Fine Gael hopes of middle Ireland tax cuts beginning to look a tad threadbare Analysis: In a budget that boosts spending by €6.4bn, a tax package of just over a €1bn does not scream huge priorityTue Jul 04 2023 - 19:00
Repeat of one-off measures to help ease cost-of-living pressures likely in budgetThe leaders of the Government parties and the two budget ministers were locked in talks late last night ahead of the publication of the Summer Economic StatementTue Jul 04 2023 - 08:10
Entire culture of stars at RTÉ has done desperate damage to the broadcasterPat Leahy: There is a world of serious events happening every day. We may have lost perspective on crisis rocking State broadcasterSun Jul 02 2023 - 07:00
RTÉ pay crisis: Donnelly raises prospect of Garda involvement as fresh hearings set for next weekCenter Parcs announces it will not continue €295,000 sponsorship deal for The Ryan Tubridy Show in another blow for RTÉFri Jun 30 2023 - 18:22
Migration row clouds EU summit in BrusselsPoland and Hungary block agreement on one of the Union’s most sensitive political issuesFri Jun 30 2023 - 12:58
RTÉ pay crisis deepens over use of €275,000 from ‘slush fund’ for sports junketsBroadcaster’s chairwoman brands €275,000 in spending on corporate hospitality as ‘outrageous’ as Oireachtas scrutinises use of Tubridy hidden payments account to entertain advertisersFri Jun 30 2023 - 05:00
Tax cuts in budget need not contribute to inflation, Donohoe saysReducing amount of tax people had to play important in helping them meet cost of living increases, says TaoiseachThu Jun 29 2023 - 18:33
RTÉ fails to quell political disquiet over Tubridy payPoliticians react negatively to statement as it faces Oireachtas committee in absence of Dee ForbesWed Jun 28 2023 - 06:00
Responsibility for Ryan Tubridy extra payments lay with Dee Forbes, RTÉ says in statementNo other board member had ‘all necessary information’ to understand incorrect published pay figures, deputy DG says with release of Grant Thornton reportTue Jun 27 2023 - 19:25
Pay increases likely coming for Ireland’s most senior public servantsGovernment to set up special review group after recommendations made by panel, which did not consider salaries of political office holdersTue Jun 27 2023 - 17:52
Government not expected to amend hate speech Bill despite criticismMinisters indicate refusing to use preferred pronouns will not be criminalised, as has been suggestedMon Jun 26 2023 - 05:00
Review group to be established to examine pay increases for senior public servantsReport due to be considered by three party leaders before Cabinet discussionMon Jun 26 2023 - 05:00
Politicians to seek answers from RTÉ on Tubridy payments scandalOireachtas committees will seek explanation in relation to apparent discrepancyMon Jun 26 2023 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: There’s life in Fianna Fáil yet, but big choices lie aheadBefore the next election, the party faces two huge choices, separate but related, which will have a great bearing on its futureSat Jun 24 2023 - 06:45
Tubridy payments: Fresh evidence of weak financial controls at RTÉ amid public angerPresenter will not host radio show next week as national broadcaster battles anger and backlash over failure to declare €345,000 in paymentsSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Michael D and politics: crossing the line as the clock ticks down on his presidencyPresident’s foray into politics on the issue of Ireland’s neutrality and security comes as he considers his legacy with the final stretch of his time in Áras an Uachtaráin in sightSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ faces crisis in relations with Government after misreporting Ryan Tubridy’s pay for yearsHigh-ranking Government figures quash any chance of an increase in public funding for the broadcaster after disclosure that Late Late Show presenter received €345,000 in hidden payments from 2017Fri Jun 23 2023 - 06:00
Budget watchdog urges Government to keep spending ruleFiscal Council warns about a repeat of extensive one-off spending measures that were included in last year’s budgetThu Jun 22 2023 - 19:32
Coalition backs chair of defence policy forum following President’s commentsHistorian and Irish Times columnist Prof Diarmaid Ferriter declined invitation to take part as he believed the format would not provide a sufficiently wide consultationThu Jun 22 2023 - 06:00
Government officials concerned about ‘disinformation’ from foreign states influencing security forumSocial media companies asked to keep watch for attempts to influence debate with false informationWed Jun 21 2023 - 05:00
Did President Michael D Higgins cross a line with his neutrality remarks? You bet he didThere is consternation within Government that his remarks are a direct challenge and deliberately overstepped a line – that presidents do not get involved in politicsTue Jun 20 2023 - 05:00
Irish Times poll: Ireland should continue to accept all UkrainiansConcerns about ‘too many refugees’ have eased since last autumn, results suggestSat Jun 17 2023 - 06:00
Irish Times poll: Voters want to keep neutrality but improve Ireland’s military capacityIpsos survey finds majority in favour of beefing up defence spending amid new threatsSat Jun 17 2023 - 06:00
Does the Government really want house prices to fall?More than 1.21 million permanent private households have a very direct economic interest in house prices not falling. That’s a lot of silent resistanceFri Jun 16 2023 - 14:05
Public prefers investment in public services to tax cuts - and Fine Gael voters agreeLatest Irish Times opinion poll shows voters ready to adapt behaviour for climate change, and room to grow for the GreensFri Jun 16 2023 - 06:00
