Coveney explains stance on agriculture emissionsMinister says Ireland produces milk, beef and pork from a low carbon footprint.Mon Dec 30 2013 - 08:44
Coalition 'would have fallen' without prom note dealEamon Gilmore says weeks around payment deadline were the lowest of the year for himTue Dec 24 2013 - 11:18
Bailout exit single biggest achievement in 2013, says GilmoreGovernment remains determined to complete the recovery agendaTue Dec 24 2013 - 01:00
End of austerity may be in sight, predicts ESRIThink tank delivers upbeat assessmentWed Dec 18 2013 - 08:24
Kenny aims to replace jobs lost in recession by 2020Taoiseach says borrowing can be eliminated, pledges major review of Government spendingTue Dec 17 2013 - 21:43
Strategy has lofty ambitions but is scant on detailAnalysis: First economic strategy since bailout exit is big on aspirationTue Dec 17 2013 - 19:58
Kenny’s RTÉ address will be sixth time a taoiseach has addressed nation outside election timeJack Lynch and Charles Haughey made the two most memorable addressesSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
Burton clashed with troika on extent of cuts‘They had a one-line approach to social welfare - and that was the word ‘cut’ ’Fri Dec 13 2013 - 11:48
Public addresses by Taoiseach and Tánaiste to mark bailout exitEnda Kenny to make his second televised address to the nation on Sunday nightFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Bord Gáis Energy set to be sold for €1.12bnInternational consortium led by Centrica named as preferred bidder on energy companyFri Dec 13 2013 - 00:34
‘Middle-class snobbishness’ curtailing public transport use‘Class perceptions are holding back public transport’, says Minister of State Alan KellyThu Dec 12 2013 - 17:34
Welfare recipients not a burden, says BurtonSocial transfers in society promote ‘social solidarity’Thu Dec 12 2013 - 01:03
ESB unions confirm Christmas strike avertedBoth sides in pensions dispute interpret LRC agreement differentlyMon Dec 09 2013 - 09:45
Legislation on climate change will be published by EasterCoalition had promised Bill would be published by the end of 2012Mon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
ESB strike averted as sides reach agreement on pensionsOgle claims landmark victory for unions over ‘defined benefit’ arrangementMon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
Keaveney would join Hizbollah for career advancement, Rabbitte claimsMinister for Communications denies any terrorism reference in his remarks on RTÉ’s ‘The Week in Politics’Mon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
Troika-style targets set to go on after bailout exitEnda Kenny and Michael Noonan said to like format of quarterly reportsMon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
Keaveney move to FF ’desperate’, says Ruairí QuinnFormer Labour chairman divides opinion as Micheál Martin welcomes ‘serious politician’Wed Dec 04 2013 - 07:38
Defection buoys FF, while Labour cries ‘buyer beware’A Galway East Dáil seat is likely to be Colm Keaveney’s political targetTue Dec 03 2013 - 22:08
Video: Keaveney joins FF and will run in Galway EastMartin says former Labour chairman is ‘committed to policies and ideas’Tue Dec 03 2013 - 15:49
Keaveney crosses the political Rubicon for a second timeAnalysis: Keaveney is not a wall flower and it is certain Fianna Fáil consider him worth the risk, writes Harry McGeeTue Dec 03 2013 - 10:39
An envelope and the letter of the lawHarry McGee’s week: there seems to be a deeper well of sympathy for political scoundrels than for the sanctimoniousSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Scaling the popularity stakesRock climbing has gone from being a tiny niche activity to being one of the country’s fastest-growing sports with thousands of participantsFri Nov 29 2013 - 13:00
Commission sets April deadline for break-up of Bord GáisRabbitte says bids for Bord Gáis Energy ‘were not at an acceptable value’Thu Nov 28 2013 - 08:05
Property tax deadline extended as helpline inundatedRevenue confirms thousands contacted helpline each day this week and those who left message will be deemed to have met deadlineWed Nov 27 2013 - 07:42
Former presidential adviser insists she left position on amicable termsMary van Lieshout ends speculation her resignation last month was as result of access being restrictedWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:01
Taoiseach says jobless rate will be below 10% by next electionKenny says 7,000 jobs were being lost every month when Govt took officeTue Nov 26 2013 - 17:30
Averill Power considering whether to enter Fianna Fáil race to become MEP candidateTiernan Brady will launch his campaign to become the party candidate tomorrow nightTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
65 per cent of almost a million households have completed property tax returnsDeadline for online returns is tomorrowTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Departure focuses attention on presidential management teamMary van Lieshout formed part of team of advisers in Áras an UachtaráinTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Questions of restricted access of advisers to the President deniedSources say “There is no basis to that, it is 100 per cent not right”Mon Nov 25 2013 - 22:14
Making ‘clean break’ from Troika was right course, Kenny saysTaoiseach reponds to fiscal council report and says onus on Goverment to be decisiveFri Nov 22 2013 - 18:09
Climate change watchdog must be robust and independent, says reportExpert body should be modelled on Fiscal Advisory CouncilThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Significant changes suggested for climate change BillCommittee on the Environment finds targets for Ireland will effectively be set by EUWed Nov 20 2013 - 16:04
Concern over moving pay and file date for self-employedFinance Committee to discuss moving deadline from October to June or SeptemberWed Nov 20 2013 - 06:25
President Higgins says State visit to Britain will improve relationships between countriesStatus of visit reflected in invitation to stay at Windsor Castle, says PresidentWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
No targets in report on climate change Bill45 submissions were received from interested bodies, groups and individualsTue Nov 19 2013 - 13:52
Cabinet to consider plain tobacco packagingTobacco industry already lobbying against move to introduce plain packagingTue Nov 19 2013 - 13:19
Sinn Féin and a tale of two State visitsParty has changed its stance on state visits with BritainMon Nov 18 2013 - 22:11
Analysis: Dramatic developments but bailout exit will give big boost to GovernmentCoalition leaders take some quiet satisfaction from this announcementFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Government’s bailout announcement derived from German political considerations, says FFMichael McGrath points to situation in Germany where grand coalition is being formedFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Pivotal moment could be turning point for CoalitionKenny and Gilmore avoid triumphalism when saying no backstop will be necessaryFri Nov 15 2013 - 00:34
Decision to exit bailout without precautionary credit ‘fully supported’ by EU-IMFDijsselbloem says Ireland’s exit ‘proves these programmes work’ at meeting in BrusselsThu Nov 14 2013 - 21:10
BAI defends rise in funding for public service broadcastingCoillins denies claim by Oireachtas committee that BAI is a ‘mudguard’ for RTEWed Nov 13 2013 - 14:50
Howlin defends fee increases in FoI legislationMinister says €15 charge for each request made in application ‘reasonable’Wed Nov 13 2013 - 06:54
Attempt to postpone changes to FoI regime unsuccessfulBrendan Howlin to introduce additional fees for applications with multiple requestsTue Nov 12 2013 - 09:36
Gilmore says it is ‘reasonable’ that charges are levied for multiple FOIsMinister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin’s proposals to charge additional fees and exclude Irish Water from remit criticisedTue Nov 12 2013 - 01:01
Labour accept no change to early payment requirement for 2014 property taxRevenue Commissioners has not changed its position that those who pay property tax by card must do so by November 27thSat Nov 09 2013 - 11:48
Revenue defends deducting card payments for property taxRevenue chairwoman faces Oireachtas Finance Committee to explain collection of taxThu Nov 07 2013 - 18:48
Labour MEP portrays former colleague as ‘political pirate’Phil Prendergast accuses Nessa ChildersThu Nov 07 2013 - 01:01
