‘Would TDs work for 24 hours for €20 extra? Not likely’Dáil told of soldier away from family on low paid long shifts and ‘on verge of suicide’Thu Jan 17 2019 - 21:21
Dáil hears calls for financial aid to help businesses and farmers hit by Brexit‘We have no idea, to put it bluntly, what if any money will be available to us in the event of a no-deal Brexit’Thu Jan 17 2019 - 20:27
Minister urged to refuse mother and baby home commission request for extensionZappone faces TDs’ anger over ‘delay and obfuscation’ as Cabinet decides next weekThu Jan 17 2019 - 20:27
Drivers going to North will need ‘green card’ in no-deal Brexit – TánaisteMotorists travelling to UK would have to prove they have valid car insuranceThu Jan 17 2019 - 18:02
Results of meningitis vaccination review, begun last June, still awaitedDáil told of claims of ‘medical apartheid’ not to supply vaccine free to children over threeThu Jan 17 2019 - 17:08
Project Ireland 2040 ‘is not built on a hill of beans’, Tánaiste saysCoveney rejects claim the Government is ‘asleep at the wheel’ over children’s hospitalThu Jan 17 2019 - 16:34
Government fails to ratify child protection conventionsGeoffrey Shannon called for cybercrime and pornography agreements ratification in 2014Thu Jan 17 2019 - 07:01
Changes to property tax delayed until 2020 ‘at the earliest’ – TaoiseachLess-well-off counties will see shortfalls made up, but rates will not rise with house pricesWed Jan 16 2019 - 21:03
Ministers warn nurses’ row must be resolved within current agreementNurses criticised for strike action for maximum impact ‘at the very time we are facing such a risk to our economy’Wed Jan 16 2019 - 20:04
Varadkar confirms plans for hard Brexit now being implementedTaoiseach rejects claims that Government trying to avoid speaking about Border checksWed Jan 16 2019 - 14:24
Minister refuses to rule out ‘direct’ intervention in Abbey Theatre rowActors, directors, designers have complained about use of co-productions and pay ratesWed Jan 16 2019 - 12:46
HSE board members must have 'no conflicts of interest', Dáil toldMinister of State says he hope move 'a key enabler' of transformation in health servicesWed Jan 16 2019 - 09:03
Limerick remains outside rent pressure zone despite costs above averageMinister: More landlords may be forced out of market which will not help tenantsTue Jan 15 2019 - 21:44
Hospital costs may delay but not cancel other projects, says TaoiseachLeo Varadkar reminds St James’s site will ‘totally transform quality of paediatric care’Tue Jan 15 2019 - 21:05
Rural TDs criticise Varadkar for comments on eating meatDanny Healy-Rae claims people suggesting cutting down ‘never did a day’s work’Tue Jan 15 2019 - 20:03
Nurses strikes: Government says it will not provide pay proposals next weekPsychiatric nurses said new proposals would use savings to fund pay parity with other professional groupsTue Jan 15 2019 - 18:26
Abbey Theatre: Josepha Madigan seeks ‘conclusion’ to artists’ rowCulture Minister urges dialogue between theatre and forum in dispute over policyTue Jan 15 2019 - 17:30
Just six pieces of legislation on Dáil priority list this term, Taoiseach saysVaradkar rejects Micheál Martin claim Government showing public ’lack of respect’Tue Jan 15 2019 - 15:56
Brexit legislation and divorce referendum priorities for new Dáil termUp to five Bills may be needed to amend 60 EU Acts to deal with UK withdrawalSun Jan 13 2019 - 19:09
Master of High Court breaks Four Courts windows with hammerEdmund Honohan had complained about ventilation in his courtroomSun Jan 13 2019 - 15:59
Gaeltacht education budget will double to almost €5m in 2019The funding supports Gaeltacht School Recognition scheme to protect Irish languageFri Dec 28 2018 - 10:00
Minister has no plans to sell hospital naming rights despite Cabinet memoNaming process of children’s hospital will be undertaken by Children’s Hospital Group, says Simon HarrisThu Dec 27 2018 - 20:46
Enrolment in multidenominational schools rose by 3.6% in September90.3 per cent of children attend Catholic primary schoolsThu Dec 27 2018 - 10:00
Actor Jer O’Leary, best known for ‘Big Jim Larkin’ role, diesActor, balladeer, folklorist and trade unionist appeared in 42 films, debuting in ‘My Left Foot’Wed Dec 26 2018 - 20:42
Former Irish Times critic Eileen Battersby dies following car crashLiterary correspondent critically injured in single-vehicle crash 4km outside DroghedaMon Dec 24 2018 - 10:50
