Higgins thinks death threats came from ‘right-wing nationalist’Labour Senator has contacted gardaí about receiving two threats in recent daysWed Jul 22 2015 - 15:22
Garda assigns team to examine Mick Wallace Nama accusationsGarda Bureau of Fraud Investigation to test truth of corruption and bribery claimsWed Jul 22 2015 - 01:00
Garda assigns team to examine Mick Wallace Nama accusationsGarda Bureau of Fraud Investigation to test truth of corruption and bribery claimsWed Jul 22 2015 - 01:00
Wallace reports Nama €15,000 ‘in a bag’ claim to gardaíIndependent TD told Dáil a construction firm was asked for cash to exit the agencyTue Jul 21 2015 - 14:30
Frances Fitzgerald: FG favours return of current CoalitionFine Gael and Labour ‘have not discussed’ a joint approach to general electionTue Jul 21 2015 - 09:31
100 TDs and Senators not expected to survive electionPension and other costs for politicians who retire or lose will be about €14mMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
Death and property: a taxing time ahead for Government TDs?Bereaved taking out mortgages or forced to sell family home to pay inheritance taxMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
Mahon tribunal will be ‘wrong ‘til the day I die’, says AhernFormer taoiseach says Fine Gael/Labour coalition is ‘doing a good job’Mon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
No resolution on abortion without Labour, says WhiteEighth amendment on abortion ‘will not be repealed unless we’re in government’Mon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
Banking decisions not my responsibility - Bertie Ahern‘Some of the things I did were fairly bizarre, I don’t deny that,’ says former taoiseachSun Jul 19 2015 - 12:42
Noonan wants ‘economically smart and socially just’ budgetMinister says personal taxes too high and wants to narrow gapFri Jul 17 2015 - 14:46
Noonan says Opposition ‘nervous’ about budget‘We actually have money to spend and under the rules we won’t be able to spend it all’Fri Jul 17 2015 - 14:23
Howlin: Childcare, pensions key issues at economic forumMinister for Public Expenditure says he will address ‘pressure points’ in next budgetFri Jul 17 2015 - 14:22
Noonan says mortgage holders should engage with lendersMinister’s advice - seek improved terms following Central Bank reportFri Jul 17 2015 - 13:07
Independents launch Social Democrats political partyGroup pledges to abolish water charges and repeal the eighth amendmentWed Jul 15 2015 - 19:16
Varadkar insists cervical cancer vaccine is monitored for safetyFianna Fáil express concern about jab offered to girls aged 12Wed Jul 15 2015 - 16:53
Fine Gael TD says politicians face ‘vindictiveness’ from public‘There was a frenzy and I became the fall guy for the situation’Wed Jul 15 2015 - 01:01
‘High art items’ never considered for Beit saleMinutes state trust ‘veered’ towards disposal of non-essential assets such as furniture, porcelain and eastern ceramicsWed Jul 15 2015 - 01:00
Greece crisis: Tsipras battles to secure support for third bailoutNo immediate budgetary implications for Ireland if third bailout agreed, says NoonanTue Jul 14 2015 - 18:43
Greek delay on agreement cost it dearly, claims Kenny‘Every member of euro zone wants Greece to be able to continue as a member of euro zone’Tue Jul 14 2015 - 09:06
President Michael D Higgins says Greeks have had ‘distressing’ timePresident calls for harmony across Europe as he hosts German president Joachim GauckTue Jul 14 2015 - 01:01
Kenny says Greek bailout talks were ‘bruising’Taoiseach welcomes agreement but Adams says Government sided with the strongTue Jul 14 2015 - 01:00
Tánaiste calls on highly paid civil servants to forgo pension increasesJoan Burton says she had always been in favour of caps on public service pensionsMon Jul 13 2015 - 20:51
Greek crisis: Michéal Martin criticises ‘Syriza sympathisers’Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams accuses Government of taking the ‘side of the strong’Mon Jul 13 2015 - 13:18
Mary Minihan: We owe our granny nannies more than a debt of gratitude‘The existence of blood ties sometimes means goodwill can be taken advantage of’Mon Jul 13 2015 - 07:28
