Brazil tops league of non-EU students in IrelandMany students coming for language courses with Chinese citizens second largest groupSun Feb 19 2017 - 21:10
Kenny to address leadership issue at Fine Gael meetingCoveney says Taoiseach should remain in role until after St Patrick’s Day visit to USSun Feb 19 2017 - 18:19
Tesco contract terms criticised as Scargill joins picketFormer trade union leader Arthur Scargill appears at two Dublin stores amid strikesSat Feb 18 2017 - 20:02
Varadkar calls on Kenny to outline FG leadership intentionsMinister says current situation is ‘distracting and destabilising’ for party and countrySat Feb 18 2017 - 18:52
Warning over potential cost of whistleblower tribunalFive recent commissions of investigation have cost €15.026 million to dateSat Feb 18 2017 - 15:44
Drug-driving to be tested for from Easter, Minister saysCall for Road Safety Authority to ‘ratchet up campaign’ so public aware tests to startFri Feb 17 2017 - 01:00
Bruton says decision not yet made on funding lung disease drugRichard Bruton says decision on Repreeza will go to HSE management committeeThu Feb 16 2017 - 21:41
Government loses four Dáil votes in one dayCoalition defeated on motions on North’s Brexit status and electricity interconnectorThu Feb 16 2017 - 20:00
No ‘goodies’ given to Independents to support FG – Richard BrutonMary Lou McDonald demands details of any deal now rather than have it emerge laterThu Feb 16 2017 - 13:03
Government wins confidence motion by five votesSharp exchanges in Dáil as TDs debate Coalition’s handling of McCabe controversyWed Feb 15 2017 - 23:02
Judge to decide if McCabe inquiry to cover other whistleblowersTaoiseach signals his support for the inclusion of other Garda whistleblowersWed Feb 15 2017 - 20:40
Taoiseach should give Trump copy of ‘Rights of Man,’ Ryan saysGreen Party leader says St Patrick’s Day visit to White House ‘cannot be business as usual’Wed Feb 15 2017 - 12:42
Tánaiste and O’Callaghan’s dispute over Tusla comments continuesFrances Fitzgerald and Jim O’Callaghan both insist their conflicting remarks are correctWed Feb 15 2017 - 08:49
Over 5,000 at-risk children have no social worker, Dáil hearsLabour’s Jan O’Sullivan says the reduction the number of such cases is ‘inadequate’Tue Feb 14 2017 - 23:48
Report on Dublin's north inner city to be published on ThursdayTaoiseach: 'School development and re-opening of Garda station to go ahead'Tue Feb 14 2017 - 23:06
Kenny accused repeatedly of publicly contradicting ZapponeTaoiseach ‘misled public’ over his knowledge of Tusla file on McCabe, says Paul MurphyTue Feb 14 2017 - 21:25
Kenny ‘gave wrong information’ about Zappone meetingCabinet to hold further meeting on handling of false claims against Sgt Maurice McCabeTue Feb 14 2017 - 20:54
New Bill reforms law to protect consumers taking out insuranceBill puts onus on firms to make contracts understandable to average consumerFri Feb 10 2017 - 01:00
Almost 60 extra staff for Enterprise Ireland and IDA to deal with BrexitMary Mitchell O’Connor says €2.75m allocation made for extra staff ahead of UK exitThu Feb 09 2017 - 21:29
Tánaiste to bring revised terms to Cabinet for investigation commissionNo reason for Garda Commissioner to step aside during inquiry, says FitzgeraldThu Feb 09 2017 - 20:43
Government loses Dáil vote on Fianna Fáil pensions BillLegislation would prevent solvent firms from winding up schemes without consentThu Feb 09 2017 - 19:40
Tánaiste has no objection to including Tusla in whistleblower inquirySgt McCabe received documents confirming he was subject of an unfounded complaintThu Feb 09 2017 - 18:59
FG TD Michael D’Arcy distrusts Garda chief’s whistleblower accountD’Arcy tells Dáil up to 10 journalists briefed with negative stories about Maurice McCabeThu Feb 09 2017 - 18:23
No reason for Garda Commissioner to step aside, says FitzgeraldTánaiste says reputations deserve protecting from untested allegations that are wholly deniedThu Feb 09 2017 - 16:03
Scope of Garda whistleblower inquiry may be widenedTaoiseach: ‘You cannot have a country if everyone against whom allegations are made has to step aside’Thu Feb 09 2017 - 13:08
