McDowell considering ways to preserve evidence in advancePolitical reaction: State expert witnesses may have to lodge their evidence in court immediately to ensure that it survives …Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
Labour plan for GPs to form large co-op clinicsSingle GP practices should be scrapped and replaced by larger co-operatives offering extra services, the Labour Party has recommended…Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
Casinos will be closed under new legislationCasinos will be closed in the State under plans being prepared by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael …Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
PDs favour renewal of FF option but rule out pactCoalition options: The Progressive Democrats may encourage voters to offer second preferences to Fianna Fáil in the general …Mon Apr 24 2006 - 01:00
Palestinian ambassador takes offence at omissionThe Palestinian ambassador to Ireland left the conference in protest following the failure of former Minister of State Liz O'…Mon Apr 24 2006 - 01:00
Harney defends proposals for private hospitalsPublic patients will get a better deal from the Government's plans to encourage developers to build private hospitals on the …Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
Coughlan to avoid sugar beet meetingMinister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan has refused to appear before an Oireachtas committee to discuss the Irish Sugar closure…Tue Apr 18 2006 - 01:00
More post office outlets closed and downgradedThirty post offices have been closed by An Post since September 2004, while dozens more have been downgraded, according to the…Tue Apr 18 2006 - 01:00
Siptu workers urged to escalate Aer Lingus actionFingal county councillor Clare Daly urged Siptu workers in Aer Lingus and Great Southern Hotels to combine to organise a campaign…Mon Apr 17 2006 - 01:00
Party looks to community groups for election pactThe Socialist Party wants to form alliances with community groups intending to run candidates in the next general election, party…Mon Apr 17 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí examine hundreds of phone recordsHundreds of private telephone records are being examined by the Garda Síochána every month, the Data Protection Commissioner …Wed Apr 12 2006 - 01:00
McGuinness condemns hijackingThe armed hijacking of a lorry carrying €300,000 worth of vodka in Co Meath on Monday has been strongly condemned by Sinn Féin…Wed Apr 12 2006 - 01:00
TD still opposed to Aer Lingus sell-offA Labour TD has strongly defended her decision to rule out Labour's support for an Aer Lingus sell-off, despite fears that her…Wed Apr 12 2006 - 01:00
Large crowds expected to attend 1916 ceremonyTens of thousands of people are expected to attend next Sunday's commemoration in Dublin to mark the 90th anniversary of the …Tue Apr 11 2006 - 01:00
New proposals will strengthen privacy rightsIt will be easier for people to sue newspapers and broadcasters for breach of privacy under proposals to be brought before the…Tue Apr 11 2006 - 01:00
Raid raises serious questions, say TDsThe alleged involvement of men who were recently members of the IRA in yesterday's hijacking of a drinks lorry raises very serious…Tue Apr 11 2006 - 01:00
Senior garda to reopen 1976 Ludlow murder caseGarda Commissioner Noel Conroy has appointed a senior officer to re-examine all the investigation files gathered into the 1976…Fri Mar 31 2006 - 01:00
Abuse group must report in 18 monthsThe Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Church and the State's handling of nearly 30 years of child abuse investigations…Wed Mar 29 2006 - 01:00
Promise of no rise in income taxTaxation: Income and corporation taxes would not be raised by the Greens in government, although other taxes would have to rise…Mon Mar 27 2006 - 01:00
Green's aim is to remove present coalitionGeneral election aims: The Green Party's major general election objective is to ensure that the Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrat…Mon Mar 27 2006 - 01:00
McDowell reignites Garda numbers rowThe Minister for Justice Michael McDowell last night reignited the row over Garda numbers by issuing a letter to TDs in which…Thu Mar 23 2006 - 00:00
Council of Europe says US flights should be searchedThe Government must demand legally binding guarantees from the United States that it is not illegally transporting prisoners …Thu Mar 23 2006 - 00:00
Green Party calls for eduction budget to be increased by €1bnThe education budget should be increased by €1 billion, while poorer children should be given an extra year's infant education…Fri Mar 17 2006 - 00:00
Performance plan by FG-LabourMinisters in a Fine Gael-Labour-led government would be given a yearly target list under a performance plan proposed by Fine …Thu Mar 16 2006 - 00:00
FG/Labour plan focuses on the 'wasted billions'Fine Gael and Labour ministers would be faced with stiff spending targets or else face sanctions, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny…Wed Mar 15 2006 - 00:00
Adams hopes lily will attract womenSinn Féin's Easter lily campaign, one of the party's traditional fundraisers, is to be used to attract more women into the party…Thu Mar 09 2006 - 00:00
