Budget 2023: new electricity credits more likely than energy price capDirect supports for households and businesses being worked on as Taoiseach pledges assistance with childcare costsTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:00
Fianna Fáil hovers between pessimism and optimismUncertainty marks party’s mood at annual think-in as impressive pandemic track record vies with unknowable futureTue Sept 13 2022 - 04:26
Budget 2023: Tensions rise as Ministers submit ‘unrealistic’ bids for extra fundingMeetings to decide spending increases and cost-of-living package start this week with some departments seeking funding hike of 20 per centMon Sept 12 2022 - 05:00
Questions for Fianna Fáil go beyond those of leadershipTDs to meet in Mullingar for pre-Dáil return think-in are likely to focus on housing, cost of living and budget issuesSun Sept 11 2022 - 21:53
President and Taoiseach expected to attend funeral of Queen ElizabethGovernment and EU ready for 'serious' talks on addressing issues with protocol but not dismantling itSun Sept 11 2022 - 15:38
Dublin and Brussels wait for signals from Truss on Northern Ireland protocolDeath of Queen Elizabeth II means that talk of calls or meetings with the Taoiseach are on holdSat Sept 10 2022 - 06:00
Pat Leahy: Get ready for the big budget bazookaWhatever about being economically wise, increased support for the public amid the cost-of-living crisis is politically necessarySat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Taoiseach holds first telephone call with new British prime minister Martin and Truss hold brief discussions on protocol and other issuesFri Sept 09 2022 - 16:51
Energy crisis: Pressure increases for multibillion-euro budget day giveaway to help consumersPressure on Cabinet expected to increase as British government set to announce spending of up to £100bn to assist public with energy billsThu Sept 08 2022 - 00:05
Government’s survival may depend on keeping the lights on this winterKeeping the lights on this winter will be imperative, as power cuts could damage Coalition beyond repairWed Sept 07 2022 - 05:00
Budget 2023: Cost of living package could rise to €2bnSurging energy bills and large exchequer surplus means larger suite of once-off measures now expectedTue Sept 06 2022 - 23:13
Pat Leahy: Little optimism that Liz Truss will improve UK relations with Ireland or EUHow she handles some of the most important issues facing her will have a direct impact on this country – and the signs, frankly, are not goodSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Kevin Callinan: The union leader who ‘knows how to close out on a deal’Ictu chief pursuing approval of State’s 340,000 public sector workers for pay deal agreed this weekSat Sept 03 2022 - 04:00
Surging tax revenues provide Government with unprecedented war chest ahead of budgetCommission on Taxation and Welfare recommend consideration of ‘tourist tax’Sat Sept 03 2022 - 00:01
Almost half of Irish households facing energy poverty, warns ESRIVery hard to predict when levelling off of energy prices will happen, says senior researcherFri Sept 02 2022 - 08:56
Consumers to get help paying energy bills Measures will target the less-well-off, those struggling on middle incomes and businesses, Paschal Donohoe saysFri Sept 02 2022 - 00:05
Measures promised to ease pressure from rising energy pricesLatest increase in charges announced by Electric Ireland reflects continuing ‘exponential’ growth in energy costsThu Sept 01 2022 - 15:46
Dara Calleary appointed Minister of State to replace Robert TroyMayo TD’s promotion had been widely expectedWed Aug 31 2022 - 11:17
Coalition’s public service pay offer likely to buy valuable industrial peace Budget options set to be constrained significantly as a consequence of agreementTue Aug 30 2022 - 18:56
Robert Troy replacement likely to be announced this weekCabinet to approve appointment during its first meeting after August break on WednesdayMon Aug 29 2022 - 02:00
Better pay offer for public sector looms in effort to stave off strikesGovernment set to put extra 1% on top of 5% offer while warning move would suck funds from other sectorsMon Aug 29 2022 - 02:00
Report on Tony Holohan’s cancelled TCD secondment given to Stephen Donnelly in JulyMaura Quinn says she has finalised and submitted report amid Department of Health claims ‘process is ongoing’Mon Aug 29 2022 - 02:00
Government faces its greatest challenge to its shaky internal equilibrium in coming monthsEarly budget, UK-EU tensions and the rotation of the office of Taoiseach will put pressure on GovernmentSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Consumers warned to expect further energy price hikes in coming weeksDepartment of Finance and Revenue Commissioners examining Green Party proposal for windfall tax on energy companiesSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Troy departure: Ireland’s ethics regime needs an overhaul, but will the watchdog get the powers it needs?A Government pledge to ‘reform and consolidate’ the law has yet to come to fruitionFri Aug 26 2022 - 00:00
