Explainer: Will the increase in Delta variant impact the reopening?Spike in Covid variant leads to fresh questions about further easing of restrictionsTue Jun 22 2021 - 18:38
Site ownership a recurring concern about National Maternity HospitalGovernment uncomfortable building €800m hospital on land it does not ownMon Jun 21 2021 - 01:00
Statute of limitations over defective building materials may be extendedPlan could enable action against builders and suppliers over longer time frameMon Jun 21 2021 - 01:00
Government to renew effort to purchase National Maternity Hospital siteState to engage with St Vincent’s Hospital Group and Religious Sisters of CharityMon Jun 21 2021 - 01:00
Varadkar dances a leftward shimmy to pair with greatest hitsSinn Féin threat and pandemic effect give rise to tweaked messaging in ardfheis speechSun Jun 20 2021 - 19:14
Dublin Bay South voters urged to look to Green policies in byelection‘Only women can represent women effectively,’ says candidate Claire Byrne at launchSun Jun 20 2021 - 17:34
Varadkar guarantees abortions will take place in new maternity hospitalTánaiste says hospital will carry out clinical procedures contrary to Catholic ethosSun Jun 20 2021 - 13:20
Projected cost of National Maternity Hospital now €800mFigure has more than doubled amid renewed controversy over ownershipSat Jun 19 2021 - 01:12
Pressure mounts on Ryan over antigen testing pilot programme for air travelGovernment’s failure to adopt tests one of several restrictions blamed for aviation crisisFri Jun 18 2021 - 19:35
State would own new National Maternity Hospital in ‘ideal world’, says TaoiseachStakeholders should not become ‘overly obsessive’ about ownership, Taoiseach saysFri Jun 18 2021 - 18:28
Mica: Fianna Fáil meeting hears call for Government to pay 100% of costsTaoiseach says people aged 30-39 can register for Covid-19 vaccine ‘over the next day or two’Wed Jun 16 2021 - 21:07
Dublin Bay South byelection ‘wide open’, says Social DemocratsParty leaders defend approach to public health advice at launch of Durcan’s campaignWed Jun 16 2021 - 19:06
Rapid antigen tests open to manipulation, immunologist warnsHolohan cautions against use of antigen tests as ‘green light’ for resumption of activitiesWed Jun 16 2021 - 18:26
State urged to support regional airports that ‘don’t see an end in sight’Routes which may not be profitable for three years vital to recovery, says FF SenatorWed Jun 16 2021 - 16:38
‘Vast majority’ to receive second AstraZeneca shot earlier under accelerated rolloutUp to 450,000 people to get second vaccine dose sooner due to concerns over Delta variantWed Jun 16 2021 - 00:04
Minister wants powers to boost social and affordable housingCabinet to hear plan to give minister greater clout over use of public land in big citiesTue Jun 15 2021 - 02:30
Rise of Delta variant will not affect summer reopening plans in RepublicAbout 25% of all new cases seen in Northern Ireland are of the Delta variantTue Jun 15 2021 - 01:00
Regional air links: ‘I was able to be in Dublin any morning at 9am’Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Moya Brennan call to keep flights out of Donegal and KerryMon Jun 14 2021 - 22:12
Aer Lingus to fly five Stobart routes to Britain until ‘at least’ July 19thHigh Court appoints provisional liquidators to Stobart Air after it ceased tradingMon Jun 14 2021 - 20:53
State's tax rates a ‘major disincentive’ for remote workers, says VarakdarIreland must adapt as Facebook allows Irish staff work abroad, Tánaiste saysSat Jun 12 2021 - 01:01
Q&A: Why were political party members posing as pollsters?Controversy erupts around parties’ historical approach to private polling of votersFri Jun 11 2021 - 17:41
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
