Kerry mental health service: HSE chief says what happened was ‘deeply regrettable’Leo Varadkar says it will be necessary to provide compensation to many families affectedThu Jan 27 2022 - 16:28
Work under way to secure venue for Stardust fire inquest, Tánaiste saysMinister for Justice considering request to pay jurors serving on inquestThu Jan 27 2022 - 14:25
Coveney expresses ‘full support’ in Dáil for Defence Forces chief of staffMinister previously said photograph with Russian ambassador was ‘ill-judged’Thu Jan 27 2022 - 11:12
Dáil hears Passport Office experiencing ‘very high level of demand’Coveney says staff numbers at service up 70 per cent since last JuneThu Jan 27 2022 - 10:34
Minister to seek reinstatement of HSE mental health director postButler says role ‘essential’ in driving fundamental reforms after south Kerry Cahms reviewWed Jan 26 2022 - 20:33
Demands to tackle cost of living fail to take account of national debt, Minister warnsPaschal Donohoe says public debt is currently over one-quarter of a trillion euroWed Jan 26 2022 - 16:01
‘Don’t lecture me’: Martin tells McDonald he had ‘far different’ upbringing to her in Dáil rowSharp exchanges during Leaders’ Questions following criticism of housing policyWed Jan 26 2022 - 15:13
Findings of south Kerry Camhs review ‘shocking, very serious and unacceptable’, Taoiseach saysHSE report finds hundreds of children received ‘risky’ treatment from doctorWed Jan 26 2022 - 13:23
TCD ‘needs to do work’ to make Science Gallery sustainable, Taoiseach saysTwo Government departments offered funding for facility amid closure threat, Dáil hearsTue Jan 25 2022 - 21:30
Government to ‘do more’ to help people struggling with spiralling cost of livingVaradkar calls on employers to give pay increases to workers if they can afford themTue Jan 25 2022 - 20:44
Taoiseach accused of ‘not living in the real world’ as inflation hits 20-year highOpposition leaders claim in the Dáil that the cost of living is ‘unbearable’Tue Jan 25 2022 - 17:25
Clarity over this year’s Leaving Cert is due within the next week, Taoiseach saysTeachers’ unions call for further changes to written exams instead of ‘hybrid’ modelTue Jan 25 2022 - 17:01
People bereaved by Covid-19 feel ‘sense of hope’ as restrictions removedFamilies hoping to have a chance to properly come together and remember loved onesSun Jan 23 2022 - 07:00
‘Virtual run’ in memory of Ashling Murphy raises €19,500 for Women’s AidPeople asked to complete 5km walk or run at 4pm this Sunday to commemorate teacherFri Jan 21 2022 - 11:35
Sisters of Charity won’t have role in governing new maternity hospital – RabbitteIndependent TDs call for compulsory purchase order of Elm Park site in DublinFri Jan 21 2022 - 10:50
Requirement for information sessions set out in Bill receives further criticismMechanism described as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘insulting’ by Richard Boyd BarrettThu Jan 20 2022 - 22:46
Teachers and school managers need to strike ‘sensible’ balance on Covid, says VaradkarNo child should need to wear coat and gloves in school ‘because it’s so cold'Thu Jan 20 2022 - 17:51
GRA calls for pandemic bonus to be extended to gardaíAgency workers in public hospitals will receive the €1,000 payment, says TánaisteThu Jan 20 2022 - 14:11
‘Challenges’ to delivering hybrid Leaving Cert this year, says TaoiseachOmbudsman for Children ‘fully supportive’ of student calls for changes to 2022 examsWed Jan 19 2022 - 19:42
Taoiseach says department gathering ‘clearly in breach’ of Covid-19 rulesMinister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney due to go before Oireachtas CommitteeWed Jan 19 2022 - 17:51
McEntee calls for ‘societal and cultural change’ to tackle violence against womenKilling of Ashling Murphy has been a ‘watershed moment’, says TaoiseachWed Jan 19 2022 - 15:52
PUP audit finds 20% of recipients in sample did not meet full criteria for paymentsDepartment survey shows one claimant had not been employed for the previous 15 yearsMon Jan 17 2022 - 21:31
Not possible to publish full Brandon report, AG advises MinisterReport outlines sexual abuse of intellectually disabled residents at disability centre in DonegalMon Jan 17 2022 - 19:49
Covid-19: 6,329 PCR-confirmed cases and 4,810 antigen registered cases reportedHospitality restrictions should not be eased, cautions WHOMon Jan 17 2022 - 18:13
