Rise in national minimum wage from €12.70 to €13.50 an hour to be considered by CabinetLow Pay Commission understood to have recommended 80 cent increase per hour to the current rateThu Aug 15 2024 - 21:28
English language schools push back against ‘astronomical’ student protection chargesSchools will have to pay a fee of up to €30,000 to QQI, depending on how large they are, followed by an annual charge of up to €20,000 to receive certificationThu Aug 15 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s housing crisis ‘on a different level’ with population growing at nearly four people for every new home builtHousing crisis: Affordability is declining faster than in the US, UK, Australia, Germany or Spain, says SavillsThu Aug 15 2024 - 05:00
Ireland has vowed to get tough on social media platforms - what are the options?Taoiseach to convene meeting of State agencies and other stakeholders as concerns about online threats and inflammatory content escalateWed Aug 14 2024 - 06:00
Tánaiste writes to UN raising ‘extreme concern’ after peacekeepers caught in suspected Israeli strikeSix Irish soldiers were unharmed after vehicles were damaged in incident in southern LebanonTue Aug 13 2024 - 17:30
Olympic Games: Eight years after the Rio ‘debacle’, Ireland is in high-performance modeParis results show country can shift from aiming to punch above its weight, says former Sport Ireland chairmanSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Vaccine-damage scheme expected to be approved before end of yearCovid-19, flu, MMR and suite of childhood vaccinations to be included in scheme to cover adverse events resulting from State vaccine programmesFri Aug 09 2024 - 19:39
Sinn Féin makes election pledge to phase out help-to-buy scheme and scrap housing subsidies Party will pledge 175,000 new homes for private purchase, self-build or rent over five yearsFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin’s grand plan for housing: Will it work?A bonfire of Government housing support schemes is a step into the unknown - even if the promise is for a better futureFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Ireland faces far greater cyberattack risk over next two years, security centre warns ‘Significantly heightened geopolitical risk’ multiplies likelihood of danger as plan outlining how cyber threats will be declared, managed and co-ordinated is publishedTue Aug 06 2024 - 00:01
Help to Buy scheme extension sought in Budget 2025 Minister for Housing expected to ask for hike to cap on price of homes eligible for scheme beyond current €500,000Tue Aug 06 2024 - 00:00
Protesters from Republic are warned against joining anti-immigrant rallies in Belfast, as NI Assembly is recalled Four men from Belfast charged as part of the investigation into the serious disorder on Saturday were all refused bail and remanded in custodyMon Aug 05 2024 - 18:14
Balaclavas to be banned when used to ‘intimidate’ under new plansHelen McEntee seeking legal advice on proposal following rise in protests at politicians’ homes and wider unrestMon Aug 05 2024 - 13:19
Irish citizens advised not to travel to Israel as regional tensions buildTaoiseach says travel advice has changed due to growing instability, with citizens told also to avoid travel to Lebanon and PalestineMon Aug 05 2024 - 12:45
Waiting lists for community healthcare up 50% in five years to more than 230,000HSE cites significant challenges encountered ‘for many service areas’ as a consequence of Covid-19 pandemicMon Aug 05 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ reports €9.1m deficit last year as Liveline host Joe Duffy highest paid with €351,000 packageChairman Terence O’Rourke described 2003 as a ‘difficult and damaging year’ in annual reportFri Aug 02 2024 - 17:01
Rights of homeless asylum seekers: No immediate changes likely after court ruling, Coalition figures indicateInternational protection applicants obliged to make ‘unacceptable’ choices due to Republic’s failure to meet obligations to themFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin’s novel housing plan a challenge to ancient Irish instincts about land ownershipAffordable homes would cost no more than €300,000 but the State would continue to own the land on which they are builtThu Aug 01 2024 - 19:14
‘Best wishes’ letter from President Higgins to Iran draws fire from IsraelCongratulatory note to Iran’s new president ‘sends the wrong message to the people of Iran living in fear’, says Israeli embassy in DublinThu Aug 01 2024 - 15:02
Households earning up to €90,000 would be eligible to buy affordable homes under Sinn Féin planThe party’s proposed housing plan would see the State retain ownership of the land where homes are builtThu Aug 01 2024 - 11:31
Health staff reform plan to end ‘traditional 9am-5pm’ work pattern‘Multi-use’ offices planned for civil servants to allow ‘best use of the State’s property portfolio’ under reforms linked to pay dealWed Jul 31 2024 - 06:00
Former Fine Gael politician sentenced to three years for laundering cash for Cyril ‘Dublin Jimmy’ McGuinnessFrank Kilbride appeared before Longford Criminal Court on Tuesday and pleaded with judge not to let him die in jailTue Jul 30 2024 - 17:53
No plan to expand TV licence into wider household charge under new RTÉ funding model Annual fee set to remain €160Fri Jul 19 2024 - 19:28
Row between Coalition Ministers over suspension of €12m straw schemeMinister of State Martin Heydon said move by Minister Charlie McConalogue with harvest under way has thrown plans of many farmers into disarrayFri Jul 19 2024 - 14:08
