Sinn Féin drops pledges to withdraw from EU and Nato defence arrangementsParty seeking to ‘refine’ policy ‘in a way that’s contemporary’ as neutrality position evolvesSat May 13 2023 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: Mood for change is tempered by the fact many don’t want everything to changeSinn Féin is conducting the difficult balancing act of promising change while reassuring voters the things they like will stay the sameSat May 13 2023 - 05:00
Senators query gender definition in hate crime lawMcDowell asks “what is any gender other than those of male and female”?Wed May 10 2023 - 21:41
Windfall tax receipts will not be enough to cover cost of ageing populationMinisters told PRSI increases needed to help bridge the gapWed May 10 2023 - 05:00
RAF jets may have entered Irish airspace, Martin saysTaoiseach refuses Dáil debate on revelationsTue May 09 2023 - 19:09
Sinn Féin seeks more information on defence agreements with RAFTánaiste defends arrangements with British air force to protect Irish airspaceMon May 08 2023 - 19:00
Pat Leahy: Nurses are entitled to make their case but the Government has a different jobState is unexpectedly flush with cash; it’s in the national interest to ensure this is spent wiselySat May 06 2023 - 06:00
Strong opposition likely within Government to restoring mortgage interest reliefMove would be ‘contrary to European Central Bank policy’ — a problem cited by several senior sourcesSat May 06 2023 - 05:00
Mortgage relief on agenda for budget after ECB rates rise againTaoiseach Leo Varadkar signals move on restoring relief to mortgage holders shouldering increased borrowing costs will be considered by GovernmentFri May 05 2023 - 05:00
Taoiseach says mortgage interest relief being considered as ECB raises rates by 0.25% Move set to bring immediate financial pain to tens of thousands of Irish tracker holdersThu May 04 2023 - 15:04
Tánaiste to signal need to ‘de-risk’ links between Ireland and ChinaMartin will give speech stressing Ireland’s pursuit of a positive relationship with Beijing while noting countries have different world viewsTue May 02 2023 - 05:00
Number of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland decreases, figures showAfter a surge in applications last year, recent months have seen the numbers fall to about 800Tue May 02 2023 - 05:00
Review to blame planning system for slow progress on climate targetsThe review is due to be presented to ministers at the weekly Cabinet meeting, due on Thursday this week.Tue May 02 2023 - 05:00
Bertie Ahern calls on unionists to accept ‘different’ status in UK amid framework objectionsFormer Taoiseach says DUP concerns on Windsor Framework are ‘sincere and need to be addressed’Mon May 01 2023 - 14:32
Workers urged to be ‘strike-ready’ as unions gear up for pay-rise campaignsWorkers urged to be ‘strike-ready’ as unions gear up for pay-rise campaignsMon May 01 2023 - 05:00
McGrath set to propose ringfencing billions in corporation tax revenuesParty leaders and senior officials will hold preliminary discussions on plans in the context of large budget surplusesMon May 01 2023 - 05:00
Senator defends President Michael D Higgins after economists disparage speechHiggins questions ‘obsession’ with economic growth and finds fault with teaching of economics in universitiesSun Apr 30 2023 - 19:00
Ireland’s giant surplus, the forthcoming election and the prudence pushbackMichael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe have warned ministers there cannot be a budget free-for-all. They will have their work cut outSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Builders discuss the housing crisis: ‘If this was health, the patients would all be dead’Pat Leahy: Builders say the dire situation is not being treated as the emergency it isSat Apr 29 2023 - 02:55
President condemns ‘obsession’ with economic growthIn reception for think tank Tasc, Michael D Higgins condemned ‘neo-liberalism’ and urged country to ‘rebalance economy, ecology and ethics’Fri Apr 28 2023 - 19:40
President, Taoiseach and SF’s Michelle O’Neill to attend King Charles’ coronation O’Neill said gesture demonstrated her commitment to advancing peace and reconciliationWed Apr 26 2023 - 15:27
Niall Collins faces demands to answer TDs’ questions over Limerick property purchaseCoalition leaders criticise but ultimately back junior minister as opposition TDs say law was breachedTue Apr 25 2023 - 21:29
Opposition condemns Government’s plans for public neutrality debatesForums on foreign and defence policy to take place in JuneTue Apr 25 2023 - 19:35
Niall Collins statement on Limerick property unlikely to silence questions Junior minister responds to series of stories published by The Ditch website about his wife’s purchase of a property in LimerickMon Apr 24 2023 - 21:59
Former Fine Gael TD Hugh Byrne dies Dr Byrne was a TD for Dublin North-West from 1969 to 1982Mon Apr 24 2023 - 21:27
