where 300 Irish troops are based, condemnedNepalese peacekeeper injured in latest shelling as all Irish forces accounted for and safe - Defence ForcesSun Oct 29 2023 - 18:19
Varadkar to visit South Korea amid push for deeper trade tiesTaoiseach to hold talks with President Yoon Suk Yeo on bilateral cooperationSun Oct 29 2023 - 11:47
Q&A: Halfway through their deliberations, what has the committee on assisted dying found?The main issues raised are around unintended consequences in the law, such as elderly or vulnerable people being coerced into making a decisionSat Oct 28 2023 - 05:00
‘Significant’ number of extra abortion providers will offer services in coming monthsActions come in wake of review by barrister which recommended widespread operational changesThu Oct 26 2023 - 06:00
Ireland ‘very much’ at limit of how many refugees it can accommodate, Taoiseach saysVaradkar says overall intention is to bring State’s offering ‘more in line’ with other western European countriesWed Oct 25 2023 - 14:36
Ministers approve new low-interest retrofit loans for homeowners Owners can borrow up to €75,000 for energy efficiency upgrades, underpinned by European fundsTue Oct 24 2023 - 19:33
Failing to legislate for assisted dying ‘most dangerous option’, committee toldJoint Committee on Assisted Dying is holding series of hearings about potential legislative and policy changeTue Oct 24 2023 - 14:11
Underfunding and overspends in health drive Stephen Donnelly around the bendInside Politics: Children’s Hospital saga rolls on, while TDs don’t hold back in their support for PalestineThu Oct 19 2023 - 07:21
Lack of contact with abortion review authors labelled ‘extraordinary’Chair of review into State’s abortion law reiterates call for changes to three-day wait and decriminalisation rulesWed Oct 18 2023 - 12:14
Political blame game erupts over strike on Gaza city hospitalInside Politics: Irish political parties have struggled to agree the wording of a motion setting out Ireland’s position on the Israel-Hamas conflictWed Oct 18 2023 - 07:44
Varadkar says he told von der Leyen her initial statements on Israel ‘lacked balance’Ireland will call for a de-escalation of conflict at extraordinary meeting of the European Council today, Taoiseach saysTue Oct 17 2023 - 15:26
Ministers accused of standing over ‘unforgivable’ underfunding of health serviceDonohoe responds to criticisms by insisting there are no plans ‘to reopen the Government’s agreed budget allocations’Tue Oct 17 2023 - 15:04
Inside Politics: European leaders to discuss ‘united’ approach on Israel-Hamas conflictCabinet to consider timing of once-off cost-of-living payments while Opposition to interrogate health service fundingTue Oct 17 2023 - 08:11
Explainer: What are the new road safety plans due to be approved by Government?New Road Traffic Measures Bill 2023 goes to Cabinet on Tuesday and will see motorists who speed on bank holidays face higher finesTue Oct 17 2023 - 05:00
Budget 2024: First three lump sums to be paid next monthTimetable revealed for payment of nine once-off supplementsTue Oct 17 2023 - 00:01
Health service faces winter of huge strain as Donnelly to seek savings of more than €600mMinister’s demand for more productivity from hospitals follows budget talks that yielded additional €800m despite request for €2bnSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00
Inside ‘the weirdest budget ever’: Climate bust-ups, a mortgage surprise and the Stephen Donnelly sagaGovernment insiders fear ‘flat’ Budget 2024 will not move the dial as internal tensions within the Coalition riseFri Oct 13 2023 - 14:25
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill writes to Mary Lou McDonald over alleged ‘misogynistic’ comment by chief whipPádraig Mac Lochlainn said colleague Pearse Doherty would ‘put manners on you’, which Sinn Féin said referred to Fine Gael as a wholeThu Oct 12 2023 - 20:27
Some will ‘fall on wrong side’ of new mortgage interest relief scheme, says Minister Government also defends funding of health service, but warns recruitment next year cannot outstrip budget set outTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:55
RTÉ will receive public funding this year but only if broadcaster sets out reformsResponsibility lies with cash-strapped broadcaster to agree post-crisis changes to secure additional State funding, says Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal DonohoeTue Oct 10 2023 - 21:46
What’s in the budget for Ireland’s under-35s?Budget 2024: From reduced public transport fees to an increase in the minimum wage, the Government has introduced a series of measures aimed at helping younger peopleTue Oct 10 2023 - 17:52
Budget 2024 to help workers, parents and mortgage holdersRising budget tensions with Department of Health following series of meetings on SundayMon Oct 09 2023 - 05:30
Budget 2024: Tax changes, childcare, mortgages and more – everything we know so farParty leaders met at weekend to hammer out final details of Budget 2024Sun Oct 08 2023 - 14:21
