Minister says State should show leadership on equitable global vaccine distributionWTO to decide on temporary waiver of intellectual property rights on Covid vaccinesSun Apr 25 2021 - 12:35
RTÉ must stop showing lotto draw during children’s movies, Seanad toldMinister acknowledges lack of gambling controls make Ireland a ‘wild west’Fri Apr 23 2021 - 20:31
Sinn Féin TD says party presentation on social media use was ‘stupidly worded’FG Senator calls for German data commissioner to investigate Frankfurt-based systemFri Apr 23 2021 - 20:17
Pregnant Senator calls for partners to be allowed attend maternity appointmentsEileen Flynn says same rules should apply in all hospitals amid variations in accessFri Apr 23 2021 - 17:22
Backlog of 92,000 passport applications in system, Dáil hearsMinister pledges clearance within six to eight weeks once level 5 restrictions are easedThu Apr 22 2021 - 21:48
Ponzi scheme with ‘nerve centre’ in Ireland collapses with 1,800 Irish victims‘Regulatory failure of dramatic nature’ after property firm went bust owing €3 billionThu Apr 22 2021 - 21:10
Donohoe insists ‘no cliff-edge’ cuts as Dáil approves extension of supportsVaccination programme will be ‘touchstone’ for economic recovery, says MinisterThu Apr 22 2021 - 20:42
Donnelly awaits advice on adding India to quarantine list after latest mutationSurge in infections and emergence of yet another coronavirus variant ‘concerning’Thu Apr 22 2021 - 18:03
Johnson & Johnson recommendation due from Niac next weekMinister says EU starting legal action against AstraZeneca over contractual issuesThu Apr 22 2021 - 14:51
About 1,000 housebound over 70s still awaiting Covid-19 vaccine – TánaisteVaradkar says GPs may be asked to do house calls to assist National Ambulance ServiceThu Apr 22 2021 - 14:26
Robert Watt asked to explain how waiving part of salary will workDepartment of Health secretary general urged to provide details of how pension affectedWed Apr 21 2021 - 21:58
Restrictions on hairdressing, retail and religious services set to be eased next monthTaoiseach rules out lifting of overseas holiday ban in early summerWed Apr 21 2021 - 21:34
Climate Action Bill will be good for rural Ireland, Ryan saysO’Gorman accuses dissenting TDs of performing for cameras but failing to do hard workWed Apr 21 2021 - 21:03
Three of 23 candidates for top health job came from abroadTaoiseach defends Watt appointment after claim it amounts to a ‘stroke’Wed Apr 21 2021 - 19:46
J&J vaccine approval will be key to hitting rollout target - TaoiseachGovernment statement on what sectors can reopen in May and June to made next weekWed Apr 21 2021 - 18:54
Taoiseach signals possibility of return to church service attendances in personFormer minister insists churches ‘a hell of a lot safer than supermarkets’Wed Apr 21 2021 - 14:56
Patient with eating disorder ‘told to walk, and meditate, not given access to therapist’Dáil is told mental health services reflect ‘attitude of bygone era’Wed Apr 21 2021 - 14:05
Green junior minister calls for pilot public banking project in midlandsPippa Hackett says such a scheme should be considered after KBC and Ulster Bank movesMon Apr 19 2021 - 19:59
Seanad passes Bill lifting restrictions on naming children who die by violenceLegislation to address legal loophole should come into effect by May 3rd, says MinisterMon Apr 19 2021 - 19:06
Bookmakers should not be let ‘profiteer’ from National Lottery, Seanad hearsFine Gael’s Barry Ward publishes legislation to prevent commercial bets on Lotto drawsMon Apr 19 2021 - 18:12
Seanad hears of Bill to tackle fair deal burden on farmers, small firmsProblem arises in rolling 7.5% charge against value of assets held towards care home costsMon Apr 19 2021 - 14:24
Government to consider extending interval between Covid vaccine dosesDonnelly awaiting recommendation from deputy chief medical officer and vaccination taskforceMon Apr 19 2021 - 00:01
Sharp fall in Covid-19 cases ‘ahead of the best-case scenario,’ says DonnellyOne death and 269 new cases are reported on Sunday, the lowest total since mid-DecemberSun Apr 18 2021 - 21:54
Taoiseach warns of ‘serious harm’ if every Brexit issue is ‘win-lose fight’NI protocol ‘not as complex’ as thousands of trade issues between EU and BritainSun Apr 18 2021 - 21:40
Donnelly abandons his proposal to examine vaccinating under-30s earlyMinister for Health says country is ahead of best-case scenario given four weeks agoSun Apr 18 2021 - 18:29
