Budget 2017 was the easy part, now come more testsInside politics: Crucially there has been no rapid unravelling of Government’s carefully constructed budgetThu Oct 13 2016 - 09:11
Budget 2017: Late rise in funds surprised some MinistersExpansion of ‘fiscal space’ to €1.3bn unexpected by Independent Alliance MinistersThu Oct 13 2016 - 08:46
Kenny stresses special Irish situation in talks with Brexit negotiatorMichel Barnier ‘sympathetic’ on question of Northern Ireland and the BorderWed Oct 12 2016 - 21:37
Budget 2017: Noonan rejects claim €1.3bn package breaches key EU rulesFirst-time buyer’s allowance ‘madness, wasteful and inequitable’, says DonnellyWed Oct 12 2016 - 12:44
Budget 2017: Financial package of €1.3bn to breach important European Union rules, warns watchdogHighlights include €5 welfare rises, USC reductions and help for first-time buyersTue Oct 11 2016 - 23:01
Compromised Government buckles under pressurePolitical harmony it transpires was the primary driver behind budget largesseTue Oct 11 2016 - 20:00
Budget day: how it all unfoldsEach year’s cocktail of taxes, cuts and spending conforms to the same narrativeTue Oct 11 2016 - 01:00
Budget 2017: Walking a political tightropeThis Government has a little money to spend, however there far too many people to pleaseSat Oct 08 2016 - 06:00
Majority of voters back public spending increase over tax cutsIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll: biggest preference is for more spending on healthcareFri Oct 07 2016 - 18:58
Nearly two-thirds of voters want water charges abolishedIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll: Working class most likely to back abolition, at 72%Fri Oct 07 2016 - 18:38
Clear majority want legal ban on abortion eased but not abolishedVoters in middle ground do not want to follow UK model, ‘Irish Times’ poll indicatesFri Oct 07 2016 - 05:00
Government plans all-island dialogue on Brexit in NovemberNorthern Ireland First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster not to attendWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: Ill-tempered Brexit is what Government most fearsFuture status of Border hinges on outcome of ‘incredibly complex’ EU-UK negotiationsWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:00
Kenny in abrupt U-turn on appointment of new judgesTaoiseach tells Dáil of need to clear court backlog ... but plan is abandoned within hoursWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:00
Cabinet sets up all-Ireland group to prepare for BrexitTrade unions, non-governmental organisations and business groups will meet next monthTue Oct 04 2016 - 13:56
‘New Border’ based on technology could be used for North, says FosterFirst Minister suggests ‘using data, using analytics, using new technology’Tue Oct 04 2016 - 12:31
Government to seek special status for North after BrexitNegotiations with EU must take account of Belfast Agreement, says Charlie FlanaganTue Oct 04 2016 - 09:00
Pay commission will consider value of public sector pensionsCommission ‘should not be packed with academics’, argues Impact trade unionTue Oct 04 2016 - 01:00
One in five retiring civil servants paid lump sums of over €100,000In 2008 the State’s public sector pension bill hit €1.6bn, but in 2015 it reached €2.8bnMon Oct 03 2016 - 09:35
The three criteria for the Budget - fair, fair and fairAnalysis: What is ‘fair’ for the Government is what makes it into the BudgetSat Oct 01 2016 - 11:28
Hard Brexit called a threat to Ireland’s ‘invisible’ BorderCharlie Flanagan says UK trade secretary’s views not shared by British colleaguesThu Sept 29 2016 - 19:34
Ban on new judges could be ‘disastrous’ for court systemHigh Court judge criticises Cabinet decision to halt appointments until new law passedThu Sept 29 2016 - 08:50
Minister for Justice appeals to gardaí to re-engage with talksFrances Fitzgerald says she will discuss concerns but there will be no special pay dealThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Donohoe rules out pay deal to prevent Garda strikeMinisters believe concessions would lead to collapse of overall public service pay policyWed Sept 28 2016 - 23:35
Fragile Government unlikely to rush into abortion referendumDebate to continue as Kenny believes motion to repeal Eighth Amendment would not passWed Sept 28 2016 - 01:00
