Role of school secretaries as important as teachers, SNAs, school principals - TánaisteVaradkar tells Dáil Government wants to regularise their situationThu Oct 08 2020 - 17:59
Cabinet split in final vote on Dying with Dignity Bill, just four FF TDs in favourKenny says no guarantee legislation passes but Dáil decision a ‘significant’ step forwardThu Oct 08 2020 - 15:50
Dying with Dignity Bill moves to committee stage after voteLegislation sponsored by People Before Profit will now progress to the committee stageWed Oct 07 2020 - 21:46
‘We are deeply concerned’: Officials report 611 new Covid-19 cases, five further deathsHolohan criticises leak of Nphet recommendation that entire State go to Level 5 lockdownWed Oct 07 2020 - 21:41
Minister tells Dáil terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland classed as ‘severe’Increasing cooperation between New, Continuity IRA, rising loyalist paramilitary activity in BelfastWed Oct 07 2020 - 21:32
State has to take stronger role in provision of disability services – TaoiseachMartin pledges funding for sector which SF leader says is ‘on the ledge, on the floor, on their knees’Wed Oct 07 2020 - 21:03
Varadkar says he and Holohan are ‘on the same team’Taoiseach pays tribute to ‘selfless’ CMO returning to help country deal with Covid-19Wed Oct 07 2020 - 17:46
School secretaries set for strike action in dispute over payThree one-day stoppages to be followed by indefinite strike from November 16thWed Oct 07 2020 - 16:06
PUP payment could be extended beyond April 2021 deadline, Minister signalsHeather Humphreys criticised in Dáil after blanket €350 payment reduced to between €203 and €300 depending on previous incomeWed Oct 07 2020 - 13:36
Opposition parties criticise Varadkar’s comments about HolohanRemarks were too personal towards the chief medical officer and went ‘much too far’Wed Oct 07 2020 - 01:01
Call for inquiry into Arts Council cancellation of communications advice tenderOrganisation accused of being ‘tone deaf to artists and agencies’Tue Oct 06 2020 - 22:00
Healy-Rae tells Taoiseach to ‘cop on’ in row over cataract busMartin claims Kerry TD approaches Mass goers to offer transport for cross-border surgeryTue Oct 06 2020 - 21:57
‘Huge’ difference between ‘bloody visors’ and ‘proper masks,’ Kelly tells DáilKelly calls on Minister for Health and Nphet to give guidance on different levels of protectionTue Oct 06 2020 - 21:08
Mattie McGrath apologises for remarks about Dr Tony HolohanIndependent TD said ‘I want to profoundly apologise’ for querying CMO’s whereaboutsTue Oct 06 2020 - 18:11
Taoiseach says Government had to consider ‘wider issues’, not just Nphet adviceMartin accuses Sinn Féin leader of constantly seeking to undermine GovernmentTue Oct 06 2020 - 17:05
Firm linked to errors in Leaving Cert results paid €163,000Department of Education made payment to Canadian company without tendering processFri Oct 02 2020 - 02:03
Thousands may have received higher Leaving Cert grades than they should, Minister saysStudents who get alternative offer can stay in current course for year, Foley saysThu Oct 01 2020 - 22:32
Green Party leader says Ireland’s low rates of breastfeeding ‘shocking and a disgrace’Ryan says breastfeeding ‘very difficult for a man to talk about’Thu Oct 01 2020 - 21:17
TD appeals for no delay in progressing right to die BillMinister says time needed to consider complex issues of most fundamental importanceThu Oct 01 2020 - 21:13
‘People need to be given hope’ in Covid-19 messaging, Dáil toldGovernment must acknowledge people’s anger at impact of pandemic, TD saysThu Oct 01 2020 - 19:08
Just 7% of Covid-19 illness benefit recipients were confirmed casesMajority on benefit a ‘probable risk’ rather than confirmed case of virus – MinisterWed Sept 30 2020 - 21:27
Taoiseach tells TD to ‘cop on’ over criticism of contact tracers asking about pubsMartin claims Danny Healy-Rae consistently trying to ‘undermine public health message’Wed Sept 30 2020 - 19:37
Leaving Cert: 6,500 students awarded lower grade due to code errorsGovernment will work with colleges to give places to those who missed outWed Sept 30 2020 - 17:25
Government policy on affordable housing is ‘mañana mañana’ – McDonaldSF leader seeks social housing scheme Minister promised to launch in SeptemberWed Sept 30 2020 - 15:26
€9.1bn capital project budget for next year may increase, Minister signalsSF express concern that if pandemic lasts two to three years allocation is ‘real cut per capita’Wed Sept 30 2020 - 06:27