State funding to FAI almost €50m over past decade, but little to show for itSoccer body to be quizzed by Oireachtas on governance, funding and poor performanceMon Dec 24 2018 - 01:00
Promised family law court centre must be priority after incident - SenatorMcDowell says people who are ambivalent about law must take responsibility for situations such as thisThu Dec 20 2018 - 13:58
Sinn Féin TDs warn Roscommon incident ‘only the start of it’Flanagan warns against ‘thinly veiled references to vigilantism’ onlineWed Dec 19 2018 - 21:12
Irish Ferries decision to halt Rosslare service believed to be due to marketDesire to recoup investment of €147m in new cruise ferry dictating move to Dublin PortWed Dec 19 2018 - 20:12
Micheál Martin accuses Government of ‘scandalous disregard’ for the Dáil on BrexitTaoiseach under fire over delay in producing official plan on UK’s exit from the EUWed Dec 19 2018 - 14:53
Irish Ferries urged to continue Rosslare-France serviceDail hears ending route next year could do huge economic damage to IrelandWed Dec 19 2018 - 14:30
Taoiseach rejects ‘roll over Leo’ claim in Anglo bondholder payout rowLeo Varadkar says State will be biggest beneficiary with €600m paymentWed Dec 19 2018 - 13:47
Dissident republicans suspected in Roscommon house attackGardaí think attackers believed security workers had British military backgroundsWed Dec 19 2018 - 02:00
New children’s hospital will cost €1.433bn, Taoiseach confirmsVaradkar says new facility is biggest investment in children’s health in State historyTue Dec 18 2018 - 18:47
Taoiseach claims Sinn Féin ‘balaclava slipped’ in eviction rowPearse Doherty tells Dáil: ‘It was an ordeal of thuggery from a group of men acting on behalf of a financial institution’Tue Dec 18 2018 - 17:07
Confidence and supply leaves children homeless, says Pearse DohertyTanáiste defends deal and says rent pressure controls ‘slowing’ rate of rental increasesThu Dec 13 2018 - 18:57
Minister expresses confidence in Scouting Ireland board over ‘handling of abuse’Katherine Zappone says future funding for organisation will depend on progress reportThu Dec 13 2018 - 15:28
Government accused of failing to warn public over Brexit risksTánaiste accused of giving ‘Andrex puppy’ response to questions on BrexitThu Dec 13 2018 - 13:29
Gardaí ‘aided and abetted’ eviction of two elderly people, Dáil hearsIndependent TD claims officers blocked road in Co Roscommon while group ‘pegged people out’Wed Dec 12 2018 - 23:37
Dedicated transport police unit a matter for Garda Commissioner - Minister1,000 anti-social incidents on transport in 18 months, four assaults in last fortnightWed Dec 12 2018 - 20:56
Fianna Fáil used Brexit crisis to ‘run away from electorate’, McDonald claimsLabour calls for summer 2019 election when Brexit situation clearWed Dec 12 2018 - 19:20
’Huge downsides’ to Brexit but also more ’jobs and money’ for Ireland - TaoiseachLeo Varadkar says State will remain at heart of EU, regardless of what happens ’elsewhere’Wed Dec 12 2018 - 15:17
Pope’s letter on Tuam mother and baby home ‘more of an acknowledgment’Varadkar’s comments come as Taoiseach is asked in Dáil about reply to Zappone letterTue Dec 11 2018 - 21:16
Maternity hospital governance ‘will be resolved when it’s resolved’ – TaoiseachVaradkar says law enacted by Oireachtas will apply, ‘not Canon or any other law’Tue Dec 11 2018 - 18:19
Sinn Féin call for Irish unity poll ‘destructive’, Taoiseach saysParty argued that preparations should be made for ballot if UK leaves EU without Brexit dealTue Dec 11 2018 - 15:29
‘Increased abortion reality’ may follow its introduction - Ronán MullenHarris happy with level of preparedness to treat women ‘with care and compassion’Mon Dec 10 2018 - 20:44
Abortion services may not be in every hospital in January - VaradkarHarris says the 300 women who travel for terminations each month will have options in StateMon Dec 10 2018 - 15:14
Blazing a trail: The 19 female ministers since 1918After Constance Markievicz, Ireland had no woman at cabinet for 60 years. In the past century, there have been just 19 female ministers - and two female presidentsMon Dec 10 2018 - 06:00
Minister defends coursing against claims regulation not workingMaureen O’Sullivan renews call for ban – Ireland one of three EU states to allow meetsMon Dec 10 2018 - 06:00
Pope Francis sends letter on Irish Mother and Baby HomesNo reference to money in Pope’s reply to Minister for Children Katherine ZapponeSun Dec 09 2018 - 15:07
