Numerous countries express interest in Government’s basic income for artists pilot schemeMinister for Culture committed to making the scheme permanent if funding is secured in budgetMon Oct 06 2025 - 06:00
Scrums at Dublin city centre canvass as party leaders turn out for Connolly’s campaign‘Catherine abú’ says Sinn Féin leader as TDs, councillors and party members surround candidate for Spire photocallSun Oct 05 2025 - 20:44
Gaza aid flotilla: Irish citizens detained by Israel denied access to lawyers, Dáil hears Organisers name 15 Irish on boats likely intercepted by Israeli forces during attempt to deliver aid to enclaveThu Oct 02 2025 - 15:42
Gaza peace negotiations ‘at crucial stage,’ says TánaisteSocial Democrats claim Government is denying family reunification for Palestinians, citing case of mother of fourWed Oct 01 2025 - 19:36
‘Breathtaking evidence’ of accommodation operators overcharging State, says Mary Lou McDonaldSinn Féin accuses Government of ‘utter incompetence’ over public funds as Minister says contracts renegotiatedWed Oct 01 2025 - 16:05
Labour calls on Naval Service to send vessel as support for Gaza-bound flotillaLabour TD says a number of countries have sent naval vessels to protect the 500-person strong flotilla carrying humanitarian aidTue Sept 30 2025 - 22:17
Budget 2026 to include support for holiday locations such as west Cork and KerryTaoiseach signals support for holiday locations such as Cork, Kerry and west of IrelandTue Sept 30 2025 - 18:00
National Maternity Hospital bike shed should not have to cost €100,000, Taoiseach saysTaoiseach says project ‘should be done modestly with very simple structures ... It shouldn’t have to cost €100,000′Tue Sept 30 2025 - 17:44
Mother of boy (9) who died after waiting years for spinal surgery ‘cautiously optimistic’ on CHI inquiryGillian Sherratt says ‘priority and focus’ must be on helping those children still relying on the State, CHI and HSE Tue Sept 30 2025 - 16:00
Spanish warship to protect Gaza flotilla carrying Irish and international activists Global Sumud Flotilla is targeted by Israeli drone attacksThu Sept 25 2025 - 07:51
Teenagers get vapes that ‘match their party outfits’, TD tells DáilSocial Democrats TD Jen Cummins hits out at marketing of nicotine products, ‘the bane of parents’ lives’Wed Sept 24 2025 - 22:20
Irish Government has done more for people of Palestine than any other, Minister saysSocial Democrats leader Holly Cairns says Coalition is ‘still dithering’ over Occupied Territories BillTue Sept 23 2025 - 17:24
Presidential election: Heather Humphreys hoping for ‘good clean campaign’ The Fine Gael candidate aims to be ‘a unifying force who brings people together and builds bridges’Wed Sept 03 2025 - 17:22
NTA spent just €97 on Dublin West bus services in 2022 and nothing at all in 2023Minister says further investment ‘unquestionably needed’Tue Sept 02 2025 - 06:00
Arts manager who won WRC unfair dismissal case appeals to Labour Court to get job backFormer solicitor and political adviser Linda O’Shea Farren says no justice for her until reinstatementThu Aug 28 2025 - 11:00
Driving test wait time now averages 10.4 weeks, RSA says‘Alarming’ increase in five days from 9.57 average last week, road safety campaign group Parc saysWed Aug 27 2025 - 23:06
Legal world mourns late Court of Criminal Appeal judge Declan Budd‘Human interactions, social and professional, were always a hugely significant part of his life as a lawyer,’ son tells mournersTue Aug 26 2025 - 20:33
Average driving test waiting time falls below 10 weeks while no-shows hit record levelDriving test waiting time hits 10-week average target, but some centres remain at 15 weeksTue Aug 26 2025 - 06:00
Instruments painted black to highlight battle by Artane Band abuse survivors to change its name and uniformHistoric link to industrial school legacy is ‘traumatising and distressing’ for victimsTue Aug 19 2025 - 16:07
Mairead McGuinness drops out of presidential race for health reasonsFine Gael to consider options in coming days, with senior party figures keen to find another candidateThu Aug 14 2025 - 19:47
Gareth Sheridan plays down business partner’s Moldovan airline controversy as ‘not an issue’ for electionPresidential hopeful faces questions over his associate and a regulatory fine as he seeks to focus on housingThu Aug 14 2025 - 19:24
Covid, CervicalCheck and the Trinity job: Questions for Tony Holohan if he runs for presidentTony Holohan found himself in an extraordinary position as a public servant. Now he is pondering a tilt at the highest public officeWed Aug 13 2025 - 18:27
Dublin Lidl store forced to close after rodent droppings and mouse spottedFSAI serves 10 enforcement orders in July in response to ‘serious, preventable breaches of food safety law’Tue Aug 12 2025 - 17:19
Ireland could be ‘AI Island’ but must act promptly to set up artificial intelligence office and observatory‘What will happen is workers who use AI will replace those who don’t,’ says Fianna Fáil TD Tue Aug 12 2025 - 10:00
Ireland tops school class-size ‘league of shame’More than 40,000 Irish pupils are in classes of 30-plus, with 22.5 average, well above EU figureWed Aug 06 2025 - 10:00
