Dáil unexpectedly passes SF motion seeking Dublin affordable housing for €230,000Vote passed after the Government appeared to forget to back its own countermotionTue May 18 2021 - 22:51
Green ministers question proposals to limit role of ‘cuckoo funds’Concern is expressed that ownership will be concentrated in suburbsTue May 18 2021 - 22:26
Taoiseach condemns ‘brutality’ of Israel’s response to Hamas attacksMartin tells PBP TDs that expulsion of ambassador would ‘would achieve very little’Tue May 18 2021 - 20:01
Up to 30% of housing schemes to be set aside for first-time buyers under O’Brien planSo-called cuckoo funds would be restricted from bulk purchasing in specified developmentsTue May 18 2021 - 01:40
Refusing to use private sector in building homes ‘fighting with one hand behind back’Minister insists it is ‘absolute priority to level playing pitch for first time home buyers’Mon May 17 2021 - 21:55
Coveney disappointed Security Council did not even agree call for ceasefire‘Children are never a legitimate target’ Minister says in debate on Israel-GazaMon May 17 2021 - 20:35
Media failed to report alleged Sinn Féin activities in Derry, FF Senator saysBlaney claims there are ‘rumours’ of community monies not being properly spentMon May 17 2021 - 19:09
Dublin-Monaghan bombings: Minister pledges to seek ‘full truth’47 years after attacks, ‘we are no wiser’ as to role of British state, says FF SenatorMon May 17 2021 - 18:38
Cyberattackers are new ‘mafiosa’ and must be treated like ‘bank robbers, drug cartels’Data must be considered like ‘gold’ as 30 per cent of EU’s information stored in IrelandMon May 17 2021 - 18:12
Five maternity units still failing to comply with national guidelines for partnersSenator hits out at Galway hospital over ‘half-baked’ anomaly scans for pregnant womenMon May 17 2021 - 17:06
Cyber security role is vacant because of low salary, TD saysPosition of NCSC director, which has a salary of €89,000, has been vacant for a yearSun May 16 2021 - 23:29
Maynooth will be remembered as ‘symbol of absolutely failing housing policy’Political divisions over institutional funds and State investmentSun May 16 2021 - 20:28
Simon Coveney: The UN Security Council is being testedMinister says international community needs to speak up on Israeli violenceSun May 16 2021 - 18:04
HSE cyberattack leaves patient management and radiology systems exposedHospitals reverting to paper-based systems; ‘too early to say’ if patient data compromisedSun May 16 2021 - 14:29
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Dick Lennon was a trade unionist and keen sportsmanThe Dubliner’s ‘greatest satisfaction was in defending the rights of others’Fri May 14 2021 - 16:29
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Ann O’Carroll – a fabulous person who cherished her familyAnn’s husband remembers his ‘soulmate’ as a ‘lovely, loving and gorgeous woman’Fri May 14 2021 - 16:28
Cowen moves to limit planning board deliberations to 12 weeksFormer minister introduces Bill to restrict An Bord Pleanála on appeals and applicationsThu May 13 2021 - 21:52
Dáil hears call to safeguard our ‘great fish of the sun’Social Democrats TD introduces amendment to protect basking shark in Irish watersThu May 13 2021 - 21:31
Dáil row over penalties for canvassing teachers on Leaving CertSinn Féin and Labour clash during debate on legislation to provide for accredited gradesThu May 13 2021 - 20:54
Israeli ambassador accuses some TDs of spewing ‘hate’ towards Jewish stateVaradkar says Israel’s aggression is ‘unacceptable’ while condemning Hamas for human rights violationsThu May 13 2021 - 19:51
Plan to stop bulk-buying of houses going to Cabinet, says Leo VaradkarTánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of being ‘anti-private property’ in Dáil exchangeThu May 13 2021 - 19:03
Man whose long-term partner died not entitled to widow’s pension, Dáil toldProvision of widower's allowance to be looked at for unmarried couples in cases of deathThu May 13 2021 - 14:09
Expert group to report on Jadotville siege medal awards next monthDefence Forces battle a ‘story of brave gallantry, heroism turned on its head’Thu May 13 2021 - 13:20
Taoiseach says politicians entitled to comment on planning issuesMartin urges An Taisce to withdraw appeal against €140m Kilkenny cheese factoryThu May 13 2021 - 01:00
Taoiseach appeals to North to align with State on minimum unit pricing for alcoholTD warns of ‘devastation’ for Border businesses if measure not introduced on all-island basisWed May 12 2021 - 22:21
