Kenny calls for SF to 'clarify' official positionReaction: Fine Gael last night said the questioning of a Sinn Féin member among the seven people arrested by gardaí in connection…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
FG, Labour plan by-election pactFine Gael campaign launch: The Fine Gael and Labour leaders will speak this weekend with a view to formalising a vote-transfer…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Callely insists that he is 'at one' with Cullen despite public rebukeThe Minister of State for Transport, Mr Ivor Callely, has claimed he is "at one" with Mr Cullen in spite of a public rebuke from…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
Public 'in dark' over EU ConstitutionThe overwhelming majority of Irish people know little or nothing about the European Constitution agreed under Ireland's EU presidency…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
FF, FG to battle for Bruton seatFianna Fáil and Fine Gael are likely to dominate the by-election for the seat held for 35 years by Mr John Bruton.Wed Feb 16 2005 - 00:00
Commuting, schools to top Kildare agendaCommuter issues will be to the fore in the by-election in Kildare North, the fast-growing constituency that epitomises the rapid…Wed Feb 16 2005 - 00:00
Hotel planned for former Haughey estateThe new owners of Mr Charles Haughey's Abbeville estate in north Dublin are seeking planning permission for a hotel, golf and…Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
FG claims Revenue owes taxpayers €1.5bnFine Gael has claimed that the Revenue owes workers at least €1Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Calls to protect public from irresponsible journalismSenators have urged the Government to ensure that a new Press Council is strong enough to protect the public from irresponsible…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Media must subscribe to code of conduct - McDowellSeanad debate on privacy and defamation: The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has said media organisations will have to subscribe…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Minister rules out renewing PR contract with LeechThe Government last night confirmed that its working relationship with the public relations consultant Ms Monica Leech has ended…Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
Ethics commission seeks legal advice on Leech investigationThe fate of the Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, hangs in the balance this weekend after the State's ethics watchdog put off…Sat Feb 05 2005 - 00:00
Expected savings from new set-up challengedThe Comptroller & Auditor General, Mr John Purcell, has questioned official projections for cost savings arising from the…Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:00
Strong security system advisedThe chairman of the Dáil Committee of Public Accounts has warned of the possibility of interference in the electronic voting …Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:00
Confidence in e-voting 'eroded' by controversyThe head of the Government Department responsible for electronic voting has conceded that public confidence in the initiative…Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:00
Martin gets tax evasion progress reportThe authorised officer examining three companies linked to the Ansbacher affair has submitted a "progress report" to the Minister…Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Greens say museum chief was told not to discuss Tara routeThe Green Party has called on the Government to explain why the director of the National Museum, Dr Pat Wallace, was advised …Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
FG criticises cost of prison siteFine Gael has claimed the Government paid five times the going rate when it agreed to spend €30 million on the site at Thornton…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Tanaiste defends Ansbacher moveThe Tánaiste, Ms Harney, has said that she directed an authorised officer to finish his examination of some of the Ansbacher-…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
'Fraction' of projects in WaterfordOffice of Public Works projects in Waterford represented only a fraction of its activities in 2001 and 2002, the period in which…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
Leech PR contract will not be renewedThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Roche, has indicated that a PR contract given to Ms Monica Leech by his predecessor, Mr …Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
Cullen did not breach rules over Leech contractsFindings: Minister for Transport left himself open to 'perception of impropriety' by proposing supporter for PR workFri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Parties claim Minister's position now underminedOpposition reaction: The Opposition has claimed the Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, has been seriously undermined by the …Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Standards body studying reportWhat happens next: The Standards in Public Office Commission will decide next week whether to proceed with a full-scale inquiry…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Ahern to restrict ministerial use of PR agenciesThe Taoiseach is to withdraw from Ministers the power to directly hire private-sector public relations consultants, in an attempt…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Cullen expected to keep place in