Government should count how many retired public servants back at work - FFMinister claims such an effort could create ’new bureaucracy’Fri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
Plain speaking when it comes to Irish WaterSize of your bill will be known ‘in good time’Fri Apr 11 2014 - 01:00
Connemara seaweed collectors fear loss of livelihoodMinister says harvesting of wild seaweed must be ‘managed appropriately’Thu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Noonan insists taxpayer must be protected in Dáil row over sale of IBRC loan bookMinister accused of minding international markets, not citizens who elected himThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Human Rights and Equality Commissions joined under new BillFianna Fáil concerned legislation gives Government significant control over new bodyWed Apr 09 2014 - 11:05
Government accepts Sinn Féin Bill on stricter regulation of wind industrySF calls for stricter regulation of the location and operation of wind farmsWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Finance denies there is a Dublin property bubbleIndependent TD Richard Boyd Barrett accuses Government of ‘dangerous and flawed’ approach to housingWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
Needless deaths can be avoided with carbon monoxide alarms, says Quinn in new BillGovernment accepts legislation requiring monitors to be installed in homes, graduallyWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
Decision soon on whether to eliminate use of 1c and 2c coinsCentral Bank cost of producing coins more than their face-value worthTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
Start obesity war in early childhood, urges expertChildren must be stopped from gaining weight in the first place, says specialistMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00
John Joe Nevin suffers broken leg in Mullingar incidentGardaí make arrest after incident in Olympic silver medalist’s home townSat Apr 05 2014 - 19:17
State funding for community childcare leaves 70% ‘out in the cold’Government funding must be ring-fenced for private childcare facilities, conference toldSat Apr 05 2014 - 12:20
Middle-income families face €700 million in tax hikesMinister insists White Paper on insurance published to have an ‘informed debate’Fri Apr 04 2014 - 01:01
Expectation that four NI parties in peace process talks ‘will deliver’ – DonohoeThreat to prison staff at Maghaberry must be lifted for inmates’ conditions to be dealt withFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00
EU hypocritical in attitude to Ukraine compared to Egypt, says TDMinister insists court ruling a high priority, but says verdicts not yet confirmedFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00
Health cover and mortgage relief a tax ‘double whammy’ - FFMiddle-income families to face €700m more in taxes over five years, says McGrathThu Apr 03 2014 - 13:25
Fianna Fáil loses third vote in three days on calling Attorney General to attend SeanadParty says it will call vote every day on the issue ‘until further notice’Thu Apr 03 2014 - 01:01
Taoiseach 'did not know' what Callinan and Purcell spoke about‘Obviously I am not privy to the content of the discussion they had and I do not wish to assume anything’Thu Apr 03 2014 - 01:00
Limerick tunnel may be made free for HGV trafficDáil told Government paid tunnel, M3 toll operators €7.85m for reduced trafficThu Apr 03 2014 - 01:00
Government wins Seanad vote blocking move to question AG in the Upper HouseFG says FF ’grossly irresponsible’ to try to impinge on commission of inquiryWed Apr 02 2014 - 01:01
Kenny reveals prisoners’ phone calls with solicitors recorded up to last weekOpposition renews pressure on Taoiseach over Shatter controversyWed Apr 02 2014 - 01:00
Shatter finds focus on letter timeline ‘extraordinary’Government backbenchers putting reputations ‘on the line’ in supporting Shatter – FFTue Apr 01 2014 - 21:42
Dáil debates motion of no confidence in ShatterMinister for Justice told today that calls of 84 prisoners taped ‘inadvertently’Tue Apr 01 2014 - 21:22
Callinan sacked to save Shatter - Fianna FáilTDs warned if they vote confidence in Minister they vote for his handling of ‘everything’Tue Apr 01 2014 - 20:48
Fianna Fáil leader attacks Minister for Justice for ’hiding away’ during Garda crisisStory emerging ‘drip by drip’ and nobody believes eveything now out in public - MartinSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Diplomatic corps ‘essential’ to restoring economic recoveryDáil told need for trade and investment should not be at expense of human rightsFri Mar 28 2014 - 20:59
