Goldman Sachs chairman Peter Sutherland retiresFormer EU commissioner is leaving GSI to devote more time to migration issuesWed May 20 2015 - 21:57
Poll: Local reasons to fore for supporting IndependentsTop of wish list is that local candidate works in area and concentrates on regional issuesWed May 20 2015 - 01:00
Poll: Majority against taking in fleeing migrantsTotal of 52% did not support taking migrants but views varied across class and geographyTue May 19 2015 - 01:00
Poll results are positive for Kenny in the runup to general electionIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll shows FG strong in key demographic groupsMon May 18 2015 - 09:48
Poll bounce for Fine Gael as support continues to riseFianna Fáil popularity up but Labour static and support for SF and Independents fallsMon May 18 2015 - 02:00
Sinn Féin leaders to meet Prince Charles on Ireland visitThe decision was made at meeting of party’s ard comhairle in Kilkenny on SaturdayMon May 18 2015 - 00:13
FF protests at exclusion from RTÉ referendum debatesDirector general Noel Curran told perspectives offered to public being limitedSun May 17 2015 - 17:20
Stephen Collins: Does the fate of the Lib Dems await Labour in Ireland?‘A crucial tactical decision made by Labour was to claim credit for the totality of the Coalition’s record’Sun May 17 2015 - 12:51
Seismic shift needed for No side to carry referendumYes retains commanding lead with under one week to go before people cast voteSat May 16 2015 - 02:00
Oireachtas backs PAC appeal over Angela Kerins filesFormer Rehab chief is suing PAC for alleged distress and injuryFri May 15 2015 - 10:46
New group of teachers calls for No in marriage referendumOrganisation claims educators would be obliged to teach new model of matrimonyThu May 14 2015 - 20:06
Enda Kenny ‘cautious’ about changes to EU treatiesFine Gael MEP outlines challenges posed by Cameron negotiating with EU statesWed May 13 2015 - 01:00
Conservative Party’s victory – what it means for IrelandStephen Collins: ‘The lesson for Enda Kenny and Joan Burton is that poor poll results may mean nothing when people are faced with choosing a government’Sat May 09 2015 - 11:16
Scale of victory can help Tories secure deal to keep UK in EUMany Irish politcians wanted Labour win but Cameron’s majority may have a silver-liningFri May 08 2015 - 15:00
Gerry Adams claims attacks on Sinn Féin being ignoredSaid that in the past week there have been seven death threats against representativesWed May 06 2015 - 20:11
Stephen Collins: Spring statement set out FG and Labour election stalls‘Persuading the electorate that its true interests are better served by Labour’s way rather than the Sinn Féin/Syriza way is the task facing Labour in the months ahead’Sat May 02 2015 - 03:00
Noonan and presenter Seán O’Rourke clash on RTÉ radio showMinister for Finance in angry exchanges with radio presenter over reports on RTÉThu Apr 30 2015 - 01:00
Coalition uses spring statment to set the agendaStatement a tactic designed to frame the debate on the economyWed Apr 29 2015 - 01:00
Government unveils five-year tax reduction planUp to €1.5bn set to be available for tax cuts and tangible improvement in public servicesWed Apr 29 2015 - 01:00
FF ardfheis told Coalition making recovery as unfair as possibleMicheál Martin’s keynote speech proposes cut in USC and attacks SF’s take on 1916Sun Apr 26 2015 - 10:10
Stephen Collins: Two main parties battle over Siteserv and banking inquiryFor Micheál Martin the Siteserv controversy comes at a good time, as he heads into Fianna Fáil ard fheisSat Apr 25 2015 - 11:27
Siteserv: No ‘evidence of wrongdoing’ behind inquiryNoonan review to examine all IBRC deals which lost State €10 millionFri Apr 24 2015 - 10:13
Government to investigate sale of Anglo assetsMove comes after controversy over sale of Siteserv to company owned by Denis O’BrienThu Apr 23 2015 - 22:32
Canadian official to supervise Irish lobbyistsSipo welcomes appointment as registration system due to launch next weekThu Apr 23 2015 - 18:24
War memorial books recall Irish soldiers in Gallipoli campaignConservation work completed on memorial records, illustrated by Harry ClarkeThu Apr 23 2015 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Labour win in UK elections is preferable from Irish perspectiveSNP’s role in forming new government echoes that of Irish Party in 1910 electionSat Apr 18 2015 - 01:00
