Ministers’ report cards: How have they fared in the past year?Who is best in class? Who must try harder? Harry McGee gives part one of his Cabinet reviewMon May 01 2017 - 09:45
Brexit: Flanagan rejects May's 'no deal better than bad deal' stanceMinister criticises British leader’s claim that ‘no deal with the EU is better than a bad deal’Mon May 01 2017 - 08:16
Simon Harris to consider public ownership options for NMHMinister to examine the possibility of a long-term lease for new maternity hospitalMon May 01 2017 - 01:00
State to pursue stake in National Maternity Hospital, says HarrisPublic ownership element being included in pact to be reached by NMH and St Vincent’sSun Apr 30 2017 - 21:36
The new children’s hospital: what’s taking so long?The latest completion projection is now late 2021 or early 2022, almost 40 years after the first proposalWed Apr 26 2017 - 19:20
National Maternity Hospital row played out like teenager’s tiffInside Politics: Exchange of text messages intemperate enough to qualify as shamingWed Apr 26 2017 - 09:32
Government to give final approval for children’s hospitalSimon Harris to bring memo to Cabinet for the €1bn project expected to open in 2022Wed Apr 26 2017 - 01:00
Government climate change plan a ‘moral and legal failure’Environmental groups say draft plan is wholly inadequate to meet challengesWed Apr 26 2017 - 00:04
Fine Gael leadership contest could lead to damaging schismHarry McGee: Varadkar and Coveney camps could end up in war of attritionThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
Climate change Minister blames Greens for agreeing unrealistic emissions targetsIreland set to miss greenhouse gas targets as emissions rise in every sectorThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Ban on fracking should not be lifted, says Oireachtas reportAreas in Clare, Leitrim and Fermanagh have been identified as suitable for frackingThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Water-charge issue flows back to where it startedAfter 10 days of flailing each other around, the parties returned to the original dealThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael do not want election over waterInside Politics: The committee on water’s report will bear no similarity to legislationThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38
Ireland closer to Trump on climate change than it thinksIt’s all talk and no action from Government unwilling to take risks with fragile recoveryFri Apr 14 2017 - 17:30
Go dté mar atá tú? How to make sense of Ulster IrishWhen written, ‘northern Irish’ Irish varies little but when spoken it’s a different matterThu Apr 13 2017 - 17:46
Podcast: Escaping the Leinster House bubbleThree local politicians discuss issues in Sallins with transport problems of particular concernWed Apr 12 2017 - 17:32
There are ‘far too many post offices’, says An Post chief‘Difficult discussions’ required to ensure post network’s survival, says David McRedmondWed Apr 12 2017 - 13:34
Water charges: everything you need to know (and a bit more)Who will pay, when will that be and will there be refunds?Wed Apr 12 2017 - 12:48
Naughten accuses Ring of ‘throwing in towel’ on An PostMinister of State says he never had specific delegated statutory powers for post officesMon Apr 10 2017 - 20:01
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil seek to defuse water charges rowFG source claims dispute over report ‘was very bad politics from both parties’Mon Apr 10 2017 - 10:16
‘Dead cat’ of water charges keeps bouncing backAnalysis: After week’s unedifying spat, FF and FG have run out of second chancesMon Apr 10 2017 - 01:00
Why water charges threaten to sink the GovernmentBehind-the-scenes intrigue in Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil seems to have undermined a dealSat Apr 08 2017 - 01:00
Ní thuigim: Irish language faces stark threat in its heartlandJust over a fifth of people living in Gaeltacht areas speak Irish on a daily basisThu Apr 06 2017 - 19:22
Ahern warns against ‘sectarian’ Border poll as Brexit talks beginFormer taoiseach welcomes ‘more conciliatory’ tone of recent timesThu Apr 06 2017 - 18:17
