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
Pat Leahy: The Coalition has blundered into a crisis it might not be able to controlLifting the evictions ban, coupled with a failure to get to grips with the housing crisis, will make it tough to win votes from anyone aged under 40Sat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
EU leaders spooked by plunge in bank shares Paschal Donohoe urges leaders to push ahead with legislation to create cross-border EU banking industrySat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
Public discussions on future of Irish neutrality to be held later this yearPlans to be announced by Micheál Martin, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar indicatesFri Mar 24 2023 - 12:13
Judges will be ‘very reluctant’ to enforce evictions, Leo Varadkar saysTaoiseach says view presented that termination notices send people in homelessness ‘not how it works’Fri Mar 24 2023 - 10:15
Varadkar predicts comfortable win for Government on confidence motionUnrest in Green Party over suspension of Neasa HouriganFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00
EU to send one million artillery shells to UkraineGovernment insists Ireland’s neutrality unaffected and that it would not contribute to military aidFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00
Eviction ban: No constituency deals done with Independents to secure support, Taoiseach saysVaradkar ‘disappointed’ at DUP’s refusal to return to Stormont in spite of Windsor FrameworkThu Mar 23 2023 - 12:05
Windsor deal moves ahead in London and Brussels despite DUP oppositionDublin unworried by DUP vote against Windsor agreementTue Mar 21 2023 - 20:55
Jeffrey Donaldson faces a predicament as US money awaits a stable Northern IrelandJeffrey Donaldson faces a predicament over promises of US investment if he restores powersharing and political stabilitySat Mar 18 2023 - 12:00
Joe Biden throws support behind ‘vital’ Windsor Framework after meeting VaradkarTaoiseach thanks US president for support of Ireland’s position on BrexitSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
Washington parades Ireland centre stage as politicians play green card for St Patrick’s festivities Varadkar, Martin and McDonald among many visiting Joe Biden and other key US players in traditional leveraging of our national identitySat Mar 18 2023 - 04:00
Biden expresses strong support for Windsor framework as he welcomes Varadkar to Oval OfficeTaoiseach praised US support for LGBT rights in earlier meeting with vice-presidentFri Mar 17 2023 - 20:35
Varadkar apologises for ‘ill-judged’ joke about interns in WashingtonComment made as Taoiseach was ‘reminiscing about his time in Washington DC as an intern 23 years ago’Thu Mar 16 2023 - 21:54
‘Decade of investment’ in store for North if stability returns, says TánaisteLeaders from North and South visit US for St Patrick’s Day, with focus on Northern Ireland’s economic futureThu Mar 16 2023 - 01:00
Taoiseach says housing crisis is raised with him by potential employers and investorsVaradkar and Donaldson criticise Sinn Féin for taking out ads in US newspapers seeking Border pollWed Mar 15 2023 - 21:27
Sinn Féin unity ads in US ‘incredible’ and ‘divisive’, says Jeffrey DonaldsonLeo Varadkar describes advertisements criticising the British government as ‘unhelpful’Wed Mar 15 2023 - 21:00
Martin claims Ireland has ‘turned a corner’ on housing ahead of Sinn Féin motion on eviction banLittle sign of backbenchers or Independents revolting against the CoalitionTue Mar 14 2023 - 21:30
Sinn Féin guilty of ‘sloppiness’ in election spending filings, Mary Lou McDonald saysInaccuracies in statutory declarations to Sipo were ‘not acceptable’, party leader saysTue Mar 14 2023 - 20:56
State has ‘turned a corner’ on housing with no rental sector tax breaks before budget, says MartinTánaiste’s comments come after reports that some Ministers favour rental tax breaks in coming monthsTue Mar 14 2023 - 18:03
Biden confirms plan to visit Northern Ireland and Republic for peace anniversaryUS president spoke alongside British prime minister Rishi Sunak about planned visit at event in CaliforniaTue Mar 14 2023 - 06:18
Governments must ‘reward political bravery’ in Northern Ireland, says MartinTánaiste praises US president for ‘singular and extraordinary solidarity’ to Ireland on St Patrick’s Day trip to New YorkMon Mar 13 2023 - 23:00