Seanad reform plan would give election vote to all Irish citizensThirty of 60 seats should be elected by universal suffrage, working group urgesTue Apr 14 2015 - 01:00
Proposals will transform Upper House if will to implement them existsKey element would allow citizens in North and abroad to vote in electionTue Apr 14 2015 - 01:00
Report says emigrants ‘should get Seanad vote’Radical reform of Upper House would include extending franchise to NI residentsMon Apr 13 2015 - 10:58
New report believed to recommend radical reform of SeanadExpert group report expected to recommend new criteria for operation of panel systemFri Apr 10 2015 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: 1916 Rising commemorations won’t please everybodyPlan acknowledges British army and police casualties worthy of remembranceSat Apr 04 2015 - 08:31
Central Bank briefs Michael Noonan on research into mortgage ratesDepartment of Finance says Patrick Honohan gave update on work being done on variable bank ratesThu Apr 02 2015 - 21:43
Banks face growing pressure to cut home loan ratesNoonan to ask Honohan to seek action from lenders on variable rate mortgagesThu Apr 02 2015 - 08:36
Former ECB chief Trichet to engage with banking inquiryThe nexus phase of inquiry hearings will include 64 public hearings and at least 50 witnessesWed Apr 01 2015 - 20:17
Easter Rising events programme should calm Government criticsAnalysis: Comprehensive centenary plans should defuse complaint 1916 not marked with gravitasWed Apr 01 2015 - 08:06
Latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll points to jobs as core issueVoters focus on the economy with creation of employment outstripping all other issuesMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Majority of voters against sale of State share in Aer LingusOver 50% of respondents oppose disposal, with half of FG voters resistant to saleMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Minister favours keeping Six Nations on free-to-air TVAlex White considering adding home rugby matches to list that includes GAA finalsSun Mar 29 2015 - 17:05
Stephen Collins: While FG gets a bounce, FF’s downward trend alarms TDs‘Some indication of how opinion polls translate into seats on the ground will emerge from the outcome of the Carlow Kilkenny byelection on May 22nd’Sat Mar 28 2015 - 04:00
Large number of voters believe new party needed, poll indicatesThirty-five per cent of ‘Irish Times’/Ipsos MRBI poll respondents find Renua appealingSat Mar 28 2015 - 01:00
Poll finds drop in support for same-sex marriageIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll shows proposal on presidential age change facing rejectionFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00
Poll shows same-sex marriage referendum could be closeIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll shows Yes side has clear lead which will dwindle in actual voteFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00
FG gets boost as Dublin support is back to old levelsMeasure of comfort for all parties in poll - except for Fianna Fáil and Micheál MartinThu Mar 26 2015 - 03:00
Fine Gael support bounces back after 12-year low in last pollIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll: SF up and backing for Adams unchanged despite scandalsThu Mar 26 2015 - 03:00
Reform of asylum system approved by GovernmentCabinet backs Bill designed to streamline lengthy and expensive procedureTue Mar 24 2015 - 21:48
British royal expected to attend 1916 centenary eventMinister Charlie Flanagan stresses international dimension of commemorationsMon Mar 23 2015 - 01:00
Independents join forces to launch national movementFinian McGrath and Shane Ross to lead new alliance in bid to enter governmentMon Mar 23 2015 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Why Ireland shouldn’t push for loosening of Europe’s budget rules‘If France does not swallow the kind of tough medicine taken by smaller countries there is a danger its economy will slide over the edge’Sat Mar 21 2015 - 02:00
Peter Sutherland: EU must do more to save migrant livesOnly nine naval vessels and two aircraft on duty in Mediterranean, says ex-commissionerFri Mar 20 2015 - 07:22
Ireland lacks solidarity with EU on defence, says SutherlandOther neutral EU states have acknowledged obligation to help partners who are invadedTue Mar 17 2015 - 01:00
