Proposals for sweeping tax increases receive cool reception from MinistersTaxation commission ‘stunned’ at Tánaiste’s dismissal of some proposals as being ‘straight out of the Sinn Féin manifesto’Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
‘We are only firing up the kilns when necessary’: Pottery business faces tough choices as energy costs soar‘This is like a snowball - we don’t know what size it is going to be,’ says Cristin O’Reilly, director of Shanagarry PottersThu Sept 15 2022 - 00:01
Tax commission’s proposals prompt concerns from trade unions and industry groupsSweeping recommendations to pay for a greying population and future public services questionedWed Sept 14 2022 - 20:29
Two taxation commission members raised objections to some recommendations for changesLetters from businesswoman Rena Maycock and trade union nominee Dr Tom McDonnell published with reportWed Sept 14 2022 - 17:48
Taxes on wealth and property must be increased, says Commission on TaxationExpert group calls for new site value tax, increases to property tax and future road usage and congestion chargesWed Sept 14 2022 - 15:34
Senator takes legal case against State over RAF flights in Irish airspaceIndependent Gerard Craughwell claims that alleged agreement with the UK delegates sovereignty and breaches ConstitutionTue Sept 13 2022 - 18:28
Energy firm revenues will be capped and windfall profits taxed, Minister says‘We will provide direct support to our citizens and to our businesses and we will take money off those energy companies,’ Michael McGrath saysTue Sept 13 2022 - 14:58
Fianna Fáil will take over finance ministry in December, Taoiseach confirms Make-up of the next cabinet in December has not yet been discussed among the leaders, Varadkar saysTue Sept 13 2022 - 14:13
‘Four days that changed relations’: former ambassador recalls queen’s visit to IrelandState visit in 2011 remembered and paid respect to history but made ‘a little bit of history as well’, Sir Julian King saysMon Sept 12 2022 - 20:09
Covid-19 pandemic bonus payments further delayed for non-HSE frontline staffHSE seeks contractor to help pay stalled €1,000 bonus to nursing home workers, agency employees and home carersMon Sept 12 2022 - 05:00
Dublin brewery faces ‘ridiculous’ 1,000% gas price hikeRascals brewer Cathal O’Donoghue says Government must step in and put a cap on energy increasesMon Sept 12 2022 - 00:05
Two more nursing homes to close amid costs crisis in care sectorCastleturvin House in Athenry, Co Galway and New Lodge in Rathfarnham, Dublin are latest homes to close amid regulatory change pressuresMon Sept 12 2022 - 00:05
BirdWatch Ireland condemns Minister-approved destruction of seagull eggs in north DublinOrder allowing eggs or nests to be destroyed until next April in Balbriggan to reduce seagull attacks and noiseSun Sept 11 2022 - 19:58
The life of an IRA gunrunner: ‘I was in a corner in a dark basement with Whitey Bulger’US Marine-turned-IRA gunrunner John Crawley recalls difficult conversations with his commander Martin McGuinness about arming and training the IRA and working with one of America’s most dangerous men, Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, to buy weapons in the USSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
King Charles has ‘profound’ personal connection with IrelandLandmark 2015 visit to Mullaghmore in Co Sligo where his grand-uncle Lord Mountbatten was killed ‘lifted a cloud’ in Anglo-Irish relationsFri Sept 09 2022 - 20:12
McGuinness urged IRA gunrunner to work with gangster ‘Whitey’ Bulger, says new book Former IRA man John Crawley reveals dealings with McGuinness and Bulger in new memoirThu Sept 08 2022 - 09:51
HSE to target energy cost reductions at high-usage hospitals and care facilitiesBehavioural changes among staff such as switching off lights seen as best way to cut immediate costsWed Sept 07 2022 - 07:47
Dublin man trapped in home for 14 hours due to hoarding of belongings is rescued by firefightersOlder persons’ charity Alone says hoarding is a disorder that it comes across every weekTue Sept 06 2022 - 19:09
Dublin hotelier’s electricity bill jumps from €29,000 to almost €58,000 in seven monthsHotels have limited flexibility to find energy savings because they must have constant hot water availableTue Sept 06 2022 - 05:00
Carbon emissions going in ‘complete opposite direction’ of targets, says SEAIEmissions rose 5.4 per cent in 2021 as car use rebounded and low wind led to greater use of fossil fuelsMon Sept 05 2022 - 14:13
Nursing home operators under severe pressure from soaring energy costsTwo care facilities, a large nursing home home in Dublin and a small care home in west Cork, feel the financial pressure of rising electricity and gas pricesFri Sept 02 2022 - 18:09
Unfilled consultant posts pose key risk to patient safety - Medical CouncilRegulatory body for medical profession warns of over-reliance on ‘overworked’ foreign-trained, non-consultant doctorsThu Sept 01 2022 - 15:38
Businesses fear ‘tough winter’ of energy-cost increasesSoaring energy costs will prove unsustainable for some businesses and will require Government support, say business ownersTue Aug 30 2022 - 20:30
Government not considering further visa restrictions on RussiansDepartment of Justice says it will monitor EU plans to suspend visa deal with MoscowMon Aug 29 2022 - 00:30
Public divided on Nato membership, survey findsSurvey shows high levels of anxiety about food shortages and hunger in many countries caused by war in UkraineSun Aug 28 2022 - 17:15