Pat Leahy: Ending the eviction ban could be this Government’s worst mistakeThe stories of families being evicted will not just be outrageous in themselves, they will have the potential to destroy the coalitionSat Mar 11 2023 - 00:01
DUP voters value powersharing more than scrapping Northern Ireland protocol, study showsResearch by Queen’s University finds DUP has ‘no mandate’ to adopt ‘hardline anti-protocol, anti-powersharing position’Fri Mar 10 2023 - 05:00
President says schools should be obliged to teach ‘sexuality in the fullest sense’Higgins’s comments come in wake of debate regarding transgender education in schoolsThu Mar 09 2023 - 05:00
Change of approach on evictions ban provokes fierce backlashInside Politics: Coalition decides to grasp nettle on issue but plans seems a bit thrown togetherWed Mar 08 2023 - 07:55
Extending eviction ban was the easy option – but Government chose to take a riskNerves weren’t eased by plans for new tenant protections, which sounded like a bunch of ideasTue Mar 07 2023 - 18:22
Ending eviction ban ‘completely wrong’, says Green Party’s Neasa HouriganHourigan sharply critical of party leader Eamon Ryan for agreeing to eviction decisionTue Mar 07 2023 - 17:47
‘Cruel and heartless’: Decision to end evictions ban condemned by Opposition and campaignersThreshold says decision not to extend ban will result in increased homelessness in the short termTue Mar 07 2023 - 10:39
No good options on evictions ban as politics of housing crisis remains corrosive for CoalitionInside Politics: Government decision not to extend amnesty will result in furious backlash todayTue Mar 07 2023 - 07:42
Anti-drone technology will not be deployed at Dublin Airport for several weeks Unclear timeline for purchase and delivery of system as DAA reluctant to take long-term responsibility for what it sees as a ‘State-wide issue’Tue Mar 07 2023 - 05:00
Department of Transport’s traffic-congestion agenda set to ruffle Coalition relationshipsPolicy options under consideration include charges, fuel price increases and cheaper public transportTue Mar 07 2023 - 05:00
Eviction ban will not be extended and will lapse at end of MarchMany renters will remain protected until June due to measures provided for in legislationMon Mar 06 2023 - 22:11
Ban on evictions needs to balance rights of landlords and tenants, Varadkar saysExpectation is that three Coalition leaders will agree on Monday evening to extend ban in some formMon Mar 06 2023 - 13:51
Small parties can wield big influence but must ruthlessly prioritiseRecent Irish political history has shown that the old Civil War parties want power and are willing to cede policy priorities to coalition partnersSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
NI protocol deal: After Johnson and Truss, Sunak was a prime minister the EU could work withTunnels, news blackouts and tight choreography: The story of how the protocol deal was finally doneSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Niall Collins insists planning permission was properly grantedunior minister does not address issue of residence at time of application in personal statement to DáilFri Mar 03 2023 - 01:00
Refugee accommodation: Stalled Thornton Hall ‘super prison’ among sites to get millions in fundingMinisters will be asked to approve measures aimed at easing refugee accommodation crisis on Friday morningThu Mar 02 2023 - 21:29
Windsor Framework: Dublin and EU expect Sunak to proceed with protocol deal even if DUP rejects itBritish prime minister visits North and hails deal as creating ‘the world’s most exciting’ economic zoneWed Mar 01 2023 - 05:00
Windsor Framework: Dublin wonders if the DUP can say yes to anythingSunak does the hard sell while Irish Government seeks to give the DUP time and space to make up its mindTue Feb 28 2023 - 19:00
Sunak to sign Northern Ireland protocol deal with EU after months of negotiationsFocus will shift to DUP and Donaldson who must decide whether to back the agreement and restore powersharingMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:15
Redress legislation ‘inadvertently’ includes hundreds of thousands of married womenAmendments likely to restrict scope of proposed redress schemeMon Feb 27 2023 - 03:00
Holly Cairns will become next Social Democrats leaderProspective candidates Cian O’Callaghan and Jennifer Whitmore to support Cork TDSun Feb 26 2023 - 18:50