Delays to road projects could lead to 77 deaths, Minister warnedEamon Ryan told by TII that delaying funding to projects could result in hundreds of serious injuriesThu Oct 05 2023 - 15:44
‘Men do not need to dress as women in order to attack them’ - Minister clashes with Senator in gender rowFine Gael Minister of State Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says Senator Ronan Mullen is ‘conflating’ issues after he accused Government of ‘not being upfront’ in relation to genderThu Oct 05 2023 - 15:25
Politicians call for exclusion zones and Defence Forces’ help to tackle threatsRecommendations made in a series of private submissions from parties to a new taskforce on safetyFri Sept 29 2023 - 06:00
Varadkar warns against ‘excessive caution’ in coming years as he finalises budgetHe says Government will put some of its projected surpluses into debt reduction and the rest into two fundsThu Sept 28 2023 - 21:00
New national women’s museum to be considered by GovernmentExpert committee to be set up following Cabinet memo brought by Minister for Culture Catherine MartinWed Sept 27 2023 - 06:00
Roderic O’Gorman warns on bed availability as thousands of extra refugees expected to arriveUse of tents as accommodation likely to continue despite winter months approaching, says Minister for IntegrationTue Sept 26 2023 - 22:08
Proposed €1bn spend on health could pose risk to Budget 2024 plans, says DonohoeMinister for Children Roderic O’Gorman further dampens hopes of 25% cut in childcare costsTue Sept 26 2023 - 15:56
Budget 2024: Ministers in clash over €1bn health overspend Budget 2024: Cabinet Committee on Health to meet on Monday amid speculation that overrun will curtail budget demands made by Stephen DonnellyMon Sept 25 2023 - 05:02
Referendum on women-in-home clause likely postponed until next year, says O’GormanNovember referendum was promised earlier this year after recommendations from the Citizens’ Assembly on gender equalitySun Sept 24 2023 - 13:20
More than one million workers paying higher rate of income taxFine Gael and Fianna Fáil politicians pushing for increases in tax bands and USC cuts in Budget 2024Sat Sept 23 2023 - 12:57
Budget 2024: From housing to childcare, what can we expect in next month’s package?There will be an additional multibillion euro package of temporary measures to tackle the cost-of-living crisisSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Budget 2024: Two-pronged income tax cut on the table as final negotiations beginAn increase of up to €12 a week in welfare payments and a lower energy credit also among measures proposedSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Targeted measures best way to spend public money ahead of budget, says IFACIrish Fiscal Advisory Council appears before Oireachtas committee three weeks before unveiling of budgetWed Sept 20 2023 - 18:50
Drew Harris to propose new rostering options to Garda representative groupsInternal 2019 report for Garda management highlighted shortcomings of schedule due to be reverted to in NovemberWed Sept 20 2023 - 18:40
Delays in accessing driving tests to continue until the middle of 2024Oireachtas Committee on Transport to be told that NCT delays should be cleared by the end of this yearTue Sept 19 2023 - 18:58
Thousands register their contact preferences on new adoption registerAdoptees comprise the largest group of registrants at 11,246, followed by birth mothers with 2,675 registrantsTue Sept 19 2023 - 06:00
Friendly, cheap and ‘definitely cleaner’: travelling Notre Dame fans’ glowing review of DublinEven the rain is ‘nice for us coming from the desert’, one Las Vegas-based follower of the Fighting Irish saidSat Aug 26 2023 - 10:19
Homeless figures rise again with almost 13,000 in emergency accommodationTánaiste rules out another winter eviction ban, saying ‘the pressing issue is to stop and slow down the exodus from the rental market’Fri Aug 25 2023 - 17:17
Contacts between scoliosis patients and doctors to be managed differentlyOperational change on way after Ombudsman for Children highlights teenager’s five-year wait for surgeryThu Aug 24 2023 - 05:00
National children’s hospital legal bill nears €2m amid disputes New details around legal costs and disputes released to Soc Dems TD Catherine MurphyWed Aug 23 2023 - 05:00
Taoiseach hits out at attempts to censor books in local libraries Varadkar expresses solidarity to librarians and library staff in new letterTue Aug 22 2023 - 18:31
Buckle up. The general election campaign is about to beginAs Fine Gael TDs bow out and Sinn Féin flirts with government, lines are being redrawn in more ways than oneSun Aug 20 2023 - 06:00
Coalition to consider options for licence fee overhaul and RTÉ bailoutMedia licence or charge for every household rather than just homes with TV among possibilitiesSat Aug 19 2023 - 05:00
Ukrainian diplomat urges Ireland not to be swayed by Russian ‘blackmail’Russia ‘pretends to be ready for peace talks’ while increasing war efforts, ambassador tells MacGill summer schoolWed Aug 16 2023 - 21:04
