Alcohol Bill is finally passed by the OireachtasLegislation on minimum unit pricing clears all stages six years after it was first mootedWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:29
Hundreds line Dublin’s streets for Emma Mhic Mhathúna cortegeTaoiseach pays tribute to campaigner as funeral procession passes by Leinster HouseWed Oct 10 2018 - 17:58
Taoiseach defends Minister meeting key bidder for €500m contractLeo Varadkar rejects Micheál Martin claim that Denis Naughten ‘contaminated’ bid for rural broadband contractWed Oct 10 2018 - 16:07
VAT rate rise for hotels, restaurants sparks rowdy Dáil scenesHospitality sector’s 9 per cent rate reverts to 13.5 per cent rate after 64-36 House voteWed Oct 10 2018 - 11:33
Tax hike on cigarettes and tobacco worth extra €68.1m in yearPacket of 20 now at €12.70, with cigarettes priced higher in Ireland than in rest of EUTue Oct 09 2018 - 23:31
Housing crisis: Government pilloried for developer-led approachBudget: Mick Wallace says cutting developers out would save vast amounts of public moneyTue Oct 09 2018 - 21:42
‘Krispy Kreme’ budget a ‘nakedly political election’ statement - Burton‘A landlords’ budget by landlords’ Minister on behalf of landlords’ Government’ - MurphyTue Oct 09 2018 - 19:28
Budget is a betrayal of the homeless, says DohertySinn Féin finance spokesman claims Government has failed to tackle bank cultureTue Oct 09 2018 - 17:52
Budget 2019: Michael McGrath criticises ‘crisis-driven’ planningFianna Fáil spokesman says this year’s €700m overrun on health is not sustainableTue Oct 09 2018 - 15:54
No EU agreement to make Israel pay for destroying EU projects in PalestineTánaiste exploring possibility of bringing some European and Arab ministers to Dublin for ‘conversation’ on peace processFri Oct 05 2018 - 21:32
Tánaiste rules out suspending Naval Service Mediterranean roleClare Daly suggests recalling personnel to ease staffing shortageFri Oct 05 2018 - 07:28
Former FG TD votes against his old party on housing motionPeter Fitzpatrick joins Opposition in defeat of Government on motion by Solidarity-PBPFri Oct 05 2018 - 01:00
Abortion: Women nine weeks pregnant may be referred to obstetricianMinister appeals for colleagues to continue to be ‘constructive not obstructive’ in abortion debateThu Oct 04 2018 - 22:59
Minister challenges Labour TD to produce evidence of data protection breachesAlan Kelly asks if gardaí have given CSO personal details of crime victims, criminalsThu Oct 04 2018 - 20:54
Government talks with GPs to re-convene next weekIMO seeks time limit on talks about new services and working arrangementsThu Oct 04 2018 - 19:46
Government attempting to ‘shrink the tax base’ in budget - HowlinCoveney advocating ‘modest package’ for middle income earnersThu Oct 04 2018 - 16:23
Dún Laoghaire Harbour company ‘a gift and a jewel’ for localsMinister for Transport Shane Ross rejects claim of €33 million in liabilitiesThu Oct 04 2018 - 13:21
Cancer warnings on labels as Dáil finally passes alcohol BillApplause greets passage of legislation which now returns to Seanad for final considerationWed Oct 03 2018 - 21:19
Minister in ‘complete denial’ over crew shortages on Naval Service vesselsTD says Kehoe using ‘compromise of military intelligence’ to avoid staff retention issueWed Oct 03 2018 - 20:32
Murphy insists Government has no ‘ideological position on housing’Varadkar and McDonald trade accusations in testy exchanges as mass protest takes placeWed Oct 03 2018 - 17:48
Defence Forces UN personnel return home from Syria delayedTrying to explain to daughters that their father will not be home for another two weeks was ‘like cancelling Christmas’Wed Oct 03 2018 - 16:43
TDs reprimanded for being late for Dáil businessLeas-Cheann Comhairle Pat Gallagher criticises Deputies for their repeated tardinessWed Oct 03 2018 - 16:33
No insurance fraudster ever prosecuted after claim thrown out of court, Dáil hearsFF calls for dismissed court insurance claims to be referred to DPPWed Oct 03 2018 - 11:19
Mel Gibson’s Irish film tax fraud allegations a matter for Revenue, Dáil toldMinister declines to comment as TDs highlight exploitation claims in industryTue Oct 02 2018 - 21:38
Immigrants more likely to be working and paying tax than average Irish person, says VaradkarTaoiseach says immigrants ‘holding up’ public services and helping bring investment to Ireland through Facebook and GoogleTue Oct 02 2018 - 19:43
