Cuffe apologises for putting fake firm on mock ballot used to poll votersGreen Party member asked volunteers to give ballot paper to households days before 2002 electionFri Jun 11 2021 - 11:30
FG members used business cards from fake polling companyPolling firms express concern about how they are seen by the public after revelations about partiesThu Jun 10 2021 - 19:41
Micheál Martin: Party volunteers should not have posed as pollstersGreen Party says activists may have pretended to be market researchers in ‘isolated incidents’Thu Jun 10 2021 - 09:52
Political parties must account for source of voter data, says data protection commissionerFF and SF activists posed as market researchers for polling, FG did ‘similar’Wed Jun 09 2021 - 22:13
Cabinet approves move to establish sick pay schemeTánaiste suggests some employers may also have to pay workers more post pandemicWed Jun 09 2021 - 15:40
Bacik rejects ‘Punch and Judy’ politics of Dublin Bay South byelectionLabour Senator officially launches campaign to take seat vacated by Eoghan MurphyWed Jun 09 2021 - 15:33
Deposit amounts should be set by landlords, says property owners’ groupUpfront charges to be limited to two months’ rent under plans to be brought to CabinetWed Jun 09 2021 - 11:23
New legislation will expand sick pay and sick leave rights to workersStatutory regime may not be fully in place for years as employers given time to adjustWed Jun 09 2021 - 03:22
Cocaine exchanged at window ledge of room where child played, says Portobello residentPublic urination and drug use sparked local ire but council reaction ‘lazy and myopic’Wed Jun 09 2021 - 03:13
Portobello Plaza: Antisocial activity makes life ‘hellish’ for residentsCouncil closed canalside Dublin plaza for period due to ‘disgusting’ behaviourWed Jun 09 2021 - 03:08
Scheme to fix mica damage to houses could cost State over €1bnAnxiety at spiralling bill as Clare and Sligo look to join Donegal and Mayo in schemeWed Jun 09 2021 - 03:00
Blitz of Covid-19 testing for Co Limerick after rate of infection nearly doublesInterval between doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to be reduced on a phased basisSat Jun 05 2021 - 02:00
Delta variant data must be taken ‘very seriously’, Donnelly saysMinister envisages reduced role for mandatory hotel quarantine from July 19thSat Jun 05 2021 - 01:26
Some Leaving Cert students in Limerick to miss exams due to Covid-19Holohan rules out local lockdown as incidence of cases in county causes concernsFri Jun 04 2021 - 18:17
FF Senators call for referendum on right to housing by 2023Group puts motion before Seanad seeking to enshrine right to home in ConstitutionFri Jun 04 2021 - 14:57
Mother and baby home commission should ‘do the right thing’ and address OireachtasMinister says member’s appearance at UK event ‘added insult to injury’ for survivorsThu Jun 03 2021 - 16:57
Call for housing borrowing binge will concern fiscal conservatives in GovernmentThere are misgivings among some over breakdown in fiscal discipline among the Coalition leadersThu Jun 03 2021 - 08:12
Martin calls for better outdoor facilities as councils asked to provide more binsStephen’s Green bandstand fenced off as authorities deal with backlash to crowdsWed Jun 02 2021 - 23:18
Councils should be allowed vary property tax by more than 15%, Varadkar saysProperty tax net to include buyers of new-build homes in coming yearsWed Jun 02 2021 - 11:39
Thousands of cancers may have been missed due to Covid-19, TDs toldOireachtas health committee hears services suffered ‘hammer blow after hammer blow’Wed Jun 02 2021 - 11:08
Property tax reforms will increase many homeowners’ billsCabinet to cut rate and broaden bands, but 33% of homeowners to see increase in chargesWed Jun 02 2021 - 10:04
Ship of State appears to be in steadier Covid watersInside Politics: Managing pandemic and adjacent issues are biggest risks the Government faces over summerWed Jun 02 2021 - 07:52
Economic recovery plan ‘the opposite of austerity’, says TaoiseachPUP rate cut, 50,000 new training places and 9% VAT rate extended under €3.6bn stimulus packageTue Jun 01 2021 - 20:35
Property tax overhaul to see some bills rise and bring post-2013 homes into netA third of existing property tax payers face higher rate while 11 per cent face reductionsTue Jun 01 2021 - 17:26
Q&A: What's in the economic recovery plan and when will PUP rates change?From the PUP to property tax and retraining, here are the pandemic supports explainedTue Jun 01 2021 - 16:16