Urgent need to reform liquidation law to prevent ‘retail massacre’, Dáil hearsSolidarity TD introduces worker protection Bill on back of Debenhams strikeWed May 12 2021 - 21:58
Inquiry into former Anglo Irish Bank Siteserv deal to cost well over €30 millionDáil hears commission spent €1,500 on tissues and €4,000 on expert from ThailandWed May 12 2021 - 21:54
Taoiseach to talk to HSE again to ensure maternity units comply with guidelinesDonnelly ‘quite frustrated’ at lack of progress in allowing partners to attend appointmentsWed May 12 2021 - 21:42
Martin says politicians entitled to comment on planning as he defends An Taisce remarksTaoiseach pitting farmers against environmentalists, says Social Democrats TDWed May 12 2021 - 18:28
Pandemic sparing Government of street protests over housing, Dáil toldTaoiseach told solution to funds snapping up housing developments ‘is not rocket science’Wed May 12 2021 - 13:48
Growing evidence of ‘harrowing accounts’ of sexual violence used as tool of war in TigrayMinister says imperative Eritrean forces leave region in north EthiopiaWed May 12 2021 - 08:18
Housing crisis: hike in stamp duty considered to deter bulk-buying of homesLocal authorities may be blocked from agreeing long-term leases with investment fundsWed May 12 2021 - 07:24
Donohoe defends role for international investors in housing marketSinn Féin demands that Government ‘take immediate action’ to end tax advantages and exemptions given to corporate investorsTue May 11 2021 - 21:47
Ballymurphy inquests: ‘Truth laid bare for all to see,’ says O’NeillFindings are vindication for the families, says CoveneyTue May 11 2021 - 19:42
Women protest outside maternity hospitals over Covid restrictionsBirthing partners must be reclassified as ‘essential’, says TDTue May 11 2021 - 18:44
Minister ‘actively considering’ move to reserve houses for owner occupiersSerious concern over An Bord Pleanála as courts repeatedly quash housing approvalsTue May 11 2021 - 18:01
Seanad told that backlog in passport applications being clearedMore than 12,000 passports issued in last week and 4,000 at ‘final stage’ of processingTue May 11 2021 - 13:42
Coveney tells ambassador Israel must ‘protect all civilians’Minister says in Dáil that approach of security forces has not been acceptableTue May 11 2021 - 11:09
United Ireland referendum should be called when ‘peace walls’ no longer needed - SenatorMore barricades dividing communities than when Belfast Agreement signedTue May 11 2021 - 09:24
Senator calls lack of clarity on reopening dance and drama classes ‘unacceptable’No recognition of creative arts as vital part of young people’s education, says Marie SherlockMon May 10 2021 - 21:26
Senator calls on HSE to assess overcrowding at University Hospital GalwayFormer minister says 24 patients waiting on trolleys, while numbers reached 36 last weekMon May 10 2021 - 20:17
Banking forum designed to maintain status quo not in public interest, says MinisterMinister for Finance considering alternative to forum on future of changing sectorMon May 10 2021 - 19:22
Senator calls for Dublin Airport to be named after Seán LemassCall comes ahead of 50th anniversary of former taoiseach’s death on May 11thMon May 10 2021 - 15:42
Donnelly accused of undermining HSE over bid to lift maternity restrictionsMinister asked to offer ‘leadership’ as he supports decisions by individual hospitalsFri May 07 2021 - 19:35
Mandatory hotel quarantine should ‘quietly’ lapse, Seanad hearsSystem could be ‘major inhibitor to recovery of aviation sector’Fri May 07 2021 - 18:16
Taxation of ‘cuckoo funds’ key to deterring block-buying, says MinisterFinance officials considered special tax increase on funds buying up Irish propertyFri May 07 2021 - 01:00
Dáil hears of 7,000,000-strong national herd’s importanceIreland ‘one of the most efficient producers of food globally’ despite 34% of emissions via sectorThu May 06 2021 - 22:20
Any unilateral UK move on soldier amnesty a ‘breach of trust’, Taoiseach saysSimon Coveney says Brandon Lewis gave no indication of plans during meetingThu May 06 2021 - 20:48
Dáil criticism over rollout of vaccine scheme for pregnant womenTDs highlight cases of requests for programme details, but information not forthcomingThu May 06 2021 - 20:43
Investment funds role is not to swoop in and buy estates, says VaradkarTánaiste comes under fire in Dáil over groups ‘gobbling up’ homesThu May 06 2021 - 17:41
