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
Changes to farming a sticking point in government talksSinn Féin insists there are ‘other options’ for government formation if current talks failWed Jun 10 2020 - 23:26
Ryan urges farmers to ignore ‘scare stories’ about GreensAgriculture Minister accuses Green party leader of doing a ‘disservice’ to rural communitiesWed Jun 10 2020 - 22:13
Minister urges schools to run summer scheme after low take-up reportedOnly ‘five or six’ schools sign up compared to over 230 last year, Sinn Féin TD claimsWed Jun 10 2020 - 20:47
Childcare package to include reopening grant and funds to upgrade buildings‘Imminent’ plan to provide grants and subsidies to creches and enable parents return to workWed Jun 10 2020 - 07:48
Coronavirus: Further nine deaths related to Covid-19 bring toll in State to 1,691Chair of expert group says no strategy ‘utterly insulates’ Ireland from the pandemicTue Jun 09 2020 - 19:42
Finance officials justified SME charges over ‘ability to fiddle expenses’ – claimIsme chief: State agencies ‘leave little doubt of perception that big business is good, small business is bad’Tue Jun 09 2020 - 19:18
Coronavirus: Advice on face masks for Ireland’s over 60s to be reviewed this week, committee hearsManagement of second wave will be different from first, chair of epidemiology group saysTue Jun 09 2020 - 13:29
Minister pledges ‘root-and-branch transformation’ of direct provisionFlanagan says ‘nobody happy’ with system but housing key as 7,700 people in centresSun Jun 07 2020 - 20:25
Covid-19: One further death and 25 new cases in RepublicHSE figures show 124 people with coronavirus in hospital, down from 182 a week agoSun Jun 07 2020 - 18:51
Senators will apply to High Court for judgment on Seanad sittingGroup say they will seek judgment unless Taoiseach agrees date for newly-elected Seanad to sitSat Jun 06 2020 - 01:31
‘Up to 40%’ of close contacts of meat plant workers with Covid not tracedHarris denies claim from Naughten that only about one-third of those contacts in industry were followed upFri Jun 05 2020 - 09:21
Stabbings, shootings and attacks continue during pandemic, Dáil toldVicious incidents because of an ongoing drugs feud in north Dublin, TD saysThu Jun 04 2020 - 21:29
Coronavirus: Five more deaths brings toll in State to 1,664NPHET recommends further easing of lockdown from MondayThu Jun 04 2020 - 20:09
Some larger stores to reopen on Monday ahead of schedule‘Air bridges’ proposed to facilitate overseas travel as further easing of lockdown is recommendedThu Jun 04 2020 - 19:54
Direct provision system not comparable with a man killed by police - Varadkar‘We’ve witnessed the absence of moral leadership, or words of understanding,’ Taoiseach says of USThu Jun 04 2020 - 18:38
Housing supports should be increased if Covid-19 payment is cut – ESRITaoiseach signals payment to be cut for some part-time workersThu Jun 04 2020 - 14:02
Taoiseach says €350 pandemic payment to be cut for some part-time workersVaradkar condemns ‘absence of moral leadership’ in US, but ‘pernicious racism’ at homeThu Jun 04 2020 - 13:15
Tánaiste rules out including ban on Israeli goods in programme for governmentFF, Greens urged to keep pre-election commitments on Occupied Territories BillThu Jun 04 2020 - 11:47
President expresses ‘greatest heartbreak’ at clashes with protesters in USResponse should be to eliminate racism and inequality everywhere, Higgins saysThu Jun 04 2020 - 01:19
Aviation could take three years to get back to 2019 levels, says RossNo timeframe set out for unrestricted flights as other EU states set clear resumption datesWed Jun 03 2020 - 23:45
Tánaiste shares outrage of the Opposition at killing of George Floyd in the USDáil observes minute’s silence as demonstration of ‘our abhorrence of and rejection of racism’Wed Jun 03 2020 - 20:03
Covid-19: People in rural areas should be allowed travel further than 5km - MinisterMichael Ring also urges Bank of Ireland to reopen branches closed in pandemic immediatelyWed Jun 03 2020 - 18:24
No personnel have rejoined Defence Forces under scheme, Dáil toldMinister acknowledges numbers more than 1,000 below the 9,500 minimum targetWed Jun 03 2020 - 15:05
A third of arrivals in Ireland are not answering phone for self-isolation checksOver 6,000 Irish people have returned from abroad since start of pandemicTue Jun 02 2020 - 19:43
