Government ‘predisposed to favouring men’ for top postsProgress made on Civil Service gender equality, says top-level appointments bodyMon Nov 25 2019 - 01:14
Children’s hospital board head to be quizzed on cost increasesFred Barry and colleagues due to appear before Oireachtas committee on WednesdaySun Nov 24 2019 - 22:46
New direct provision housing for asylum seekers is running over budgetMore centres are needed due to rise in the number seeking international protectionSat Nov 23 2019 - 02:15
Nearly 5,500 asylum seekers to be housed in new direct provision centres across IrelandDepartment of Justice seeking providers to operate centres in eight regionsFri Nov 22 2019 - 06:23
State pledges to consult communities over direct provision centresTender documents issued for new regional accommodation centres across 26 countiesFri Nov 22 2019 - 00:53
Fine Gael’s Verona Murphy ‘deeply regrets’ Islamic State commentsWexford byelection candidate claimed terror group is a big part of immigrant populationThu Nov 21 2019 - 14:58
Broadband plan gets lost in Verona Murphy controversyInside Politics: Taoiseach resists calls to deselect Wexford byelection candidate over comments on Isis and migrationWed Nov 20 2019 - 07:51
Verona Murphy: Fine Gael under pressure to address controversyTaoiseach says he is standing by his Wexford byelection candidate and will canvass with herWed Nov 20 2019 - 02:49
Taoiseach stands by Verona Murphy despite further controversial remarksFine Gael byelection candidate said addiction and bad choices lead people to become homelessTue Nov 19 2019 - 17:46
Verona Murphy criticised for saying 3 year-olds ‘manipulated’ by Isis‘These kind of comments need to be condemned in the strongest possible terms’Tue Nov 19 2019 - 14:00
Flanagan criticises Isis comments by Verona MurphyMinister says ‘this kind of misinformation’ is threatening ‘to take root’ after comments by Wexford candidateTue Nov 19 2019 - 08:03
Fine Gael TD says comments by party byelection candidate ‘dangerous’Verona Murphy, FG candidate in Wexford, said some asylum seekers ‘infiltrated by Isis’Tue Nov 19 2019 - 02:30
Wexford byelection: Main rivals face off over homelessnessKey issue for all candidates is that a lot of people are unaware an election is coming upTue Nov 19 2019 - 02:00
Verona Murphy apologises ‘wholeheartedly’ for Isis migrants claimFine Gael byelection candidate said Isis was a ‘big part of the migrant population’Mon Nov 18 2019 - 21:05
Garda and HSE spending criticised by Dáil Public Accounts CommitteeGarda budget is managed ineffectively and HSE practices are ‘alarming'Thu Nov 14 2019 - 02:00
Some bright spots for Government on housing issueInside Politics: Figures show housing starts nationally rose, ESRI report states Irish houses not overvalued €Wed Nov 13 2019 - 08:29
Housing policy under fresh scrutiny as home-building stalls in DublinDublin Economic Monitor shows 14 per cent fall in house completions in three month periodFri Nov 08 2019 - 10:59
Dáil voting scandal to be investigated by ethics committeeCommittee will write to four Fianna Fáil TDs seeking further information on issueThu Nov 07 2019 - 20:00
High Court to deliberate on dispute over Dáil rulesCase arises after Ceann Comhairle blocks bid by TDs to alter regulations on order paperThu Nov 07 2019 - 06:45
Costs review at children’s hospital after fresh claims by contractorsRobust defence to be mounted against claims, says chief of hospital development boardThu Nov 07 2019 - 02:08
Irish Water cannot say if weather warning will impact on boil water notice periodRainfall warning has been issued for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and MeathWed Nov 06 2019 - 18:58
More water woes for greater Dublin areaInside Politics: Second boil-water notice imposed after officials cite ‘elevated risk’ of cryptosporidium entering water supplyWed Nov 06 2019 - 08:06
Boil water notice: Thursday at ‘earliest’ before warning for 600,000 liftedWarning on water quality issued on Monday night after heavy rain results in cloudy waterTue Nov 05 2019 - 15:49
Way cleared for law releasing birth data to adopted peopleNew law would allow release of birth information to adopted people for the first timeTue Nov 05 2019 - 02:30
Attorney General’s home burgled during HalloweenIncident at Séamus Woulfe’s Clontarf residence ‘minor’ although family was upsetMon Nov 04 2019 - 02:59
Coombe hospital made 52 calls to pest control early last yearOver 30 calls logged in relation to rodents, ants, wasps, bluebottles and silverfishMon Nov 04 2019 - 02:04
Minister says he will proceed with Achill asylum seeker planWomen in Dublin emergency accommodation as move postponed over protestSat Nov 02 2019 - 01:04
Michael Healy-Rae urged to explain how he claimed Dáil expenses when he was in KerryKerry TD was in Sneem on June 21st last year, yet Dáil records show his ID tag was used to clock him present for Juncker speechFri Nov 01 2019 - 20:51
Fine Gael national executive to consider Maria Bailey’s future‘Members are always the ones who choose the ticket,’ Minister says of local party motionFri Nov 01 2019 - 20:10
Regina Doherty praises Maria Bailey’s 'strength of character'‘She has been through an incredible amount but we’re a democratic party’Fri Nov 01 2019 - 13:54
PAC head accused of ‘wholly untrue’ claims about public services cardIrish Rail calls for Seán Fleming to correct record over remarks on use of card by companyFri Nov 01 2019 - 02:40
Calls for review of Dáil attendance and expenses systemRequest comes after it emerged several TDs clock in to Dáil but do not take part in votesFri Nov 01 2019 - 02:05
No possibility of Brexit deal changes, Donohue warnsCorbyn plan to broker new accord with EU in 2020 dismissed by MinisterThu Oct 31 2019 - 20:19
Many reasons why TD would be in Dáil but not vote, says DonohoeMinister says Dáil’s oversight body should reflect on whether a review neededThu Oct 31 2019 - 12:59
Boil notices increase despite investment in water infrastructureEPA points to funding, management and operational issues behind contaminationsSat Oct 26 2019 - 00:51
Collins and Dooley accounts of voting draw TDs’ scepticismVideo footage ‘stretches political credibility’, says Mary Lou McDonaldFri Oct 25 2019 - 01:00
Vote controversy: report recommends no sanctions against TDsInvestigation into voting row finds committee on procedures needs more powersThu Oct 24 2019 - 12:45
Dáil clerk’s report on Fianna Fáil voting incident to be publishedParty braced for findings after Niall Collins voted for Timmy Dooley six timesThu Oct 24 2019 - 07:46
Public Service Card cost nears €68m as enforcement order ‘imminent’Government may challenge Data Protection Commissioner’s ruling restricting use of cardThu Oct 24 2019 - 01:42
Voting controversy could result in 30-day suspensions for TDsFine Gael accuses Fianna Fáil of muddying waters with video of Ministers out of seatsTue Oct 22 2019 - 18:10
TDs across parties admit voting for colleagues not in seatsFine Gael Ministers among those who pressed buttons for colleagues in the DáilTue Oct 22 2019 - 08:10
Barry Cowen insists he was present when vote was castTDs from across political spectrum admit to voting for colleagues not in designated seatsMon Oct 21 2019 - 23:56
Dáil e-voting scandal: call for penalties for TDs who abuse systemIntroduction of thumbprint verification suggested to safeguard integrity of systemMon Oct 21 2019 - 20:33
Late applications to abuse survivors’ fund to be revisited, TDs toldCommittee chairman says it would be a travesty if abuse survivors ‘left high and dry’Thu Oct 17 2019 - 19:26
Brexit: Has DUP scuppered the withdrawal deal?Inside Politics: Party says it cannot support proposals as they stand despite positive signals last night around talksThu Oct 17 2019 - 07:24
Almost 400 abuse survivors to miss out on health and housing supportsCaranua says €110m survivors' fund is almost spent, despite €3m owed by Christian BrothersThu Oct 17 2019 - 02:12
FG to make tax cuts ‘priority’ ahead of election, says DonohoeMinister for Finance says Government to act once full impact of Brexit is knownWed Oct 16 2019 - 12:15
Fears over new legislation on opt-out sytem of organ donationIrish Kidney Association chief to address issue before Oireachtas health committeeWed Oct 16 2019 - 07:31
Online harassment highlights ‘need to train more gardaí’Government has ‘failed to properly resource’ Garda, expert to tell justice committeeTue Oct 15 2019 - 20:50
Garda vetting decision prompts organisations to seek legal adviceDepartment of Culture bodies say interpretation at odds with child-protection policiesMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:47
