Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael consummate marriage in budget, Labour claimsBudget ‘papers over cracks’, instead of building health serviceTue Oct 13 2020 - 19:50
Tánaiste breaks budget embargo, TD claimsMurphy asks if there will be consequences for Varadkar tweeting McGrath’s speech earlyTue Oct 13 2020 - 19:36
Government failed to ensure incomes will not ‘fall off a cliff’ – DohertySinn Féin says Government did not tackle housing crisis in budgetTue Oct 13 2020 - 16:49
Local authorities say they will have to cut services over collapse in revenuesCoronavirus: City and county councils need €300 million for 2021Mon Oct 12 2020 - 01:34
Covid-19: Taoiseach rules out short national lockdown as focus shifts to regional restrictionsIncreased regional measures more likely than ‘circuit breaker’, sources sayMon Oct 12 2020 - 01:09
Violent clashes at anti-lockdown protest in Dublin condemnedUp to 100 gardaí involved in operation as protesters and counter-protesters gathered on Saturday afternoonMon Oct 12 2020 - 01:00
No starting date set for minimum unit pricing on alcoholTwo years after legislation passed, ‘difficult stuff’ not done, says Alcohol Action IrelandMon Oct 12 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19: 814 new cases and two further deaths reported as Taoiseach warns of ‘challenging weeks ahead’Taoiseach says Level 3 restrictions can curb the spread of the virus if people work togetherSun Oct 11 2020 - 18:12
‘It is not going to be extended’ - Donnelly says midterm break won’t be longer than a weekKeeping schools open ‘huge priority’ for GovernmentSun Oct 11 2020 - 14:36
Donnelly says he told Taoiseach about possible Level 4 before Nphet meetingMinister says he and CMO discussed possibility of moving tightening Covid-19 restrictions beforehandFri Oct 09 2020 - 10:03
Referendum may be needed for Dying with Dignity Bill, says Gino KennyCabinet divided on legislation which has been moved to Oireachtas Committee on JusticeFri Oct 09 2020 - 01:12
Donnelly says he discussed moving to Level 4 restrictions with CMO before Nphet meeting on SundayMinister for Health tells Dáil he heard of Level 5 proposal around 7pm on SundayThu Oct 08 2020 - 21:45
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