Sinn Féin presidential candidate would not divide left-wing vote, says McDonaldParty leader hosts boxing exhibition by Palestinian El Barrio and Dublin’s Dockland clubsMon Aug 04 2025 - 19:16
Half of post-primary schools apply for phone pouch fundingTotal of 380 out of 722 schools seek €25 per student for pouches, lock boxes Mon Aug 04 2025 - 06:00
Occupied Territories Bill: former Ceann Comhairle ‘confident’ Government will include ban on servicesThe foreign affairs and trade committee will publish its report this afternoonThu Jul 31 2025 - 21:04
BusConnects route will come in ‘on time, on budget’, says Darragh O’BrienMinister for Transport announces contract for €274m bus ‘corridor’ connecting Liffey Valley to Dublin city centreThu Jul 31 2025 - 18:19
Galway city councillor resigns from Social DemocratsEibhlín Seoighthe contested general election for party in Galway West last NovemberThu Jul 31 2025 - 17:09
Owners surrender 60 XL Bullies to authorities after move to ban breedTD warns of breeding practices where 8,000 pups registered annually but 25,000 for sale on dog websiteTue Jul 22 2025 - 10:00
Minister who lost two siblings to cancer introduces ‘right to be forgotten’ lawBill will give survivors right not to disclose previous illness, after set time in remission, when seeking mortgage protectionTue Jul 22 2025 - 06:00
HPV vaccine catch-up programme to be rolled out in schools ‘without delay’National Cancer Registry reports an estimated 641 cases of new HPV-associated cancers diagnosed and 196 cancer deaths every year in IrelandSun Jul 20 2025 - 12:08
Man who pleaded guilty to electoral fraud worked for Healy-Rae company, Fine Gael senator claims Michael Kennelly calls for investigation into case of man who travelled over 60km to vote with polling card not in his nameThu Jul 17 2025 - 21:59
Greyhound industry ‘greed’ to blame for ‘barbaric’ and ‘highly unethical’ surgery on dogs, says TDSinn Féin’s Dessie Ellis has called for a ban on surgical artificial insemination Thu Jul 17 2025 - 21:28
Government ‘feckless’ with public money, Social Democrats claim in budget rowTánaiste hits out at Sinn Féin error on supermarket ownership - ‘I know who owns SuperValu’Thu Jul 17 2025 - 15:35
Ireland’s economic plans threatened amid ‘sobering’ outlookPublic finances vulnerable to several threats even if trade deal struck, Ministers warnedWed Jul 16 2025 - 06:00
Thirteen Leinster House broadcast workers will have to sign on for dole next weekDáil Public Accounts Committee to review contract for television and audio coverage of Oireachtas proceedingsWed Jul 16 2025 - 06:00
Disabled children suffered higher rates of sexual abuse, Dáil hears during debate on historical abuseInquiry that led to new Commission of Investigation found ‘528 abuse allegations across 17 special schools’Tue Jul 15 2025 - 22:00
Focus in Budget 2026 has to be on transforming infrastructure, Martin says Taoiseach accused of ‘doubling down’ on the removal of supports for struggling householdsTue Jul 15 2025 - 20:36
GAA Palestine suffers €38,000 loss on travel as tour to Ireland left in limboTaoiseach Micheál Martin said trip seemed ‘haphazardly organised’ and processes have to be followedTue Jul 15 2025 - 18:38
Bourbon and Boeing to be targeted in EU retaliatory tariffs despite Government lobbyingEuropean Union readying counter-tariffs on US products should talks fail Tue Jul 15 2025 - 10:16
Driving test confusion: ‘Multiple candidates’ miss appointments due to mix-up over two centresRoad Safety Authority changes Google Maps entry to help learners arriving for tests at one of Mulhuddart’s two basesMon Jul 14 2025 - 18:01
‘Taking over the city, letting our voices be heard, being visible - that’s the real power of today’Thousands of protesters march in annual Trans and Intersex Pride parade in Dublin Sat Jul 12 2025 - 19:21
More than a million who died at battle of Somme are remembered at Islandbridge commemorationRoyal British Legion also marks its 100th anniversary in Ireland, dedicated to ensuring legacy of ‘those who served’Sat Jul 12 2025 - 18:51
Government will not use Jordan to evacuate sick children from Gaza, despite previously saying route was ‘not an issue’Doctors prefer Jordan crossing to Rafah due to higher quality of hospital in AmmanFri Jul 11 2025 - 06:00
Families at centre of Portiuncula review call into question viability of serviceConcern about maternity care is ‘specific to Portiuncula’, Minister for Health saysThu Jul 10 2025 - 20:39
No money yet released from €8m special needs funds despite Tanáiste’s pledges Groups due to benefit from funds asked to reapply with no guarantee they will receive grantThu Jul 10 2025 - 19:06
‘We can’t just tear up the rule book’: Tánaiste defends denial of visas to young Palestinian GAA playersDecision to refuse applications from 33 youths due to visit later this month criticised in DáilThu Jul 10 2025 - 11:59
Proposed defamation law reforms fall short of addressing free-speech concerns, say campaignersThirty organisations including RTÉ, NUJ and Council for Civil Liberties urge Seanad to amend BillThu Jul 10 2025 - 06:00