Irish Times poll: Voters prefer public spending to tax cuts with broad support for climate actionFirst choice for 40% of respondents is to ‘invest in building infrastructure’ such as public transport, housing, hospitals and schoolsFri Jun 16 2023 - 06:00
Irish Times Poll: Fine Gael and Sinn Féin see support drop, gains for Fianna Fáil and Social DemocratsIrish Times/Ipsos opinion poll shows Fine Gael and Sinn Féin down while Fianna Fáil and Social Democrats see a boostThu Jun 15 2023 - 06:00
Summer trouble for Varadkar but Sinn Féin slips too Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll shows Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin successfully negotiated the transition from Taoiseach to Tánaiste and emerged in a stronger position than Leo VaradkarThu Jun 15 2023 - 06:00
Helen McEntee faces questions on gender in hate crime Bill after maternity leave returnSenators Michael McDowell and Ronan Mullen among those who have called for clarity on aspect of the BillTue Jun 13 2023 - 15:22
Budget battle lines drawn between Martin and Varadkar Analysis: National Economic Dialogue may be a talking shop but it has illustrated fiscal divisions within the CoalitionMon Jun 12 2023 - 19:11
Pat Leahy: For the Coalition, it’s a case of more money, more problems Real fiscal decisions will be made a world away from next week’s public talking shop: the National Economic DialogueSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: Some in Fine Gael would spend anything to keep Sinn Féin out of power. That is a mistakeIf Varadkar’s coalition partners conclude that he intends using his position as Taoiseach to advance Fine Gael’s political interests at their expense, then things will get very rocky indeed for the Coalition over its final 18 monthsSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:15
The sun shines but politicians remain happy to throw shadePublic grows impatient over economic strength failing to translate into better quality of lifeThu Jun 01 2023 - 07:51
Census 2022: Not sure what it says about a country when there are more Satanists than Hare KrishnasCensus 2022 shows an older, more diverse, less Catholic Ireland, paying more in rent and working more from home. This has political consequencesWed May 31 2023 - 07:56
Census 2022: Short-term challenges and long-term time bombs for GovernmentNeeds of a growing population pose difficulties for current administration and future governmentsTue May 30 2023 - 17:07
Dublin Airport land sale raises interesting questions for DAA and GovernmentInside Politics: If they don’t try to settle things down this week after tax row, it’s a sign that the Coalition is shakier than it has been for a long timeTue May 30 2023 - 08:04
Almost 90 Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland every day, Oireachtas committee to hear‘As the conflict develops, we expect arrivals to continue’Tue May 30 2023 - 05:00
Pat Leahy: With opponents like the DUP and the Coalition, Sinn Féin doesn’t need friendsWhy would pragmatic middle-ground voters want to change a successful Northern Ireland? Ironically, the party that is currently undermining that prospect most is the DUPSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
Leo Varadkar interview: Taoiseach targets ‘middle Ireland’ and doubles down on tax cuts planPutting more money in voters’ pockets is one of the reasons for Fine Gael being in government, Taoiseach tells The Irish TimesSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
Budget row: Ryan calls on FF and FG to stop public arguments over tax cuts Budget negotiations are best done behind closed doors and by not promising everybody everything, says Green Party leaderThu May 25 2023 - 13:06
Tánaiste says Fine Gael junior ministers ‘undermined the budgetary process’ as war of words deepensParty meeting sees Fine Gael members turn on Fianna Fáil partners who ‘crashed the economy’Wed May 24 2023 - 21:29
McGrath dismisses suggestion of being ‘bullied’ over tax breaks in next budgetVaradkar pledges inflation-proofing tax measure as FG TDs call for tax reliefs of €1,000 for middle-income earnersWed May 24 2023 - 14:21
Electronic surveillance ‘demoralising’, say workers in financial servicesEmployees fear keyboard clicks and computer activity being monitored remotely, particularly when working from homeWed May 24 2023 - 07:00
Varadkar sounds alarm on rewetting proposals backed by Green PartyProposed EU Nature Restoration Law would see 50 per cent of land previously drained for agriculture rewetted by 2030Tue May 23 2023 - 21:27
Fine Gael TD David Stanton announces he will not seek re-electionCork East deputy becomes fifth senior Fine Gael TD to announce departure in recent monthsTue May 23 2023 - 20:10
Michael McGrath says Fine Gael Ministers’ call for €1,000 tax break an ‘unusual approach’Intervention surprised some in Coalition, while others described it as ‘kite flying that gets earlier every year’Tue May 23 2023 - 05:03
Ireland remains cash rich and service poor. That’s a big problem for this GovernmentOn make-or-break issues – transport for the Greens, housing for the rest – signs of progress are decidedly mixedSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Coalition decision on housing asylum seekers to deepen capacity Government to push ahead with new refugee accommodation centres in Santry, Clondalkin and Dún LaoghaireThu May 18 2023 - 20:00
Varadkar says it is his ambition for Fine Gael to win 45 seats in next electionFG leader says it is party’s ambition to seek fourth term in GovernmentThu May 18 2023 - 11:53
Asylum seekers to be housed in three new centres in DublinGovernment will also continue to host people seeking international protection in Co Clare despite ‘unacceptable’ protests at Magowna HouseWed May 17 2023 - 21:50
