Minister for Finance does not rule out repaying IBRC junior bondholdersUnsecured lenders may get paid at same time water bills dropping through letterboxes, says Sinn Féin TDWed Dec 03 2014 - 11:50
HSE could start 2015 with €85m deficit, Fianna Fail claimsHealth service will have €635m more to spend next year, Minister saysWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
More than 160 people sleep ‘rough ’ in shadow of Leinster House’Minister for Environment will lead Seanad debate on homelessnessWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
Garda domestic violence programme axed due to lack of fundingResponsibility should be on police to press charges not to ask victim if they want toSat Nov 22 2014 - 16:18
Noel Coonan say water protesters ‘act like parasites and live off country people’Tipperary North TD says protesting ‘needs to be nipped in the bud’Fri Nov 21 2014 - 01:02
Irish Water the right structure but its implementation was a ‘mess’ – Simon CoveneyFianna Fáil TD says he will get €2 every Saturday night ‘for my bath’ while 700 are homeless in DublinFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water could be unreformable ‘Goliath’ like HSE, Fine Gael backbencher warnsEconomic Management Council refused to listen to TDs, says MurphyFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
State faces ‘potential Isis situation’ over water protestsNoel Coonan TD receives death threat over Islamic State/water protests comparisonThu Nov 20 2014 - 19:27
1916 commemoration plans ‘shambolic’ and symbolic of ‘cynical indifference’ - AdamsTaoiseach tells SF leader 1916 Proclamation calls to ‘cherish all the children’ equallyThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00
Kelly accused of leaving Dáil to sell ‘snake oil trickery’ to mediaIndependent expert needed to detail exact cost of proper water system, says Fianna FáilWed Nov 19 2014 - 21:44
Dáil hears 600,000 school attendance letters replicatedDepartment of Social Protection duplicates work in ‘bizarre process’, says Denis NaughtenWed Nov 19 2014 - 15:03
People not ‘brainwashed’ by Government announcement on water charges - TDTaoiseach hints at ’people’s forum’ to deal with Irish Water directlyWed Nov 19 2014 - 13:52
Leaks about prisoners ‘will not be tolerated’, says Frances FitzgeraldPrison Service preparing report on leak to reporter about TD’s visit to prisonerWed Nov 19 2014 - 01:00
Hammers, hot water and fake guns used on water workersProtesters have sought contractors’ home addresses through social media - MinisterTue Nov 18 2014 - 21:42
Joan Burton protesters like ‘hounds after a fox’, Kenny tells DáilSocialist Paul Murphy should have ‘courage and gumption’ to apologise, says TaoiseachTue Nov 18 2014 - 17:44
Chanting ‘peaceful protest’ does not hide actions of protestorsNo bricks thrown at any demonstrations in Tallaght, Socialist TD Ruth Coppinger claimsTue Nov 18 2014 - 15:56
Taoiseach Enda Kenny runs gauntlet of water protestersTánaiste Joan Burton rounds on Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy over demonstrationMon Nov 17 2014 - 10:18
‘Phenomenal’ history of Irish art and architecture publishedTaoiseach launches 3,000-page ‘gospels of Ireland’ in five volumes at €95 eachMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:00
‘Scattergun’ Irish peacekeeping role needs review, says Clare DalySocialist TD claims UN mission in Chad ‘more about furthering French economic interests’Fri Nov 14 2014 - 16:18
Forces use drug to prevent malaria, not for legal reasons, says MinisterUS forces no longer use Lariam, Ireland should follow suit, says Sinn Féin TDFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:00
Round two of McDonald Dáil suspension row set for TuesdaySF deputy chief falls foul of Ceann Comhairle over Burton’s refusal to answer water queryThu Nov 13 2014 - 20:05
Dáil Sketch: Mary Lou McDonald keeps Dáil in suspenseSinn Féin deputy leader packs media gallery with sit-in protestThu Nov 13 2014 - 19:51
Gerry Adams rejects claims of SF cover-up on sex abuseSinn Féin leader claims in Dáil Maíria Cahill’s abuser ‘seems to have been forgotten about’Thu Nov 13 2014 - 10:04
Tusla got ‘non-specific’ details on sex abuse, says James ReillyFianna Fáil rejects claim party trying to secure ‘cheap political advantage’ in debateWed Nov 12 2014 - 22:06
Kenny attacks Sinn Féin and tells Dáil IRA covered up abuse and protected ‘untouchables’Taoiseach launches attack on Gerry Adams in wake of Maíria Cahill claimsWed Nov 12 2014 - 19:51
