State body to prevent cyber attacks on networks, databasesMove is first serious response to growing threats from hackers and cyber-criminalsMon Oct 24 2016 - 21:13
Slow start to campaign for directly-elected Dublin mayorOrganisers upbeat despite low attendance at round-table meeting, with no FG attendeesMon Oct 24 2016 - 18:31
Syria debate shows real ideological rift in Irish politicsThere’s no consensus in the Dáil over who is to blame for Aleppo and the refugee crisisSun Oct 23 2016 - 11:44
Tourism looks to cross-Border bodies for post-Brexit growthThreat to EU funding casts shadow over tourism revival flowing from peace processFri Oct 21 2016 - 18:00
Fine Gael TDs explain absence from PAC’s Nama hearingsProject Eagle discussed at special Public Affairs Committee meeting with directorsWed Oct 19 2016 - 19:06
Climate change: hopes for Dáil ratification of Paris Agreement by November summit‘This obligation is as much an opportunity as it is an obligation’ – Denis NaughtenWed Oct 19 2016 - 14:54
Nama rejects claim Project Eagle sale lost £190mBoard members defend sale of Northern Ireland portfolio during PAC appearanceTue Oct 18 2016 - 12:29
Process of ratifying agreement on climate change to beginMove will end weeks of uncertainty over Government’s intentions on ratificationTue Oct 18 2016 - 01:00
President warns of threat to democracy from vulture funds‘Unaccountable forces’ make it difficult to relieve people from poverty, says HigginsMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
Independent Alliance TDs may shift stance in abortion voteGroup of five may oppose AAA-PBP motion calling for repeal of Eighth AmendmentMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
Department defends Tánaiste’s disclosure of whistleblower namesClaim Frances Fitzgerald committed breach over Garda whistleblowers in 2015 deniedSun Oct 16 2016 - 20:57
Three quarters of Dubliners in favour of directly-elected mayorPoll on the issue commissioned by Labour Dublin spokesman Kevin HumphreysSat Oct 15 2016 - 12:17
Budget 2017: FG’s Noonan and Donohoe burnish reputationsParty’s point men show restraint when handling myriad demands and media scrutinySat Oct 15 2016 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil calls help-to-buy scheme a ‘mansion grant’Cowen cites ‘blatant unfairness’ of €600,000 threshold in Coveney’s planFri Oct 14 2016 - 01:00
Business group called for tax incentives for returning emigrantsPre-budget suggestion of plan for workers coming back to Ireland resembled Minister’sThu Oct 13 2016 - 01:00
Budget 2017: Climate change addressed for first time in seven yearsModest steps to help meet low-carbon economy target and begin fulfilling Paris AccordTue Oct 11 2016 - 20:57
Brexit: Hayes suggests North could become ‘associate member’ of EUMEP also suggests Irish State could pay North’s annual funding contributionTue Oct 11 2016 - 10:32
Budget 2017: A slice of pie for the partiesInside Politics: The configuration of Government makes for an undramatic budgetTue Oct 11 2016 - 09:21
Brexit: FF says idea of State policing UK border ‘implausible’Fianna Fáil reacts to Tánaiste’s ‘nothing surprising’ in bolstering external bordersTue Oct 11 2016 - 01:00
Martin Callinan’s SIM card should be recreated, says HowlinLabour leader concerned Fennelly never got access to Garda commissioner’s cardMon Oct 10 2016 - 14:31
Tánaiste defends herself against criticism over handling of whistleblowersSolicitor for whistleblower Garda Keith Harrison says inquiry is flawed and must be widenedMon Oct 10 2016 - 14:30
Donald Trump’s comments on women ‘horrific’, Tánaiste saysFrances Fitzgerald says ‘locker room banter’ should not become an excuse for sexual assaultMon Oct 10 2016 - 14:16
Government agreeable to using Irish ports and airports to control immigration to UKJames Brokenshire says countries would work to tackle illegal immigration post-BrexitMon Oct 10 2016 - 13:53
Both Republic and North ‘could benefit from united Ireland’Research shows reunification could deliver boon to enlarged state worth over €35bnMon Oct 10 2016 - 11:11
Dubliners may get to vote for their mayorFianna Fáil proposal would see citizens of city and county vote in mayoral elections in 2019Mon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
