Budget offers a little something for nearly everyoneAnalysis: Series of small cuts means language of stability, hope and recovery may be met with scepticismTue Oct 15 2013 - 17:44
Benefits for new claimants under-25 to be cut in budgetFree GP care for children aged five and under to be introducedMon Oct 14 2013 - 17:56
Reform Alliance likely to evolve cautiously towards becoming a political partyOpinion: A successful launch could see the group back in power as part of a coalitionSat Oct 12 2013 - 12:21
Burton under Fine Gael pressure over ‘welfare traps’School book rental scheme proposed to soften blow of budget cutsSat Oct 12 2013 - 06:37
Coalition targets welfare benefits for budget cutsGas, electricity and telephone allowances for pensioners and people with disabilities under scrutinyFri Oct 11 2013 - 08:55
Irish debt linked to Angela Merkel talks on coalitionSocial Democratic party has set its face against using ESM permanent bailout fund to provide capital directly to Irish banksFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:18
Tension builds between Fine Gael and Labour over cuts to health and social welfare in budgetWhile lower retrenchment target has eased strain, there is no agreement on which department will benefitThu Oct 10 2013 - 07:05
EU blessing signals lower-target budgetFine Gael pressurises Labour over welfare cutsWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:03
Coalition gives EU budget outline for approvalInformal agreement with revised target awaited before Cabinet finalises packageMon Oct 07 2013 - 07:38
FG fears day of reckoning over Enda Kenny’s Seanad gambleThere is deep concern within the Fine Gael ranks that its populist referendum campaign misfired so badlyMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:01
Government says Seanad reform is on the agendaCoalition pledges to press ahead with raft of constitutional changes despite referendum defeatMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
Result has undermined Taoiseach’s political authorityNarrow margin and low turnout provides little comfort for KennySat Oct 05 2013 - 18:12
‘No’ vote would be nightmare scenario for TaoiseachEnda Kenny has been unwavering champion of abolitionSat Oct 05 2013 - 12:30
Pressure on Burton over budgetMinister meets with Howlin for second time this weekFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:01
Mathews earned reputation for criticising his own Government’s banking policyDecision to leave party altogether comes soon after his alignment with other Fine Gael dissidents in Reform AllianceFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
Labour Senators deny failure to vote was a bid to undermine CoalitionGovernment defeated in Seanad on Private Members’ Bill on upward only rent reviewsFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
Government suffers defeat in Seanad voteFour Labour senators failed to show up for a voteThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Welfare and health cuts to be last battle in budget talksMain question is extent to which reduction goes to ease cuts to welfare and health budgetsThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Spending cuts favoured in areas where beneficiaries perceived as prosperousHardly any voters favour cutting old age pensions or school fundingWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:00
Third of voters say €3.1bn budget target should be retainedIrish Times poll reveals 50% in favour of lower retrenchmentWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:00
Troika adds to pressure over fiscal targetsForecasts from EU suggest Government is likely to miss its year-end deficit targetTue Oct 01 2013 - 08:51
Fine Gael and Labour warn against complacency over Seanad opinion poll leadAbolitionist pulls ahead but supporters of upper house insist there is still time to sway votersTue Oct 01 2013 - 01:00
Seanad referendum set to pass on cost argumentIrish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll finds 44% would vote to abolish Upper House while 27% want it retainedMon Sept 30 2013 - 06:12
Fate of the Seanad may all come down to potential cost savingsThe abolitionists are winning on grounds of cost, despite the disputed figuresMon Sept 30 2013 - 04:00
All eyes on Berlin as bailout exit strategy takes shapeKey questions over Ireland’s exit from the bailout remain to be settledSun Sept 29 2013 - 00:01
Size of budget measures depends on tax receipts out this weekCoalition partners close to deal after both negotiating positions begin to moveFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:01
Scramble on for seats in redraw of three large constituenciesSome MEPs will struggle to retain their posts in new electoral divisionThu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00
MEPs face uphill battle to retain seatsVast new constituencies will present a big challenge to lesser-known candidatesThu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00
Changes to constituencies herald shake-up in European electionWould-be MEPs face having to campaign in up to 15 countiesThu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00
No accord on budget target as talks go onThe lack of consensus on the fiscal target at the EMCWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:17
Dissident TDs call for Oireachtas to reform SeanadFine Gael TDs and senators have tabled a motion calling on the Oireachtas to reform the SeanadWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Aviva Stadium and Cliffs of Moher to feature in Irish passport redesignNew security features to be introduced next weekTue Sept 24 2013 - 21:08
Fine Gael may accept budget target of under €3 billionCompromise taking place in Coalition on Labour demand to ease budget retrenchmentTue Sept 24 2013 - 07:50
Opposing sides in Seanad referendum step up effortsFine Gael standing by contentious claim abolition will save €20m per yearTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
DPP intervened to say inquiry could compromise Anglo trialsGovernment told investigation could interfere with three criminal trialsFri Sept 20 2013 - 06:54
Likely ringfencing of Anglo from bank inquiry underlines Government concernBelief in Coalition circles is Anglo case should be avoided until trials endThu Sept 19 2013 - 12:37
Oireachtas committee ‘best placed’ to conduct banks inquiryIndependent TD Shane Ross disagrees with committee chair, saying inquiry would be a ‘fiasco’Thu Sept 19 2013 - 12:15
Noonan warns of tough budget despite upbeat dataCSO figures show Ireland exited recession in second quarter as exports rose and spending picks upThu Sept 19 2013 - 11:14
Ministers want Anglo kept out of initial bank inquiryGovernment figures concerned trials of FitzPatrick, McAteer and Whelan could be jeopardisedThu Sept 19 2013 - 10:27
Kenny poised to reshuffle Cabinet next yearTaoiseach’s comments seen as warning to Ministers and TDs to stay on their toes through difficult Budget talksWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:11
HSE under pressure to abide by Haddington Road agreementHSE to confirm it overran budget by €63 million in first six months of yearWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:01
Kenny demands party line in referendum campaignTaoiseach says scrapping Seanad central to party’s policyWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
Reshuffle and budgetary restraints prey on Fine Gael mindsDecision on Ireland’s next EU commissioner has also to be madeWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach rejects ‘uno duce una voce’ accusationFF leader launches scathing attack on Taoiseach for refusing to debate Seanad issue on TV with himTue Sept 17 2013 - 17:38
Michael Noonan makes case for budget surplus in 2014Statement highlights Coalition tensions over extent of budget adjustmentTue Sept 17 2013 - 06:57
Noonan set out position from which he cannot easily retreatDeep pressure to give something back, Noonan struck a different noteTue Sept 17 2013 - 06:46
Priory Hall solution deadline of 21 daysTaoiseach and Minister for Environment commit to resolving issueTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:01
Next election not until March 2016, says KennyTaoiseach dismissed talk of tension within the Coalition as ‘speculation’Tue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
Kenny says next election will be held in March 2016Taoiseach says people can then deliver their judgment on whether Government has deliveredMon Sept 16 2013 - 21:41
Coalition parties divided over key budget decisionsDivisions emerge as Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil hold think-ins ahead of new Dáil termMon Sept 16 2013 - 08:24
