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
Significant signal of sovereignty restored in DublinBig contrast with shambolic way entering the bailout began in 2010Fri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Public sector has hired 5,000 JobBridge internsDepartment of Social Protection says interns benefitThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Incoming Eirgrid chairman denies conflict of interestJohn O’Connor rejects suggestion of ‘overlap’ with former job at An Bord PleanálaWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Francie O’Brien was a popular figure across the divide in Leinster HouseFiana Fáil Senator defied party headquarters to keep winning re-electionWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Shatter urges those behind anti-Semitic posters to ‘come clean’Offensive material posted on bridge in Limerick attacks Taoiseach and local TDsMon Nov 11 2013 - 18:01
Labour TD Ciaran Lynch is strong favourite to chair banking inquiryIntensive meetings involving senior Government members, the Oireachtas and committees tendering to hold the inquiryMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
1916 centenary should not be played by anyone for party political advantageOpinion: The Rising was a complex event, best understood in the context of the bloodletting of the Great WarSat Nov 09 2013 - 00:01
Minister defends decision to cut welfare payment for under-25sGiving significant welfare payments at 18 not best way to help young people into work, says Joan BurtonWed Nov 06 2013 - 01:01
Kenny backs referendum on same sex marriageTaoiseach makes first public declaration that he will back campaignTue Nov 05 2013 - 21:23
Referendum on same-sex marriage to be held in 2015Number of other proposed constitutional changes including reduction in voting age to 17 will be put to the electorate on same dayTue Nov 05 2013 - 17:11
Cabinet set to back vote on same-sex unionGovernment parties likely to push out referendum on marriage until 2015Tue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Murder, sainthood and Irishness in ArgentinaDickie Kelly, the brother of a priest murdered in the Dirty War of the 1970s, is third-generation Irish and retains a strong midlands accentTue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Kenny and Gilmore at odds over handling of property tax paymentTánaiste asks Revenue to reconsider approach while Taoiseach backs its strategyMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Kenny insists nobody has to pay property tax until 2014Joan Burton says Revenue must communicate to homeowners that payment is not due immediatelySun Nov 03 2013 - 13:37
Kenny must move carefully through bailout exitThe Taoiseach’s optimism may be blinding him to the dangers aheadSun Nov 03 2013 - 00:01
Bailout exit is ‘Labour’s way’, says GilmoreTánaiste looks forward to distance from Frankfurt and stresses his overseas roleSat Nov 02 2013 - 01:01
Tánaiste says he will stick with tasks aheadLabour leader says he won’t be deflected after three councillors quit in three daysFri Nov 01 2013 - 01:00
Jobless total at lowest for four yearsNumber on the Live Register drops below 400,000 for first time since May 2009Thu Oct 31 2013 - 06:34
Enda Kenny to consult Fine Gael on issue of same-sex marriageTaoiseach’s decision welcomed by parliamentary party chairman Charlie FlanaganThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Government postpones decision on same sex marriage voteCabinet defers talks on subject for a week to allow Kenny consult FG backbenchersWed Oct 30 2013 - 14:05
Same-sex union referendum to pose problems for Fine GaelLabour is driving the agenda but Fine Gael backing for it would anger conservative votersWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:00
Opportunity missed for real debate on Upper HouseGovernment made a huge error in pandering to anti-politician moodSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Minimum alcohol pricing on way in bid to fight abuseProposed ban on sports sponsorship by drinks companies is postponedWed Oct 23 2013 - 07:20
Minimum price for alcohol to be introducedCabinet decides to proceed with range of measures but proposed sports sponsorship ban kicked to touchTue Oct 22 2013 - 16:20
Scale of health cuts intensifies pressure on ReillyFianna Fáil leader claims figures produced in the budget had been shown to be dishonestMon Oct 21 2013 - 13:28
Varadkar to give transport committee more input into formulation of statutory instrumentsMinister for Transport says he believes in having a close relationship with the committeeMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Coalition needs to watch its step as public reaches limits of capacity to absorb painOpinion: Cut in tax relief for health insurance has gone down badly with Fine Gael supportersSat Oct 19 2013 - 00:01
Coalition looks to bailout exit as Ministers defend tough budgetSenior figures from both parties believe budget is turning point for GovernmentThu Oct 17 2013 - 09:05
2014 is last of the difficult budgets, Gilmore saysTánaiste says plan focuses on increasing jobsWed Oct 16 2013 - 13:17
Budget’s blend of austerity and stimulus no surpriseStephen Collins: Good dollop of luck every bit as important as various elements of packageWed Oct 16 2013 - 11:02
Tough budget tempered by €500m jobs stimulus planEligibility limits for medical cards, cut in maternity benefit most likely to cause political difficultiesWed Oct 16 2013 - 09:37
Expelled Fine Gael TDs and Senators form allianceBid for Dáil speaking rights as group insist they are not forming a new political partySat Sept 14 2013 - 01:01
Signs of Coalition losing nerve as winning post loomsLabour under pressure from those who opposed participation in government in the first placeFri Sept 13 2013 - 17:09
Dáil reform plan has potential for significant changeWeakness has been on legislative sideFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
Dail to sit earlier and on more Fridays as part of reformsKey elements to come into force if electorate votes to abolish Seanad on October 4thThu Sept 12 2013 - 13:57
TD refuses to join Fine Gael dissidentsWalsh says group may have ‘ulterior agenda’Thu Sept 12 2013 - 01:02
Taoiseach confirms citizens will have role in legislationDáil reform package to be announced todayThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:02
FG Protestant councillors fear for future of their schoolsClaim ‘intransigence’ of Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn’s policy will lead to closuresWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Key change on drafting laws to be put before CabinetMembers of the public to be involved in debate preceding drafting of legislationWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Roscommon Senator Terry Leyden cancels pub opening after embarrassing rowOireachtas envelopes used for invitationsMon Sept 09 2013 - 18:55
Seanad is a ‘rigged, elitist’ body with no purpose, says Fine Gael bookletPublication to be used at meetingsMon Sept 09 2013 - 01:02
Winning the Seanad referendum could damage Kenny more than losing itOpinion: A house condemned to abolition could spell trouble for the GovernmentSat Sept 07 2013 - 00:01
Debate heats up ahead of Seanad referendum‘No’ side calls for ‘real reform’ of Houses, saying proposal started as political stuntMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
No key decisions on budget made yet, says BrutonNo change in basic rates of social welfare or tax expectedMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Proposals to abolish Seanad a ’simple choice’, Bruton saysVoters can have fewer politician and save €20m or retain outmoded system, minister saysSun Sept 01 2013 - 12:58