Stimulus package of €3.5bn likely to be lost amid fallout from PUP cutsInside Politics: Opposition will see phasing out of supports as opportunity to attackTue Jun 01 2021 - 08:15
Pandemic recovery plan: €3.5bn stimulus will taper supports and fund trainingCovid support schemes to be wound down gradually with payments cut in three stagesTue Jun 01 2021 - 01:00
Just 75 employers flag trouble getting staff to return to workBosses repeat warnings about enhanced rates via pandemic unemployment paymentTue Jun 01 2021 - 01:00
Pandemic Unemployment Payment to be phased out from SeptemberReduction of PUP rates will be staggered across three phasesMon May 31 2021 - 22:08
No change to Government schedule for pub and restaurant reopening – TánaisteReform needed as pandemic shows limited illness benefit for many frontline workers, Varadkar saysMon May 31 2021 - 21:23
HSE knew the cyberattack risks but couldn’t get ahead of the hackersHealth system had been tackling weaknesses in IT security but cyber criminals got there firstSat May 22 2021 - 05:27
Cyberattack: Years of fraud, extortion attempts could follow if HSE data published, gardaí fearPublication of data on darknet as threatened by gang appears inevitable, gardaí saySat May 22 2021 - 03:26
Solicitors condemn Donnelly’s ‘slur’ about lawyers ‘licking their lips’ over HSE hackLaw Society calls it a ‘blatant attempt to insult the integrity of an entire profession’Fri May 21 2021 - 20:30
Plan for return of events and overseas travel to be announced next week‘We will be trying to give a sense to people in those key sectors what will be possible,’ says TaoiseachFri May 21 2021 - 19:46
Private sector to build majority of housing under Government targetsMinisters meet for key briefing to sign off on housing reformsFri May 21 2021 - 04:45
Minister warns funds may exit market if apartments included in new stamp dutyNew 10% duty on bulk-bought homes comes into effectWed May 19 2021 - 22:54
Housing plan: Stamp duty hike to limit bulk-buying ‘not a silver bullet’, says O’BrienIf tax and planning changes fail then extra budget measures will be added, says MinisterWed May 19 2021 - 16:33
Housing plan Q&A: Will new reforms help the current crisis?Reforms will probably prove to be narrowly effective but fundamental problems on housing remainWed May 19 2021 - 15:55
Twitter challenges Irish proposals for online safety legislationSocial media giant is appearing before an Oireachtas committeeWed May 19 2021 - 12:42
Green Party MEP Cuffe ‘disappointed’ with housing reforms‘I understand several of my parliamentary colleagues in the Oireachtas are of a similar view’Wed May 19 2021 - 12:16
Twitter plans stiff challenge to Irish proposals for online safety lawsSocial network’s statement sure to put it on collision course with Oireachtas committee membersWed May 19 2021 - 09:36
Covid travel restrictions mean State risks falling behind, Willie Walsh to sayEx-IAG boss to call for ‘clear pathway’ for aviation at Oireachtas committee appearanceWed May 19 2021 - 05:14
Stamp duty hike of 10% for bulk-buyers of houses set to be approved by DáilGreen Ministers reportedly query exemption of apartments from the measureWed May 19 2021 - 00:02
Stamp duty will rise to 10% for multiple house purchases under Government plansAll owner-occupiers eligible to buy reserved sections of housing estates under proposalsTue May 18 2021 - 23:31
Green ministers question proposals to limit role of ‘cuckoo funds’Concern is expressed that ownership will be concentrated in suburbsTue May 18 2021 - 22:26
Q&A: So will 40-49s get the Janssen vaccine soon? It’s not that simpleNiac issues new advice on the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca jabsTue May 18 2021 - 19:17
Cyberattack a ‘despicable’ crime with risk of stolen patient data being abused, Government saysNo effort spared to resume medical services and restore HSE’s system, statement saysMon May 17 2021 - 18:29
People in their 40s to be given choice of AstraZeneca or J&J vaccineStrict conditions will apply following advice from National Immunisation Advisory CommitteeMon May 17 2021 - 13:03
Hackers could publish HSE patient data online, says MinisterMuch of information is administrative and not related to procedures and conditionsMon May 17 2021 - 05:05
HSE seeks clarity on use of hundreds of thousands of doses of Covid-19 vaccinesImmunisation body believed to support use of the shots in principle for 40-49 age groupMon May 17 2021 - 04:14
