Time for Brexit fudge coming to a closePat Leahy: Both British and Irish governments must decide on their endgamesThu Mar 01 2018 - 01:25
Supreme Court judgment on unborn case likely next weekThe Wording of the proposed amendment may be finalised next TuesdayThu Mar 01 2018 - 01:00
Tories and DUP reject EU draft Brexit treatyTheresa May says ‘no UK prime minister could agree’ to Brussels proposalsWed Feb 28 2018 - 22:20
EU to propose North stays under customs union rulesDraft EU-UK withdrawal treaty likely to be rejected by Brexiteers and DUPWed Feb 28 2018 - 01:01
When your defence is 'Bertie did this too', you’re on shaky groundOpposition enraged by what it sees as a campaign of promotion for Fine Gael candidatesWed Feb 28 2018 - 01:00
Ireland 2040 advertising is ‘Goebbels territory,’ Kelly saysSipo asked to investigate Government’s publicity campaign for national planTue Feb 27 2018 - 09:48
Government under pressure over national plan advertisingLabour, Social Democrats and Fianna Fáil have all made complaints to official bodiesTue Feb 27 2018 - 01:30
Ethics watchdog asked to investigate Government advertisingProject Ireland 2040 campaign ‘breaks Civil Service ban’ on political workTue Feb 27 2018 - 01:30
Pat Leahy: Leo Varadkar has learnt from the Ahern playbookThe Strategic Communications Unit is blurring boundaries in a very familiar waySat Feb 24 2018 - 05:00
Taoiseach rejects tax change to plug EU budget gap after BrexitVaradkar says Ireland will pay more but will not sign up to common corporation tax baseSat Feb 24 2018 - 01:00
Supreme Court case threatens substance and timing of abortion referendumThe Government wants to finalise a wording by March 6th, but timing is not the only uncertaintySat Feb 24 2018 - 01:00
Varadkar willing to pay more to EU, but is against common tax rateTaoiseach also tells those who question Belfast Agreement to ‘respect our vote’Fri Feb 23 2018 - 18:42
Sinn Féin says draft agreement with DUP is now deadSF asks Labour to table legislation in Westminster allowing same-sex marriage in NorthThu Feb 22 2018 - 01:00
Michael D rides once moreInside Politics: The President intends this summer to declare his intention to stand againWed Feb 21 2018 - 08:26
Supreme Court case could derail abortion referendum timetableRuling on rights of unborn has potential to force Government rethinkWed Feb 21 2018 - 01:00
Leaked papers show draft agreement between DUP and SFBoth parties meeting Theresa May to see if talks can be resurrectedTue Feb 20 2018 - 20:57
Abortion referendum will hang on the undecided middle groundAnalysis: People ‘want to hear from women and doctors’, say focus groupsTue Feb 20 2018 - 01:00
Dublin and London in joint effort to restart Stormont talksSinn Féin reiterates call for Irish language Act as DUP asks Bradley to interveneTue Feb 20 2018 - 00:00
Varadkar tells May he does not want direct rule in NorthSF does not want ‘cooling off period’ while DUP says key decisions for North’s schools, infrastructure and hospitals neededMon Feb 19 2018 - 21:16
Letter urges Taoiseach to defend rights of Irish citizens in NorthHundred prominent signatories ‘shocked at the level of permanent inequality’ in NorthMon Feb 19 2018 - 00:01
Latest breakdown in relations driven by political interestsPat Leahy: The big parties’ re-emergent rivalry can end only in a general electionSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00
Project Ireland 2040: Substantial . . . and full of wafflePat Leahy: Success will eventually come down to the nitty-gritty of implementationSat Feb 17 2018 - 01:00
Dublin Metro will extend into southside suburbsTaoiseach outlines parts of the new development strategy for Ireland up to 2040Fri Feb 16 2018 - 10:56
Governments play for time after collapse of Stormont talksDublin calls for a cooling-off period as Sinn Féin and the DUP continue to clashFri Feb 16 2018 - 01:00
Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil row shatters Dáil co-operation on NorthTánaiste Simon Coveney and FF leader Micheál Martin clash on Stormont strategyFri Feb 16 2018 - 01:00