Corporation tax surge: People forget that in the story of the boy who cried wolf, the wolf turns upGovernment didn’t expect the surge in corporation tax in the first place, so they are probably wise not to assume it will continue.Sat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Oireachtas committee to seek further hearings on botched Tony Holohan appointment after fractious Watt sessionOireachtas committee members were ‘shocked’ after a fractious session with Department of Health secretary general Robert WattFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
Abortion review to recommend sweeping changes to existing law Recommendations for widespread changes by report chair expected to reignite debate on abortion provision in IrelandFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
Proposals for subsidies totalling up to €600m to encourage apartment buildingDevelopers would have to set aside homes for cost rental under plans being worked on by GovernmentThu Apr 20 2023 - 14:04
Odds stacked against a new farmers’ partyMany independents unlikely to give up control over their own voteWed Apr 19 2023 - 19:32
Feast of public finances increases pressure on Government to spendInside Politics: Dowdall questions will keep coming for Sinn Féin; Greens take soft approach to reducing private car usageWed Apr 19 2023 - 07:41
Giveaway budget likely after latest ‘windfall’ corporate tax forecastReceipts will help equip Coalition with cash surplus as pressure for spending hikes growsWed Apr 19 2023 - 01:00
Kevin Bakhurst appointed as new RTÉ director generalFormer news and current affairs boss returns in top job and was ‘unanimous choice’ of boardTue Apr 18 2023 - 12:35
Surplus of over €16bn estimated for State for next yearStability Programme Update is due to be briefed to Ministers at Tuesday’s Cabinet meetingTue Apr 18 2023 - 11:54
Fallout from Hutch acquittal will roll on today with questions likely to followInside Politics: As the Dáil returns, Government to publish economic projections that include large surplusTue Apr 18 2023 - 07:46
Over €8 billion in budgetary surplus likely to be forecast for State Stability Programme Update expected to indicate corporation tax receipts for year will exceed 2022′s €22.6bnTue Apr 18 2023 - 01:00
Robert Watt likely to face questions at Dáil committee over botched Holohan appointmentDepartment of Health’s top civil servant to make appearance at Oireachtas Committee on WednesdayTue Apr 18 2023 - 01:00
Uncivil war among top officials on botched Holohan appointment to Trinity College DublinLong-delayed Department of Health report strongly critical of appointment process last yearMon Apr 17 2023 - 15:30
‘Biden was magnificently late for nearly everything’: How US president’s Ireland trip unfoldedUS president’s visit is a timely reminder for all on our island that this special relationship and the friendship that flows from it mattersSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: The Ulster-Scots lost America. Northern Ireland unionism faces a similar fate White House commitment to the Belfast Agreement and Windsor Framework suggests unionists must reflect on that significant factSat Apr 15 2023 - 00:00
Pat Leahy: Three key messages emerge from third day of Biden’s visitThe US president skipped his way though the day with obvious delight and no little energyThu Apr 13 2023 - 20:58
Public sector pay game is now afoot but deal over summer seems unlikelyMinisters will preach restraint but Coalition leaders will see an election coming on to the horizonThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:30
Teachers’ union calls for ‘Dublin allowance’ on top of salary Talks on a new public sector pay agreement set to start before summerThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
Biden in Ireland: ‘It feels like home’ - Biden ends first day of visit with a family reunionUS president hails Belfast Agreement saying landmark peace deal ‘shifted the political gravity in our world’Thu Apr 13 2023 - 00:03
Pat Magner, former Labour senator and national organiser, dies aged 82Cork-born man was a key member of Dick Spring’s back room team during the 1980s and 1990sWed Apr 12 2023 - 14:19
Biden flies in to declare backing for peace and prosperity in NorthUS president not expected to use visit to ‘twist arms’ over Stormont re-openingWed Apr 12 2023 - 00:01
Eviction ban lapses making thousands of notices to quit go live for tenantsHomelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry described move as a ‘nightmare’; Minister for Housing said it was ‘the responsible move to make’Sat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s neutrality policy is a permanent hold-my-beer postureThe policy lacks honesty and means we leave it to others to defend western valuesSat Apr 01 2023 - 00:01
Coalition comfortably survives after heated debateGovernment under pressure on housing but majority remains intactThu Mar 30 2023 - 05:00
What is happening in the Dáil today - and could it lead to an election?Government expected to win votes today but faces continuing pressure on housingWed Mar 29 2023 - 04:29
