Dublin City Council must be ‘central driving force’ for rejuvenation of O’Connell StreetTaoiseach will consider a taskforce but warns it is ‘not a panacea’Wed Oct 19 2022 - 15:22
Call for immediate ban on disconnection of pay-as-you-go energy customersTaoiseach says charities, budgeting services have warned of further debt for some familiesWed Oct 19 2022 - 15:05
Senator ‘shocked’ by ‘intimidating’ reply from civil servant over tender documents Letter referred to Offices of Attorney General and Chief State Solicitor after it came into Gerard Craughwell’s possessionTue Oct 18 2022 - 21:35
Sinn Féin has ‘no policy’ on instigating legal actions, says Ó Broin Taoiseach corrects Dáil record over comments about RTÉ interview with Shane Ross regarding McDonald biographyTue Oct 18 2022 - 19:22
Concrete levy to be cut to 5% and delayed until September next yearMinister for Finance says charge, designed to cover cost of repairing building defects, will be in place ‘for the foreseeable future’Tue Oct 18 2022 - 17:56
Ban on evictions will be in place from start of November, Taoiseach tells Dáil Micheál Martin says local authorities have bought almost 650 homes where tenants on point of eviction because of property going for saleTue Oct 18 2022 - 17:24
Call for State to recognise existence of babies who die before 28 weeks of pregnancy‘Certificate of Life’ part of legislation to create non-statutory register for familiesThu Oct 13 2022 - 20:05
‘Cold’ Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme ‘aimed at reducing costs’ Minister for Children accused of ‘failing to learn’ from previous ‘debacles’ but O’Gorman says provisions avoid ‘re-traumatisation’ with tens of thousands more beneficiariesThu Oct 13 2022 - 17:31
Decision next week on extending rent tax credit to parents paying for students’ accommodationTánaiste accused by Sinn Féin of ‘abject failure’ to deal with housing crisis as students walk out of college classes in protestThu Oct 13 2022 - 14:44
Enough supports in place to stop any electricity cut offs during winter, says Michael McGrath Minister says Government acted ‘in very fair, generous way’ with €1.2bn social protection packageWed Oct 12 2022 - 19:20
Cost of mica and apartment defect repairs ‘will have to be met’ sometime, Minister saysMichael McGrath deflects questions on whether controversial concrete levy will be included in Finance Bill but says €5bn bill remainsWed Oct 12 2022 - 14:55
Employee gets final warning for being late due to unreliable Go-Ahead bus service, Dáil toldSinn Féin TD says Go-Ahead ‘seems to be recruiting some of the most delicate drivers’ as level of sick leave ‘disproportionate’Wed Oct 12 2022 - 14:52
Junior Cert results date ‘will not be known until next week’Minister for Education Norma Foley tells Dáil she could not give an exact date for releaseWed Oct 12 2022 - 06:54
Criticism of ‘outrageous’ inclusion of holiday homes in emergency energy credit schemeOpposition TDs say failure to target energy credits means Government will be paying to keep the lights on for some of Ireland’s richestTue Oct 11 2022 - 21:14
Creeslough: Dáil observes minute’s silence as tribute to ‘incalculable’ lossTaoiseach recalls stories of ‘the most extraordinary courage, commitment, heroism and love’ heard during visit to Co Donegal villageTue Oct 11 2022 - 19:24
‘Honour the promise’: Nursing home staff demand their pandemic paymentsMore than 2,000 letters urge Minister for Health to expedite Covid paymentTue Oct 11 2022 - 17:42
RTÉ and Sinn Féin deny party given access to never broadcast Shane Ross interview Broadcaster rejects suggestion that ‘a political party’ was allowed to listen to segment with author and former minister Shane RossTue Oct 11 2022 - 17:22
Taoiseach pledges to work with thalidomide survivors to resolve issues around supports ‘once and for all’ Micheál Martin will contact Irish Thalidomide Association about putting a mediation process in place following calls to ‘fix the stalemate’Fri Oct 07 2022 - 15:32
Recruitment drive aims to return National Symphony Orchestra to full strengthMinister wants orchestra and RTÉ choirs ‘not only to survive but to flourish’Fri Oct 07 2022 - 11:53
Senator calls for €3,000 ‘luxury emissions’ tax on private jets leaving Irish airportsSinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan criticises ‘outrageous carry-on’ of short flights by celebrities in SeanadThu Oct 06 2022 - 21:51
Ryan in talks with energy companies on protections for pay-as-you-go customersSinn Féin says 346,000 customers on these electricity meters have no protection from being cut offThu Oct 06 2022 - 19:19
Not a full house: Less than half of Senators turn up as House of Lords speaker addresses the Seanad Lord John McFall stresses need for co-operation between two governments as Northern Ireland Protocol Bill due for second reading in WestminsterThu Oct 06 2022 - 18:59
UK’s protocol legislation ‘best ignored for now’, says Coveney Bill unlikely to be passed ‘anytime soon’ but opportunity exists for progress without distraction over legislationThu Oct 06 2022 - 13:33
Local authorities criticised by junior minister over failure to buy unoccupied Garda stations for housing‘You wouldn’t think there’s a housing crisis in the country from the response of some of the local authorities’Wed Oct 05 2022 - 18:44
Need to prove domestic abuse to secure paid leave would make legislating ‘almost unworkable’, says VaradkarTD ‘absolutely appalled’ by Ibec raising concerns about paid leave for victims of domestic abuseWed Oct 05 2022 - 18:13
