Plans to allow appointment of temporary board members to An Bord Pleanála are approvedThe measure is part of reforms to tackle the growing backlog of planning cases.Tue Nov 29 2022 - 21:38
Housing crisis: Is there an end in sight to Ireland’s intractable problem?Government accepts that housing is the factor that will make or break its electoral fortunesMon Nov 28 2022 - 05:00
‘We can have trade without investor courts’: Greens’ anti-Ceta faction are not for turningParty members urged to pressure leader Eamon Ryan over ‘damascene conversion’ to trade dealSat Nov 26 2022 - 19:55
New rules will force 12,000 homes out of short lets market, Minister saysCatherine Martin tells Green Party event that property owners who fail to comply will face sanctionsSat Nov 26 2022 - 18:40
Ryan ‘absolutely convinced’ up to 10% could vote for Greens in next electionParty leader shrugs off ‘false narrative’ that smaller parties suffer in GovernmentSat Nov 26 2022 - 13:03
Build social houses and we’ll write off your debts, Minister tells councilsGovernment will offer local authorities €100 million to pay off debts on condition they develop modular homes for accelerated social housing in the next two yearsFri Nov 25 2022 - 20:00
Households may lose out on extra cost-of-living respite from tax on energy firmsMinisters told projected €1.9bn windfall tax on energy firms could be swallowed by measures already announcedThu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin apologises to civil servant he said should be sackedParty’s housing spokesman said Department of Finance chief economist `knows nothing about housing’Wed Nov 23 2022 - 11:49
Oireachtas committee to hear talent pipeline for tech ‘under pressure’Hearing comes after stream of tech firms in Ireland cut staffWed Nov 23 2022 - 05:00
Proposal to scrap road toll increases could leave State on hook for €25mMinister for Transport Eamon Ryan commits to reviewing increases after concerns raised in leaders’ meetingMon Nov 21 2022 - 20:55
Two charged over ‘vicious assault’ on Gardaí in BallyfermotMan and woman hospitalised after being attacked by a ‘number of persons’ at a licensed premisesMon Nov 21 2022 - 18:30
Coalition leaders will hold talks today about planned increases to road tolls amid a backlash Taoiseach said the issue would be discussed at the three leaders’ pre-cabinet meetingMon Nov 21 2022 - 13:43
Nine-year-olds live ‘very gendered’ lives as girls read more but play less sport‘Slight widening’ in gender differences on maths a cause for concern, ESRI report author saysMon Nov 21 2022 - 11:42
State set for €40m windfall in sale of National Broadband Ireland stakeSpanish investor Asterion purchasing stakes from early-stage investors will trigger return of part of profitSat Nov 12 2022 - 05:00
Ceta ruling: Green Party support for Costello’s victory subdued in public Joy among colleagues concentrated in left wing while most of party left cold on question of EU-Canada trade dealFri Nov 11 2022 - 19:53
Taoiseach says Ceta ruling shows referendum not required to ratify trade dealPatification of EU-Canada trade deal unconstitutional without amendments, Supreme Court rulesFri Nov 11 2022 - 14:42
State’s enterprise policy to be revised in wake of huge tech layoffsSwingeing job cuts at Meta, Twitter, Stripe and other companies have forced the Government’s handThu Nov 10 2022 - 05:00
Ireland’s reliance on Big Tech exposed by a system with ‘limited capacity to reinvent itself’Government sources fear a ‘gradual rot’ as the technology sector contracts with huge job lossesThu Nov 10 2022 - 05:00
Martin and Varadkar agree December 17th for changeover as TaoiseachFF leader to retain Taoiseach’s office for extra two days to allow him attend European council meeting as head of governmentWed Nov 09 2022 - 20:02
Ethics watchdog opts not to investigate Varadkar over leak complaintInsufficient evidence to sustain complaint because action part of duties as taoiseach, says Standards in Public Office CommissionWed Nov 09 2022 - 17:58
IDA says ‘several weeks’ before scale of job losses at tech firms is clearCompanies have ‘in recent days sounded warnings about reducing costs’, committee toldWed Nov 09 2022 - 10:59
Shared housing planned for young people vulnerable to homelessnessElement of ministerial strategy to be flexibility allowing applications for social housing placements in shared accommodationWed Nov 09 2022 - 04:30
HSE cyberattack: More than 100,000 people whose personal data stolen to be contactedMove opens way to further controversy over attack and risk of litigation arising from itMon Nov 07 2022 - 05:00
Varadkar to be briefed by IDA on risk to Irish tech sector jobs following Twitter moveBriefing comes after job losses signalled at Dublin offices of Twitter and StripeSun Nov 06 2022 - 18:05
Suggestion that Sinn Féin does not recognise State ‘rather silly’, says McDonaldParty leader dismisses idea that party did not recognise legitimacy of the State and Northern Ireland as two jurisdictionsSun Nov 06 2022 - 13:33
Ireland can be an island of renewed opportunity, McDonald tells party ardfheisSinn Féin leader claims reunification and energy independence have potential to unleash power of country’s next generationSat Nov 05 2022 - 19:01
