Greens ‘don’t know whether to laugh or cry’ at Fianna Fáil’s climate pledgesParty manifesto promises Minister of State for energy among series of climate-related pledgesSat Nov 09 2024 - 12:59
Sinn Féin pledges to win back working-class base Mary Lou McDonald admits recent mistakes had cost the party supportFri Nov 08 2024 - 16:54
Coalition to face intense pressure over housing in opening days of election campaignTaoiseach Simon Harris will today travel to Áras an Uachtaráin to ask the President to dissolve the DáilFri Nov 08 2024 - 06:00
Trump’s return could pose a threat to Irish economy, Ministers are warnedFuture trade between the US and EU could be affected by the imposition of tariffs imposed by the new US regimeThu Nov 07 2024 - 06:00
Jack Chambers warns of threat to future foreign investment from ‘more interventionist’ Trump policy Minister for Finance raises concern about economic risks from new Republican administration’s plan to tax importsWed Nov 06 2024 - 19:28
Explainer: How did the Government come up with its latest housing target of 50,500 new homes a year?The Coalition did not want to set targets it could not meet within the duration of the current Government – although Ministers would likely contest thisWed Nov 06 2024 - 05:00
Appointment of first full ambassador from Palestine approved by GovernmentJilan Wahba Abdalmajid to become full envoy after carrying out role of ‘ambassador — head of mission’Tue Nov 05 2024 - 19:24
Sinn Féin clashes with Tánaiste over Occupied Territories Bill Opposition raise claims Government warned by US ambassador of ‘consequences’ if legislation is passedTue Nov 05 2024 - 11:49
New housing target to be set at average of 50,500 homes a yearMinister for Housing brings revised draft of national planning framework to Coalition leaders for approvalMon Nov 04 2024 - 21:01
Green Party to promise new migration agency to overhaul approach to asylum seekersParty’s election manifesto to propose new body called the Asylum and Integration Agency which would bring together functions carried out by existing agenciesMon Nov 04 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s housing targets: Why a lack of revised goals has real consequencesBuilders, frustrated by the wait and by politicians failure to fully understand demand for housing, say the absence of new targets has real consequencesSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
Former international referee to seek Dáil seat for Fianna Fáil in WexfordMichelle O’Neill was an assistant referee at 2019 Women’s World Cup finalFri Nov 01 2024 - 16:18
Sinn Féin proposing free prescriptions for all if elected to GovernmentElection 2024: Sinn Féin to launch new healthcare policy as it fights to regain momentumMon Oct 28 2024 - 06:00
Can Sinn Féin still mobilise voters?Party made it through Wednesday with no major development in the cascading series of scandals around itThu Oct 24 2024 - 07:17
Social Democrats promise to spend €250m on early years education and cap fees at €250 a month‘Twin-track’ system would use budget surpluses to buy existing childcare businesses and build new facilitiesWed Oct 23 2024 - 14:39
Inside Politics: Greens face losing TDs but still hope for coalitionThe most pessimistic in Leinster House believe the Greens could see just two or three TDs in the next Dáil, all in DublinWed Oct 23 2024 - 07:26
Car testing contracts expose RSA to absorbing inflation costs, report findsRoad Safety Authority’s surplus could be reduced or eliminated ‘due to having to meet the costs of contracts indexation’Wed Oct 23 2024 - 06:00
OPW to defend ballooning cost of modular homes for people fleeing UkrainePublic Accounts Committee will also quiz OPW on progress of flood relief schemesTue Oct 22 2024 - 08:28
Final pieces of the pre-election jigsaw falling into placeCoalition flashpoint over the election date appears to have passed after agreement was reached last night that the election will be held this yearTue Oct 22 2024 - 08:20
Price hikes for drivers sought as ‘unsustainable RSA’ funding model highlightedReport outlines ‘unsustainable’ funding model at the Road Safety Authority and suggests it be overhauled with some some functions transfering to the Department of TransportTue Oct 22 2024 - 06:00
General election in late November or early December looking increasingly likely Taoiseach to engage with Coalition leaders next week to consider dates for dissolution of Dáil and holding of electionSat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin says its records show person at centre of Ó Donnghaile controversy was 17 when he received messagesFine Gael TD and former Labour Senator have publicly suggested, including on the floor of the Dáil, that the individual was 16 at the timeThu Oct 17 2024 - 20:08
Brian Stanley controversy: Government ‘bottled’ fight to block new PAC chair nomination, SF saysMairéad Farrell was sent forward to Dáil by committee with unanimous approval after Mr Stanley’s resignation from partyThu Oct 17 2024 - 19:01
‘Very unusual’ for President to suggest concerns around Planning Bill without referring it to Supreme CourtStatement from President suggests a dedicated case taken to the Supreme Court would be more appropriate than a referral under his own constitutional powersThu Oct 17 2024 - 18:26
Sinn Féin nominates Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell as new PAC chairParty names replacement for former TD Brian Stanley on influential committeeWed Oct 16 2024 - 17:16
Sinn Féin faces political pressure over claims it misled Oireachtas on Niall Ó Donnghaile’s resignationNiall Ó Donnghaile was named on Tuesday as the party member who stepped down after sending inappropriate text messagesTue Oct 15 2024 - 22:09
