Driving test applications set to surgeAlmost 120,000 applications are expected due to law change for unaccompanied learnersWed Apr 25 2018 - 09:47
Decision on future of RTÉ orchestras due ‘within weeks’Review concluded that national broadcaster cannot fund two orchestras at the same timeWed Apr 25 2018 - 09:21
Canney breaks ranks with Independent Alliance to oppose road traffic BillSix TDs fail to halt Ross legislation that would introduce mandatory bans for category of first drink-driving offenceTue Apr 24 2018 - 23:15
Naughton should correct record as ‘Dáil misled’ over INMTaoiseach attempts to draw veil over saga, saying Minister accounted for his actionsTue Apr 24 2018 - 21:08
Toll free access for Fleadh Cheoil would create costly precedent – RossTransport Minister says free access to Drogheda could cost State up to €130,000Tue Apr 24 2018 - 20:53
Repeal mural will ‘no doubt’ go up on private wall space, says TaoiseachHowever, Varadkar says murals and posters will not convince people to change mindsTue Apr 24 2018 - 18:28
Nell McCafferty: ‘Pro-lifers are right about some things’Veteran campaigner compares abortion to the mass slaughter at the SommeSat Apr 21 2018 - 17:48
Smokers are the State’s biggest litter louts, says NaughtenSubstantial increases in fines on way to increase deterrent factor, warns MinisterThu Apr 19 2018 - 20:21
Sex education Bill passes through Dáil without voteFianna Fáil had been expected to oppose legislation but just two TDs sought voteThu Apr 19 2018 - 16:03
Government stands by Naughten amid accusations of ‘old-style’ politicsSimon Coveney defends Minister for Communications in heated Dáil exchangesThu Apr 19 2018 - 13:49
FF opposes Bill on factual sex education regardless of school’s ethosSex education in Ireland ‘in the dark ages’ says Solidarity TD Paul MurphyThu Apr 19 2018 - 07:57
Denis Naughten on INM row: ‘I had no inside information to give’Minister faces questions in Dáil over information he provided about INM acquisitionWed Apr 18 2018 - 21:43
Taoiseach ‘cautious’ about CIA, KGB or Mossad-style security agencyLabour’s Brendan Howlin says Ireland ‘almost unique’ in not having such a bodyWed Apr 18 2018 - 20:48
Naughten says ‘I had no inside information to give’ in phone call with PR executive on INMMinister insists ‘I have acted to the letter of the law in the process’ on media acquisitionWed Apr 18 2018 - 18:39
Law to protect sources after alleged INM data breach considered - VaradkarSinn Féin leader claims attempt being made to ‘silence’ the ODCETue Apr 17 2018 - 20:04
Varadkar says ‘only fraction’ of councils’ €417m road budget is spentLowry warns Government to increase road funding ‘if it wants to be re-elected’Tue Apr 17 2018 - 19:41
Accessibility to medication a key issue in addiction among medicsPractitioner Health Matters Programme treated 48 health professionals in 2017Thu Apr 12 2018 - 18:48
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to hold meeting on abortionDoctors to discuss proposed abortion legislation but opposing views likely to surfaceWed Apr 11 2018 - 18:53
President hung high in Leinster HousePainting of Michael D Higgins put up beside picture of all 53 female TDs and SenatorsWed Apr 11 2018 - 15:56
Pro-choice group calls for regulation of abortion pillsTogether for Yes claims ‘at least two women a day in Ireland are taking an abortion pill in secrecy’Wed Apr 11 2018 - 12:58
Retired doctor says 8th Amendment did not stop him carrying out abortionFormer obstetrician says primary responsibility is to mother ‘even if life of baby at risk’Tue Apr 10 2018 - 18:36
Abortion referendum: money pouring in from small donors, both sides claimTogether for Yes raises €200,000 in a day; Save the 8th generates €100,000 at rallyTue Apr 10 2018 - 15:42
Eight-year-old girl recovers after heart transplant – and becomes a donorParents of girl grateful to donor for ‘life changing, life-saving chance’Fri Apr 06 2018 - 21:33
‘Gatekeeper’ sex education warns girls not to have sex, fails to teach boys about consentTD introduces Bill for ‘factual, objective’ sex education as Belfast rape case raisedThu Mar 29 2018 - 20:45
Homelessness figures ‘unbelievably frustrating’, says TaoiseachOpposition says Murphy’s position is ‘untenable’, claims Government making crisis worseThu Mar 29 2018 - 14:21