Ireland in ‘war time’ situation as Taoiseach warns of shock gas price increases in January Sinn Féin leader calls for moratorium on energy disconnections to start now and detail of measures to prevent pay-as-you-go customers being cut offWed Oct 05 2022 - 14:55
‘Great level of racism and hatred’ in Ireland, Seanad toldGovernment urged to ensure proposed hate crime legislation will apply to public representatives and local authoritiesTue Oct 04 2022 - 21:54
Cabinet approves plan for €600 electricity credit for all householdsGreen Party leader Eamon Ryan looking at ways to help consumers who ‘fall outside framework’ of energy creditsTue Oct 04 2022 - 19:24
Truss ‘adamant’ there will be elections in North if Executive not restored — Taoiseach Micheál Martin says negotiations between EU and Britain should be given ‘space’ as he warns against using language like ‘u-turn’Tue Oct 04 2022 - 18:36
Government claims broadening concrete levy would result in higher bank and interest chargesSF to table private member’s motion to scrap proposed levy and instead impose a levy on developers’ profitTue Oct 04 2022 - 15:41
Tánaiste says pay-as-you-go energy customers should be protected from disconnections this winterSolidarity TD warns that up to 200,000 households could be affected if moratorium does not extend to all electricity and gas consumersThu Sept 29 2022 - 20:51
Concrete blocks levy to add up to €1,600 to build costs, but controversial plan to remainTen per cent levy was announced as part of Budget 2023, but Opposition parties have called for it to be scrappedThu Sept 29 2022 - 20:04
Boy (13) had to wait seven years for formal autism diagnosis to get services, Dáil told Tánaiste suggests children with clear disabilities should receive services ahead of formal diagnosisThu Sept 29 2022 - 16:28
Concrete levy is needed to help ease ‘enormous outlay’ for mica redress - TaoiseachTánaiste says defective construction going to cost ‘hundreds of millions if not billions’Thu Sept 29 2022 - 16:17
Annual €500 rent tax credit may be boosted in coming years, Taoiseach tells FF meetingSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald warns budget rent tax credits will fuel hikes for tenantsWed Sept 28 2022 - 21:41
Taoiseach rejects Opposition claims that Budget 2023 is for ‘wealthy people’Opposition parties claim during Dáil debate that budget is ‘regressive’, a ‘sugar hit’ and ‘continues the cycle of failure’Wed Sept 28 2022 - 21:16
New legislation needed for defective buildings repair scheme, Minister saysNew interdepartmental group to be set up to bring proposals on how to address defects by the end of this yearWed Sept 28 2022 - 14:42
Dáil row over debate time on €6bn reserve fund allocation Budget 2023: Government introduced resolution with just two minutes of debate for each party and groupWed Sept 28 2022 - 06:40
Sinn Féin says Government treating lower-income workers as an ‘afterthought’Budget 2023: Doherty calls €500 tax credit for renters a ‘poor and pale imitation’ of their own planTue Sept 27 2022 - 20:24
Super wealthy will benefit from budget more than those on lower incomes, Dáil hears Budget 2023: Róisín Shortall says through tax cuts and energy supports, public representatives will benefit to the tune of €1,400Tue Sept 27 2022 - 19:12
Budget 2023: Tax credit for renters and a reduction in childcare fees in €11bn packageBudget 2023 measures include cost of living payments, welfare increases and extended free GP careTue Sept 27 2022 - 17:14
Ireland must use its exchequer surplus wisely, says Donohoe as bumper budget announcedBudget 2023: Ministers announce €4.1bn package of once-off measures, alongside budgetary measures worth €6.9bnTue Sept 27 2022 - 15:30
Labour’s Ged Nash accuses pension providers of charging ‘scam’ fees to customersLouth TD tables Bill requiring trustees to supply clear and concise information about chargesFri Sept 23 2022 - 16:20
Budget 2023: People will see money in pockets and off bills ‘in weeks’Budget an opportunity to deal with high costs in childcare, healthcare, public transport and rents, says VaradkarThu Sept 22 2022 - 13:46
Government ‘worst in class’ for providing energy crisis supports, Pearse Doherty saysMinister for Finance says Sinn Féin’s yet to be published alternative budget ‘has more instalments than Star Wars’Thu Sept 22 2022 - 12:06
Taxi drivers given extension on 10-year age limit for vehiclesUp to 4,000 cars are granted reprieve amid global shortage of new carsThu Sept 22 2022 - 11:44
Violet-Anne Wynne makes history as first TD to bring her baby into DáilBaby sits placidly in her mother’s arms amid loud cheers and laughter in Dáil chamberWed Sept 21 2022 - 20:58
Irish Water criticised over information around ‘boil water’ notices and ‘do not consume’ warnings Second Minister raises shortcomings in communication with islanders off the west coast and in the Spiddal area of ConnemaraWed Sept 21 2022 - 20:51
Ceann Comhairle rejects Taoiseach’s claims about heckling in Dáil Micheál Martin said Opposition TDs were not being challenged over repeated interruptions of Ministers in HouseWed Sept 21 2022 - 14:09
Minister accuses Sinn Féin of following ‘Tory’ ideology with energy cap proposalDoherty says households in North have energy price certainty after UK government announced plans to limit billsWed Sept 21 2022 - 13:22
