Defamation changes aim to stop ‘chilling effect’ of legal actions on media, McEntee says‘Right to vindicate one’s good name has no impact on cut and thrust of political debate,’ Sinn Féin saysMon Oct 17 2022 - 23:16
Cabinet to discuss details of concrete block levyLevy to be included in Finance Bill but implementation likely to be delayed, sources sayMon Oct 17 2022 - 19:57
Seized proceeds of crime used to fund community safety projects Minister for Justice announces first recipients of grants under new schemeMon Oct 17 2022 - 19:02
Education key to breaking link between poverty in childhood and later life, says ESRI reportLikelihood of deprivation in adulthood is 35 percentage points higher among individuals who grew up in poverty when compared to individuals who grew up in ‘very good’ financial circumstancesMon Oct 17 2022 - 00:01
Protests held at HSE HQ over planned closure of Navan emergency departmentHSE says extra capacity is being put in place in Drogheda to accommodate the planned changesFri Oct 14 2022 - 16:43
Tax incentives for landlords needed alongside any eviction ban, says Sr Stanislaus KennedyFounder of homelessness charity calls for greater urgency from the Government as record numbers of people experience homelessnessTue Oct 11 2022 - 07:00
Fingal council to hike property tax while South Dublin, Dún Laoghaire keep reductionFingal County Council increases property tax rate in bid to ‘protect services’ and events in local areaMon Oct 10 2022 - 21:08
Climate change: Toll taken on a south of France villageTwo decades of visiting the Languedoc has afforded Colm Keena insight into life getting harder for its inhabitantsSun Oct 09 2022 - 09:35
Ireland urged to ban imports of cotton produced using ‘forced labour’ in ChinaUighur people made to work in factories and prisons in Xinjiang which export textiles to international markets, rights groups saySat Oct 08 2022 - 22:00
The plight of Uighur people in Ireland: ‘Mom left a message. She said, just don’t try to call’Refugees from Xinjiang province of China speak about how they live in fear of what is happening to their families at homeMon Oct 03 2022 - 05:00
Making their mark: Colm Keena on revealing graffiti on a French castle’s walls “By the French we was caught, And to this prison we was brought”Sun Oct 02 2022 - 19:00
Courts can be drivers of social change, says High Court judgeGemma O’Doherty and John Waters did ‘good job’ as lay litigants in unsuccessful case against State’s response to Covid, Supreme Court judge saysFri Sept 30 2022 - 21:56
Concrete block levy will be passed on to customers, small construction firm warnsFears raised that the costs will increase for renovation and extension contracts already signedThu Sept 29 2022 - 17:26
Three Irish former rugby players sue IRFU over alleged head injuries Cases are part of a wider series of claims here and in the UK alleging inadequate protection from possibility of concussionThu Sept 29 2022 - 13:12
Budget concrete levy concerns raised at Fine Gael parliamentary party meetingBackbenchers criticise measure announced to part-fund mica redress schemeWed Sept 28 2022 - 14:51
New transgender guidelines no longer include age thresholds for gender-affirming surgeryHSE studies updated international guide for transgender health and gender-affirming surgeryTue Sept 27 2022 - 19:00
Phones seized in Cherry Orchard may reveal those involved in car thefts and dangerous driving Garda sources say investigators are confident they know the identifies of the main people involved in a Garda ramming incidentSun Sept 25 2022 - 19:46
Budget 2023: Health spending agreed following tension over allocated fundingKey decisions down to the wire on welfare increases, supports for business and childcare fundingSun Sept 25 2022 - 12:52
IRA hunger striker and Priory Hall builder Tom McFeely sets up two new property firmsFirst new company incorporated just five months after Derry native emerged from eight years of bankruptcyThu May 26 2022 - 05:00
Accommodation service not affected by short-term lets rule due to 14-night minimum stays Sonder Holdings growing its Dublin portfolio of serviced apartmentsSat May 21 2022 - 04:46
Are short-term lets to blame for the shortage of rented accommodation?Legislation using the planning system to curb boom in holiday lets isn’t workingSat May 21 2022 - 02:44
Dublin and Monaghan bombing failed in its objective, says TaoiseachMartin tells memorial event Government committed to seeking out truth of bombingsTue May 17 2022 - 15:01
Workers must get pay increases that match inflation, says Labour party leaderUnions are pushing for wage increases that keep pace with the recent surge in inflationSun May 15 2022 - 15:00
Revealed: Kinahan gang member’s dealings with Panama law firm over crime websiteJohn Francis Morrissey set up subscription site with help from controversial firmMon May 02 2022 - 06:00
