Burton dismisses suggestions she is a maverick or not a ‘team player’Some Labour Party colleagues have privately criticised her for pursuing her own agendaTue Dec 31 2013 - 08:27
Fall in unemployment gives Burton some wriggle roomInterview: tackling the high proportion of households with no adult working a priority for MinisterTue Dec 31 2013 - 01:00
Decentralisation made €40m profit for StatePrime Dublin buildings sold at height of property boomTue Dec 31 2013 - 01:00
FG rebels register with commission as a ‘third party’Reform Alliance not registering as political party, says CreightonMon Dec 30 2013 - 12:18
Coveney claims ‘major breakthrough’ on EU agriculture emissions talksIreland advances case for treating agriculture as a ‘third pillar’ of economyMon Dec 30 2013 - 08:45
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