Ulster Unionists decline invite to 1916 eventTaoiseach Bertie Ahern's plans for Northern Ireland Assembly members to attend 1916 Easter Rising and Battle of the Somme commemorations…Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Parties reject anti-sectarian pledge proposalFine Gael and Labour have both reacted coolly to a proposal from Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern for all political …Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Publicans among occupations barred from Garda reserveBookmakers, taxi-drivers, dancehall owners, publicans, solicitors, auctioneers and active members of political parties are to…Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
UUP may attend Somme ceremonyThe Ulster Unionist Party may opt to accept invitations to attend the Government's commemoration in July to mark the 90th anniversary…Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
FF to review Ahern constituencyFianna Fáil may drop one of the three candidates chosen to run for the party in Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's Dublin Central constituency…Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Use of Irish to present Bill is defendedEuropean Union states will be able to tap people's telephones and monitor their e-mails and texts without seeking the permission…Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Dail committee criticises delivery of broadbandThe Government's delivery of high-speed broadband internet over the last two years has been criticised as a failure by an Oireachtas…Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Local authorities need more money, report saysLocal authorities will need up to €1Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Tyrellstown residents face court for not paying estate upkeep feesTwo residents of a privately owned west Dublin housing estate are due to be taken to court on Friday, following their refusal…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Salmon driftnet fishing set to be bannedThe National Salmon Commission (NSC), a Government-appointed body, has voted by the narrowest of margins to recommend the end…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
A broken man at end of a political dynastyHis father served the State as taoiseach, his grandfather was one of those who helped to found it, having escaped a death sentence…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Monitoring staff denied access to fish plantsFish-processing factories are refusing to allow staff hired by the Department of the Marine to enter their premises to inspect…Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
Green councillor's home attackedExtra Garda patrols have been organised around the home of Green Party deputy leader Cllr Mary White following a number of attacks…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
SF call to repeal anti-IRA Act is opposedSinn Fein's demand that the Offences against the State Act must be repealed before it will enter a coalition government has been…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Delegates against service chargesBin charges: Sinn Féin delegates backed demands to force party councillors to vote against service charges in all cases, despite…Mon Feb 20 2006 - 00:00
Policing policy to be decided at special conferencePolicing debate: Sinn Féin will not be "badgered into" supporting the Northern Ireland Policing Board or the Police Service …Mon Feb 20 2006 - 00:00
SF unlikely to alter policing stance during ardfheisSinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is expected to be barred by the Bush administration from fund-raising during next month's St Patrick…Fri Feb 17 2006 - 00:00
Incinerator firm seeks to expand capacity by 33%Indaver has lodged a planning application to increase the amount of rubbish it can burn at its Co Meath incinerator by a third…Fri Feb 17 2006 - 00:00
No compromise on Fisheries BillA system of administrative penalties against fishermen who are found guilty of breaching European Union fishery protection laws…Thu Feb 16 2006 - 00:00
FF TDs back fish Bill after meetingFianna Fáil TDs yesterday supported Minister for the Marine Noel Dempsey's refusal to introduce parking fine-like penalties for…Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
SDLP urges common corporate tax regimeMajor efforts to boost cross-Border co-operation, including the creation of common corporation taxes and combined infrastructural…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Labour criticises President's Jeddah speechPresident Mary McAleese should not have addressed a major Saudi Arabian conference on cultural diversity where women sat out …Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Ahern to reshuffle junior ministers todayTaoiseach Bertie Ahern will today announce a minor reshuffle of junior ministers, including the transfer of Minister of State…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Clothes restrictions on President's partyThe Irish Embassy in Saudi Arabia will supply traditional garb to women travelling with President Mary McAleese on her visit …Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
