Call for VAT rate in tourism sector to be slashed to 5 per centCoronavirus pandemic has had ‘devastating’ impact on arts sector, Dáil committee hearsThu Jul 02 2020 - 13:04
Donnelly announces extension of multi-million euro nursing home support schemeMinister says PPE costs could be as high as €1bn while further funds needed for acute bedsTue Jun 30 2020 - 20:08
Parties did not co-ordinate on Cabinet appointments, says VaradkarTánaiste believes lack of Minister from west will be ‘rectified’ during reshuffleTue Jun 30 2020 - 16:18
Tánaiste questions number of construction workers on pandemic paymentLeo Varadkar says need to ‘dig down’ into figures when so many building sites openTue Jun 30 2020 - 15:22
Seanad renews anti-terrorism legislation hours before deadlineMinister for Justice Helen McEntee reiterates commitment to review of security lawsMon Jun 29 2020 - 21:25
Travellers have fought for ’over 30 years to be around political table’ new Seanad toldActivist Eileen Flynn applauded as FF Senator Mark Daly elected Seanad chair after surprise internal party winMon Jun 29 2020 - 16:11
Nine women among Taoiseach’s 11 appointees to SeanadTraveller rights activist Eileen Flynn the only non-party figure among the nominationsSun Jun 28 2020 - 18:29
Micheál Martin pledges jobs initiative as he is endorsed as TaoiseachFianna Fáil leader says recession must be faced with ‘urgency and ambition’Sun Jun 28 2020 - 15:39
Sweeping changes as new Cabinet unveiledStephen Donnelly will become Minister for Health, Helen McEntee is Minister for JusticeSun Jun 28 2020 - 14:40
Who is in the new Cabinet? Members in profileSenator is appointed to Cabinet for the first time since the early 1980sSat Jun 27 2020 - 23:21
Micheál Martin to prioritise fight against Covid-19 as leaders reactLeo Varadkar, Mary Lou McDonald and Eamon Ryan respond to new GovernmentSat Jun 27 2020 - 20:48
Micheál Martin elected Taoiseach as head of coalitionNine Independent TDs support new Government as Dáil sits in Convention Centre due to social distancing requirementsSat Jun 27 2020 - 15:15
Taoiseach pledges ‘recovery and renewal’ at centre of new Government’s prioritiesMicheál Martin says wife Mary has been his ‘pillar of support and partner since college days’Sat Jun 27 2020 - 14:35
Coronavirus: Daily reported deaths in single digits since May 28thDeath toll in Republic 1,727, total number of known cases of infection 25,405Fri Jun 26 2020 - 06:34
School closures affected disadvantaged students much more severely, study showsSchool leaders fear digital divide will widen achievement gap, ESRI research saysFri Jun 26 2020 - 00:00
Three months without school or therapists ‘catastrophic’ for children with special needsCovid committee told of children ‘destroying home, assaulting siblings’ from frustrationThu Jun 25 2020 - 18:33
Sensible approach needed on distancing in churches, says HarrisPublic health emergency team asked to review contentious issue again, says MinisterWed Jun 24 2020 - 21:46
State failing to learn from child abuse lessons of past, says MinisterFlanagan says agencies will be obliged account for response to disturbing Traveller caseWed Jun 24 2020 - 19:58
Sinn Féin abstains for first time in Offences Against State Act renewal voteFlanagan pledges independent review of Special Criminal Court legislationWed Jun 24 2020 - 13:15
Tributes paid in Dáil to ‘commonsense Garda’ Colm HorkanMinute’s silence observed for ‘shining star for young recruits to emulate’Wed Jun 24 2020 - 11:40
Ireland’s health workers have world’s highest rate of Covid-19, committee hearsNo change in regulations to include coronavirus as occupationally-acquired illnessTue Jun 23 2020 - 22:27
‘Impossible to tell’ if enough capacity for when crèches reopen on Monday - Dáil told€2 billion investment required to get childcare services to Scandinavian levelsTue Jun 23 2020 - 18:46
Referendum result on extending Seanad vote may be put into effect after 41 yearsBill to allow all third level graduates vote in Seanad election may be among first Bills debatedMon Jun 22 2020 - 07:13
Saoirse McHugh and three others appeal to Green members to reject dealProgramme for government not a green new deal but ‘greener business as usual’Sat Jun 20 2020 - 18:06
Commercial exercise classes must have permit for Phoenix Park - OPWState body says there are issues around insurance for such businesses and whether it is validSat Jun 20 2020 - 15:53