Further delay in relocation of Syrian child refugees to IrelandFourteen children due to travel last year, then last month, remain in devastated campTue Apr 06 2021 - 17:57
Hazel Chu highest profile candidate of seven in Seanad byelectionContestants include four former senators, with FF/FG favourite to win the two seatsMon Apr 05 2021 - 01:47
Rise in home births linked to restrictions on hospital visitsSurge by 60% in deliveries at home in Dublin Mid-Leinster region, says midwifery officerSat Apr 03 2021 - 03:10
EU states and US dropped from mandatory hotel quarantine listQuarantine system extended to 26 countries rather than the 43 originally proposedThu Apr 01 2021 - 21:14
TD accuses official of trying to ‘gag’ RTÉ over documentaryMinister says families who were subject of dossiers would be contactedThu Apr 01 2021 - 21:05
Loophole in law preventing child victims of homicide being named to be addressedMinister tells Dáil legislation to be fully implemented ‘within weeks’Thu Apr 01 2021 - 20:39
Vaccine delivery for April revised down to ‘slightly below a million’, Donnelly saysAlan Kelly criticises Minister for repeatedly failing to give forecasts for Covid deliveriesThu Apr 01 2021 - 20:35
Age-based vaccine policy ‘simple’ and country can open quicker – VaradkarNew system should help speed up the rollout, WHO special envoy on Covid-19 saysThu Apr 01 2021 - 19:51
Investment in €140 million cheese plant stalled in planning row, Dáil toldUse of judicial review to ‘frustrate and delay’ projects a cause of concern – TaoiseachThu Apr 01 2021 - 13:53
Mortgage applications for those with diabetes ‘delayed for up to year’Donohoe pledges to talk to banks after Doherty raises ‘heartbreaking’ casesWed Mar 31 2021 - 23:16
Taoiseach: ‘Unethical’ to ask medics for data on individual childrenMartin accepts that RTÉ Investigates gleaned evidence of unauthorised ‘collection of data’Wed Mar 31 2021 - 20:11
Dáil told Beacon chief caught ‘red handed’ in vaccines debacleHospital chief executive has apologised for unauthorised St Gerard’s School incidentWed Mar 31 2021 - 19:15
Online registration for Covid-19 vaccine from mid-April, says MartinTaoiseach tells Dáil that 70% of the population should be inoculated fully by end of JulyWed Mar 31 2021 - 15:34
Shoe shops will be allowed sell for children by appointment, says MartinGuidance to be published enabling shops to measure for children, according to TaoiseachWed Mar 31 2021 - 15:19
Covid-19: Plan for easing restrictions criticised by hospitality and construction groupsOrganisations for restaurants and pubs hit out at lack of clarity for such businessesTue Mar 30 2021 - 22:33
Private school says Beacon Hospital said vaccination of its staff ‘had HSE permission’HSE says it ‘certainly did not approve’ of move to give surplus doses to school staffTue Mar 30 2021 - 18:33
State at ‘tipping point’ with Covid-19 for next six to eight weeksProjected benefits of vaccination against virus several weeks away, says HSE officialTue Mar 30 2021 - 04:24
Post-Brexit focus should be on building relationships not border poll, says CoveneyIronic to be seen as ‘bogey man’ over protocol as office pushed for compromise with EU, says MinisterMon Mar 29 2021 - 22:34
Cavan priest says he will not pay fine for saying Mass in breach of restrictionsParish priest Fr PJ Hughes says gardaí blocked roads to churchMon Mar 29 2021 - 19:10
All adults in State should get Covid-19 vaccine by September – DonnellyInoculation of teachers linked to Beacon Hospital chief executive ‘stank of privilege’Mon Mar 29 2021 - 18:48
Senator shocked honesty of children with autism can be ‘used against’ themDepartment must stop keeping files on children, says Minister as report set to be publishedMon Mar 29 2021 - 13:47
Ireland too small for two soccer teams and should be all-island side – FF SenatorAll-island teams successful in rugby and hockey, says FF Senator Robbie GallagherMon Mar 29 2021 - 12:26
High level of asymptomatic Covid cases in Dublin hot spot ‘a worry’Blanchardstown walk-in testing centre results not surprising, says HSE officialMon Mar 29 2021 - 01:41
More than 200 ‘valid’ whistleblower allegations investigated in past four yearsTD warns that protected disclosures process not protecting those reporting wrongdoingMon Mar 29 2021 - 01:04
Syrian child refugees to be resettled in State ‘as soon as they can travel safely’Social workers and gardaí due to travel to Greece this week but trip date not confirmedSun Mar 28 2021 - 20:26
