Fennelly recommendations ‘to be included’ in Garda reformAttorney General examining report before publication, says TaoiseachTue Apr 04 2017 - 16:15
Horsebreeding family fined over unauthorised animal remediesYeomanstown Stud O’Callaghan family members in court for horse drugsTue Apr 04 2017 - 01:00
People Before Profit vow to block any move to water chargesParty could win up to four new seats in next election, says Richard Boyd BarrettSun Apr 02 2017 - 20:15
Secondary picket ‘had to happen’, NBRU bus driver tells PBP conference‘I took home €600-€640 a week last year. With the proposed cuts, I’m looking at €500’Sun Apr 02 2017 - 17:45
Irish firm Kastus wins award for solution that kills superbugsDIT start-up says its solution can protect surfaces from fatal drug-resistant superbugsSun Apr 02 2017 - 16:49
Ireland urged to regularise status of undocumented migrantsMinister says guaranteed bed, food and medical attention ‘not to be thrown away blindly’Thu Mar 30 2017 - 20:42
TD says teenagers sucking frozen oranges injected with vodkaTánaiste criticises ‘very ambivalent attitude’ in Dáil to alcoholThu Mar 30 2017 - 19:59
Government loses vote on restructuring of information servicesAdministration defeated over move to regionalise Citizens Information outletsThu Mar 30 2017 - 18:29
Shane Ross is ‘sabotaging’ public transport, Sinn Féin claimsMinister criticises ‘cheque book’ approach to industrial relations during Dáil exchangesThu Mar 30 2017 - 13:00
Fáilte Ireland to close last remaining airport tourist deskResearch for authority shows low sales at Dublin Airport compared to other locationsThu Mar 30 2017 - 08:24
TDs accused of scaremongering in children’s hospital rowOpposers of new hospital ‘didn’t bother’ raising concerns during planning processWed Mar 29 2017 - 21:41
PAC chairman claims Noonan threatened to injunct committeeHeated debate in Dáil over Minister’s controversial meeting with US investment firmWed Mar 29 2017 - 21:19
Healy-Rae: Drink-driving Bill figures cannot be trustedTD calls for withdrawal of proposed legislation in wake of Garda breath tests debacleWed Mar 29 2017 - 19:19
Record numbers of foreign students studying English in IrelandLanguage students from 101 countries, but Italians, Spanish and French most commonWed Mar 29 2017 - 16:44
Mick Wallace says O’Sullivan put ‘friends’ in inquiry unitIndependent TD claims Martin Callinan visited Garda HQ several times last weekWed Mar 29 2017 - 16:38
Breath tests: Tánaiste only learnt of ‘huge discrepancy’ last weekSF asks how Minister can have confidence in Garda Commissioner who tells media firstTue Mar 28 2017 - 22:05
Publication of mother and baby homes report delayedZappone says delay due to time required to respond appropriately to recommendationsTue Mar 28 2017 - 20:01
Frances Fitzgerald accused of ‘evasion’ in heated row over Garda crisisFianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says Minister for Justice ‘has run for cover’Tue Mar 28 2017 - 16:40
Government to consult Opposition on ‘external’ Garda inquiryGovernment continues to have confidence in Garda Commissioner, restates TaoiseachTue Mar 28 2017 - 16:13
HSE boss expected to be called before PAC for third timeFF, SF say Tony O’Brien must clarify contradictions in his evidence on ‘Grace’ caseMon Mar 27 2017 - 21:09
Pupil violence: Tusla asks to meet school with most suspensionsPrincipal of Drogheda secondary school says vast majority are for violent behaviourMon Mar 27 2017 - 05:58
Fianna Fáil appeals to Minister over IDA ‘competitor’Contractor creates jobs at less than half the price of State agency, claims FF spokesmanThu Mar 23 2017 - 21:03
Dáil suspended for 10 minutes in row over Ibrahim HalawaBríd Smith asks for legal mechanism to allow intervention in Egypt’s legal systemThu Mar 23 2017 - 15:21
Efforts to secure Leinster House after Westminster attackTánaiste says ‘safety and security’ of locations around the State a ‘prime concern’Thu Mar 23 2017 - 14:16
Tuam home makes it easier to comprehend Hitler, says TD‘It is easy to understand how people were able to do these things’, says Martin KennyThu Mar 23 2017 - 01:00