Robert Troy’s departure shows the tendency to tolerate errors in Irish political life is diminishingThere was a growing sense that Government Buildings just wanted this problem to go away – one way or anotherWed Aug 24 2022 - 22:24
Robert Troy resigns as minister of State after property interests controversyFianna Fáil TD assures the public ‘once again that I have not tried to conceal anything’Wed Aug 24 2022 - 21:23
Pat Leahy: Lessons for Southern politics from the life of David Trimble Trimble read his own people well enough for long enough for the Belfast Agreement to bed downSat Jul 30 2022 - 05:00
Emissions deal: Farming and environmental groups criticise 25% agriculture cutGovernment move a ‘sell-out of our family farm model’ which would make ‘whole classes of farms unviable’, ICMSA saysThu Jul 28 2022 - 20:03
More than half of climate plans missed as agriculture emissions wrangling continues Just 45% of 162 measures for April, May and June implemented as deal talks gripped in deadlockThu Jul 28 2022 - 03:00
No mistaking gravity of emissions for CoalitionSettling on an agreed figure for the agriculture sector is critical if this administration is to continue governingWed Jul 27 2022 - 20:30
Coalition in extended talks to secure agreement on core climate targetsIssue of primary importance for Green Party, but fears mount that failure to find solution could defer decision until autumnTue Jul 26 2022 - 22:14
Trimble took more risks than Hume, says Eoghan HarrisCommentator and occasional adviser to late UUP leader hails Trimble’s ‘moral fortitude’Tue Jul 26 2022 - 19:23
Carbon emissions: 24-25% cut for agricultural sector by 2030 could be possible compromise to secure dealCabinet committee set to meet in bid to reach agreementMon Jul 25 2022 - 05:00
Make-up of a united Ireland among constitutional issues to be reviewed by Seanad committeeSubmissions will be followed by three public hearings in the autumnMon Jul 25 2022 - 01:01
New pension deal not likely until autumn as officials express concern over costsPlan would enable workers to retire later than 66 in return for higher pensionsSun Jul 24 2022 - 20:46
Pat Leahy: An autumn of extreme national grumpiness beckonsThe traditional summer agitation against Micheál Martin’s leadership of Fianna Fáil arrived on cue as the Dáil rose for the summer breakSat Jul 23 2022 - 03:00
Dublin eyes ‘September window’ for NI protocol deal with new British prime ministerFears mount that if elected PM foreign secretary Liz Truss would be more hardline than rival Rishi SunakThu Jul 21 2022 - 19:55
Taoiseach seeks meeting with AIB as he calls for it to reconsider move towards cashless banksBank urged to reconsider decision to remove cash facilities from 70 of its 170 branches countrywideThu Jul 21 2022 - 18:27
Ryan signals no change in sectoral ceiling for greenhouse gases Key projects need to be up and running by 2025 if State is to achieve targets, says Minister for ClimateThu Jul 21 2022 - 17:05
Rising emissions will mean deeper cuts required, Government toldEmissions rose last year and now above pre-Covid levels, EPA report saysThu Jul 21 2022 - 07:05
Fundamental bargain of this Coalition is at issue in climate action talksMinisters Ryan and McConalogue to discuss contribution of agriculture to greenhouse gas reductionsWed Jul 20 2022 - 04:00
Ireland must take immediate steps to prepare for impact of climate change, Government to be warnedMinisters for Agriculture and Climate to meet in attempt to set emissions target for agricultural sectorWed Jul 20 2022 - 00:01
Minister for Agriculture urged to ‘hold firm’ on reduced carbon emissions cuts for farmersFianna Fáil backbencher Barry Cowen issues call ahead of meeting between Charlie McConalogue and Green Party leader Eamon RyanWed Jul 20 2022 - 00:00
Crunch talks seek deal on agriculture emissions The Green Party wants meaningful cuts to Ireland’s emissions while Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs want to protect farmers from changes they fear would lead to turmoil in the industryTue Jul 19 2022 - 00:30
Pat Leahy: Government has Dáil majority to tough it out but does it have will?As a mood-killer and momentum-buster, the latest poll couldn’t have come at a worse time for the CoalitionSat Jul 16 2022 - 05:00
Maintaining current access to abortion most popular option, poll findsAlmost half of voters back current regime, while a quarter want greater access to abortion, Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll findsSat Jul 16 2022 - 02:00
Irish Times poll: Most voters believe it important to help those at risk but are concerned about capacityObligation to help those in need of asylum is recognised across the full political spectrum, Irish Times/Ipsos poll results showFri Jul 15 2022 - 02:00
Irish Times poll: Voters favour limit on number of Ukrainians admitted into StateVoters believe Ireland should fulfil obligations to refugees but worry about numbersFri Jul 15 2022 - 02:00
Irish Times opinion poll results signal more pain may be on the way for the GovernmentCost of living crisis fuelling mood for political changeThu Jul 14 2022 - 06:00
