Political advisers and former journalists to form part of Simon Harris backroom teamEx-Green Party aide and one-time special adviser to Eoghan Murphy, Jack O’Donnell among names recruited by incoming taoiseachWed Apr 03 2024 - 15:10
State to spend €5bn housing asylum seekers over next 20 years, Ministers toldMinister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman presents plans to build facilities with 14,000 beds by 2028Tue Apr 02 2024 - 06:00
ATMs must dispense notes smaller than €50, Oireachtas committee urgesDraft report by Oireachtas finance committee calls for greater availability of €20 notes to facilitate those on low income or social welfare as well as a review of accessibility of withdrawal machinesMon Apr 01 2024 - 19:00
Simon Harris rules out deals with Independents in exchange for support in Taoiseach voteMinister says he is concerned about road deaths and plans ‘very early’ meeting with Road Safety Authority and GardaMon Apr 01 2024 - 18:38
Key Government reports on RTÉ should be published ‘as soon as possible’, says Senator Marie Sherlock urges Government not to ‘drag out’ publication of two reports, due to be submitted to Catherine Martin in MarchMon Apr 01 2024 - 16:07
Government seeks pre-election pact with tech giants amid ‘supercharged’ disinformation threatsThreats ‘deeply corrosive to our democratic discourse’ are focus of EU and domestic leglislationMon Apr 01 2024 - 06:00
Childminders who work in own homes will be able to take advantage of subsidies from SeptemberIncoming taoiseach Simon Harris is understood to be planning to fast track the moveSun Mar 31 2024 - 19:39
Donaldson resignation: Heaton-Harris welcomes pledges to ensure stability of StormontJeffrey Donaldson’s resignation letter to DUP said he intends to contest charges, it has been reportedSun Mar 31 2024 - 17:15
Chris Donoghue leaves role as Coveney adviser to become Government press secretary under HarrisFormer Newstalk reporter and presenter joined Coveney as media adviser in 2017Thu Mar 28 2024 - 11:32
State to take significant step towards intervening in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel Government sources say purpose of intervention is not to take sides but to argue for an interpretation of one or more provisions of 1948 Genocide ConventionWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
Long-awaited immigration plan will commit to avoiding use of ‘last hotel’ in a town for asylum seekersState will for now continue to rely on hotels where more than one is operating in a locality after angry backlashes in some areasWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
Cork Fianna Fáil councillor leaves to run as independent, citing failure to listen to ‘ordinary people’William O’Leary is the third councillor in recent weeks to depart in the wake of asylum seeker housing criticismTue Mar 26 2024 - 12:12
Team Harris: who will be the Cabinet and political adviser loyalists around the new Fine Gael leader?Minister for Enterprise Simon Coveney’s position central to options available to Fine Gael leaderTue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00
Renewed push within Fine Gael to front-load moves on business supports before summerCoalition rolling out €250m rates refund, but backbenchers and Ministers urging Harris to go beyond this measureTue Mar 26 2024 - 05:30
‘Simon Harris has to make changes’: As Leo Varadkar bows out, what is next for Fine Gael?FG needs to connect more tightly with its natural voting contingency, sharpen its messaging and get back to its identity basics of law and order, the economy and enterpriseSat Mar 23 2024 - 07:00
Josepha Madigan announces resignation as Minister of StateMadigan, who served in cabinet until 2020, will become the 11th Fine Gael TD not to contest the next general electionFri Mar 22 2024 - 14:39
Simon Harris faces range of demands ahead of general election if elected FG leaderWicklow TD, who is poised to become youngest ever taoiseach, tasked with ‘tightrope’ of refreshing the party but also ensuring Coalition parties are not ‘passengers in a new project’Fri Mar 22 2024 - 06:00
What next for Leo Varadkar? ‘I have nothing else lined up’ There will be no shortage of paths open to Taoiseach after he leaves officeThu Mar 21 2024 - 07:30
Simon Harris is early front-runner to become taoiseachCoalition insiders said a contest for the Fine Gael leadership was a strong possibilityThu Mar 21 2024 - 06:00
Oireachtas committee recommends legislating for assisted dying for those with six months to liveTimeframe should be extended to a year for those with neurodegenerative condition, committee saysWed Mar 20 2024 - 14:43
Ministers to be briefed on new EU plans set to have major implications for Irish budget policyCabinet will also hear of rollout of 2024 summer programme which involves schools providing activities and excursions for children with complex special educational needsWed Mar 20 2024 - 06:00
Michael Healy-Rae accused of ‘undermining’ report of Oireachtas committee with ‘minority report’Two Fine Gael members of committee say chairman Healy-Rae undermining credibility of report on eve of publicationTue Mar 19 2024 - 18:35
The people behind the power: Who are Ireland’s political advisers and backroom experts?A large staff network oversees everything: communication, policy and smooth Coalition relationsSat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
If the No side were ice-cream they’d lick themselves; Leo’s US photo op balls-up Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Ministers’ relief to go wheels-up for St Patrick’s DayFri Mar 15 2024 - 12:03
Ireland’s revised plan for asylum seekers fraught with difficultyNew plan unlikely to change much about the current reality of the accommodation crisisFri Mar 15 2024 - 06:00
Accommodation policies for Ukrainians will create ‘further strain’ in rental marketThe Irish Red Cross has warned the Minister that Ukrainians could be forced into unregulated, unsuitable tenanciesFri Mar 15 2024 - 05:00