Paschal Donohoe denies allocation of extra money is clearing the decks for general electionMinister told Cabinet of plans to allocate net €6.3bn to fund capital works, public pay costs and cost of living measuresTue Oct 15 2024 - 16:39
McDonald to make statement on former Sinn Féin member who allegedly sent inappropriate texts to teenager Cover letter related to inquiry into complaint against Brian Stanley understood to make reference to text messages between parties involvedTue Oct 15 2024 - 13:51
Six unanswered questions over the Sinn Féin-Brian Stanley controversyPAC chairman’s departs from party after complaint led to internal inquiry and referral to gardaíTue Oct 15 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin row with Brian Stanley deepens over referral of claims to GardaUncertainty in Garda about nature of complaint filed, with one source saying it was not filed in Dublin or with Garda HQMon Oct 14 2024 - 21:56
Brian Stanley: Everything we know so far about the controversy surrounding the former Sinn Féin TDLaois-Offaly deputy resigned from party last weekend, adding to the problems facing it on both sides of BorderMon Oct 14 2024 - 19:52
No co-operation with new SF PAC chair until McDonald addresses party’s controversies, say TDsFianna Fáil and Fine Gael members of committee say there are outstanding questions relating to resignation of Brian StanleyMon Oct 14 2024 - 17:45
No outright ban on wearing face coverings at protests under new lawsGardaí will decide whether a person is wearing a face covering in public to intimidate others or conceal identity in an effort to evade justiceSat Oct 12 2024 - 05:00
Top-ups to Ukrainians in State-funded housing shows welfare cuts were not ‘properly thought through’, says NGODecision in May to reduce welfare has had ‘unintended consequences’ and left people struggling to meet food, transport and other costsWed Oct 09 2024 - 20:45
Mark Ruffalo vs the Greens: Why is actor angry at the party, and what does it mean for our energy security?Hollywood A-lister Mark Ruffalo has criticised the Government’s planning legislation allowing for use of ‘strategic’ liquefied natural gas reservesWed Oct 09 2024 - 18:16
Ukraine arrivals from next March would not be offered accommodation under new planAdditional options include introduction of ‘maximum stay’ rule focused on exiting Ukrainians who have been in State accommodation for the longest time firstWed Oct 09 2024 - 06:00
FG councillor who said US economy is ‘ruled by the Jews, by Israel’ referred to party disciplinary processPunam Rane, a councillor for Kimmage-Rathmines, made the remarks at a meeting of Dublin City CouncilTue Oct 08 2024 - 17:05
Overseas intelligence agencies’ following well worn playbook for recruiting in Ireland ‘Influence operations’ by Russia and China are not uncommon as reports allege an Oireachtas member is working as an asset for Russian security servicesTue Oct 08 2024 - 06:00
Gardaí have compiled list of Oireachtas members and other people they believe have been targeted by RussiansAontú leader Peadar Tóibín calls on Irish political parties to audit members to see if anyone has received potential contact from Russian intelligenceTue Oct 08 2024 - 06:00
Coalition minds focus on election dates - just not when the All Blacks are in townYour essential end-of-week politics catch up as Greens go to the wall over budget baby boostFri Oct 04 2024 - 13:19
In the room where the budget happened: how the multibillion giveaway deal was done over tea, coffee and custard creamsAbout €1 billion in giveaways was added in the final days of internal Coalition negotiations amid tense meetings against the backdrop of an approaching general electionFri Oct 04 2024 - 06:00
Chambers and Donohoe privately raised concerns around scale of child benefit paymentsBudget 2025: Chambers and Donohoe cautioned colleagues about expenditure growth in once-off measuresFri Oct 04 2024 - 06:00
‘Bonanza’ budget that pumps billions into economy repeats Ireland’s past mistakes, State watchdog warnsSpending boost set ‘to stoke inflation’, adding an estimated €1,000 to cost of a typical household’s yearly outgoingsTue Oct 01 2024 - 21:46
Budget 2025 main pointsUSC cut to 3%; extra credits for renters; 10,000 new social homes to built and free public transport for under-9sTue Oct 01 2024 - 17:54
Budget 2025: What we know so far – from tax cuts to pension increases and free schoolbooksThis year’s measures will be framed around tax and spending package of €8.3bn, with cost-of-living bundle worth roughly €1.5bnTue Oct 01 2024 - 06:45
Budget 2025: Two double child benefit payments expected in near €2bn cost-of-living package Extension of the Help to Buy scheme to 2029, and extra tax on vulture funds expectedSun Sept 29 2024 - 22:15
Inheritance tax threshold to hit €400,000 under giveaway budgetHouseholds to benefit from extension to reduced 9% VAT rate on energy bills into next yearSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Budget 2025: Tax cut, mortgage interest relief and other measures in Coalition’s final roll of the diceUSC, inheritance tax, childcare, child benefit, social welfare, college fees, VAT rate: How the budget will affect parents, students, renters, mortgage holders, farmers, pensioners and carersSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Residential zoned tax to go ahead as planned in February, as pre-Budget deal struckThe Green Party objected to the delay to introduce a tax to prevent land hoarding which they said was like ‘hiding food in a famine’Fri Sept 27 2024 - 19:04
Cost breakdown on €1.4m Government Buildings security hut revealedCost of metal roof likened to Donald Trump’s hair was €60,000, while pavilion structure cost €283,231Fri Sept 27 2024 - 12:51