Budget 2017 set to target offshore tax avoidanceDivisions remain over start date of proposed €5 a week increase in old-age pensionFri Oct 07 2016 - 21:32
Fr Eoghan Haughey, brother of former taoiseach, dies aged 82Fr Haughey was a member of the Oblate order and died in community’s Inchicore residenceFri Oct 07 2016 - 19:47
Fianna Fáil to resist six-month delay in €5 pension riseMichael McGrath TD says pensioners have waited for years already for increaseFri Oct 07 2016 - 13:48
Labour Party’s budget proposes big rise in spendingTax cuts low on party’s fiscal agenda in favour of investment intervention in key areasFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Government scraps demand on librarians to speak basic IrishNew arrangement drops Irish language requirement even in libraries in Gaeltacht areasWed Oct 05 2016 - 10:34
Shane Ross criticised for not publishing department prioritiesFF spokesman on transport, tourism Robert Troy criticises what he terms ‘inordinate delay’Tue Oct 04 2016 - 01:00
Budget 2017 to increase old-age pension by €5Government also commits to extending medical card cover to 10,000 childrenFri Sept 30 2016 - 13:01
C&AG and Nama set to clash at Public Accounts CommitteeAuditor concludes millions of euro might have been lost over Project Eagle portfolio in NorthThu Sept 29 2016 - 09:04
North’s Minister for Finance seeks State’s help with fundingMáirtín Ó Muilleoir says there is doubt over shortfall of potential €1.1bn post-BrexitWed Sept 28 2016 - 01:00
Government says Bill to create judicial council ‘due by 2017’Announcement follows Chief Justice Denham’s criticism about 20-year delay for bodyTue Sept 27 2016 - 21:14
Government potential to crystalise in second termThorny problems and contentious issues loom, not least the future of this TaoiseachTue Sept 27 2016 - 01:00
Kenny says stability would be the best outcome from BrexitTaoiseach says implications from triggering of article 50 by Theresa May will be profoundWed Sept 21 2016 - 22:38
Alleged Adams link to Donaldson should be explored, says KennySF chief rejects role in killing and abhors credence accorded to ‘anonymous’ accuserWed Sept 21 2016 - 16:01
Sinn Féin ‘not a democratic party’, says Micheál MartinFianna Fáil leader criticises response of Gerry Adams to BBC ‘Spotlight’ programmeWed Sept 21 2016 - 14:48
Sugar tax set to be introduced in budget due to obesity concernsMinister likely to delay levy until 2018 but soft drinks industry opposed to ‘regressive’ moveWed Sept 21 2016 - 14:31
No self-doubt for Micheál Martin as he stays centredAnalysis: The Fianna Fáil leader is looking strong but still keeping his powder dryTue Sept 20 2016 - 01:00
Michael O’Leary’s Apple remarks ‘like throwing a grenade’Leo Varadkar warns against over-the-top criticism of EU which ‘has been good for State’Fri Sept 16 2016 - 22:00
Martin McGuinness has plan over when to step downDeputy First Minister’s comments follow Gerry Adams’s plan for change of leaderFri Sept 16 2016 - 14:03
Establish all-Ireland inquiry into Project Eagle – Martin McGuinness‘There is a responsibility on everybody North and South to contribute’ to Nama inquiryFri Sept 16 2016 - 13:37
Analysis: Song remains the same on Sinn Féin leadershipParty drafting 10-year plan and Gerry Adams accepts inevitability of exit within that periodFri Sept 16 2016 - 01:00
Nama’s blowback against the C&AG is unprecedentedInside Politics: Nama challenges finding by watchdog of ‘probable loss of value to State of up to £190 million’Thu Sept 15 2016 - 16:27
Michael Noonan in hospital with skin infectionMinister is expected to be discharged from hospital before the weekendThu Sept 15 2016 - 01:00
Nama cost State €220m, says Comptroller and Auditor GeneralNational Asset Management Agency rejects report’s critical conclusions on portfolio saleThu Sept 15 2016 - 01:00
Nama lost €220m on Project Eagle deal, C&AG findsEnda Kenny agrees to inquiry into sale of North loans as watchdog publishes reportWed Sept 14 2016 - 22:01
Project Eagle: All-Ireland inquiry on Nama sale would lack powerHarry McGee: Effective inquiry would require new legislation on both sides of BorderWed Sept 14 2016 - 01:00