CabinetMr Martin Cullen appears to have retained his place in the Cabinet after he met the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, yesterday to a discuss…Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Ahern says he had no evidence Burke was corruptThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has said he had no evidence to prove that Ray Burke was corrupt before he appointed him to his first…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Leech report to exonerate CullenA report on the award of public relations contracts by the Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, is unlikely to contain a "smoking…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Holiday schedule limits Dail session to six weeksThe Dáil session beginning today after the six-week Christmas recess will continue for only six weeks because of a three-week…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Withdrawal of Hitler sympathy message unlikelyThe office of the President, Mrs McAleese, has declined to say whether she will take the opportunity at Auschwitz tomorrow of…Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Officials asked to review Leech reportOfficials in the Office of Public Works and the Department of Environment have been asked to review draft sections of a report…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Labour claims Ahern's judgment is in questionOpposition reaction: Labour has claimed the jailing of Burke raises very serious questions about the political judgment of the…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Hearings into Barron report on bombingFigures who were prominent Republicans in the 1960s and 1970s have been asked to attend hearings of an Oireachtas sub-committee…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Cullen camp feel Minister's name will be clearedPeople in the immediate circle of the Minister for Transport, Mr Cullen, are said to be increasingly confident about his fate…Mon Jan 24 2005 - 00:00
Tributes paid to Eileen DesmondThe Labour Party leader, Mr Pat Rabbitte, has led the tributes to the former TD, minister and MEP, Mrs Eileen Desmond (72), who…Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Harney says IRA link is 'serious, sinister'PD reaction: The Tánaiste, Ms Harney, has said that the implication of the Provisional IRA in the Northern Bank robbery was …Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Levels of trust damaged - AhernDublin reaction: The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, expressed concern yesterday that the Provisional IRA was planning the £26Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Superstores miss tax-relief deadlineSuperstore operators will not receive tax relief to develop warehouses in urban renewal areas because the relevant schemes have…Fri Jan 07 2005 - 00:00
Minister to visit affected regionsIRELAND: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Ahern, will visit Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka next week to review the devastation…Fri Jan 07 2005 - 00:00
Lifting of restrictions clears way for Ikea superstoreThe Government has cleared the way for the development of retail superstores by the Swedish furniture group Ikea and the US warehouse…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
Removal of store size rule clears way for IkeaThe removal of the restriction on the size of retail warehouses will apply to the eight places outside Dublin designated as "…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
State willing to increase €10m aid effort once UN decides on needsIRELAND: The Government has agreed in principle to increase its allocation of €10 million in emergency aid for the relief effort…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
OPW passes PR file to Leech inquiryThe Office of Public Works has given a file on its public relations contract with Ms Monica Leech to Mr Dermot Quigley, the former…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
Team set for disaster zone to assess possible role for ArmyThe Government is sending a high-level team of officials and military personnel to the tsunami disaster zone in Asia to assess…Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:00
World's biggest gum-maker lobbied against taxThe biggest maker of chewing gum in the world, Wrigley, lobbied the Government against plans to introduce special taxes on gum…Tue Jan 04 2005 - 00:00
Case may exist for State to buy land for housingConsultants hired by the Government reported that there might be a case for the State to compulsorily acquire development land…Mon Jan 03 2005 - 00:00
Dublin Airport to end free use of VIP loungeThe Dublin Airport Authority has told the Government that it wants to stop the practice of offering VIP services free of charge…Fri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
Leitrim constituency change ruled outThe Government has ruled out making any change to a constituency review that has angered politicians in Co Leitrim because they…Thu Dec 23 2004 - 00:00
Supreme Court asked to test legality of health charge BillLegislation giving the Government retrospective power to charge residents of State care institutions by deducting up to 80 per…Thu Dec 23 2004 - 00:00
Ring abused parliamentary privilege in comments on ex-FF officialThe Dáil's internal watchdog has found that the Fine Gael TD, Mr Michael Ring, abused his parliamentary privilege when he claimed…Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
