Government countermotion on eviction ban aimed at securing Independent backingText includes several measures raised by members of the Regional Independent GroupTue Mar 21 2023 - 18:37
Varadkar has ‘no objection’ to Dáil debate on St John Ambulance reportTaoiseach acknowledges distress caused to abuse survivors by publication of findingsTue Mar 21 2023 - 15:36
Taoiseach pledges tax package for small landlords in next budgetSinn Féin leader accuses Government of ‘throwing renters to the wolves’Tue Mar 21 2023 - 15:17
Revenue seize drugs and cigarettes worth almost €620,000Cannabis and smuggled cigarettes recovered in separate operations in Rosslare and DroghedaMon Mar 20 2023 - 20:40
Cocaine worth €2.4m seized and man arrested at Rosslare portDrug discovered with assistance of Revenue’s mobile X-ray scanner and detector dog Jasper in overhead area of vehicle’s cabSun Mar 19 2023 - 19:49
Dublin Airport security ‘well prepared’ for St Patrick’s holiday numbersAirport will see more than 430,000 travellers this week as holiday weekend approaches, says DAATue Mar 14 2023 - 12:08
Woman (50s) arrested as €130,000 worth of drugs and €39,000 in cash seized by gardaíSeizure took place in Christchurch area of Dublin 8 as part of Operation TaraTue Mar 14 2023 - 10:19
How to fund a postgraduate degree or MBA Further study can be expensive but there are ways for prospective students to seek assistanceTue Mar 14 2023 - 01:15
Man (50s) in critical condition after being struck by car in Co KerryRoad remains closed with diversions in placeMon Mar 13 2023 - 08:53
Income limits for cost-rental scheme may be raised to include households earning over €100,000Government scrambles to address the rental crisis as RTB figures show 4,741 notices of termination were served in third quarter of 2022Sat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Eviction ban: Varadkar ‘not unduly concerned’ about fallout from Dáil vote on Sinn Féin motionLonger eviction ban would be harder to ‘get out of’, says Paschal DonohoeFri Mar 10 2023 - 13:22
New Garda station opens on Dublin’s O’Connell StreetBase near Savoy cinema to provide ‘central, visible and permanent location’ for gardaí in north inner cityFri Mar 10 2023 - 10:56
Sinn Féin to force Dáil vote on ‘unconscionable’ lifting of eviction banVote could be awkward for Government TDs such as Neasa Hourigan and Patrick Costello who have been critical of decisionThu Mar 09 2023 - 21:00
Family sent to Garda station for ‘safe place to stay’ as no emergency accommodation availableSinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said Dublin family were told there was no place for themThu Mar 09 2023 - 15:47
Dáil live: Homeless family told to go to Dublin Garda station, Sinn Féin TD claimsGovernment does not have homelessness projections for coming months, Dáil toldThu Mar 09 2023 - 13:18
Dáil vote on eviction ban set to heap pressure on Government TDsSinn Féin plan would bring renewed focus on any divisions within the Coalition on decision to end banThu Mar 09 2023 - 02:00
Problems facing women need to be viewed as urgent rather than ‘tokenistic’, Dáil toldSocial Democrats leader Holly Cairns says issues raised on International Women’s Day will likely remain this time next yearWed Mar 08 2023 - 18:28
Varadkar accuses PBP of ‘bonkers’ conspiracy theory in ‘Left Government’ pamphletLeft-wing TDs ‘interesting’ to debate with, Taoiseach says, but plot involving ‘teachers, the GAA and taxi drivers’ incredibleWed Mar 08 2023 - 16:53
GAA criticised in Dáil over ‘shameful’ decision not to accept cash payment for match tickets at turnstilesTDs cite cases of older people no longer being able to attend games as they are unable to buy onlineWed Mar 08 2023 - 15:42
Proposals to protect tenants could speed up evictions, Green TD warnsUnfinished plan to allow tenants first refusal on properties could prompt rush to market before its introductionWed Mar 08 2023 - 14:45
Attorney General warned ‘substantial evidence’ needed to extend eviction banCabinet told extending moratorium would be a ‘breach of trust’ with landlordsWed Mar 08 2023 - 04:30
‘Additional emergency accommodation’ to help soften eviction impacts, Minister saysMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said pause had helped build up capacity in last-resort housingTue Mar 07 2023 - 22:21
Sinn Féin calls on Government to cut energy costs immediately by capping pricesRyan says legislation establishing a windfall tax on energy companies would be introduced in the coming weeksTue Mar 07 2023 - 21:26
Varadkar hopes Ireland can avoid ‘culture wars’ between ‘woke and anti-woke’‘Trans people are people and they exist’, Taoiseach told Dáil, calling education on the subject ‘common sense’Tue Mar 07 2023 - 20:33
Closer co-operation with UK authorities needed to stop illegal border crossings, Varadkar saysIncrease in people seeking International Protection in the State after coming from Britain or NorthTue Mar 07 2023 - 20:16
Varadkar ‘not overly concerned’ about unnecessary public transport tripsTaoiseach said free public transport would create ‘genuine problems’ after Minister Ryan raised objectionsTue Mar 07 2023 - 16:50
