Records of 49,000 Irish WWI dead in new digital archiveProject developed by Google and DFA is important for remembering soldiers - GilmoreFri Jan 10 2014 - 14:47
Dublin to be key battleground in European electionsAnalysis: Candidates begin to emerge ahead of selection conventionsThu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
Outgoing IFA leader expected to run for Fine Gael in European electionsHanafin rules out running for FF in DublinWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
Local elections will test party support and may indicate shape of next governmentOpinion: Shift towards reflecting urban population growth could benefit Sinn FéinSun Jan 05 2014 - 00:01
Positive exchequer returns give scope for tax cutsDepartment of Finance exceeds deficit target for third successive yearSat Jan 04 2014 - 01:00
Eerie echoes of current crisis in 1983 budget filesA ballooning deficit and a crushing debt burden put fragile coalition to the testSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Bailout myth is a cocktail of half-truths and downright evasionsOpinion: Wide acceptance of an unreliable narrative about what happened means we may never get to grips with the actual factsSat Dec 28 2013 - 00:01
Alan Dukes objected to ‘impertinence’ of questions about his 1983 holiday plansFinance minister suggested: ‘ask the media gurus where they are going’Fri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Prison population in 1983 was a third of today’sState’s jails held 1,350 inmates 30 years ago, compared with more than 4,000 in autumn 2013Fri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
How Garda officers’ careers ended during phone-tapping rowState papers from 1983 show government softened approach as Patrick McLaughlin and deputy commissioner Joseph Ainsworth opted for retirementFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Senior civil servant urged Haughey’s government to drop ‘highly optimistic’ projectionsSeán Cromien said tax claims in Fianna Fáil’s ‘The Way Forward’ plan were wrong, 1983 State papers showFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach supports cutting tax for middle-income familiesScope for reduction will not be clear until the budget, says Enda KennyTue Dec 24 2013 - 01:00
Varadkar ‘would not run from new challenge’Minister for Transport comments amid reports of possible move to health portfolioMon Dec 23 2013 - 09:12
Forfás to be abolishedCabinet agrees legislation to merge enterprise advisory body’s functions with Department of JobsMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:01
Minister in row with standards body over political party fundingHogan rejects plan to allow finances of local political units to be examined by Standards in Public Office CommissionMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:00
Kenny says he is keen to promote talent in 2014 reshuffleChanges planned for second half of next year after European electionsMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:00
‘Reform’ is not a magic wand that can remake our political cultureOpinion: Clientelism is a feature of Irish political life that has been with us for a very long timeSat Dec 21 2013 - 00:01
Abortion Act to become law from start of JanuaryMinister for Health signs commencement order and regulationsFri Dec 20 2013 - 20:05
Kenny dismisses speculation he will take up senior EU postTaoiseach says he would be flattered to be considered but it would not interest himThu Dec 19 2013 - 12:49
Hospital A&E departments could be downgraded under planService plan details €619m in savings but figure excludes €419m deficit carried overThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach rules out votes for all in Seanad electionsMeeting with party leaders on reformThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore and Shatter clash over proposed legal BillHeated exchanges at Cabinet over objection to planned amendmentWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:00
Nama calls on O’Brien to report claims of impropriety to GardaFianna Fáil senator alleges Nama is already being investigatedTue Dec 17 2013 - 08:28
Majority less likely to donate to charity since top-ups controversyPoll finds 69 per cent less likely to give to charitiesMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
Public will not forgive Enda Kenny if it turns out the worst is not over after allThe Taoiseach has staked his political reputation on a sustained recovery over the next two yearsMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
Poll reveals thriving FG but little joy for listless LabourOpinion: Popularity of Noonan out of line with fate of previous finance ministers who introduced harsh budgetsSun Dec 15 2013 - 00:01
Poll analysis: Noonan and Burton the Cabinet starsReilly brings up rear on 15% rating as he bears brunt of health service controversySat Dec 14 2013 - 07:48
EU leaders told to stay away from bailout exit eventsCoalition thought presence of Barroso and Rehn at events would send ‘wrong signals’Sat Dec 14 2013 - 06:50
Voters back Government on bailout exit strategyFG voters the most positive on exit, Sinn Féin voters the most negativeFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
A defining moment in Irish political historyFF-Green government gave an impression of incompetence in final days before the bailoutFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Satisfaction with Coalition rises ahead of bailout exitTaoiseach and Tánaiste also improve popularity over last ‘Irish Times’/Ipsos MRBI pollThu Dec 12 2013 - 17:34
Poll analysis: support for Government parties rallies despite budgetFianna Fáil will see poll rating as a little disappointing as it is exactly the same as in the last pollThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
Finding of collusion with IRA a prompt for us all to examine our consciencesOpinion: There were clearly sympathisers with the ‘armed struggle’ at all levels of southern societySun Dec 08 2013 - 00:01
Public perceptions: What do you know?An ‘Irish Times’ poll tests public knowledge of Irish life, Government spending and social-media usage, among other subjects. We have a lot to learnSun Dec 01 2013 - 08:00
Public opinion is one thing, facts are anotherPoll shows views held by the public about Irish life have little grounding in realitySat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore defends Labour’s record in GovernmentIreland would be going into a second bailout were it not for Labour, says leaderSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Voters who have left Labour can be won back if the economy is seen to improveOpinion: Ministers and TDs need to be far more vocal in explaining to the public what exactly the Government has been doingSat Nov 30 2013 - 00:01
Firms to be forced to negotiate with workers under new planGilmore to announce collective bargaining move at Labour conferenceFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:16
Tánaiste says Labour paying for decisions that ‘saved State’Gilmore does not agree that party will suffer collateral damage at the next electionFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Government reaction to referendum defeat is rapid, but may not be radicalOpinion: Reaching out to a wider electorate will prove a challenge for university senatorsThu Nov 28 2013 - 00:01
Huge number of new voters for Seanad university seatsAlmost 600,000 voters will be added to the register of electorsWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:01
All college graduates to get vote in Seanad electionsBill due before Cabinet will extend franchise to institutes of technologyTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
The wheels of government in Ireland grind too slowly for the public goodOpinion: New legislation will introduce an element of intergenerational equity into the pension systemSun Nov 24 2013 - 00:01
Government waste for 2011 estimated at over €22mBulk of losses in health service as millions overspent in other departmentsThu Nov 21 2013 - 12:22
Pensioners may face cuts under reform packageRetired members of troubled schemes to get lower payouts under legislationWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Pensioners in troubled schemes to face cuts under new lawInsolvent and restructured schemes to balance brunt of cuts between workers and retired membersTue Nov 19 2013 - 17:08
Forty of the State's worst ghost estates to be demolishedDevelopments with no hope of being finished to be bulldozed next year after list of 40 drawn upMon Nov 18 2013 - 08:18
Political not economic considerations dominant in bailout exit decisionOpinion: A backstop arrangement would have led to debates in many national parliaments in EuropeSat Nov 16 2013 - 07:02