Leinster House under potential threat from ‘fixated loners’Gardaí warn TDs of possible security breaches amid heightened concernsMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Julia Gillard: politics, misogyny and the next generationAustralia’s first woman prime minister had to deal not just with political battles but also with sexist insults. That’s all the more reason for young woman to enter the field, she saysSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
Howlin rejects call for extra €1 billion for health servicesMinister for Public Expenditure responds to Varadkar request for supplementary fundsThu Jul 09 2015 - 01:00
Flanagan confident Ireland will move closer to aid targetMinister says he is committed to target of 0.7% of GDP, but it won’t be reached in 2015Wed Jul 08 2015 - 22:25
Extra 610 special needs assistants approved for SeptemberDelay in confirming SNA allocations for next academic year angered schools and parentsTue Jul 07 2015 - 16:10
Rabbitte would have contested election if still in CabinetBrendan Howlin says Pat Rabbitte’s decision not to contest election is a ‘loss to politics’Tue Jul 07 2015 - 13:13
Noonan had no issue with Varoufakis, Howlin says‘You see shocking pictures of people crying because they’ve no money or in rubbish bins’Tue Jul 07 2015 - 09:51
ESRI’s Alan Barrett to chair Government’s prebudget National Economic DialogueMinisters call for robust dialogue on realistic options open to the GovernmentMon Jul 06 2015 - 01:00
Number of asylum seekers in direct provision up on 2014Dublin’s Balseskin and Clare’s Knockalisheen see biggest rise as Mosney figure dropsMon Jul 06 2015 - 01:00
PAC set to inquire into ‘Project Eagle’ Nama saleTD’s claims of €10m intended for figures linked with Nama sale to be investigatedMon Jul 06 2015 - 01:00
FG’s Brian Hayes call on Greece to ditch ‘provocative’ stanceGerry Adams commends a ‘historic decision’ to take a stand against austeritySun Jul 05 2015 - 22:45
LÉ Éithne set to return to Ireland at end of the monthVessel will be replaced in Mediterranean by another Irish naval vessel, the LE NiamhSun Jul 05 2015 - 20:11
Europe ‘could have acted earlier’ on migrants - FitzgeraldMinister says Europe only began responding to crisis in a co-ordinated way very recentlySun Jul 05 2015 - 20:05
Mick Wallace refuses to release extra information on Nama saleTD says he must check validity of ’Project Eagle’ information before it’s releasedSun Jul 05 2015 - 15:44
Flanagan says undocumented not just ‘St Patrick’s Day issue’Minister to raise issue of Irish in US with Speaker of House of RepresentativesThu Jul 02 2015 - 17:53
President says EU leaders need to protect asylum seekers‘Are we to be limited in our actions by the narrow self interest of the present?’Thu Jul 02 2015 - 11:19
Minister expects more English language school closuresJan O’Sullivan says Government ‘clean up’ of system aims to protect national reputationWed Jul 01 2015 - 01:00
Labour TD confirms he will not contest next general electionTD for Dublin South Central says he found Dáil ‘disappointing’Tue Jun 30 2015 - 16:40
EMC meets to discuss implications for Ireland in case of ‘Grexit’Joan Burton says Government keeping a ‘a very close watch’ on Greece eventsMon Jun 29 2015 - 15:27
Cardiff would have liked ‘more notice’ over Honohan interviewPatrick Honohan said Ireland was in talks with the EU/IMF as Government denied itWed Jun 24 2015 - 16:56
Review of tax incentives in property market ‘came too late’Economist John McCarthy says Department of Finance seen as ‘boy who cried wolf’ before crisisWed Jun 24 2015 - 12:21
Louth BSE test results due on ThursdayMinister says ‘complete picture’ expected in case of Robunt cow found dead on dairy farmWed Jun 24 2015 - 07:06
Potential Irish purchase of Beit paintings ‘very welcome’Ministers pleased by emergence of ‘white knights’ willing to buy Russborough paintingsTue Jun 23 2015 - 21:24
Peter Fitzpatrick TD may run under different banner in electionFine Gael deputy won’t say if approached by another party or asked to run as IndependentTue Jun 23 2015 - 14:40
Kenny hopes for resolution to Greek crisis by the weekendGreece has been granted a two-day reprieve in its campaign for new rescue loansTue Jun 23 2015 - 12:15