Coronavirus: Limit of 50 in churches ‘strange’ and ‘disappointing’ - Diarmuid MartinCovid-19 circulating at ‘one in a million’ level in the community - McConkeySat Jun 20 2020 - 14:28
FF TD defends coalition deal amid opposition from party’s farming sectorMcConalogue says decision difficult after 100 years opposing Civil War enemySat Jun 20 2020 - 11:16
Aran Islands cattle shipped to Mayo due to severe water and fodder shortagesCall for certainty on reopening of islands as 92% on Inisheer favour closure until AugustThu Jun 18 2020 - 18:46
Sláintecare ‘relegated to sometime in the future’ in programme for governmentShortall says delaying funding for healthcare plan until 2022 will mean all momentum lostWed Jun 17 2020 - 20:55
Soccer supporters lose out to Gaelic fans in 90-minute pub time up deadlineEating chicken korma, cottage pie ‘gives no extra protection’ against Covid-19, Dáil toldWed Jun 17 2020 - 18:09
Wearing mask a ‘behavioural change we will have to get used to’ - HarrisMinister says reproduction rate estimated at 0.7 and remains stableWed Jun 17 2020 - 15:33
Dáil hears claims TDs used racism to get electedDebate hears call for new Seanad to include people of colour and TravellersWed Jun 17 2020 - 15:06
Covid-19: Economy could take 3½ years to return to pre-crisis levelsActing Irish Fiscal Advisory Council chair says ‘sizeable stimulus’ needed to help recoveryTue Jun 16 2020 - 13:58
Programme for government: What are the main points in the five-year plan?‘Green new deal’ and ‘well-being indices’ are promised among other measuresTue Jun 16 2020 - 12:34
Programme for government: New unit to seek ‘shared island consensus’Society: Parties pledge extra powers for gardaí, directly elected mayors and hate crime lawMon Jun 15 2020 - 16:26
Programme for government: Referendum to be held on extending presidential voteInternational policy: Defence Forces commission to be set up to review pay and retention issuesMon Jun 15 2020 - 16:06
More than 30,000 teachers, civil servants avail of Greens’ cycle to work schemeScheme introduced in 2009 in coalition with FF saw spike in first quarter on this yearSun Jun 14 2020 - 20:00
FF, FG and Greens carve up ‘Taoiseach’s 11’ nominees to SeanadNorthern Ireland to be represented in Seanad under deal between partiesSat Jun 13 2020 - 20:28
Enniscrone or Inishcrone? Campaign intensifies to end confusion over nameAppeal for legislative amendment to allow plebiscite on both Irish, English spellingsFri Jun 12 2020 - 08:00
Senators to go ahead with High Court case over Seanad sittingsGroup of 10 warns Varadkar that Government view has ‘startling consequences’Fri Jun 12 2020 - 06:00
Government urged to pressure UAE to eject crime boss Daniel KinahanSenior figure in crime gang helped set up Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua boxing matchFri Jun 12 2020 - 02:55
Dáil hears call for immediate restart of cancer-screening servicesHarris defends phased return for services with dates to be announced by end of JuneThu Jun 11 2020 - 22:09
Government express ‘outrage’ to UK sports minister over Kinahan boxing involvementGangland leader Daniel Kinahan brokered Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua boxing matchThu Jun 11 2020 - 21:00
Reopening of hairdressers and barbers set to be brought forward to June 29thFor many people ‘getting their hair done has a mental health element as well’, says MinisterThu Jun 11 2020 - 20:57
Government to launch public information campaign on face masksTaoiseach defends State approach to face coverings, Harris calls message ‘confusing’Thu Jun 11 2020 - 17:52
State has contacted UAE about Daniel Kinahan’s involvement in Fury-Joshua fightVaradkar says he was ‘taken aback’ by video in which Tyson Fury thanked Irish crime bossThu Jun 11 2020 - 14:20
Taoiseach says Ireland may be almost fully open by mid-JulyVaradkar appeals to schools, teachers, SNAs to participate in school summer programmeThu Jun 11 2020 - 13:01
Paddy Boyle obituary: Compulsive and successful entrepreneurBoyle was blessed with that sharp eye for business and an uncanny ability to succeedThu Jun 11 2020 - 13:01
Yvonne Ferns obituary: Devoted mother, wife, grandmother and friendFormer seamstress loved social occasions and was always first on to the dance floorThu Jun 11 2020 - 13:00
Tony Devenney obituary: Followed in father’s footsteps as a postmanMotorcycling and angling enthusiast ‘enjoyed the simple things in life’Thu Jun 11 2020 - 13:00
