EU leaders clash over CAP and military funding as budget talks become fractious
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Jack Chambers ‘hopeful’ of ‘way forward’ to prevent further public sector strike
Stoppage next week ‘absolutely’ still on as things stand, union leader Kevin Callinan says
Union leader warns of ‘long and difficult dispute’ if breakthrough on pay not made
Taoiseach hopes ‘behind the scenes work’ leads to negotiations to avoid further public sector strikes
Could the public sector strike be a one-off?
Inside Politics: A second day of action is planned for next week but there is some hope it could be averted
‘Nobody can survive on the wages we’re getting’: public sector workers strike across the country
Coalition ‘open for negotations’ with unions, says Taoiseach, following action by more than 300,000 workers
Government seeks ‘negotiation process’ to avoid second round of public sector strikes
Union sources play down suggestion of fresh Government initiative, though informal contacts continue
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Teaching unions urge Taoiseach to intervene and prevent further strike action
Frustration with Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers triggers call around ‘role here for’ Martin
‘My pay hasn’t gone up – and everything else has’: Public sector workers have their say
Teachers, health workers, civil servants working in parks and tourist attractions say enough is enough as they take to pickets
AI will not bring about ‘displacement’ in public service, says Taoiseach
Martin urges critics of technology to focus on positives as he announces new forum on workplace effects
Deaths in Waterford attack put focus on increase in drug-related intimidation
Inside Politics: Public sector workers strike, with Government and unions yet to agree on talks process
Ireland players’ actions at Israel football games ‘shameful’, Jewish advocacy leader says
Jonathan Greenblatt spoke at event at Herzog Park, Dublin, highlighting ‘hostile environment’ for Irish Jews
Micheál Martin’s feathers ruffled by claims he is ‘playing chicken’ with striking workers
‘Enhanced social dialogue’ offered by Taoiseach more suited to AI summit than public sector unions’ pickets
Public sector pay can be discussed as ‘priority’ with unions ahead of strike, Minister says
More than 300,000 workers set for one-day work stoppage over prioritisation of pay in talks
Taoiseach to chair new Cabinet AI committee on regulation and impact of technology
Plans for new committee come as AI summit takes place in RDS as part of EU presidency
OpenAI to create 200 jobs in Dublin
This latest move will bring to 450 the number of roles OpenAI will have in Ireland
No national risk assessment published for more than two years despite geopolitical changes
Report, produced by Department of An Taoiseach, identifies most significant strategic and natural risks facing Ireland
About 10,000 people march through Dublin in support of Palestine
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has failed Gaza, Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign chairwoman Zoe Lawlor says
Dáil sitting next Wednesday cancelled due public sector workers’ strike
Government had provisionally scheduled a full day of Dáil business but this was contingent on staff at Leinster House being available
The remaking of Jack Chambers
Not yet restored as a leadership contender perhaps, but the Minister for Public Expenditure’s stock is higher than it has been for a long time
Public sector strike ‘inevitable’ and will see up to 150,000 medical appointments cancelled
First of two scheduled walkouts will bring widespread disruption, with further escalation possible in November
‘They were all sick of each other by then’: Inside the Government rooms where the budget was made
Fraught last-minute haggling in back rooms dominated the final days of negotiations as spending Minister Jack Chambers dug in
Deadline closes for further legal challenges to 1,000 affordable Dundrum homes
As Central Mental Hospital site build begins, Taoiseach plays down Land Development Agency ‘go away’ payment
Land Development Agency buys Dundrum objector’s house for €2.15m
Land Development Agency pays more than €2m to buy dormer bungalow to settle High Court case
US-backed social housing landlord returned €15m to investors ahead of sale
First Step Homes was sold to Home For Life for close to €70m in April
RTÉ DG says he has confidence in Minister after ‘constructive’ meeting on funding
Broadcaster’s managing director and chairman Terence O’Rourke met Patrick O’Donovan for just over an hour
Nurses stage lunchtime protests at number of hospitals nationwide