Entitlements cut for Ukrainians as new accommodation centres confirmed in Dublin, Laois, Limerick, Kildare and CorkSome 2,000 beds announced across five different towns will be time-limited to 90 days for Ukrainian refugeesThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:43
Audit identifies just 500 extra beds for asylum seekers despite 4,300 Ukrainians leaving accommodationDepartment of Integration sourced beds with providers who are contracted to house Ukrainians which can be converted to accommodate asylum seekersThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:00
Drug use committee faces difficulties reporting findings before possible autumn election, chair saysTimeframe for bringing results to Dáil a ‘big worry’, says Independent TD Michael McNamaraWed Mar 13 2024 - 17:34
Coalition reeling after reversal on both referendumsHate speech legislation, stalled in the Seanad, now considered another potential electoral hazard, in addition to review of speed limitsMon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
Scale of referendums losses sets Government reeling with elections on the horizon‘Volatility and unpredictability in Ireland even greater than in 2020,′ says Cabinet source after referendums defeatedMon Mar 11 2024 - 05:33
‘We didn’t do our job well enough’: Minister of State criticises colleagues over referendum campaignMichael McNamara says no votes in family and care referendums cast Irish parliament in ‘a very dim light’Sun Mar 10 2024 - 15:19
Sinn Féin proposals banning State investment in companies operating in Israeli settlements may be unconstitutional, Minister saysGovernment privately accused of trying to slow the bill down as bitter row breaks out over procedureFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
People with just six months to live should be allowed to avail of assisted dying, committee to recommendOireachtas committee agrees to recommend legislation be introduced for assisted dyingThu Mar 07 2024 - 09:20
Former RTÉ presenter Cynthia Ní Mhurchú to run for Fianna Fáil in European electionsBarrister to join party’s sitting MEP Billy Kelleher on the Ireland South ticket in summer electionsThu Mar 07 2024 - 07:45
Political mood sours as unloved referendum campaign draws to a closePolls open on Friday but many voters still appear confused by the Family and Care amendmentsThu Mar 07 2024 - 07:42
RTÉ crisis: Documents on contested phone call between Siún Ní Raghallaigh and civil servant sought by committeeDocuments show there were 15 meetings between Siun Ní Raghallaigh and Catherine Martin since the former was appointed as chair of RTÉThu Mar 07 2024 - 05:30
‘She said-she said’: The conflicts between accounts of Catherine Martin and Siún Ní RaghallaighNewly released documents reveal further details on interactions between Minister for Media and former RTÉ chairwoman that led to the latter’s resignation last monthWed Mar 06 2024 - 19:38
Ex-RTÉ board chair unsuccessfully sought phone call with Catherine Martin during hectic exchanges before her resignationA cache of documents sent to the Oireachtas Media Committee contains an account of phone calls between Siún Ní Raghallaigh and the Department of MediaWed Mar 06 2024 - 14:35
Final report into ‘Grace’ abuse case delayed for further six monthsThe inquiry, chaired by senior counsel Marjorie Farrelly, was supposed to report two years after its establishment in 2017, but has now been delayed on multiple occasionsWed Mar 06 2024 - 09:07
Pay deal for top earners will bring its own degree of political poisonHigh level executives in commercial State bodies such as RTÉ are likely to have their remuneration boostedWed Mar 06 2024 - 07:50
RTÉ crisis: Pressure on Catherine Martin to respond to ex-chair’s ‘hands-off’ commentNo Dáil questions scheduled before St Patrick’s Day recess, and it is ‘not decided’ in minister will face mediaWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ files suggest bid to ‘circumvent’ regulations, report finds as Taoiseach defends Minister’s handling of scandalsPAC concludes there was an attempt to ‘conceal’ RTÉ’s commitment to underwrite undisclosed payments to Ryan TubridyTue Mar 05 2024 - 17:20
RTÉ must now show it is no longer the same organisation outlined in the PAC reportReport’s real value is in holding the massive amount of evidence on RTÉ scandal in single documentTue Mar 05 2024 - 15:30
No end in sight to RTÉ scandal as stability seems further away than everInside Politics: Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s blistering statement sure to overshadow Cabinet decision on her replacementTue Mar 05 2024 - 07:29
Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s ferocious response is full of problems for Catherine MartinMinister for Media not under immediate threat following RTÉ ex-chair’s riposte, but the scandal rumbles on, shifting focus from fixing the station’s problemsMon Mar 04 2024 - 20:21
Darragh O’Brien accused of misleading Dáil during homelessness debate Minister for Housing ‘rejects outright’ assertion he would deliberately or otherwise mislead anyoneFri Mar 01 2024 - 06:00
Dee Forbes given chance to submit written account of her role in RTÉ scandalsFormer director general has been unable to attend previous Oireachtas committee hearings due to ill healthWed Feb 28 2024 - 20:59
Catherine Martin sticks to her guns over collapse in trust of RTÉ chair Siún Ní RaghallaighAppearing before the Oireachtas media committee, the Minister threw further doubt on Siún Ní Raghallaigh and RTÉ's claim that the board’s role in exit package had been communicated to the departmentWed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh had threatened to quit and resisted meeting before Catherine Martin Prime Time interviewOireachtas media committee will now extend invitation to Ní Raghallaigh to appear before itTue Feb 27 2024 - 22:41