As history beckons for Sinn Féin, the party has much to reckon withAnalysis: Friendly relations seemed to be the order of the day at the party’s ardfheis on SaturdaySat Nov 05 2022 - 17:34
Government accused of incompetence over scrapping of short-term let reforms Aontú leader Peadar Toibin said the government had pulled temporary regulations ahead of European approvalFri Nov 04 2022 - 22:37
Donohoe bids to remain Eurogroup president with McGrath also attending meetingsProposal would see Michael McGrath attend as finance ministerFri Nov 04 2022 - 19:36
Sinn Féin to consider tightening up probationary period for new membersPublic transport and childcare costs as well as the development of an all-island health services among the issues to be discussedFri Nov 04 2022 - 13:06
Ireland exploring if Donohoe and McGrath could both attend Eurogroup meetings Donohoe to announce by Monday whether he intends running to remain president of EU finance ministers groupFri Nov 04 2022 - 05:00
Ambulance response times for most critical call-outs still underperform targets Just 45 per cent of life-threatening calls involving cases other than cardiac or respiratory arrest are being responded to within a target of 19 minutesFri Nov 04 2022 - 05:00
Ó Broin sends written apology to senior civil servant he said should be fired‘We in Sinn Féin firmly believe in the independence of the Civil Service,’ Cullinane saysThu Nov 03 2022 - 18:47
Government concerned about avian flu measures on both sides of BorderDepartment confinement order follows growing threat of bird flu outbreaks on farmsWed Nov 02 2022 - 19:20
Fianna Fáil hits back at former TD over criticism he made in resignation statementMarc MacSharry resigns from Fianna Fáil over handling of complaint against himWed Nov 02 2022 - 09:05
Education spend rises significantly due to build costs, Ukraine crisis, Cabinet to be warned Minister for Education will say department is also dealing with significant numbers of children unexpectedly coming from Ukraine and elsewhereWed Nov 02 2022 - 05:00
Technical group will ‘optimise’ future structure of RTÉ licence fee, says TaoiseachMartin says he will not support proposal for broadcaster to be funded by exchequer after RTÉ chair’s criticism emergesTue Nov 01 2022 - 18:07
Government agrees to harden refugee policy as focus moves to the long term Benefits and conditions for Ukrainians to be tightened as refugees granted temporary protection ‘will seek to stay longer’Sat Oct 29 2022 - 05:00
Asylum seekers set to leave Santry hotel ‘worried’ they will end up in tentsResidents are forced to move as department contract with Dublin hotel is due to endFri Oct 28 2022 - 19:40
People fleeing Ukraine to Ireland will have to fund meals out of welfare paymentsPayments to host families will rise from €400 to €800 from DecemberFri Oct 28 2022 - 18:20
British legacy plan for Northern Ireland is wrong, Taoiseach saysGovernment coming under pressures to commission legal opinion on potential challenge in European Court of Human RightsFri Oct 28 2022 - 13:09
Northern Ireland’s stifled devolution may spawn some form of direct rule Prospect of joint authority over North shared between Dublin and London must fit with provisions of Belfast AgreementFri Oct 28 2022 - 05:00
UK rejects possibility of joint authority for NorthJoint authority in the absence of a power-sharing government at Stormont ‘not being considered’, UK government saysFri Oct 28 2022 - 05:00
Lack of devolved government could expand Irish role in Northern Ireland, Taoiseach saysUnionists will never accept joint authority from Dublin and London, Donaldson saysThu Oct 27 2022 - 22:00
Up to 350 refugees told they must move from Santry hotel where they have been livingThose with children told they will receive supports at new locations in relation to schools but letters provide no clarity on where new accommodation will beThu Oct 27 2022 - 21:04
Long-term direct provision residents with leave to remain ordered by Government department to vacate accommodationAlmost 4,500 people are living in direct provision with permission to remain in the country, according to the most recent figuresThu Oct 27 2022 - 20:25
Country can continue to meet challenge of accommodating Ukrainians, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin says effort required has been unprecedented but irish people can maintain ‘extraordinary performance’Thu Oct 27 2022 - 14:50
Scramble under way to find new accommodation for incoming Ukrainian refugees amid lack of bedsArmy barracks are to be used to house up to 500 people, including in Westmeath, Kerry and Wicklow, with more being assessedThu Oct 27 2022 - 05:00
Calls at Fine Gael meeting for modular housing to benefit Irish as well as Ukrainians Suggestion that substantial fund be established to benefit areas that have taken large numbers of refugeesWed Oct 26 2022 - 21:44
Decision on readmittance of MacSharry to Fianna Fáil deferred againIn letter to party officials, TD contends motion to bring him back into parliamentary group should not have been delayed because of complaint by councillorWed Oct 26 2022 - 19:20