Charlie Flanagan to discuss British ‘spy cops’ with James BrokenshirePaul Murphy calls for publication of Garda report into undercover UK activity in StateThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:00
Enda Kenny backs Garda Commissioner amid smear claimsCeann Comhairle accuses Howlin of basing allegations of smear campaign on hearsayWed Feb 08 2017 - 21:05
Dáil debate highlights killing of five people by offenders on bailBill to give gardaí power of re-arrest without warrant if person deemed likely to offendWed Feb 08 2017 - 21:00
Shane Ross criticises Donald Trump over torture stanceMinister says review of US pre-clearance in Irish airports to be completed by weekendWed Feb 08 2017 - 20:01
Sexual Offences Bill criminalising purchase of sex passed in DáilLegislation also stops accused from cross-examining victims of sexual offencesWed Feb 08 2017 - 15:13
Commissioner leaked McCabe ‘sexual offences’ claims, Dáil hearsHowlin says O’Sullivan contacted journalists to make allegations about whistleblowerWed Feb 08 2017 - 13:36
Brexit will not affect North-South interconnector, says MinisterDenis Naughten to meet anti-pylon groups from Cavan, Meath and MonaghanWed Feb 08 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach takes lead on rolling Brexit concernsKenny statement due and forum to follow as ‘inevitability’ of hard Border permeates debateTue Feb 07 2017 - 17:33
More than 200 NTMA and Nama staff earn €100,000-€200,000Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath calls for independent assessment of agency salariesMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:52
State spent €26m on storing files in the past three yearsCatherine Murphy calls on Government to hire archivists to cut long-term storage costsMon Feb 06 2017 - 01:00
Heart transplant family angry at ‘bureaucratic wrangling’Mother of seven-year-old patient first heard of transport difficulties through mediaSun Feb 05 2017 - 20:10
One-third of deportation orders from Ireland carried outOf 1,195 deportation orders placed in 2016, only 428 were put into actionSun Feb 05 2017 - 15:58
Micheál Martin open to recruiting more Independent TDsStephen Donnelly recruitment sends message that Fianna Fáil is an ‘evolving party’Sun Feb 05 2017 - 15:02
Tesco plans to lose 1,200 well-paid employees, TD claimsFirm intends to bypass union and impose 15% pay cut in ‘Project Black’, says Joan CollinsThu Feb 02 2017 - 22:00
Review of law criminalising buying of sex in three years, says MinisterCalls for wider review of existing laws and supports for women to exit prostitutionThu Feb 02 2017 - 21:34
Horse Racing Ireland appointments spark bitter rowCreed accuses Daly of ‘scurrilous’ remarks after she questions ‘insider’ appointeesThu Feb 02 2017 - 21:06
Vulture funds using ‘shadow’ lobbying system, Burton saysFunds avoid lobbying register by contacting junior officials, Labour spokeswoman saysThu Feb 02 2017 - 20:08
Safety body had to threaten Air Corps before safety measures implementedSoldiers did not receive proper protections for dangerous chemicals, Fianna Fáil claimsThu Feb 02 2017 - 01:00
Minister appeals to Guinness family to donate Luggala to StateMichael Ring says Government cannot afford €28m asking price for Wicklow estateThu Feb 02 2017 - 01:00
Challenge to Bill criminalising purchase of sex defeatedDáil votes against Opposition amendment to law which aims to lower demand for prostitutionWed Feb 01 2017 - 23:34
Proposed INM-Celtic Media merger a concern, Taoiseach saysBríd Smith critical of Denis O’Brien’s stake in sector and warns of media ‘dictatorship’Wed Feb 01 2017 - 14:42
National Museum’s internal woes have cost State dearly, TD claimsHeather Humphreys says new board and staff will address challenges museum facesWed Feb 01 2017 - 01:00
Shane Ross to examine adequacy of free travel schemes fundingLarge sections of public transport should not be left to private operators, says Robert TroyTue Jan 31 2017 - 22:11
UK decision on customs union ‘crucial’ to seamless Border, Kenny saysBritain yet to say what kind of customs union membership it wants, Taoiseach tells DáilTue Jan 31 2017 - 20:52
Maintenance of common travel area questioned by HoganEU Agricultural Commissioner asks if Britain will lower its food standards in US deals with ‘hormone beef’Fri Jan 27 2017 - 13:49
