Taoiseach taps ESRI’s McQuinn as economic adviser
Economics professor Alan Ahearne had previously served as adviser to Micheál Martin
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Conor McGregor visits the White House as McDonald and Martin brawl in the Dáil
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Banks join regulator estimating Government will miss housing targets
Banking and Payments Federation Ireland cites inefficiencies in critical infrastructure
Where do clothes go once they are donated to charity shops?
Just 50 per cent of clothes donated to charity shops are fit for resale - the bulk of the remainder go abroad
Taoiseach’s ‘sniggering’ in Oval Office was action of ‘obsequious coward’, claims Sinn Féin leader
Martin says McDonald's 'feigned outrage' ignores his comments about housing being Ireland’s number-one issue
Government to establish National Security Council
Taoiseach to chair group comprising Cabinet Ministers, Garda and Defence Forces chiefs and senior officials
Ireland must scale up preparations for extreme weather events, climate council warns
‘If we do not put structures and resources in place, communities will be increasingly exposed,’ Climate Change Advisory Council chair says
New York’s solemn St Patrick’s Day traditions a reminder of the old order in a turbulent new world
Mass and marching in the morning: a hard business warning from the Tánaiste in the afternoon
Tax breaks for developers to build apartments under consideration by Minister of Housing
Housing crisis: Paschal Donohoe warns against return similar tax incentives of Celtic Tiger years
Striking the right balance on Irish offshore wind and protection of marine life
High-value habitats can be avoided if identified but it is the less obvious impacts that are so far known to cause the biggest effects
Radical overhaul of retrofit grants under consideration
Case for improved incentives based on big shortfall in delivering retrofits, district heating and heat pumps
Taoiseach’s tricky Trump visit as hard to predict as Ireland vs France
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Simon Harris and Marco Rubio at odds over trade call
Southern voters would consider big changes to institutions in a united Ireland
Public open to new structures to accommodate a change reality
New supports needed as energy bills set to rise further, officials warn
Official source notes 10% and 24% of electricity and gas customers respectively in arrears
Law change allows for deployment of Irish special forces to Kyiv
Cabinet approves plans to amend legislation so only Government and Dáil approval is required to send more than 12 peacekeepers overseas
Five ways to slash Ireland’s looming multi-billion euro climate fines
Two advisory councils outline gross failures to face up to climate realities
State-led offshore LNG facility will only be used following supply disruptions, says Minister
Opposition accuses Government of failing to consider independent analysis of zero-carbon energy backup options
Widespread breaches of smoky coal regulations uncovered in Dublin
‘Results raise serious concerns about effectiveness of regulations and integrity of solid fuel supply chain’
Plans to extend widow’s and widower’s pensions to non-marital surviving partners to go to Cabinet
Changes to triple lock for troop deployments, €100 million for Ukraine and proposal for LNG facility also due to be discussed by Ministers
Government to move this week on changing triple lock
Move intended to free Government’s hand when it comes to overseas missions
Ireland likely to commit to hundreds of millions in aid to Ukraine at emergency EU summit
EU leaders expected to agree on €20bn Ukraine package this week amid concerns over US support
Draft legislation to change triple lock on Irish troop deployment to be brought to Cabinet
Simon Harris will also bring proposal to provide €100m in aid for Ukraine to Ministers
Charlie Haughey was framed and then he disappeared. But soon the mystery was solved
Micheál Martin was thrilled although for a while it looked like there’d been a drastic rewriting of history
Plans to base combat jets at Shannon airport at annual cost of €100m
Simon Harris says he is convinced of need to acquire combat jet aircraft to ‘deter and detect’ airborne threats as part of massive increase in defence spending
Europe’s leaders lined up to sway Trump on Ukraine - but did it work?