Enda Kenny rejects claim Richard Bruton obstructed tax investigationProgressive Democrats among alleged tax evaders, Mary Lou McDonald tells DáilWed Nov 12 2014 - 16:50
Concert group met three months after Garth Brooks gigs cancelledReview group will issue recommendations by year end, says Enda KennyWed Nov 12 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach denies need for Garda protection from water protestersEnda Kenny refutes claims by Socialist Joe Higgins over need for water tax securityTue Nov 11 2014 - 19:10
Marriage equality referendum ballot paper must be in plain English, says Ó SnodaighLanguage used in last year’s Seanad vote was ‘gobbledegook’Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Malignant Paddyism to compare Ireland to UK, says Willie O’DeaDramatic and unprecedented rise in social welfare appeals between 2008 and 2013Fri Nov 07 2014 - 15:01
’Very solid, very good progress’ made on Irish Water - Joan BurtonOnly progress report public wants is the abolition of water charges - Sinn FéinFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
Burton fails to confirm €200 water charges for family of fourOnly progress report people interested in is abolishment of Irish Water, says McDonaldThu Nov 06 2014 - 14:21
Trichet letters will allow witnesses to the banking inquiry to ‘speak more freely’Ireland took 43 per cent burden of Europe’s banking debt ‘without asking for write down’Thu Nov 06 2014 - 14:14
Collective bargaining legislation a ‘political whim’ for Labour’s CV, Fine Gael TD claims‘Governing on the basis of marking a commemoration to Jim Larkin is absurd’Thu Nov 06 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach Enda Kenny plays down differences with Joan Burton on water chargesCSO and Eurostat will adjudicate on what Irish Water must charge to stay off booksThu Nov 06 2014 - 01:00
Kelly refuses to rule out vote on Irish Water ownershipGovernment loses vote in Seanad as Labour side with FF on privatisation referendumWed Nov 05 2014 - 17:58
Noonan does not rule out role for Revenue in collecting water chargesMinister for Finance says all options are being looked atWed Nov 05 2014 - 10:21
Dáil told of surge in home repossession cases before courtsIncrease in eviction cases ‘belies rhetoric’ that repossession of family home a last resortWed Nov 05 2014 - 06:39
No referendum on keeping Irish Water in public ownership, Taoiseach tells DáilAny party that favours privatisation should put it in its election manifesto, Kenny saysWed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00
‘Double Irish’ abolition aims to bring tax residency rules up to date, Minister saysNoonan makes no reference to Irish Water charges or tax credits in Finance Bill speechWed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00
Delay water bills until Government committee finds charges solution, says Jack WallIrish Water should offer redundancies for long-term savings, says Fergus O’DowdMon Nov 03 2014 - 07:04
Senior Coalition figures seek rethink on Irish WaterReferendum urged to copperfasten future status as a public utilityMon Nov 03 2014 - 07:03
Identity of Shrewsbury Road homeowner ‘irrelevant’ to redevelopment applicationProperty not registered, owner unknown: ‘So we don’t know if owner has consented’Sat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
Food sector not trying to feed ‘hungry’ Africa but targeting middle-class markets of China and IndiaFarmers are the ‘managers of nature’, Macra conference on environmentalism toldMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:01
Macra told laws needed to stop cheap selling of vegetablesSome 80 per cent of Ireland’s fruit and vegetables are importedMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
Petrol-tampering case confirmed as State tests 48 stationsFinance Minister says new fuel marker will catch those adding kerosene to suppliesMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
Young farmers need to regain the ‘environmental clothes’, says MEPMairead McGuinness told the Macra na Feirme conference farmers are the ‘managers of nature’Sat Oct 25 2014 - 18:51
House Michael Collins occupied during Rising could be destroyedMinister rejects claim misleading information led to decision on Moore Street buildingsSat Oct 25 2014 - 12:53
Feargal Quinn prepares Bill to halt Irish Water PPS demandsSenator and former Superquinn boss says semi-State’s move is causing huge angerSat Oct 25 2014 - 06:26
Cross-Border cattle rustling costing farmers tens of thousands, says TDMinister says 555 cattle reported stolen out of population of 6.9 million since January 2012Fri Oct 24 2014 - 01:00