Bus operator Go-Ahead said housing shortage was ‘huge barrier’ for drivers In a letter to the Department of Transport last November, Go-Ahead said there were ‘challenges closer to home’ in relation to the process for training driversMon Mar 06 2023 - 06:00
Hotels ending refugee accommodation contracts will be a ‘problem’, Minister saysJoe O’Brien refuses to ‘sugarcoat’ situation and says ‘inadequate’ number of alternative beds currently on offerSat Mar 04 2023 - 14:49
Niall Collins insists planning permission was properly grantedunior minister does not address issue of residence at time of application in personal statement to DáilFri Mar 03 2023 - 01:00
Man (77) had to ‘scrape himself off the floor’ after getting €1,678 electricity billGerry Clarke, who received bill for 64-day period between December and February, says previous charge for two-month period was €671Thu Mar 02 2023 - 18:06
Niall Collins ‘entirely satisfied’ planning application correctly handledLimerick TD addresses Dáil over allegations on The Ditch websiteThu Mar 02 2023 - 16:06
Parents of three-year-old in west of Ireland waiting 10 months for blood test result, Dáil hearsIndependent TD Michael Fitzmaurice says blood sent to England for analysis but family received no resultsThu Mar 02 2023 - 15:30
Dáil live: Tánaiste says Wexford hospital fire a ‘big blow’ to health services in the south eastParents of a three-year-old child in the west of Ireland waiting on blood test results for 10 months, Dáil toldThu Mar 02 2023 - 15:06
Two-month electricity bill of €957 leaves 100-year-old woman ‘gobsmacked’Sinn Féin TD says ‘Kitty’ from Co Meath contacted him in recent days about her Electric Ireland billWed Mar 01 2023 - 18:40
Successive governments ‘diminished or destroyed’ dreams of entire generation, says CairnsNew Social Democrats leader says nowhere was political betrayal of young people more evident than in the ‘housing disaster’Wed Mar 01 2023 - 18:30
Varadkar cautions inquiry into State’s Covid-19 response ‘will take time’Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín accuses Government of ‘disastrous mistakes’ during pandemicWed Mar 01 2023 - 15:27
Dáil live: Political betrayal of young people evident in ‘housing disaster’ - new Social Democrats leader Holly CairnsCork South West TD said she was a member of the ‘first ever generation who will be worse off than our parents’Wed Mar 01 2023 - 13:49
State may take ‘special dividend’ from energy companies to help people pay bills, Taoiseach saysLegislation for windfall tax on private energy companies due in the coming weeks, Dáil hearsTue Feb 28 2023 - 17:43
DUP should be given ‘time and space’ to consider Windsor Framework, Varadkar saysMcDonald says Northern Ireland executive has to be restored ‘without further delay’Tue Feb 28 2023 - 15:38
Dublin Bus raises concerns over passengers being left behind on night routes due to capacity issuesCompany warned of ‘ongoing antisocial behaviour and frustration’ due to demandTue Feb 28 2023 - 03:50
Housing crisis could be made ‘much worse’ by extending eviction ban, Martin saysTánaiste warns extension could hit supply and cause increasing rentsThu Feb 23 2023 - 15:43
Plan to expand Defence Forces training for Ukraine does not threaten neutrality, Tánaiste saysMicheál Martin told Dáil Government has ‘no intention’ of joining NatoThu Feb 23 2023 - 15:23
Dáil falls silent to commemorate anniversary of war in UkraineCeann Comhairle urges parliamentarians in Russia’s Duma to ‘find some courage’ and speak outThu Feb 23 2023 - 14:57
Micheál Martin defends plan to help train Ukrainian troops Tánaiste says Defence Forces training role does not threaten Ireland’s neutrality ‘in any shape or form’Thu Feb 23 2023 - 14:08
Redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes approved by DáilBill to establish scheme for those who spent ‘not less than’ six months in institutions passed by 73 votes to 62Wed Feb 22 2023 - 22:44
Zappone poem convinced Government to act on mother and baby homes, Varadkar saysTaoiseach recalled minister almost in tears as she addressed Cabinet meetingWed Feb 22 2023 - 15:18
People Before Profit warns of ‘avalanche’ of homelessness without eviction banRichard Boyd Barrett tells Dáil of family being forced from home they had been renting since 1950sWed Feb 22 2023 - 14:14
Eviction ban ‘creating new form of homelessness’, says VaradkarTaoiseach told Dáil people returning to Ireland from abroad were ‘unable to move back into own homes’Wed Feb 22 2023 - 13:14
Darragh O’Brien accused of acting like ‘petulant child’ in debate on extending eviction banMinister for Housing claimed SF’s Eoin Ó Broin was using ‘Kellyanne Conway-style alternative facts’ in questioning new-home completion figuresTue Feb 21 2023 - 22:13
Mixed reaction to €1.3bn cost-of-living package Business groups give Government announcement a broad welcome but others saying once-off measures for struggling households do not go far enoughTue Feb 21 2023 - 20:21