Bertie Ahern: Ireland is entitled to negotiate with UK on BrexitThe former taoiseach said Britons were “deluding themselves” on trade after withdrawal from the EUThu Apr 06 2017 - 12:44
Border checks inevitable if UK exits customs bloc - Bertie AhernBrexit a challenge to State as EU frontier, ex-taoiseach to tell Oireachtas committeeWed Apr 05 2017 - 08:23
Who guards the Guards?Inside Politics: The Morris Tribunal should have been a wake-up call over the GardaTue Apr 04 2017 - 09:03
State bodies criticised by Irish Language CommissionerIrish language schemes for public bodies deemed to have failed to achieve goalsMon Apr 03 2017 - 21:12
Donohoe to decide additions to infrastructure plan in SeptemberMinister invites submissions on additional €2.65 billion allocated for capital projectsSat Apr 01 2017 - 05:50
Careful Nóirín O’Sullivan finds right tone at Oireachtas hearingGaps remain in Garda explanations of breath test data, but commissioner safe for nowThu Mar 30 2017 - 20:59
Policing Authority’s role in O’Sullivan’s future will be criticalAnalysis: Authority can recommend removal of person holding office of Garda CommissionerThu Mar 30 2017 - 15:00
O’Sullivan strongly defends her position under questioningAnalysis: she says breath test errors are at worst wrongdoing and at best incompetenceThu Mar 30 2017 - 12:25
Audit reveals poor financial management at Garda CollegeSwitching of funds between accounts created transparency issues, report saysWed Mar 29 2017 - 20:17
DPP may seek to change Paul Murphy’s bail conditions over protest rallyConcerns over TD and co-defendants making public comments prior to trialWed Mar 29 2017 - 20:16
O’Sullivan needs to come up with convincing narrative to surviveInside Politics: Opposition mounts pressure on commissioner as UK prepares for B-DayWed Mar 29 2017 - 08:27
Tánaiste declines to ask Garda Commissioner to resignGarda Commissioner expected to give a detailed explanation within the next 48 hoursMon Mar 27 2017 - 14:12
Garda Commissioner’s future hangs on more detailed statementNóirín O’Sullivan likely to face questioning from Oireachtas justice committeeMon Mar 27 2017 - 07:18
Shane Ross accused of ‘legging it’ from aviation conferenceMinister criticised for not ‘having the courtesy’ to listen to other aviation speakersMon Mar 27 2017 - 01:00
Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan hanging on by a threadOver weekend Fianna Fáil and Greens signal they can no longer support O’SullivanSun Mar 26 2017 - 20:53
Labour to publish paper on State’s Brexit optionsBrendan Howlin criticises Government’s approach to the UK’s departure from the EUSun Mar 26 2017 - 20:10
Comeback from near-extinction sees Green shoots of recoveryParty’s strategy is to double its Dáil seats to four and treble its number of council seatsSun Mar 26 2017 - 19:50
Social Democrats chair Glenna Lynch resigns from partyBusinesswoman told party she was not in a position to participate fully any longerSun Mar 26 2017 - 19:37
Eamon Ryan criticises Enda Kenny’s US speechGreen Party leader says ‘St Patrick would not like direct provision’ at party conferenceSat Mar 25 2017 - 19:28
Eamon Ryan criticises gardaí over ‘fake policing’Green Party leader to address national convention in Waterford on Saturday eveningSat Mar 25 2017 - 18:21
Green Party meets in buoyant mood after election gainsMotions tabled on fish stocks, waste charges, hedge-cutting and protection of bee populationFri Mar 24 2017 - 13:12
Decision to fly Dáil Tricolour at half-mast made by Ceann ComhairleSeán Ó Fearghaíl following protocol in honouring Martin McGuinnessWed Mar 22 2017 - 20:01
Martin McGuinness’ place in Irish history is assuredInside Politics: Ireland has lost one of its political giants after his untimely deathTue Mar 21 2017 - 09:53
‘Grace’ commission of investigation to be formally approvedTwo-phase inquiry will examine alleged abuse of 47 residents at foster homeTue Mar 21 2017 - 01:00
EU Parliament’s Irish interpreter jobs ‘not being filled’Fine Gael MEP Clune says it is a shame 23 vacancies exist in Irish translation unitMon Mar 20 2017 - 19:41
Enda Kenny may stay as Taoiseach until June, say supporters‘It would be daft for him to step down in the middle of Brexit talks,’ says FG sourceSat Mar 18 2017 - 13:32