Will unruly Fianna Fáil TDs see Ireland get an EU Commissioner for Toilet Seats?Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Including row over hay is not going to be the last straw for the GovernmentFri Jul 19 2024 - 14:08
Trump’s Republican Convention speech, with notes: What did he say and what did he mean?Jack Horgan-Jones watched the Trump speech. In this annotated, edited transcript he picks out the key moments and messagesFri Jul 19 2024 - 10:35
Revenue Commissioners will have no role in collecting television licence feeIt’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gatheredFri Jul 19 2024 - 06:00
Decision on RTÉ funding may bring an end to long saga but there are still unknownsFuture for national broadcaster remains less than straightforwardFri Jul 19 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ funding: Government close to agreeing deal retaining TV licence fee and providing exchequer supportFinishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and MediaThu Jul 18 2024 - 15:11
President signs Bill relating to Defence Forces after convening Council of StateMichael D Higgins convened the Council of State on the constitutionality of the billWed Jul 17 2024 - 12:22
Thirty large sites identified for use as asylum-seeker accommodation centresMajority of the 30 large buildings sourced by the Government to house asylum seekers expected to be large former commercial or office unitsWed Jul 17 2024 - 06:00
Leo Varadkar confirms he will not contest next general electionFormer taoiseach says time has come to ‘explore new options and opportunities’Tue Jul 16 2024 - 20:30
Forensic accountants investigating allegations of ‘significant fraud’ by some hotels housing asylum seekersState has been winding up contracts with a range of accommodation providers on foot of a decline in the number of Ukrainians seeking protection hereMon Jul 15 2024 - 06:00
Tighter regulation of English language schools on way to sideline ‘rogue’ operatorsAnnual fees and contributions mandated to ‘learner protection fund’ to provide for students if schools failMon Jul 15 2024 - 06:00
Senator Róisín Garvey elected as Green Party’s new deputy leaderRebel backbencher Neasa Hourigan loses out on position in narrow voteSun Jul 14 2024 - 19:31
Five Fine Gael politicians compete for shot at Dáil seat vacated by CoveneyUnsuccessful European Election candidate John Mullins pledges to move home to Cork South Central constituency if he is selected to run for the partyFri Jul 12 2024 - 10:19
Dublin’s public transport links can act as ‘corridors of crime’, FF TDs sayCall for dedicated gardaí for public transport and a zero-tolerance approach to drug dealing and antisocial behaviour in publicThu Jul 11 2024 - 21:29
Top housing official to step down early in blow to Government planBob Jordan, chief executive of The Housing Agency, had a five year deal but will step down in SeptemberThu Jul 11 2024 - 17:40
Humphreys to seek budget funding for roll-out of hot meals to all primary schools Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe reject criticism from fiscal watchdog of Coalition’s plan for €8.3bn package of extra spending and tax measuresThu Jul 11 2024 - 16:02
Simon Coveney stepping aside is part of a major changing of the guard in Irish politicsFormer tánaiste’s move adds to the challenge facing Simon Harris ahead of the next general electionThu Jul 11 2024 - 07:59
Simon Harris ‘happy’ for John McGahon to seek Fine Gael nomination despite court fine for assault and batteryTaoiseach spoke as he marked the appointment of Nikki Bradley to the Seanad in place of Regina DohertyWed Jul 10 2024 - 12:17
Simon Coveney confirms he will not contest next general electionFormer tánaiste announces decision to leave politics after more than 25 yearsWed Jul 10 2024 - 11:56
No shortage of loose ends for Coalition as summer break beckonsFor Bills that do not make it over the line before the election, Opposition will target Government for not fulfilling commitmentsWed Jul 10 2024 - 08:03
Ivana Bacik tells Keir Starmer time to prepare for Irish unity referendum Republic’s Labour leader also calls on British prime minister to follow Irish lead and recognise Palestinian statehoodWed Jul 10 2024 - 06:00
People Before Profit seeking formal left-wing voting pact with Sinn Féin ahead of next electionDublin West TD says parties must ‘come together to learn from what has happened in France’ in call for agreementTue Jul 09 2024 - 15:19
Taoiseach calls missile strike on Kyiv children’s hospital ‘despicable act’Ukraine: Some 38 people killed and almost 200 more injured in intense barrageTue Jul 09 2024 - 12:36
Taoiseach says carers and elderly to be among Government priorities in budgetFollowing ‘intensive’ talks more would be done on spending side than through tax cuts, says TaoiseachTue Jul 09 2024 - 10:09
Cloud on the horizon as politicians take summer breakLikely autumn general election is political cloud on the horizon as well as final budget of CoalitionTue Jul 09 2024 - 08:11
Cabinet to approve plans for pre-election budget in summer statement Hospital emergency department overcrowding and national swimming strategy to be discussed by MinistersTue Jul 09 2024 - 06:00
UL professor Stephen Kinsella to be appointed economics adviser to Taoiseach Simon HarrisMr Kinsella will balance the role with his commitments to the University of Limerick, while taking a break from journalismMon Jul 08 2024 - 12:21