Protests are planned in advance of work stoppages that will begin in public health service next week
‘A KitKat budget from a TikTok Tánaiste’: Ivana Bacik takes a bite out of the Coalition
The day after Budget 2027, Sinn Féin seemed to have forgotten about it, but no amnesia among Labour and Soc Dems
Public sector pay dispute ‘unwarranted given our willingness to talk’, Taoiseach says
Martin defends budget, citing need to ‘judge between restraint and real impact of cost-of-living increases’
Republic must acknowledge forgetting northern nationalists, Leo Varadkar says
Former taoiseach says reconciliation process required to ‘say sorry for the fact that happened’
Budget 2027: Improved childcare supports to include after-school care
Families with a young child in creche could save €1,000 a year, while an income-tax package is expected for workers
Prospect of a €250 student fee reduction unlikely ahead of Budget 2027
The programme for government commits to continuing to reduce the student contribution fee over the lifetime of the Government
Fresh legal challenge to Orange march at Drumcree scheduled for Monday
Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition to seek leave to apply for judicial review of Parades Commission decision
Budget day looms amid first hints of uncertainty over corporation tax
Department admits that while business tax take will rise this year, it will not meet even recent forecasts
Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin ‘sincerity’ over Garvaghy Road situation
Micheál Martin says one football match is not going to get Israeli government to ‘change direction’
Taoiseach signals halt to home heating oil carbon tax increases for lifetime of Government
Micheál Martin also confirms welfare recipients and pensioners can expect Christmas bonus
Two US Air Force fighter jets land at Shannon after issue over the Atlantic
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagles left base in UK earlier on Saturday
Tánaiste Simon Harris and wife Caoimhe welcome baby girl
Minister for Finance will take paternity leave after Friday’s duties, it is understood
‘State bodies need to know they are being watched’: Government TD launches public spending site
Backbencher wants to create ‘panopticon’ for State entities and says Taoiseach approves
Micheál Martin’s Palestine contradiction
If his Department of Justice perseveres in its obduracy, the shame will not stop outside the door of Government Buildings
Taoiseach appeals for weekend calm in Drumcree ahead of legal challenge
‘Solution has to be through dialogue,’ Martin says, as sides prepare for High Court hearing on Monday
Aughinish Alumina steps up lobbying as European Commission considers sanctions
Taoiseach, Cabinet Ministers and MEPs contacted by Russian-owned plant in Co Limerick
Weather whiplash leaves us with no illusions about the reality of climate change
And yet the Government is still speaking out of both sides of its mouth
Taoiseach enters múinteoir-mode as he rejects comparison of Drumcree stand-off to Gaza
Richard Boyd Barrett tells Martin he has a responsibility to stand up against dehumanisation of a section of the population
Taoiseach tells Social Democrats reports of €7.50 pension increase ‘may not be true at all’
Cian O’Callaghan says reported €7.50 pension increase ‘doesn’t even keep pace with inflation’
Budget stories take back seat to fast-moving Garvaghy Road developments
Inside Politics: Dáil bids farewell to renowned Irish Times columnist and colour writer Miriam Lord
Minister for Health stands over Cork University Hospital safety and staffing levels
Hospital chief executive had said she did not believe it safe to enter winter ‘with the level of staffing uncertainty that currently exists’.
A Krakatoa that nobody saw coming: Dáil united on grave business of Garvaghy Road
Sinn Féin leader agrees with Taoiseach that Parades Commission decision to permit Orange Order march was ‘incomprehensible’
Drumcree standoff puts a significant achievement of the peace process at risk
Political leadership on all sides means supporting talks that are open to the possibility of a walk
Ireland’s EU presidency may be about to hit a snag
Inside Politics: Civil servants’ work-to-rule could cause ‘serious disruption’; meanwhile, this is a dangerous moment in the North
Micheál Martin did something unique in our history, making what happened next even worse
With his speech to the UN, Micheál Martin did something unique in our history. It makes what happened next even worse
Powersharing looks precarious as parade splits North
Inside Politics: Fuel protests on Ministers’ minds with budget nearing
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