Payment methods for local property taxAs confusion continues over payment we outline the options available to tax-payersMon Nov 04 2013 - 12:47
Kenny and Gilmore at odds over handling of property tax paymentTánaiste asks Revenue to reconsider approach while Taoiseach backs its strategyMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Property tax now on shakier ground over what householders see as early paymentMinister says row due to Revenue offering too many optionsMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Investment bank to fund small firms urgedFianna Fáil finance spokesman says bank needed to finance small businessesMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Kenny ‘being seriously talked about’ for European rolesVaradkar said he would be surprised if the Taoiseach left the GovernmentSun Nov 03 2013 - 14:17
Tánaiste seeks delay to 2014 of property tax paymentMove follows concern over debit, credit card and cheque payers having to pay this monthSat Nov 02 2013 - 15:21
Doherty and McDonald out front as SF seeks Adams successorSinn Féin’s long-term project is to edge into the mainstream for possible coalitionSat Nov 02 2013 - 01:00
Government parties show divergent views on spying issueCoalition either unconcerned about practice in Ireland or unwilling to criticise the USFri Nov 01 2013 - 08:45
Extra marks for Civil Service exams in Irish abolishedMinisters accept initiative has not workedThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Campbell claims Ahern’s friendship with Blair key to peace‘It really mattered that they got on,’ says former British government spokesmanThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Engineering the re-election of ObamaThe director of engineering for the online campaign was Dylan Richard, who attended the Dublin Web SummitWed Oct 30 2013 - 22:52
Sale of Bord Gáis Energy to be considered by Cabinet todayAmendments to Gas Regulation Bill 2013 will be considered in the Seanad in NovemberWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:00
Flanagan concerned at publication of child imagesFG chairman says children have right to privacy under Constitution and UN ConventionFri Oct 25 2013 - 20:58
New minimum price order may not come into effect for a yearGovernment launches substance misuse strategy which also introduces new restrictions on advertising but does not ban sports sponsorshipFri Oct 25 2013 - 06:35
Early start for home renovation schemeMove comes after contracts with building firms shelved until January start dateThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:01
Shortfall in Labour Party’s €500m ‘wealth tax’ packageCuts in tax relief for private pension funds to yield far less revenue for State than thoughtWed Oct 23 2013 - 21:29
Party leader allowance bill to be cut by €840,000Payments to Independent TDs and Senators will be subject to auditWed Oct 23 2013 - 01:00
Reilly and colleagues reject calls he step downMinister insists enormous challenges face health system and ‘there is no fat left’Tue Oct 22 2013 - 09:11
Environment Committee divided on specific targets for emissions reductions by 2050New unpublished report also backs views of Government that Irish agriculture is a special caseTue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00
Creighton says she retains strong grassroots support from FG membersFine Gael councillor in Dublin South East calls for Creighton to resign from partyTue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00
Budget to affect 53% of health policiesMany only ‘affected marginally’ by health insurance tax relief cap, says departmentSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
€5m TV licence fee cut conflict for Labour MinistersRabbitte critical of Cabinet colleague Burton’s decision to cut RTÉ paymentFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Bill to abolish 80 town councils publishedNumber of councillors to fall by almost 700 as town councils are abolishedFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Local Government Bill to halve number of councillorsLegislation will lead to scrapping of 80 town councils which have been in existence for 115 yearsThu Oct 17 2013 - 13:54
Rabbitte criticises Burton decision to cut fee to RTÉSome 410,000 pensioners receive free licence as part of households benefits packageThu Oct 17 2013 - 12:38
Bill to slash town councils and halve number of councillorsLegislation proposes biggest change in organisation of local, city and county politics since 1898Thu Oct 17 2013 - 07:47
Overseas development aid to be cut by €14.1 millionIrish aid to fall slightly to 0.43 per cent of gross national productTue Oct 15 2013 - 20:11
Clear that Labour is comparative winner in budgetAnalysis: Party put ‘political facts on the ground’ and more or less made good on its promisesTue Oct 15 2013 - 18:35
Pro-business policies to cost €500mAnalysis: Noonan retains 9 per cent VAT rate for hospitality industry for another yearTue Oct 15 2013 - 17:45
Analysis: Despite Howlin’s good news austerity is still watchwordAnalysis: Lottery funding the gift that keeps on giving to fund €200m capital programmeTue Oct 15 2013 - 17:40
Noonan to announce range of harsh cuts in budgetPensioners to lose phone allowance and prescription charges to see big increaseTue Oct 15 2013 - 09:56
Morecambe and Wise of Irish politics are powerful figures in GovernmentNoonan and Howlin make good double actTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:00
Minister to rely on bank levy and higher Dirt tax on savings to raise revenueDepartment of Social Protection’s target for cuts cut by more than €200 millionTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:00
Presentation is low-key but mood at Fine Gael conference is buoyantStage-managed ardfheis allowed Taoiseach shimmy from Seanad defeatMon Oct 14 2013 - 10:00
Noonan’s lower budget target still leaves Ministers trying to square the circleThe task of finding extra savings is a difficult one for some MinistersFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:00
Opinion poll translated to seats presents stark scenarioNo seats for Labour if poll results appliedThu Oct 10 2013 - 17:18
Cabinet to hold special budget meeting on SundayDepartment of Health has still not produced figureThu Oct 10 2013 - 06:59
Kenny embroiled in tense spat over referendum at FG meetingTaoiseach berated over campaign by TD John Deasy at tense meetingWed Oct 09 2013 - 21:23
Department of Finance revises down GDP growth forecastOfficials brief all-party Oireachtas committeeWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Real reform of Seanad will require Constitutional changeKenny’s refusal to compromise during the referendum campaign will change to realpolitikTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:03
Unknown overrun by HSE delays agreement on budgetExact figure will affect negotiations on cuts to health, social protection and education spendingTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach accepts reform needed to create more 'effective' SeanadKenny insists there would be no rerun of the referendumTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:00
Sinn Féin denies internal rift over its decision to back Yes voteSpokesman says report of a rift between members were 'greatly exaggerated'Mon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
Kenny factor not the only reason Seanad referendum was lostVery effective No campaigners had a big influence on voters’ decisionsMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
Ten reasons voters rejected the abolition of the SeanadFrom fears of a power grab to a lack of debate: why the electorate said noSun Oct 06 2013 - 15:42
Campaign highlighted political contradictionsResult confounded all predictions, including a series of opinion pollsSun Oct 06 2013 - 09:26
Seanad to be retained after Government loses referendumOf the 1.23 million valid votes cast, the No side wins with 51.7% of vote to 48.3% for Yes sideSat Oct 05 2013 - 19:12
Unmistakable pattern emerging in early talliesA very tight outcome looks likely, with massive upset a possibilitySat Oct 05 2013 - 10:56
Polls close in Seanad and Court of Appeal referendumsTurnout struggles to exceed low levels of last year’s referendum on Children’s rightsSat Oct 05 2013 - 08:08
Dublin proves to be a fickle place for politicians and political partiesProjected Labour losses show how volatile the capital is with unclear resultsSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