Sinn Féin promises to halve the cost of childcareParty publishes alternative Budget plans ahead of Finance Minister’s announcement next weekTue Oct 02 2018 - 18:50
Taoiseach ‘cannot confirm’ Naval vessels did not sail due to staff shortagesMartin accuses Government of ‘contempt’ towards defence after ‘Irish Times’ reportTue Oct 02 2018 - 15:22
One in five reports of discrimination against disabled linked to health servicesPeople with disabilities majority on committee to monitor State on UN ConventionMon Oct 01 2018 - 01:00
Pro-Cathedral lead organist bows out after 42 yearsProf Gerard Gillen gives final liturgical performance at Sunday MassSun Sept 30 2018 - 21:27
More than 50 TDs including seven Ministers lobbied by drinks industry on alcohol BillDáil row expected over ban on advertising, promotion at concerts in park venuesSun Sept 30 2018 - 17:19
Ship seizure costs Revenue €410,000, mostly in Dublin berthing chargesAsbestos and three years of legal proceedings hinder disposal of vesselFri Sept 28 2018 - 19:28
Disability over-payments of €270m attributed to fraud, error or ineligibilityInvestigations underway as excess payments to social welfare schemes range up to 10.4%Fri Sept 28 2018 - 17:50
€1.2 million in overpayments to almost 500 jobseekers last yearOverpayment averaged €2,469 for each of 486 recipients aged 25 or underFri Sept 28 2018 - 15:19
Eoghan Murphy promises to tackle rise of short-term tourism lettingsMinister for Housing to publish proposals on regulating home rental on Airbnb and othersFri Sept 28 2018 - 00:06
Bid to ban bookie betting on lottery to save 'good causes’ fundBill to stop 15 unregulated operators in Ireland and keep customers buying ticketsThu Sept 27 2018 - 20:38
State exam system will be reviewed so mistake fixes can be ‘timely’ - MinisterPledge comes after student Rebecca Carter wins court case over mistake in totting up her Leaving resultsThu Sept 27 2018 - 13:47
FF health spokesman ‘unaware’ alcohol caused cancerDail debate set to continue on State’s first public health Bill on alcoholWed Sept 26 2018 - 22:08
Taoiseach accuses socialists of wanting to ‘segregate communities’Varadkar rounds on Solidarity TD who says estates could be 100 per cent public housingWed Sept 26 2018 - 20:01
Minister backs forum to tackle sexual assaults on studentsMerit in Garda contact with college authorities and rape crisis centres, says FlanaganWed Sept 26 2018 - 18:05
State ‘shameful’ in its intransigence with Thalidomide sufferersJack Chambers says victims should not be blocked from pursuing cases for injuriesWed Sept 26 2018 - 17:49
‘Real risk’ of repeating Celtic Tiger mistakes if taxes cut, Howlin saysLabour leader says hollowing out of tax base in past left State unable to pay nurses, gardaíWed Sept 26 2018 - 14:02
Minister for Housing survives no-confidence voteSinn Féin motion of no confidence in Eoghan Murphy defeated 59 votes to 49Tue Sept 25 2018 - 22:38
Wallace says land agency will be ‘crony capitalism at its finest’Wexford TD claims Government ‘wedded’ to policy that housing market will fix itselfTue Sept 25 2018 - 20:31
If people ‘want post offices...they’re going to have to use them’, Minister saysMichael Ring notes €615m online spend but TD says many in rural areas have no broadbandTue Sept 25 2018 - 18:44
Varadkar delusional about housing crisis, says McDonaldTaoiseach calls Sinn Féin’s motion of no confidence in Murphy as tactical and cynicalTue Sept 25 2018 - 15:49
Minister to remove cancer warnings on alcohol from BillHarris to introduce compromise proposals to include health warnings in IrishSat Sept 22 2018 - 00:19
Pope has not yet replied to mother-and-baby home memo, Zappone saysMinister says memo to Government ‘in coming weeks’ on what do next about Tuam siteThu Sept 20 2018 - 14:16
Child surgery waiting lists for scoliosis ‘an exercise in manipulation’‘Children in pain today, in pain tomorrow and in pain until this surgery provided’Thu Sept 20 2018 - 14:06
Law on how private security firms carry out High Court orders to be examinedMinister says gardaí need support from public ’not intimidation or abuse’Wed Sept 19 2018 - 21:27
Outsourcing not at heart of CervicalCheck controversy – HarrisMinister pledges full implementation plan for Scally recommendations within 3 monthsWed Sept 19 2018 - 21:08
