Housing crisis main theme of party leader speech at Fine Gael Ardfheis Leo Varadkar who will become taoiseach next month addressed the 2,000 party delegates in AthloneMon Nov 21 2022 - 01:00
Fine Gael Ardfheis: Ageing party profile a worry for delegatesGathering critiqued as being about ‘self-praise’ and not attractive to youth anymoreSun Nov 20 2022 - 19:00
Minister for Foreign Affairs backs change to ‘triple-lock’ as ‘sensible’Simon Coveney asks if it is neutral to allow the Kremlin to use UN to veto Irish decisions on participation in peacekeeping operationsSat Nov 19 2022 - 12:12
Senators call for public inquiry into sexual abuse at St John’s Ambulance first aid organisation Minister confident that review into abuse in the 1990s at the organisation will be published ‘swiftly’Thu Nov 17 2022 - 21:12
Illegal drugs industry probably one of ‘largest employers’ in north Dublin, Dáil toldTD says he can walk out of Leinster House and ‘buy drugs on any corner’Thu Nov 17 2022 - 20:04
Parents face further wait to see report into incineration of children’s organs without consentTánaiste says delay in completing inquiry is indefensible: ‘It is hard to fathom the hurt this has caused’Thu Nov 17 2022 - 18:50
‘Surprise’ road tolls hike sparks condemnation Increase announcement is ‘very unwelcome’ says VaradkarThu Nov 17 2022 - 17:21
Blackrock College was told of abuse claims 20 years ago, Dáil hearsSurvivors who approached person in ‘key leadership role’ was told to return with ‘proof and a solicitor’, Labour leader saysThu Nov 17 2022 - 13:38
Leas-Cheann Comhairle rejects TD’s claims of discrimination over speaking time in Dáil Catherine Connolly responds to ‘unjustifiable and unfair attack’ by former FF TD Marc MacSharry which saw Dáil briefly suspendedWed Nov 16 2022 - 19:56
Government to call in Russian ambassador after Taoiseach and more than 50 other Irish officials are banned from entering countryRussian ministry says ‘key representatives of the leadership and politicians of Ireland’ have been put on ‘stop list’Wed Nov 16 2022 - 19:54
Seanad suspended for two hours as Minister of State becomes unwellPeter Burke, reported to be ‘feeling lightheaded’, brought to hospital as a precautionWed Nov 16 2022 - 19:02
Ivana Bacik raises concerns about alleged abuser living on Blackrock College campusTaoiseach says that if any information has come into public domain gardaí should be informed immediatelyWed Nov 16 2022 - 16:35
Spiritans announce ‘restorative justice programme’ for abuse survivors‘What was done to you as innocent children was cruel and indefensible,’ head of congregation tells survivorsWed Nov 16 2022 - 13:25
Ireland is not neutral about Ukraine, Taoiseach insists in renewed row over constitutional positionRichard Boyd Barrett claimed ‘further evidence of Government trying to soften up public to abandon Ireland’s traditional neutrality’Tue Nov 15 2022 - 22:19
Blackrock College Union cancels annual business lunch as Government holds ‘preliminary discussions’ over responseTaoiseach Micheál Martin describes revelations as ‘sickening, shocking’Tue Nov 15 2022 - 21:35
Harris say benefits of joining Cern ‘significant’ as department prepares submission Minister tells Dáil he has Taoiseach’s full support in bid to join nuclear research agencyTue Nov 15 2022 - 19:38
Taoiseach pledges passage of ‘full disclosure’ Patient Safety Bill by year end amid tributes to Vicky Phelan Micheál Martin tells Dáil new National Screening Laboratory at Coombe Hospital to be operational before start of 2023Tue Nov 15 2022 - 16:48
Lack of devolved government could expand Irish role in Northern Ireland, Taoiseach saysUnionists will never accept joint authority from Dublin and London, Donaldson saysThu Oct 27 2022 - 22:00
Minister warns State agencies against ‘empire building’ after co-operation during Covid pandemicSometimes ‘fractious relationship’ between Government agencies and community projects highlighted in DáilThu Oct 27 2022 - 20:21
Legal firms accused of taking advantage of mother and baby home survivors Kathleen Funchion says solicitors should cease trying ‘to get money from very vulnerable people’Thu Oct 27 2022 - 19:17
Varadkar brands SF spokesman ‘Kwasi Doherty’ in row over interest ratesSinn Fein says banks should absorb expected 0.75 per cent hike from ECB todayThu Oct 27 2022 - 14:31
Government biggest beneficiary of rental income in State, Dáil hears Dáil hears that eviction because landlord selling property is illegal in 14 EU member statesWed Oct 26 2022 - 20:23
Soc Dems say energy market increasingly like ‘cartel’ Taoiseach says today’s price is lowest since June, but future-based pricing may be why consumers are not gaining from recent drop in energy costsWed Oct 26 2022 - 17:47
Direct rule from London not an option if NI Executive not restored — TaoiseachGovernment will ‘fully pursue’ its joint consultative role under Belfast AgreementWed Oct 26 2022 - 16:57
EU legislation to combat strategic lawsuits will not include ‘unseen layer’ of activity and NDAsGreen TD claims newspaper columnist threatened legal action against member of group campaigning for safe zones for women accessing abortionWed Oct 26 2022 - 15:13
Taoiseach accuses Mary Lou McDonald of ‘playing both sides’ on Ukrainian refugee accommodationMicheál Martin declines to elaborate on remarks made during angry exchanges in Dáil with Sinn Féin leaderWed Oct 26 2022 - 00:00