Housing crisis is a ‘shaming thing’, Roddy Doyle tells Citizens’ AssemblyGroup asked to consider and report to Oireachtas on new local government structures for DublinSat Apr 30 2022 - 12:33
Council leader considers inquiry into radio station contactsStation’s managing director says independent investigation needed into council’s attempts at editorial interferenceSat Apr 30 2022 - 01:00
Wexford council considering inquiry into secretary after dispute with radio stationIndependent investigation into editorial interference attempts needed, station director saysFri Apr 29 2022 - 08:00
The Kinahan files: Leaked documents expose workings of global empireAn unprecedented insight into the inner workings of the Kinahan family in the UAESat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00
Kinahan gang will not be protected from US pressure on the UAEOil-rich Abu Dhabi depends on US for security and will not want to attract its disfavourSat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00
‘Baffling’ new company registrations in Northern IrelandMore than 70 cases since start of the year, and the number is still growing, says expertTue Apr 19 2022 - 05:55
Radio station chief says he will not ‘negotiate freedom of the press’ with Wexford councilEamonn Buttle criticises response of councillors to email in latest development in rowThu Apr 14 2022 - 04:00
Twitter buys Irish push notification specialistOpenBack system puts privacy first, Twitter says, and team will now join Bluebird product unitTue Apr 12 2022 - 17:42
Dispute between council and local radio station a concern, says Taoiseach‘There can be no connection between advertising sponsorship and editorial control’ he saysTue Apr 12 2022 - 16:42
New trade strategy launched to capture bigger share of global marketLeo Varadkar says we shouldn’t take our current success in trade for grantedTue Apr 12 2022 - 14:43
Planned measures will ‘more than offset’ carbon tax increase – VaradkarTemporary VAT reduction planned on gas and electricity but not on car fuel or heating oilTue Apr 12 2022 - 14:21
Family of former KGB spy owns €8m Sandyford firmHolytown is owned by stepdaughter of Putin’s close associate, Sergey ChemezovTue Apr 12 2022 - 01:00
Sanctioned oligarch linked to Irish company that owns luxury Spanish villaSergey Chemezov is chief executive of Russian state-owned military-industrial giant RostecTue Apr 12 2022 - 00:19
Radio station accuses council of offering adverts in return for presenters not expressing opinionsStation executive says council is using public funds to control what is said about it on airSat Apr 09 2022 - 03:00
Aughinish Alumina owner calls for punishment over Bucha killingsChair of Russian aluminium giant Rusal said there must be an independent investigationFri Apr 08 2022 - 07:17
Irish people more satisfied with their democracy than most EU states, survey findsIrish public also satisfied with Government’s handling of the pandemicWed Apr 06 2022 - 13:03
Legislative changes can target misuse of Irish shelf companies by RussiansGovernment dragging its heels on addressing these secretive structuresMon Apr 04 2022 - 01:33
Undocumented immigrants begin to receive papers under new schemeThousands have completed six-month online application processMon Apr 04 2022 - 00:00
Census 2022 to be completed tonight as special measures taken to include refugeesEach individual legally required to record information in place they sleep tonightSun Apr 03 2022 - 10:45
Civil servants will not have entitlement to blended working – policy documentWorking remotely could allow civil servants buy more affordable homes, says MinisterThu Mar 31 2022 - 19:57
Helping Ukraine: Where does the money go?From 'dignity kits' for women to cash transfers, helping Ukraine is a complex logistical challengeSat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00
Irish developer trio bankrupted in England retained Polish sitePaddy Shovlin, Tony and Patrick Fitzpatrick retained interest in land near WarsawFri Mar 25 2022 - 05:59
‘Adversarial’ adult trans debate is hindering teenagers, report findsControversy is making it harder to develop care model for teens with gender dysphoriaFri Mar 18 2022 - 06:01
Census to assign biological sex randomly for those who do not declare as male or femaleCSO working on way to introduce question on gender identity for 2027 censusMon Mar 14 2022 - 05:00
Abramovich-linked companies raised billions via Irish bond marketRussian oligarch has been sanctioned by the UK governmentThu Mar 10 2022 - 17:46
Call for easier access to company data to slow flow of ‘dirty money’ through IrelandTransparency group says huge Irish financial services sector not adequately policedTue Mar 08 2022 - 17:41