Independents may block Fitzgerald’s judicial appointmentsFears that reform bill will never be passed as Cabinet still split on issue of judicial reformTue Sept 27 2016 - 21:30
Citizens’ assembly on abortion to meet next monthGroup of 100 chaired by judge Mary Laffoy to discuss future of Eighth AmendmentMon Sept 26 2016 - 20:55
Ireland’s abortion wars are set to rage againA new generation of people, many born since 1983, want to have their say on the issueSat Sept 24 2016 - 13:10
Michael Noonan is still key to the Government’s successProfile: The Minister for Finance will play his usual vital role in Budget 2017Sat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00
Reformed budget process delivers little on transparencyMichael Noonan and Paschal Donohoe keeping their cards close to their chestsFri Sept 23 2016 - 06:00
Donohoe maintains hard line on spending for 2017No increase in €1bn fiscal space and no extra cash to bail out departments, says MinisterWed Sept 21 2016 - 21:40
Nama claims it was ‘unaware’ of Cushnahan’s Pimco linkAgency says adviser did not declare his expected role at the firm after Project Eagle saleMon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
Irish universities face further drop in international rankingsTrinity fears it could be overtaken by UCD as Ireland’s leading college on influential listMon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil meets in Carlow for pre-Dáil think-inBrexit and homelessness high on agenda for party meeting before Oireachtas returnsMon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
Michael D Higgins ‘very worried about the future of Europe’President criticises the imposition of austerity in interview with Irish TimesSat Sept 17 2016 - 01:01
Paschal Donohoe to take lead role as budget provides acid testNext month will prove whether shaky minority administration is up to task of governingSat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00
Project Eagle analysis: Role of political considerationsNama would appear to have been in a hurry to sell up and exit the NorthFri Sept 16 2016 - 01:00
Opposition wants Nama inquiry to be expandedGovernment likely to resist move to extend inquiry beyond Project Eagle deal in NorthFri Sept 16 2016 - 01:00
Party leaders agree to set up statutory inquiry on Project EagleTaoiseach moves after C&AG report found the Nama deal cost the State €220mThu Sept 15 2016 - 19:44
Two inquiries into Nama’s Project Eagle deal to be set upComptroller and Auditor General finds shortcomings in Northern loan book saleThu Sept 15 2016 - 07:34
Pat Leahy: Report raises unsettling issues about Project EagleKenny and Ministers caught in dispute between two of State’s most important agenciesThu Sept 15 2016 - 01:00
Nama lost €220m on Project Eagle deal, C&AG findsEnda Kenny agrees to inquiry into sale of North loans as watchdog publishes reportWed Sept 14 2016 - 22:01
Project Eagle: Nama can no longer count on political coverThe Government realises an inquiry is not necessarily desirable but it is politically inevitableWed Sept 14 2016 - 16:01
Budget watchdog warns Government ‘at limit of prudent policies’Fiscal Advisory Council chief cautions against any new ‘backdoor’ spending increasesTue Sept 13 2016 - 19:27
Inquiry into Nama’s Project Eagle must be focused, Kenny saysCabinet to discuss report into NI sale in which hundreds of millions may have been lostTue Sept 13 2016 - 13:29
Enda Kenny’s buoyancy cannot disguise jitters of his partyAnalysis: ‘Mojo’ is not exactly the term you would associate with Fine Gael at the momentTue Sept 13 2016 - 01:00
Project Eagle: Kenny seeks approval for Nama inquirySenior legal figure to head investigation into €1.6bn sale of 800 loans linked to NI propertiesTue Sept 13 2016 - 01:00
Budget 2017 will not be a giveaway, Michael Noonan warnsMinister plays down expectations of tax cuts ahead of next month’s announcementMon Sept 12 2016 - 19:20
Analysis: What’s on the Fine Gael think-in agenda?Halligan row and general election performance expected to dominate debateMon Sept 12 2016 - 11:20
‘Hundreds of millions lost by Nama’ in sale of Northern properties, report findsComptroller and Auditor General finds ‘shortcomings’ and ‘irregularities’ in sale processSat Sept 10 2016 - 08:26
