Miriam Lord: Scuttling things in the Dáil bars

A rat in TDs’ midst; Shane Ross’s birthday; Dr Reilly’s tie; hands, knees and boomps-a-daisy

Brexit the impetus as ‘new Irish’ take citizenship in Waterford

British and Poles dominate among 670 people taking part in conferring ceremony

New strategy aims to double employment in space-related technology

Sector worth €500 million a year to get bigger as new opportunities arise

Stephen Collins: Donohoe’s decisions will make or break Government

Fine Gael’s reputation hinges on taking measures needed to get spending under control

Dutch royals told housing crisis holding back Irish tech sector

First day of visit included round-table discussion on immigration and meeting Higgins

McGrath to join anti-Trump protest as US president a ‘threat to world’

Minister of State to attend Stand Up to Trump rally during US president’s Irish visit

Twelve researchers each receive €1m State funding for new projects

Topics range from breast cancer treatment to 3D-printed batteries and cultural mapping

Colleges and companies to partner on courses for ‘future economy’

Six new research centres to receive €100m to train students in digital, data science and ICT

Dublin accounts for almost half of all IDA site visits

Multinationals still favouring the capital when looking to establish or expand here

Love is not in the air for Fianna Fáil over confidence-and-supply deal

Inside Politics: Party rolled its eyes when John McGuinness was on radio

Nurses lead condemnation of protest outside Simon Harris’s home

Harris says what happened ‘was plain and simple intimidation’

John Halligan says IDA cannot force companies to locate outside Dublin or cities

Fianna Fáil TD for Waterford Mary Butler claims there seems to be a ‘two-tier approach to regional job-creation’

An Taisce settles Providence court case with Government

Heritage body had challenged awarding of survey licence for exploration project

TDs back controversial occupied territories Bill, Independent Ministers abstain

Tánaiste warns support for Bill could lead to Israel closing Dublin embassy

Hidden vote deal between Alliance and Fine Gael comes under pressure

Alliance under pressure not to vote against Government on occupied territories Bill

Varadkar asks Ministers to stop criticising Shane Ross

Taoiseach wants to end public ‘back and forth’ with Independent Alliance

Irish university makes first Brexit-inspired academic appointment

UCC and Oxford jointly hire top quantum scientist, capitalising on uncertainty in UK

Providence holds fire on well site after legal challenge

Judicial review brought by An Taisce over permission to survey site off south coast

Politicians ‘speed dating’ with the public for better Ireland

Young people, environmental organisations, and others address TDs and Senators

Number of female apprentices has risen five-fold since 2016

Minister says apprentice training ‘Cinderella’ of career options but an exciting job choice

Fears over funding cut to childbirth health research centre

Decision on world-class facility ‘damaging and dreadful’ – Prof Louise Kenny

Ireland joins the European Southern Observatory

Astronomers in Ireland will access the world’s most advanced ground-based telescopes

€22m manufacturing research centre launched in UCD

Centre will work with industry to develop understanding around complex manufacturing

Ross says Independent Alliance has ended cronyism and brought stability

Alliance wants to see tax on gambling raised from 1% to 2% in the budget

Independents will not seek to block Trump visit, Cabinet told

Alliance members say they will protest against US president during his Ireland trip

Trump’s Irish visit came a ‘little bit out of the blue,’ Varadkar says

Two Government ministers say they will boycott State events with US president

Mattie McGrath tells Mary McAleese ‘to get off the stage’

Independent TD says former President is ‘spoiling’ Pope’s visit through criticisms

McGrath: the criticism is overdone, a ‘céad míle fáilte’ awaits pope

TD says people who don’t want to take part can ignore the papal visit or ‘go to the beach’

Independent Alliance wants hotel VAT rate to rise 4.5%

Cost of the lowered rate since its introduction in 2011 has been €2.7bn

Independent Alliance seeks leave for workers to mind elderly parents

Independents also want Paschal Donohoe’s budget to cap all road tolls for private cars at €5 per day

Civil servants receive training in avoiding ‘unconscious bias’

Government departments spent €35,000 on training to minimise effect of hidden prejudice

Independents will tell Varadkar to cool election talk

Discussions will include the forthcoming budget and the future of the Coalition

IDA land bank necessary to attract investment, Minister says

Government and agency rebuff efforts to use vacant sites to alleviate housing crisis

Irish team ready for warp speed in Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

Éirloop has already beaten the odds to become one of 20 finalists in California

Science Foundation Ireland awards 641 schools for Stem efforts

Seeing so many primary schools take part in programme extremely encouraging, says SFI

Fancy officially celebrating the Fourth of July? No, say McGrath, Halligan, Howlin

A number of politicians have declined invitations to a US embassy event in protest over Trump administration policies

Varadkar urged to take hard line with Fianna Fáil

Senior Government sources say Taoiseach is eager to have general election this year

Government announces €8m funding for apprenticeships

Money will help Institutes of Technology to deliver training in 13 programmes

Bishop condemns ‘jumping and roaring’ over poll result

Alphonsus Cullinan questions ‘the critical thinking ability of the Irish’

TDs line up ‘tally people’ to scrutinise voting trends

No advocate Mattie McGrath (Ind) says there will be a full election-style tally on Saturday

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