Donohoe denies he ‘failed miserably’ to secure mortgage break extensionSinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty claims Fine Gael party is ‘too close to big finance and banks’Tue Sept 29 2020 - 21:54
Donohoe to examine tax reliefs for people working remotelyMinister concerned workers will miss out on picking up knowledge gained sitting among colleaguesTue Sept 29 2020 - 21:07
TD claims ‘tree huggers’ trying to halt progress of forestry BillTaoiseach says no forestry industry left within months unless licence appeals dealt withTue Sept 29 2020 - 16:37
Former DCU president to chair Future of Media CommissionNew body established by Government includes journalists, academics, entrepreneursTue Sept 29 2020 - 16:36
Home of The O’Rahilly should not have been demolished, Taoiseach says‘Iconic and historic locations such as this should be preserved or incorporated,’ Martin saysTue Sept 29 2020 - 15:48
Taoiseach ‘not at all happy’ ex-minister took job in sector he was responsible forDáil hears ethics laws to be reviewed as SF leader critcises ‘cosy’ links between Government and banksTue Sept 29 2020 - 14:31
€10m announced for disability sector to resume supports and increase service daysThere has been repeated criticism of delay in resumption of supports which have not yet been fully restored due to Covid-19Mon Sept 28 2020 - 07:47
Budget 2021 a chance to avert ‘perfect storm’ facing charitiesCommunity Foundation Ireland appeals for change to rules ‘hampering’ philanthropyMon Sept 28 2020 - 01:01
Coronavirus: Further 430 cases reported in State is most in a day since AprilGlynn urges public to reduce contacts, with 212 more cases in Dublin and 54 in CorkSun Sept 27 2020 - 18:57
Covid test in use at Rome, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf airports being piloted in RoscommonHSE monitoring project for test claimed to have 97 per cent accuracySun Sept 27 2020 - 15:34
Housing should only be built with ‘concrete certainty’ about location of public transportMinister warns local authorities not to allow development on ‘speculative’ projectsSun Sept 27 2020 - 11:57
Underground ‘loop’ at St Stephen’s Green potential option linking Metrolink to LuasMinister says work beginning to ‘review and refresh’ national transport strategyThu Sept 24 2020 - 20:50
New hare coursing licences issued to allow capture of live haresTD expresses concern about prevalence of deadly RHD2 virus in hare populationThu Sept 24 2020 - 20:27
No deal ratification if UK threat to break law remains, Coveney says‘Trust and relationships like everything in politics are what matter here’Thu Sept 24 2020 - 18:43
‘Real possibility’ of conscience vote on right to die legislation - Eamon RyanBill to allow terminally ill decide timing of their own death to be debated next weekThu Sept 24 2020 - 18:06
Labour claims Government putting ’spin’ on winter plan as only 528 new beds in systemAlan Kelly says almost 1,000 of 1,500 hospital beds already in placeThu Sept 24 2020 - 15:41
Dublin Airport is examining options for Covid-19 testingMinister of State Hildegarde Naughton says it is looking at testing in line with EU proposalThu Sept 24 2020 - 13:06
TD calls for banning the wearing of paramilitary uniforms by dissidentsFianna Fáil’s Cathal Crowe says Ireland has ‘one Army only’ who wear national uniformThu Sept 24 2020 - 07:56
Ryan says lack of airport testing for Covid due to health service adviceMinister says it is ‘imperative’ to retain international connectivity through Shannon and CorkWed Sept 23 2020 - 22:00
‘Serious shortage’ of data protection staff a huge risk to Ireland’s reputation - FF SenatorMore than €2 million underspend in data protection office over recruitment delaysWed Sept 23 2020 - 21:50
Government ‘hypocritical’ by failing to act on recommendation to deal with sick payLabour leader accuses State of breaching public health guidelines on benefit schemeWed Sept 23 2020 - 19:24
Non-political cross-party leaders’ forum needed on Covid-19 strategy, Dáil toldShortall warns lockdowns not sustainable and price being paid ‘too high’Wed Sept 23 2020 - 16:29
‘Outrageous’: Martin and McDonald trade accusations in bitter Dáil row on payTaoiseach accuses Sinn Féin leader of using every opportunity to ‘tell untruths’Wed Sept 23 2020 - 15:10
IRA chief of staff tipped off gardaí about Arms Trial guns, says Seán HaugheyTrial ‘an important time in our history, repercussions of which continue to reverberate’Wed Sept 23 2020 - 09:36
Opposition TDs angry over lack of attendance at Covid-19 committeeAppearance of Minister, NPHET and HSE cancelled 24 hours before meetingTue Sept 22 2020 - 21:49