Universal franchise for Seanad ‘too costly’ at €5.25 a ballot paperFF Bill rejected because Constitution creators did not want everyone to have a vote, FG saysFri Mar 28 2014 - 20:00
Taoiseach rejects claims he prompted Callinan to resignFianna Fáil is to table motion of no confidence in Minister for JusticeFri Mar 28 2014 - 14:02
Constitutional right to privacy has to be considered in adoption tracing Bill - MinisterPrivacy should not be ‘way above’ the rights of children to their identity - Clare DalyFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:01
Review of childcare schemes won’t create more places says MinisterBudget cut by €384m between 2008 and 2011, €14m increase in the last three years, says Minister for Children Frances FitzgeraldFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
Shatter declines to be drawn on meeting garda whistleblowersGSoc and senior counsel dealing with the issue and processes should ’take their course’Thu Mar 27 2014 - 08:14
Micheál Martin claims Taoiseach ‘effectively sacked’ Garda commissionerEnda Kenny confirms he sent a senior official to see Martin Callinan the night before he resignedThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:05
‘What possible advantage would it be to me’ not to act on commissioner letter – ShatterMinister insists in Dáil he was ‘not briefed’ on Garda phone tapes until MondayThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:01
FF claims Taoiseach ‘essentially sacked’ CommissionerKenny confirms justice secretary general sent to see Callinan night before he resignedWed Mar 26 2014 - 14:58
Minister says no evidence of US arms transiting ShannonIt defies all rationality that we assume that what the Americans tell us is true, says WallaceWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Documents linked to deaths of two Irish soldiers in Lebanon to be reviewed, says ShatterMinister ‘not optimistic’ about fitting and appropriate resolution to 1981 deathsWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach leads tributes on death of Fine Gael TD Nicky McFaddenA woman of ‘courage’ and ‘great joy’ Kenny says of colleague with motor neurone diseaseTue Mar 25 2014 - 22:24
Smoking ban saves 4,000 lives since 2004, says MartinFianna Fáil leader critical of Government’s ‘two-tiered recovery’Mon Mar 24 2014 - 01:01
FF gender equality debate held away from main ardfheis arenaMiddle Ireland party must represent women, ‘not just men’, says candidateMon Mar 24 2014 - 01:01
Mortgage holders ‘should be worried’ by sale of IBRC loansFianna Fáil should not be ‘prisoner of the past’, but offer bold ideas and good policiesSat Mar 22 2014 - 17:50
Abolish income tax and use USC instead, FF delegates toldMiddle-income earners pay lowest average tax, rich pay most followed by poorestSat Mar 22 2014 - 15:34
Fianna Fáil leader confirms party will run candidates in the North in 2019Stop holding ardfheis in Killarney, hold it in central location, Donegal delegates saySat Mar 22 2014 - 13:29
Kenny comments a ‘severe rebuke’ to cabinet colleaguesFF leader says Taoiseach wants to ‘shut down debate’ on whistleblowers to protect ShatterFri Mar 21 2014 - 19:50
No Irish for Seachtain na Gaeilge fortnight on Gaeilge day in the DáilTokenism of the cúpla focail day turns a bit Oirish as Minister responds as BéarlaFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Lack of Irish-speaking Minister ‘disastrous’No Cabinet member available to take Irish questions on day set aside for languageFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Impossible to write down mortgage costs to their current value, Minister saysMove would cost up to €50 billion and taxpayer has already put €64 billion into banksFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Justice has not ‘failed in any respect’, Bruton tells DáilTaoiseach’s defence of Shatter makes him ‘church mouse’ not ‘mighty mouse’, FF’s Dara Calleary saysThu Mar 13 2014 - 22:25
Work starts today on changes to penalty points systemIs ‘sorry’ not in the Justice Minister’s dictionary, FF asks in whistleblower rowThu Mar 13 2014 - 14:22
Government warned not to ‘gobble’ fund as ‘political pie’ for 2016 electoral benefitFine Gael TD criticises Minister’s regional development policyThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:01
Barry Cowen ‘fed up’ with criticism of FF administrationFianna Fáil TD tells Fine Gael and Labour to stop rehashing arguments from last electionThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
