Child benefit reform is a no-brainer. So why has the Government not done it?
Feckless inertia has become actively malign
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Feckless inertia has become actively malign
Absence will also be available to women who have abortions
Minister last year revealed he was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2016 and managing the condition ever since.
Behaviour towards Protestants and Orange Order members during presidential election campaign ‘shameful’, says Harold Henning
In Drum, Co Monaghan, vitriol aimed at Fine Gael’s presidential candidate still chills residents almost a year on
Minister for Justice has faced backlash from legal profession, with lawyers refusing work and cases adjourned
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Party’s merchandising operation saw surge in sales to €405,612 in 2025
Fianna Fáil MEPs to abstain in non-binding motion and advocate for ‘full ban’
Taoiseach rejects Bill as approach that 'has failed repeatedly over past 100 years’
Would it remain Northern Ireland, though under the ultimate jurisdiction of Dublin, rather than London? Or would it be subsumed into a united Ireland?
Big Jim O’Callaghan hears voices, Zelenskiy’s joke opens the Euro Lingo Bingo, laptop Lawless comes down on data centres
Offer of vehicles to Ukraine army disregards our neutrality
Fine Gael’s Paula Butterly ‘happy to correct’ incident at committee
Move helping hospitality sector and hairdressers is expected to cost €681m and has attracted criticism
Dáil also hears of aautistic and non-verbal boy facing into third year without primary school place in September
Coalition parties dream of income tax cuts while most economists predict shades of financial Armageddon
Study shows younger people and those on lower incomes are distinctly more sceptical about Government plan to tap bank savings
Fianna Fáil representative for Donnaghmede says election to first citizen ‘truly the greatest honour’ of his life
Government’s €2bn Shared Island Fund succeeding because it has not become embroiled in constitutional debate, says Martin
Are we supposed to believe 60,000 abortions since 2018 have nothing to do with falling school enrolments?
Proponents say proposal has had plenty of examination - but opponents may play for time
Successful motion obliges council to engage with tenants and unions before increases can come into effect
Progress in eradicating extreme poverty has decelerated in past decade due to interconnected crises, says Neale Richmond
Special rapporteur has interviewed locals about concerns regarding soil, air and water contamination
Figures show 265 people aged 65 or older, of whom 146 in Dublin, in emergency accommodation during April
Harris says right to protest does not extend to blockading critical infrastructure
Cllr Damian Boylan (Fine Gael) defeated Sinn Féin’s Cllr Fiona Kerins by 19 votes to eight with one abstention
Nightly levy has been considered in Dublin, but would require a change at national level
A blueprint is a detailed plan which can be followed to build something. Harris is promising it by the time of the Fine Gael ardfheis in November. It’s not going to happen
As we prepare for a reconfigured Ireland, the ideal place for a new city is the northwest – Sligo to be precise
Issues from policing to currency that affect all of us need to be addressed
Analysis: The speed of the Fine Gael leader’s shift in attitude has taken even his own party by surprise
Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period
More than 17,500 people, including 5,604 children, were in emergency accommodation in April, latest figures show
Greatest effect would be for women who, for various complex reasons, seek an abortion close to the end of their first trimester
Dispiriting familiarity to parade of TDs coming out to say they would vote against Bill allowing women make their own choice
New planning guidelines for rural Ireland to be approved, Tánaiste Simon Harris tells Fine Gael meeting
Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access
Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant
Rioters focused their cruel fury on people of colour, whose ancestors were once fellow subjects of the crown
Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’
Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’
Government establishing trail with native tree, information panel at each ancestral site, literary guides for adults and children
National Economic Dialogue forum used to stress need for restraint and sustainable fiscal management
Every party in Dáil favours a united Ireland and subject is not owned by Sinn Féin, says Simon Harris
Inside Politics: Fuel prices, public pay and derelict sites all feature on a busy political agenda
One person who spoiled their vote in Urlingford wrote on the ballot paper: ‘I would rather vote for Hitler than vote for a Tipperary man’
Irish savers could soon plough billions into a tax-efficient, State-backed vehicle. But can the media-savvy Tánaiste deliver?
Men met in York in February 2002 and were paid hundreds of thousands of pounds months later by Lowry and O’Brien
Government to introduce new tax out of ‘frustration ... and some bit of anger’, Tánaiste says
Fine Gael leader says planning for constitutional change ‘must involve listening to all traditions’
The danger of Ireland’s reliance on a few big companies rises ever higher -but Irish politics does not want to know
Three months on from revelations and there is no clear response to deeply uncomfortable situation around Co Limerick plant
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices