May to make last-ditch attempt to avert defeat for Brexit dealSenior health service officials concerned about access to some 45 key drugsSun Jan 13 2019 - 22:39
HSE warns Government over drug supply in no-deal Brexit scenarioGovernment told it will need to make plans for foodstuffs for those who have specialised diets and rely on products from the UKSun Jan 13 2019 - 20:32
Regina Doherty signals end to €5 increases in social welfare paymentsMinister eyes index-linked welfare system and free school books for all childrenSun Jan 13 2019 - 20:18
Mary Lou McDonald defends Sinn Féin attendance at Maduro inaugurationThere were people in Ireland too who would not endorse the leadership of the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, SF president saidSat Jan 12 2019 - 16:09
Nurses will lose pay rises and gains for recruits if they strikePsychiatric nurses’ union says it will join wave of strikes by nurses next monthFri Jan 11 2019 - 03:00
Ministers face travel ‘lockdown’ over Dáil votesTaoiseach and Chief Whip warn Ministers Government losing too many votesFri Jan 11 2019 - 01:00
Sinn Féin defends decision to attend Maduro inaugurationRe-election of Venezuelan president denounced as illegitimate at home and abroadThu Jan 10 2019 - 20:38
All 19 maternity units now provide some level of abortion care – departmentOfficials working on exclusion zone laws following protests outside facilitiesThu Jan 10 2019 - 18:58
Pre-clearance for US flights at Shannon and Dublin airports to expandCosts of upgrade to be shared by US customs authorities and Irish airportsWed Jan 09 2019 - 21:52
Abortion service concerns heard at obstetricians, gynaecologists meetingGroup met to discuss motion on patient safety risks but no vote was heldWed Jan 09 2019 - 21:46
State to repay clients of failed overseas adoption agencySeventy people who sought to adopt children through Arc Adoption owed €2,750Wed Jan 09 2019 - 19:29
Public bodies and State agencies to end purchase of single-use cupsEach department to submit recycling plans by mid-JuneThu Jan 03 2019 - 01:00
Independent Alliance may have free vote on Israeli goods BillCoveney says Government cannot support legislation on AG advice it is not legally soundThu Jan 03 2019 - 01:00
Varadkar to consider ‘carbon cheque’ to compensate for taxMoney raised from carbon tax to be ‘given back to households’, says TaoiseachThu Jan 03 2019 - 00:52
Taoiseach rejects call for boycott of all-male events in USVaradkar warns of ‘double standard’ if diplomats attend male-only events elsewhereWed Jan 02 2019 - 17:07
Women’s Aid calls for proper training for new coercive control laws‘We want to see the development of good practices; of good, comprehensive training’Wed Jan 02 2019 - 11:16
Psychological or emotional abuse to be made legal offenceDomestic Violence Act 2018 to include new crime of coercive controlWed Jan 02 2019 - 00:38
Workers to get single sick cert after benefit scheme overhaulDepartment to issue guidelines to GPs on how long sick certs should typically lastSat Dec 29 2018 - 12:35
Abortion: 162 GPs enough to end need to travel abroad – HarrisThirty doctors signed up do not want HSE to give their details out to avoid being targetedSat Dec 29 2018 - 10:47
The year conservative, Catholic Ireland lost its mojoThe abortion referendum result was the ‘culmination of a quiet revolution in Ireland’Sat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00
Tuam excavation: Government unsure what it is ‘getting into’Varadkar says work on mother-and-baby home site to begin in second half of yearSat Dec 29 2018 - 01:00
Free repeat smear tests to end as HSE deals with backlogMore than 60,000 women concerned over CervicalCheck scandal awaiting resultsSat Dec 29 2018 - 00:26
Trolley patients half the levels of this time last year, but surge expectedDrop attributed to low levels of flu, milder weather, an increase in homecare packagesFri Dec 28 2018 - 15:07
Leo Varadkar defends ‘vulture funds’ and criticises practices of Irish banksTaoiseach says ‘vulture funds’ are more effective at writing down debts than banksFri Dec 28 2018 - 03:00
Zappone to renew efforts to help adopted children trace parentsMinister for Children in talks to bring adoption tracing Bill before SeanadFri Dec 28 2018 - 01:00
Just nine maternity units will be able to offer abortion services by January 1stSources say 145 GPs have signed a contract to provide termination services to patientsSat Dec 22 2018 - 01:00
Government has not and will not make any preparations for hard border - TaoiseachWe don’t think a no-deal Brexit is a probability, but it’s a possibility, Leo Varadkar saysThu Dec 20 2018 - 16:32
Blasphemy offence due to be removed by EasterMinister for Justice has published Bill to give effect to referendum resultThu Dec 20 2018 - 14:54
Tribunal to be set up over CervicalCheck controversyMs Justice Mary Irvine will chair tribunal, which will be set up in late 2019Wed Dec 19 2018 - 17:27
Cost of Children’s Hospital dominates in last days of Dáil termInside Politics: Revelation that price tag has soared to at least €1.4 billion is ‘extraordinary stuff’, says MartinWed Dec 19 2018 - 07:11
Quarter of abortion-services GPs yet to agree helpline sign-upHSE hoping more GPs who have agreed to provide services will sign up to helplineTue Dec 18 2018 - 01:00
Abortions will be free but some patients will have to pay for related drugsDraft plans on terminations also call for conscientious objectors to opt out in 'timely manner'Sat Dec 15 2018 - 01:02
Conference hears of challenges faced by women in politicsFemale TDs endure sexist remarks, comments on their dress and macho cultureFri Dec 14 2018 - 18:50
Abortion campaigners hail ‘historic day’ but eye changesActivists celebrate but urge full decriminalisation and removal of three-day wait periodFri Dec 14 2018 - 01:00
Abortion Bill completes final stage in the SeanadThe Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill will now go to the PresidentThu Dec 13 2018 - 21:30
‘There was bonkers stuff. I was told negative energy contributed to my cancer’Bill to regulate advertisement of so-called alternative treatments introduced in DáilWed Dec 12 2018 - 20:44
Harris ‘disappointed’ at hospital warning that it cannot meet abortion deadlineIndependent Senator Rónán Mullen accuses Minister for Health of ‘hustling’ hospitalsTue Dec 11 2018 - 19:56
New independent patient safety council to review open disclosures policiesDr Scally found current HSE and State Claims Agency policy was unsatisfactoryTue Dec 11 2018 - 19:20
Plan to ban ads suggesting medical treatment for cancer is unnecessaryThose who break the law could face imprisonment under Bill proposed by O’ConnellTue Dec 11 2018 - 18:03
Talks on deal between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael concluding, TDs sayParties in talks about extending confidence and supply dealTue Dec 11 2018 - 13:28
Government to issue abortion guidelines to fill ‘information vacuum’Doctors say women’s wellbeing is threatened by rush to bring service into operationSat Dec 08 2018 - 01:00
A flurry of texts, a handshake and stony faces, as Dáil passes abortion legislationThe Taoiseach was the first to take out his phone and snap a quick photo of the screen which showed that the Bill had passed 90 votes to 15, with 12 abstentionsFri Dec 07 2018 - 06:00
Harris to legislate for ‘safe zones’ around abortion servicesMinister for Health says he intends to bring forward stand-alone legislation next yearThu Dec 06 2018 - 20:27
‘Very divergent views’ about role to be played by councillorsIndependent review wants explanation of link between a councillor’s representational payment and a Senator’s salaryThu Dec 06 2018 - 01:00
Dáil passes landmark Bill providing for access to abortionA total of 65 amendments tabled but only changes brought by Harris passedWed Dec 05 2018 - 23:55
Sinn Féin proposes €35,000 salary for ‘full-time’ councillorsIssue of local authority member remuneration ‘extremely complex’, lawyer tells GovernmentWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Clause in Constitution may trigger meeting of Citizens’ AssemblyChanging wording on woman’s place ‘within the home’ subject of Oireachtas reportWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Proposed amendments to abortion legislation condemned as ‘archaic’Doctors would have had to record pregnant woman’s age, ethnicity and marital statusTue Dec 04 2018 - 22:54
Abortion law change to make doctors report woman’s marital status soughtAmendments to record patient’s previous terminations and ethnicity proposed by anti-abortion TDsTue Dec 04 2018 - 14:10
Irish citizens in North unlikely to have vote in European electionsSinn Féin wants Ireland’s new MEP seats to go to North but there are several obstaclesMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:57