Gardaí treating death of man in Donegal as personal tragedyAnyone with any information is asked to contact Buncrana Garda stationSun Jan 16 2022 - 20:59
Gardaí continue to question two over fatal shooting of Michael TormeyJudge grants extension to officers questioning woman and man over Ballyfermot shootingSun Jan 16 2022 - 19:42
Ashling Murphy: People gather for vigils around worldVigils for 23-year-old have taken place in London, Edinburgh, New York, Dubai and BrisbaneSun Jan 16 2022 - 17:27
Ashling Murphy: funeral to take place in Co Offaly on Tuesday morningMurphy (23) killed as she was jogging along canal bank in Tullamore last weekSun Jan 16 2022 - 12:35
Funeral of John O’Neill told he was a man with ‘big heart and an open mind’Son tells mourners he has lost ‘a great father’ who had been ‘deeply rooted in north Clare’Fri Jan 14 2022 - 14:59
Conor McGregor’s Dublin pub targeted in ‘petrol bomb’ attackGardaí investigate ‘attempted criminal damage’ at the Black Forge on Drimnagh RoadThu Jan 13 2022 - 14:23
Drop in blood donations may mean supplies will soon need to be importedIrish Blood Transfusion Service says pandemic has been ‘very challenging’Wed Jan 12 2022 - 02:00
Schools will be allowed ‘bank’ special education hours lost to CovidChange of department policy prompted by absent pupils and need to redeploy teachersMon Jan 10 2022 - 18:20
Q&A: When will I get my new digital Covid cert and how will it work?Those with boosters will receive updated certificates via email in coming daysFri Jan 07 2022 - 22:11
Man dies following crash in Co RoscommonCollision occurred on the N61 at Ballybay in Kiltoom on FridayFri Jan 07 2022 - 12:47
Snow and ice warning issued across country for Friday morningMet Éireann alert in place until 11am with hazardous travelling conditions expectedFri Jan 07 2022 - 08:10
Two men charged over assault on Alanna Quinn Idris (17) and friendTeenagers needed hospital treatment after being assaulted in Ballyfermot last weekThu Jan 06 2022 - 21:37
Taxi driver failing to wear mask correctly among 378 complaints last year, says NTAConduct, behaviour and identification was the primary complaint against taxi driversThu Jan 06 2022 - 13:00
Egyptian vulture spotted in Co Roscommon on New Year’s EveFirst recorded sighting of species took place in the north of the country over the summerSat Jan 01 2022 - 15:47
It’s a girl! First baby of year born at a second past midnightBaby girl was born at National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street in DublinSat Jan 01 2022 - 13:11
Three people killed in two-car collision in Co MeathVehicles collided on the N52 near Kells, three children travelling in one of the cars injuredSat Jan 01 2022 - 10:57
Covid-19: Record 16,428 cases reported with 22 deaths notified in past weekEveryone should consider themselves potentially infectious, says HolohanWed Dec 29 2021 - 20:29
Three men killed in Tyrone crash named locallySix killed on Irish roads in just over 24 hoursTue Dec 28 2021 - 05:55
Publishing Brandon report in full could ‘compromise’ disciplinary review - ReidReport on sex abuse at Donegal centre published before it was seen by all familiesThu Dec 16 2021 - 21:06
Covid: 4,141 further cases as HSE sets out timetable for children’s vaccines39 cases of Omicron now confirmed but 27% of new infections show marker for variantThu Dec 16 2021 - 19:46
Companies able to pay dividends should repay Covid subsidy – TánaisteLabour TD Ged Nash seeks full Government audit of payments to companiesThu Dec 16 2021 - 16:32
Donohoe suggests companies should repay Covid subsidies ‘if not needed’Government considering legal change to stop companies on subsidies paying dividendsWed Dec 15 2021 - 21:02
Dáil rejects abortion Bill from Rural Independent TDsIssues such as foetal pain relief can be raised within review, Minister for Health saysWed Dec 15 2021 - 20:55
Minister asks officials to ‘expediate’ publication of NBP contractOwnership structure of National Broadband Ireland ‘remains as it was’, Dáil hearsWed Dec 15 2021 - 00:07
Taoiseach does not rule out more Covid restrictions but says we must ‘hold our nerve’Martin says vaccination for children with underlying conditions to start next weekTue Dec 14 2021 - 22:38
Opposition TDs call for extra sittings of the Dáil in run-up to ChristmasMary Lou McDonald asks for House to sit next week to legislate for electricity bill creditTue Dec 14 2021 - 18:13