‘It’s too late for us but there’s still time to save others’: Nursing home closures on the riseSmaller, family-run care homes feel the squeeze of rising costs and tougher post-Covid regulations as State funding remains fixedSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:30
Universities seek joint Covid-flu vaccines plan to prepare for possible winter ‘twindemic’Colleges write to HSE about vaccinating against potential combined coronavirus wave and bad flu season this winter in light of Australia’s experienceFri Aug 26 2022 - 19:00
Children and teens not getting recommended levels of physical activity — studyIsland-of-Ireland ‘report card’ reveals inequalities in physical exercise for children with disabilitiesFri Aug 26 2022 - 00:01
Marked decline in take-up of second Covid-19 boosters compared with first booster dosesHSE extends second booster vaccine appointments to people aged 50 years and olderThu Aug 25 2022 - 20:09
Electronic health records: State has ‘huge mountain to climb’ to meet EU targetWatchdog says investment in health information system urgently needed to give all citizens access to records by 2030Wed Aug 24 2022 - 10:30
Paul O’Neill to step down as Irish Times EditorWaterford man to leave the role after more than five years in the positionTue Aug 23 2022 - 10:07
Physical exercise helps reduce risk of Covid-19 infection and illness, study findsResearch finds 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise every week offers the best protection against the virusMon Aug 22 2022 - 23:30
Irish medical students from Ukraine seek clarity on study resumption offer in IrelandGroup of 40 students, whose studies were interrupted by Russian invasion, have only being offered ‘early year’ Irish coursesMon Aug 22 2022 - 18:32
Rogues: True stories of grifters, killers, rebels and crooksBook Review: Patrick Radden Keefe’s skill as a writer and investigator is his ability to paint a vivid portrait, whether or not his subject chooses to speak with himSat Aug 06 2022 - 05:00
Private nursing homes say ‘extreme’ cost pressures threatening their futureRepresentative group calls for urgent Government support to cover ‘extraordinary’ surge in energy and food costsMon Aug 01 2022 - 01:06
Scientists fret over shortfall in Coaltion plan to clip emissionsDespite party political sensitivities, physics exposes unvarnished truth of divisive issueSat Jul 30 2022 - 10:30
Farming climate plan imposes ‘impossible’ burden on other sectors, say scientists‘Special dispensation’ for agriculture leaves State exposed to legal action for failing to hit 2030 climate targetSat Jul 30 2022 - 03:00
First Covid-19 booster vaccine rate lowest in Donegal and highest in DublinJust one in five children aged between five and 11 have been fully vaccinated - CSOWed Jul 27 2022 - 12:35
Most people favour scrapping ‘Brexit checks’ on NI-bound goods Most nationalists and unionists want end to inspections on products destined only for North, survey showsTue Jul 26 2022 - 17:37
‘It has gone beyond crazy’: Large majority of parents worry about back-to-school costs amid cost-of-living crisisParents will have to dip into savings, take out a loan or use credit card to cover the costs, survey findsTue Jul 26 2022 - 06:20
Dublin Port trade recovers to close to pre-pandemic and pre-Brexit levelsPost-Brexit UK border controls depress average cargo loads on trailers and containersTue Jul 26 2022 - 06:00
Healthcare spending runs €366m over budget in first half of 2022 despite recruitment issuesStephen Donnelly will tell Cabinet that significant energy, food and contracted services increases are driving higher spending on healthTue Jul 26 2022 - 04:00
O’Gorman hopes UK will engage with Dublin over changes to immigration policyGovernment believes expansion of Rwanda policy, as mooted by Tory leadership candidates, could affect IrelandMon Jul 25 2022 - 18:31
‘You cannot trust them’: Ukrainians protest Russian attacks on OdesaRefugees from Ukrainian port city protesting outside Russian embassy express anger at Moscow’s violation of grain exports deal a day after it was signedSun Jul 24 2022 - 20:21
Almost 90% of young blood donors show evidence of previous Covid infectionCases of subvariant BA.2.75 have not been detected in Ireland, Dr Cillian de Gascun has saidSun Jul 24 2022 - 18:18
Refugees leave Gormanston as hotel body warns of ‘challenges’ sourcing additional roomsTourism body says Government must release ‘masterplan’ as hotels cannot be ‘sole solution’Fri Jul 22 2022 - 18:56
Irish Government’s refusal to support Bill shows it is ‘not willing to take on dictators’, anti-corruption campaigner saysAnti-corruption campaigner condemns veto that prevents State using CAB-like powers to seize assets of international human rights violatorsFri Jul 22 2022 - 00:01
Nursing homes call for combined delivery of flu and third Covid-19 booster jabsSummer wave appears to have peaked as Covid-19 hospital cases and positivity rates continue to declineThu Jul 21 2022 - 19:43
Number of Ukrainians arriving in State to remain at high level, Cabinet hears At least 1,400 people come from war-torn country weekly, with more than 40,000 in Republic alreadyWed Jul 20 2022 - 04:00
First Ukrainian refugees arrive at tented village in Gormanston army campGovernment contingency plan for use of accommodation in Co Meath triggered amid surge in arrivals from UkraineTue Jul 19 2022 - 17:26
