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
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
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
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
Pat Leahy: Halligan’s moves threaten Independents’ agendaMuch-heralded new politics looks just like old politics without a Dáil majoritySat Sept 10 2016 - 01:01
Cerberus, Frank Cushnahan and Tughans: a rough guide to Project EagleQ&A: Nama and the sale of its Northern Ireland property loans portfolioSat Sept 10 2016 - 01:00
Halligan’s future in Government still hanging in the balanceHis departure over hospital issue would leave Enda Kenny with a majority of just one voteFri Sept 09 2016 - 01:00
How the Dáil numbers stack up for Enda KennyIf Halligan resigns, then Taoiseach will be left with 58 votes, the barest of Dáil majoritiesFri Sept 09 2016 - 01:00
Flanagan urges Brexit minister to focus on BorderDavid Davis briefs Irish Ministers on progress of UK preparations for leaving EUFri Sept 09 2016 - 01:00
Halligan accuses Noonan of reneging on Waterford hospital promisesIndependent Alliance member says he was told extra cardiac services would be providedThu Sept 08 2016 - 15:20
Enda Kenny says Budget must be ‘Brexit-proofed’Government expected to approve establishment of cabinet sub-committee on BrexitThu Sept 08 2016 - 12:35
Two world views were evident in the Dáil debate on AppleTalk may be of Apple, but political divisions have become sharperThu Sept 08 2016 - 01:00
Donald Tusk: Europe must show it is not detached from realityTaoiseach discusses contentious Apple judgment with European Council presidentWed Sept 07 2016 - 17:15
University rankings: Bruton insists funding hinges on reformColleges pitch for resources as standings tumble, but Minister notes need for visionWed Sept 07 2016 - 01:00
Bruton says universities must reform in return for more moneyEducation minister responds to colleges’ demands after fall in rankingsTue Sept 06 2016 - 19:08
Poisoned Apple: Bitter battle lines drawn in wake of tax billBrussels goes to war with Ireland, and the Government goes to war with itselfSat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: Government limps a little closer to the inevitableIt’s not that trust has broken down. It never really existed in the first placeSat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
Split over Apple tax ruling sign of Coalition going awryIndependents will have to learn to endure being unpopular if Government is to surviveThu Sept 01 2016 - 01:00
Fine Gael tells Independents Apple tax appeal must go aheadSplit over tax decision threatens future of the Government, say MinistersThu Sept 01 2016 - 01:00
Independent Ministers demand early recall of Dáil to debate Apple appealShane Ross and Finian McGrath seek ‘strong motion on tax’ in return for supporting appealWed Aug 31 2016 - 12:40
European Commission says Ireland not obligated to use Apple tax cash for national debtCommission to strongly recommend that money be used to ‘accelerate debt reduction’Wed Aug 31 2016 - 12:06
Government faces threat of split after EU’s Apple rulingIndependents undecided over whether to support Noonan’s plan to appeal tax rulingWed Aug 31 2016 - 09:45