Anti-social behaviour in Galway should get same attention as Dublin’s O’Connell Street, Seanad hearsFianna Fail’s Ollie Crowe said that it has been an ongoing problem for the past two years and never ‘effectively addressed or stamped out’Tue Oct 25 2022 - 21:36
‘It makes my blood boil’: Taoiseach rejects accusation Putin’s war being used to address Irish neutralityPaul Murphy claims participation in EU training mission was ‘next step’ in ‘determined effort’ to involve Ireland in military undertakingsTue Oct 25 2022 - 19:49
Taoiseach predicts ‘significant’ ramping up of rapid-build houses to assist accommodation crisisA number of army barracks and other facilities ‘are being reconfigured’ to also provide accommodation, Micheál Martin saidTue Oct 25 2022 - 16:49
Victims and witnesses must go to Dublin for court as judges won’t travel to regions, Dáil toldMinister for Justice says judges can’t just be added when greater efficiencies could be found within the current structure as wellThu Oct 20 2022 - 20:15
‘Really concerning’ that Irish Water has no plan for 27 of 38 areas needing priority upgrading In wake of critical EPA report Minister says Ireland will reach EU average for treatment of raw sewage when Ringsend treatment plan is upgradedThu Oct 20 2022 - 20:08
Ex-ministers ‘swanning around’ Leinster House as lobbyists should lose access, Dáil hearsShorthall says ‘revolving door between politics and private business’ must endThu Oct 20 2022 - 19:16
Ryan defends Government approach to tackling energy poverty Minister denies providing direct cash payments to households amounts to charityThu Oct 20 2022 - 13:33
Poor fitness levels a growing problem in recruiting gardaí, Dáil hearsMinister says target of hiring 800 new members of force this year will not be metThu Oct 20 2022 - 12:03
Allowing sex offenders register at any divisional Garda station allows them go undetected, TD warnsDenis Naughten warns that much of the new legislation puts rights in hands of offenders rather than victimsWed Oct 19 2022 - 22:22
Government facilitating ‘cover-up of crimes and human rights abuses’, Dáil told as redress scheme is criticisedSurvivors of mother and baby homes could receive as little as €5,000 in redress schemeWed Oct 19 2022 - 19:10
Households could save €400 on energy if clocks do not go back, Dáil toldFine Gael TD says stopping change would result in reduced electricity and gas consumption at peak hoursWed Oct 19 2022 - 16:09
Dublin City Council must be ‘central driving force’ for rejuvenation of O’Connell StreetTaoiseach will consider a taskforce but warns it is ‘not a panacea’Wed Oct 19 2022 - 15:22
Call for immediate ban on disconnection of pay-as-you-go energy customersTaoiseach says charities, budgeting services have warned of further debt for some familiesWed Oct 19 2022 - 15:05
Senator ‘shocked’ by ‘intimidating’ reply from civil servant over tender documents Letter referred to Offices of Attorney General and Chief State Solicitor after it came into Gerard Craughwell’s possessionTue Oct 18 2022 - 21:35
Sinn Féin has ‘no policy’ on instigating legal actions, says Ó Broin Taoiseach corrects Dáil record over comments about RTÉ interview with Shane Ross regarding McDonald biographyTue Oct 18 2022 - 19:22
Concrete levy to be cut to 5% and delayed until September next yearMinister for Finance says charge, designed to cover cost of repairing building defects, will be in place ‘for the foreseeable future’Tue Oct 18 2022 - 17:56
Ban on evictions will be in place from start of November, Taoiseach tells Dáil Micheál Martin says local authorities have bought almost 650 homes where tenants on point of eviction because of property going for saleTue Oct 18 2022 - 17:24
Call for State to recognise existence of babies who die before 28 weeks of pregnancy‘Certificate of Life’ part of legislation to create non-statutory register for familiesThu Oct 13 2022 - 20:05
‘Cold’ Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme ‘aimed at reducing costs’ Minister for Children accused of ‘failing to learn’ from previous ‘debacles’ but O’Gorman says provisions avoid ‘re-traumatisation’ with tens of thousands more beneficiariesThu Oct 13 2022 - 17:31
Decision next week on extending rent tax credit to parents paying for students’ accommodationTánaiste accused by Sinn Féin of ‘abject failure’ to deal with housing crisis as students walk out of college classes in protestThu Oct 13 2022 - 14:44
Enough supports in place to stop any electricity cut offs during winter, says Michael McGrath Minister says Government acted ‘in very fair, generous way’ with €1.2bn social protection packageWed Oct 12 2022 - 19:20
Cost of mica and apartment defect repairs ‘will have to be met’ sometime, Minister saysMichael McGrath deflects questions on whether controversial concrete levy will be included in Finance Bill but says €5bn bill remainsWed Oct 12 2022 - 14:55
Employee gets final warning for being late due to unreliable Go-Ahead bus service, Dáil toldSinn Féin TD says Go-Ahead ‘seems to be recruiting some of the most delicate drivers’ as level of sick leave ‘disproportionate’Wed Oct 12 2022 - 14:52
Junior Cert results date ‘will not be known until next week’Minister for Education Norma Foley tells Dáil she could not give an exact date for releaseWed Oct 12 2022 - 06:54