From Dáil speaking rights row to the German elections, it's your essential end-of-week politics catch-up
Climate experts warn Government against move to import LNG from US
Letter to Taoiseach follows his assertion Ireland ‘will have to have an LNG facility of some kind’
Paul Murphy allowed to serve Taoiseach with legal papers seeking to injunct ‘super junior’ ministers
TD claims that the attendance of super junior ministers at Cabinet meetings is unconstitutional
Move to fracked gas ‘will not give Ireland energy security’, conference told
Mary Robinson warns of power of fossil fuel lobbyists spending $4 billion a year on communications
MKC appoints Brian Harrison as new managing director
Harrison replaces company cofounder Tim Kinsella, who will move into an executive director role after 10 years at the helm
Ireland to donate air defence systems to Ukraine as war enters fourth year
Continued support for Ukraine ‘a necessity and not a choice’, Simon Harris to tell EU foreign ministers
Miriam Lord’s Week: Verona Murphy needs help understanding Micheál Martin, but does he know what he said himself?
The latest wheeze to appease Regional Independent TDs has further riled Opposition, and mystery surrounds a mooted Linda Martin presidency
Payment for accommodating Ukraine refugees set to be cut
Minister seeks review of provisions for excluding people convicted of non-political crimes from being granted refugee status
No unilateral roster changes for thousands of HSE staff, say unions
Senior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreements
Leaving Cert reforms ‘favour children of affluent families’
Labour TD Eoghan Kenny hits out at rushed changes while Helen McEntee says ‘huge amount’ of consultation work done
Ireland ‘lagging’ behind other countries on infrastructure, watchdog says
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council calls for enough construction workers to deliver projects
Proposal to relax planning rules for cabins ‘tinkering around edges’ of housing crisis, McDonald says
Minister of State John Cummins says proposal would allow more people to live independently
Planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens set to be relaxed
Extensions up to 40m2 to a home can be built without planning permission whereas habitable structures of this size must have approval if not attached to the home itself
Taoiseach accused of drinking too much ‘big tech Kool-Aid’
To shut door on data centres would send signal Ireland does not want to be part of ‘most profound economic revolution’, Micheál Martin says
Possible tax breaks for property development not discussed at ministerial meeting on housing
Government preparing to agree additional €450 million in capital funding for housing sector
Fianna Fáil interventions on housing prompt puzzlement in Fine Gael
Mood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Ireland could give Ukraine €50m in non-lethal military support, Cabinet to hear
Simon Harris to brief ministers on plan and seek approval for Ireland’s participation in G20 forum, while Peter Burke is to set out IDA Ireland’s new five-year strategy
‘Too many’ unentitled asylum applicants, says Minister, signalling cut in supports
Cutting Ukrainian hosting payment will ‘push people into homelessness’, say advocacy groups
Ireland’s lack of security strategy ‘indefensible’, veteran Garda intelligence officer says
Six-year delay in publishing strategy criticised ‘at a time of heightened global instability and risk’
Harsh to blame Verona Murphy after Micheál Martin ignites slow-burning brouhaha
Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney
As the Healy-Raes give the people what they want (tar) Trump to give Ireland what it doesn’t (tariffs)
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Furious scenes in the Dáil after Taoiseach’s unparliamentary language as Gaeilge
Ireland’s climate and energy security must not be sacrificed to appease Trump with LNG deal - Friends of the Earth
‘Government must not lock Ireland into long-term gas addiction in short-term effort to distract US president’
Government orders review of operations of Arts Council following €6m IT system controversy
Ministers criticised handling of project by Arts Council and Department of Arts
Heavy focus on US as Cabinet set to sign off on St Patrick’s Day travel plans
Emphasis on building trade links to Republican-leaning ‘red states'
Q&A: What next for the YSTE, Ireland’s annual showcase of young scientific talent?
A big player in pharma/healthcare, biotech or the tech world would be good fit in replacing BT
538 public servants are on career breaks. One has lasted 12 years
At least 50 employees of Government departments and their agencies on career break for five years or more
Miriam Lord’s Week: Who’s that brave England supporter among the guests of the Six Nations?
Ireland-England game brought the great and good to the Aviva, including a former British PM
Social housing targets need ‘adequate funding’, officials tell Minister
Local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are ‘approaching capacity’ under existing resourcing
Twitchiness abounds as Gucci Government awaits invite to Trumps’ Irish jamboree
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: End of Dáil fireworks brings spending and housing to the fore
Coalition confident shock 2020 defeat of its candidate for leas-cheann comhairle will not be repeated
John McGuinness expected to be elected, but secret ballot injects uncertainty
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