Government to consider sentencing guidelines, particularly for sex crimesCase raised of ‘Irish Times’ letter writer angered by sentence reduction for her rapistWed Mar 28 2018 - 20:12
Seanad votes 40 to 10 to pave way for May 25th abortion voteMinister to ‘hold people to account’ for untrue claims in potentially divisive campaignWed Mar 28 2018 - 17:34
Seanad votes in favour of Bill to allow abortion referendumFive hour debate sees Senators argue for and against holding of referendumWed Mar 28 2018 - 06:52
Call for Taoiseach to replace AG over remarks that ‘scandalised’ the courtsLeo Varadkar satisfied with legal adviser’s clarification that remarks were ‘off the record’Wed Mar 28 2018 - 01:21
Women refused abortion will get review of caseFF Senator appeals to ‘men of Ireland’ to get informed and ‘stand up for your women’Tue Mar 27 2018 - 22:07
‘Families in all shapes and forms should be celebrated’ – TaoiseachFF papal visit volunteer concerned at Church not welcoming ‘non-traditional families’Tue Mar 27 2018 - 20:05
Varadkar rules out Coveney’s two-third majority plan on abortionTaoiseach says Tánaiste’s proposal aimed at limiting powers of Dáil is ‘unconstitutional’Tue Mar 27 2018 - 16:42
Homeowner learns from media her house may be acquired for MetroLinkTransport Infrastructure Ireland sent ’vague letter I thought was about noise and dust’Mon Mar 26 2018 - 02:00
Ministers to decide on Russian expulsions after security briefingsDonohoe says appropriate for State to review matters of national securityMon Mar 26 2018 - 01:00
Project Ireland 2040: €500,000 spent on cinema, print advertsGovernment departments spend €9m on public awareness, advertising, PR since start of 2017Sun Mar 25 2018 - 20:08
Bill seeks to stop JobPath banning unemployed from other schemesSome long-term jobless being ‘unfairly coerced’ into labour activation initiative – O’DeaSun Mar 25 2018 - 19:46
Ireland will not have to use veto in EU digital tax row - DonohoeFinance Minister: ‘Competitiveness should not be prerogative of larger countries only’Sun Mar 25 2018 - 15:05
Embarrassment for Taoiseach as Dáil votes by 85-49 to disband ‘spin unit’Varadkar not obliged to act as Government loses non-binding voteFri Mar 23 2018 - 06:19
Valerie Cox says ex-RTÉ colleagues concerned about contractsFormer reporter awarded €50,000 after WRC ruling of broadcaster discriminationThu Mar 22 2018 - 21:00
Tánaiste welcomes WRC award to Valerie Cox against RTÉCoveney pledges to prioritise Bill to increase compulsory retirement from 65 to 70Thu Mar 22 2018 - 19:49
Abortion referendum to go ahead following Dáil voteVote to hold referendum passes by 97 to 27, with 16 Fianna Fáil TDs voting againstWed Mar 21 2018 - 21:09
SF Senator Máire Devine urged to explain her Twitter activitySinn Féin chief Mary Lou McDonald acted ‘swiftly and decisively’, says Seanad leaderWed Mar 21 2018 - 20:46
Martin Ferris speaks of birth of grandchild who lived for 58 minutesDanny Healy-Rae: Aborted foetus brought from UK in boot of car ‘did not feel very loved’Wed Mar 21 2018 - 00:32
Tánaiste defends grant to private school in Ross’s constituencyMick Barry says Sports Minister ‘trumpeting’ grant as deprived schools get ’not a button’Tue Mar 20 2018 - 22:12
Fianna Fail TD to vote against repeal BillMary Butler not in favour of referendum providing for ‘regulation of terminations’Tue Mar 20 2018 - 20:49
SF calls for law change to prohibit interventions for wealthyTrump call to Varadkar over windfarm application sparks testy Dáil exchangesTue Mar 20 2018 - 16:49
Sinn Féin leader calls phrase ‘abortion on demand’ offensiveNo right to equal healthcare for pregnant women, says Catherine Murphy TDFri Mar 09 2018 - 18:31
Abortion debate: Dáil told of proposals for free contraceptive serviceHarris said he does not doubt the sincerity of people opposed to removing the Eighth Amendment, but that retaining it would not stop abortionFri Mar 09 2018 - 16:30
Policing Authority ‘ratted out’ civilian analysts over Garda statistics - DalyTánaiste says evidence of women at Justice committee ’very concerning’Thu Mar 08 2018 - 13:50
Ceann Comhairle says his office did not fund Tricolour supplementMary Lou McDonald queries ‘extraordinary’ ‘Irish Independent’ inset on the flagWed Mar 07 2018 - 22:08
