Brendan Howlin rules out Labour leadership bidJoan Burton declares candidacy for party leader and says she will work with Fine GaelWed May 28 2014 - 14:42
Labour leadership: the contendersDeputy leader Joan Burton considered early favouriteWed May 28 2014 - 12:50
Hearings on Guerin Report to get under wayJustice secretary general Brian Purcell to appear before Oireachtas committeeWed May 28 2014 - 10:38
Labour TD says entire front bench should step downDeputy leader Joan Burton will make statement on her leadership plans at 2.30pmWed May 28 2014 - 09:21
Labour tensions over party age profileMuch comment over fact Cabinet members are all in their 50s or 60sWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Howlin hints at Labour leadership bidJunior minister Sean Sherlock rules himself out while other party members express interestTue May 27 2014 - 20:41
Dublin: Green leader Ryan fails to secure MEP seat in recountChilders takes second seat and Hayes thirdTue May 27 2014 - 09:53
Hayes and Childers elected in Dublin after recountGreen Party leader Eamon Ryan failed to win a seat while Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan topped pollMon May 26 2014 - 19:10
Focus switches to replacement as Gilmore pays ultimate priceTánaiste transformed from hero to hate figure since entering GovernmentMon May 26 2014 - 17:15
Eamon Gilmore quits as Labour leaderTánaiste said party had suffered a ‘very bad day’ on Friday and ‘must hear, heed and act’ on the resultsMon May 26 2014 - 09:08
Resurgent Greens tweet warning to LabourFormer minister Cuffe among successful Green Party candidatesSun May 25 2014 - 16:58
Independents, Sinn Féin to benefit from austerity fatigueAnalysis: tallies show voters have bluntly rejected the Government partiesSat May 24 2014 - 12:39
Party discipline likely to pay electoral dividendsAnalysis: Sinn Féin stands alone as an example of solid cohesion during campaignThu May 22 2014 - 14:07
Cabinet reshuffle to be discussed after electionsSpeculation grows in political circles that early reshuffle is on the cardsThu May 22 2014 - 13:45
Shatter to give €70,000 payment to charityTaoiseach says ‘nobody can complain’ about donation to worthy causeThu May 22 2014 - 09:37
Adams says FG ‘Redmondites’ want 1916 ‘at same level’ as WW1Sinn Féin leader says 1916 needs to be commemorated in a ‘fitting’ wayWed May 21 2014 - 21:20
Shatter under pressure to waive €70,000 severanceTaoiseach says former Minister should not accept his ‘technical entitlement’ to paymentWed May 21 2014 - 12:38
Cowen says FF will make ‘incremental’ gains and regain trustOffaly TD plays down threat to party from Sinn Féin in local and European electionsWed May 21 2014 - 10:34
Barry Cowen defends ‘loyal and faithful’ brother BrianTD says Fianna Fáil has ‘no problem’ with former taoiseach canvassing for partyWed May 21 2014 - 08:31
Cabinet approves plan to tackle homelessnessFunding of €35m now available to return long-term vacant units to use, says O’SullivanWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil slams Government’s water charges claimsBarry Cowen says costs will be much higher than €240 for ordinary householdsTue May 20 2014 - 19:43
Cabinet agrees on funding to tackle homelessnessNoonan says €100m already set aside for initiativesTue May 20 2014 - 08:55
Labour leadership plays down dire poll predictionsParty targeting undecided voters in final daysTue May 20 2014 - 01:00
Bruton appeals for more start-upsMinister describes entrepreneurs as “life blood” of economyMon May 19 2014 - 20:43
Labour taking ‘81 per cent of criticism’ - RabbitteLabour Ministers defend party’s performance in Government after poor poll resultsMon May 19 2014 - 16:20
Analysis: The electorate is feeling disrespectedAnecdotal reports that canvassing candidates from government parties are not engaging with prospective votersMon May 19 2014 - 14:10
USC changes will be considered for budget - Michael NoonanMinister hints that measures could prevent social charge increasing for some taxpayersFri May 16 2014 - 17:44
Noonan defends role in controversial Trump welcomeA harpist, singer and violinist joined local dignitaries to greet billionaire on red carpetFri May 16 2014 - 14:59
Gilmore’s hint at Foreign Affairs departure welcomed by colleaguesLabour TDs hope to see their leader’s new ministry ‘closer to home’Fri May 16 2014 - 12:42
Underused toll roads could cost taxpayer €30mState pays M3 and Limerick tunnel companies for low traffic levelsTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Plans to create register of Irish people who die overseasCurrently only deaths that occur within the State can be registered hereTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Children in wealthy areas get more special education teachingDepartment of Education investigation reveals children in wealthy parts of Dublin benefit from more resource teaching for special educational needs than their counterpartsMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Kenny says decision to leave RTÉ about finding a new challengeVeteran broadcaster will begin his new show on September 2ndThu Aug 01 2013 - 01:00
Agnostic Gilmore got legal advice on swearing religious oathConstitutional pledge can be changed only by referendumSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Majority of FG Senators will oppose Kenny over SeanadSenators will use personal votes to oppose Seanad abolitionThu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Inclusion of fathers’ names on birth certs to become compulsoryRegistrars will also get new powers to halt “sham” marriagesTue Jul 23 2013 - 18:37
Burton confirms her department paid GPs €25 million for sick cert feesHighest single payment over €100,000Sat Jul 20 2013 - 04:00
Taoiseach predicts upcoming budget will be “last difficult budget”IMF “entitled to their viewpoint” on budgetary approach, says KennySat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00
Tánaiste comments on O’Brien invite to diaspora forumGilmore says all members of the Global Irish Network were invitedFri Jul 19 2013 - 13:58
Enda Kenny: ‘This will be the last difficult budget’Taoiseach says October budget will not be easy but hopes for improvement afterwardsFri Jul 19 2013 - 12:43
Former Galway mayor appointed to SeanadTaoiseach nominates Fine Gael councillor Hildegarde Naughton to replace Martin McAleeseFri Jul 19 2013 - 09:45
Kenny’s approach to discipline criticised as ‘iron-fisted’Martin regrets graphic language of some Fianna Fáil SenatorsFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
Approach to diaspora ‘old-fashioned and condescending’Notre Dame professor says it is wrong to view Irish-Americans as ‘plastic Paddys’Fri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
McCreevy criticised Martin over ‘unacceptable’ spend requestsFoI reveals pledge on greater financial discipline over health spendingThu Jul 18 2013 - 10:14
Nama to become subject to Freedom of InformationStudent grant system Susi to come under remit of Howlin’s new legislationWed Jul 17 2013 - 17:03
Five-year-old Cabinet papers to become accessible for first timeChange means some of the Brian Cowen-led Government’s confidential papers can be releasedWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
Norris regrets any offence caused by “fanny” remarkOfficial complaint lodged against outspoken SenatorWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
New Minister wants to play role in bailout exitPascal Donohoe selected to replace Lucinda CreightonSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Creighton denies her political career is overFormer junior minister says politics a ‘brutal’ profession after Fine Gael expulsionSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