Register shows extensive property and outside interests of TDsMichael Healy Rae lists occupations as postmaster, farmer, plant-hire business operator and shop ownerWed Feb 14 2018 - 21:10
Brexit will hit lower paid workers the most, report findsRural areas and the food sector to feel worst of impact if UK crashes out of EUTue Feb 13 2018 - 15:58
Hard Brexit ‘could damage economy as much as financial crash’Copenhagen Economics study finds Irish economy could reduce by up to 7% by 2030Mon Feb 12 2018 - 02:55
Mary Lou McDonald: a Dubliner with deep republican rootsA constant at Gerry Adams’ side, McDonald was widely accepted as successor from 2016Mon Feb 12 2018 - 02:33
Time for British to provide clarity on Brexit, says Varadkar‘They need to make a decision on what relationship they want the UK to have with EU’Sun Feb 11 2018 - 15:24
No conscience vote for Sinn Féin TDs on abortion, says McDonaldNew leader’s own views on abortion are in conflict with current party policy on the issueSun Feb 11 2018 - 13:23
EU warns UK Brexit transition phase is ‘not a given’Varadkar echoes Barnier statement amid concerns over UK’s Border pledgeSat Feb 10 2018 - 07:39
Pat Leahy: We will miss the British when they’re goneEurope on verge of another big period of change that may not work to Ireland’s advantageSat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00
Both sides prepare for Eighth Amendment poll battleCoveney’s position on 12-week abortion limit may come to be seen as key moment in campaignSat Feb 10 2018 - 01:00
Government to ‘absolutely consider’ vote, but broadband review is outDáil votes for Fianna Fail motion by 77 votes to 48 seeking review of rural broadband planThu Feb 08 2018 - 20:54
Government faces difficulty securing binding Border dealMinisters fear EU’s patience with the UK is running out amid renewed Brexit talksThu Feb 08 2018 - 02:52
Former Labour adviser to join Fine Gael MinisterJoan Burton's ex-chief of staff to join Paschal Donohoe's Department of Finance teamThu Feb 08 2018 - 02:04
FF behaves like an opposition againInside Politics: Micheál Martin tells Taoiseach rural Ireland has had enough of ‘lecturing from a Dublin-centric Government’Wed Feb 07 2018 - 08:44
Proposed rules aim to limit court challenges to building projectsGovernment fears challenges such as that to Apple data centre could scare off multinational investmentWed Feb 07 2018 - 01:00
Defence Forces personnel to serve in EU battlegroup in 2020Minister of State for Defence Paul Kehoe brings memo to Cabinet on issueTue Feb 06 2018 - 21:51
Cabinet approves working group on merging USC and PRSIPRSI is a social insurance tax paid into social insurance fund; USC is payroll tax paid to the exchequerTue Feb 06 2018 - 20:12
Growing signs of EU impatience with Britain over Brexit delaysTaoiseach agrees with Barnier that ‘time has come for Britain to make a choice’Tue Feb 06 2018 - 04:00
National Development Plan to commit to spending €115bnFears in Government that prioritising cities will be seen as neglect of rural IrelandTue Feb 06 2018 - 02:30
Q&A: Why should I care about the National Planning Framework?A quick guide to the Government’s new development and capital plans and how they might affect youMon Feb 05 2018 - 20:58
Varadkar will have a fight on his hands to pass 12-weeks legislationEven if abortion referendum passes, Dáil will be another battlegroundSat Feb 03 2018 - 11:02
Pat Leahy: The national plan should annoy peopleThe controversy over infrastructure strategy shows the Government is on the right trackSat Feb 03 2018 - 05:00
Rural TDs lobby against investment plan’s ‘urban bias’Government’s long-term proposals will see rural constituencies ‘lose out’ in the processSat Feb 03 2018 - 03:00
TDs are evenly split on 12-weeks abortion proposal‘Irish Times’ survey raises doubt over whether such legislation would pass in DáilSat Feb 03 2018 - 01:01
Tánaiste’s declaration adds a new dynamic to abortion debateAnalysis: Simon Coveney’s intervention has focused attention on the unbornFri Feb 02 2018 - 01:00
Government will not finalise wording before ‘unborn’ rulingTaoiseach warns of ban on foreign funding of groups campaigning in abortion referendumThu Feb 01 2018 - 01:00