Micheál Martin says Taoiseach ‘did well’ in Washington on immigrationMick Barry: If St Patrick arrived in Ireland he would probably end up in direct provisionWed Mar 22 2017 - 21:53
Christian Brothers papers show children being ‘sold into slavery’Richard Bruton unaware of any power to seize industrial school ’private’ documentsWed Mar 22 2017 - 20:04
Government leaving victims of abuse in schools ‘high and dry’Micheál Martin says State’s attitude is based on limiting people’s access to redress schemeWed Mar 22 2017 - 15:34
Commission of investigation into mother and baby homes ‘not fit for purpose’Katherine Zappone: Nothing should be said or done to undermine commission’s workWed Mar 22 2017 - 10:50
AIB sale proceeds to go to debt reduction, says KennyStake sale money would be better spent on infrastructure deficits, says HowlinWed Mar 22 2017 - 05:00
SF needs to measure up to McGuinness legacy, says KennyMcDonald calls for Government to redouble efforts to implement negotiated agreementsTue Mar 21 2017 - 17:09
Global temperatures hit record high in 2016, UN confirmsArctic experiences ‘polar heatwaves’ as carbon dioxide emissions hit highest levels yetTue Mar 21 2017 - 01:01
Dáil to debate call for truth commission on mother and baby homesSites should be ‘subject to injunction preventing structural change’ until final reportSun Mar 19 2017 - 23:29
Ross criticises illegal use as demand for disabled spaces risesMinister expresses support for Garda crackdown on fraudulent use of parking permitsFri Mar 10 2017 - 19:47
State orders farmers to keep birds indoors until MayMinister says move needed to minimise bird flu risk despite rule being lifted in NorthFri Mar 10 2017 - 18:35
Michael Healy-Rae urges greater support for post officesIndependent TD criticises non-acceptance of postal orders to pay fee on State-issued formFri Mar 10 2017 - 01:00
Committee gets four more weeks to resolve water charges rowSinn Féin claims Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael ‘kicking can down the road’ with Dáil voteThu Mar 09 2017 - 15:36
Dáil agrees new terms of reference for ‘Grace’ investigationFinian McGrath confirms the inquiry will cover any ‘suppression of material’ by HSEThu Mar 09 2017 - 15:36
Dublin ambulance merger an ‘agenda’ of city manager, Alan Kelly saysFormer minister for local government believes merger plan will ‘jeopardise lives’Thu Mar 09 2017 - 12:25
Failing children with special needs is ‘Tuam scandal of 2017’, Dáil hearsMichael McGrath urges Government to act on pledge to recruit extra 65 psychologistsThu Mar 09 2017 - 01:00
No action on abortion before assembly report, says HarrisMinister says referendum needed but it is not for him to dictate what assembly discussesWed Mar 08 2017 - 20:57
Taoiseach says exact time frame for cannabis Bill impossiblePaediatric neurologist’s authority needed if medicinal Bill passed, says Enda KennyWed Mar 08 2017 - 19:08
Six of 350 school abuse cases settled, says Sinn Féin TDGovernment accused of doing everything in its power to prevent justice for survivorsWed Mar 08 2017 - 10:40
New abortion legislation is ‘premature’, junior minister saysThe Dáil debates a Bill to reduce the penalty for having a termination to a €1 fineTue Mar 07 2017 - 22:02
Tuam mother and baby home a ‘chamber of horrors’, says TaoiseachBon Secours hospital ‘empire built on bones of dead Tuam babies’, claims Bríd SmithTue Mar 07 2017 - 15:54
Tuam babies: Magdalene survivors call for identification of childrenMinister says Garda involvement is likely after the discovery of remains at Tuam homeMon Mar 06 2017 - 09:21
Call for Magdalene laundry sites to be searched for gravesSites should not be redeveloped without search for children’s graves, says survivorMon Mar 06 2017 - 05:00
Former TD Peter Mathews ‘a great patriot’, funeral hearsTaoiseach leads large Fine Gael presence at ceremony for politician who died from cancerFri Mar 03 2017 - 15:55
Bumpy road but Independent Alliance holds its own in GovernmentIndependent TDs and smaller parties have record 33 seats but history is not on their sideFri Mar 03 2017 - 01:00
Bill to reduce abortion penalty to €1 fine introduced in DáilAAA-PBP proposes legislation to end prison sentences for women who have terminationsThu Mar 02 2017 - 21:11
