Irish Times poll: Approval ratings for Government and main party leaders fallSupport for FF at 17%, FG at 35%, SF on 29%, GP 4%, Labour 4% and others on 11%Wed Oct 07 2020 - 20:52
Nphet’s shock recommendation caused disbelief and anger within GovernmentRelationship between politicians and public health experts has been badly damagedWed Oct 07 2020 - 02:06
If the virus continues to spread, things will get very hairy indeed for the GovernmentInside Politics: Public health experts’ advice on moving to new lockdown is rejected in a calculated and public wayTue Oct 06 2020 - 09:07
Nation moves to Level 3 as Cabinet rejects NPHET advice and keeps economy openTaoiseach says aim is to balance demands of public health with need to protect livelihoodsTue Oct 06 2020 - 08:54
Collaboration between public health experts and Government appears overA more wary and more political relationship is taking shape between NPHET and the GovernmentTue Oct 06 2020 - 02:05
Coronavirus: State to move to Level 3 from midnight on TuesdayNew measures to last for three weeks as Government rejects NPHET advice on Level 5Mon Oct 05 2020 - 21:50
Budget deficit smaller than feared despite huge Covid-19 spendState more than €9bn in the red as North reports highest-ever daily infectionsSat Oct 03 2020 - 01:01
The heated rows behind Government doors will be all about CovidThe choice is between suppressing virus at all costs or living with it to save the economySat Oct 03 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: stricter house visitor limits nationwide as 442 new cases confirmedNPHET says there should be maximum of six people from one household rather than threeThu Oct 01 2020 - 22:10
Denham report: Judgments of politics are harsher than the lawOutcry after golf dinner centred on idea that attendees flouted rules which everyone else had to observeThu Oct 01 2020 - 17:59
Woulfe resignation would be unjust and disproportionate, Denham report concludesSupreme Court judge should not have attended Clifden golf dinner, former chief justice saysThu Oct 01 2020 - 13:45
Dr Tony Holohan expected to return to his post next weekChief Medical Officer has been on leave for family reasons since early JulyThu Oct 01 2020 - 11:46
Colleges may have to create 1,000 extra places after Leaving Cert errorsNumber affected by coding mistake in grade calculations will not be known for daysThu Oct 01 2020 - 01:06
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
Supreme Court sends Denham report on Séamus Woulfe to Judicial CouncilReview examined judge’s attendance at Oireachtas Golf Society dinnerWed Sept 30 2020 - 15:24
Economic slump less serious than feared but jobs crisis loomsExport sector still strong but Department of Finance predicts slower growthWed Sept 30 2020 - 02:27
Assisted suicide legislation being ‘kicked to touch’, says TDGino Kenny says Government trying to delay Bill by proposing setting up Dáil committeeTue Sept 29 2020 - 19:49
Ministers may delay ‘assisted dying’ Bill for special committee to consider issueStrong indications FG and FF will allow free vote, but SF to support BillTue Sept 29 2020 - 01:00
Government own goals are gifting the initiative to Sinn FéinPeople around Government are left face-palming at another self-inflicted injuryTue Sept 29 2020 - 01:00
Trump envoy plays down risk of UK’s contentious Brexit bill to North peaceMick Mulvaney says Internal Market Bill is ‘safety net’ if there is no EU-UK trade dealMon Sept 28 2020 - 18:38
Mortgage breaks will not be extended beyond this weekBorrowers to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis after Government meeting with banksMon Sept 28 2020 - 16:28
Pat Leahy: What Ireland can learn from the GermansGermany, of course, is not perfect but we can learn a lot from its peopleSat Sept 26 2020 - 01:00
Political focus shifts as Government desperately tries to avoid new lockdownAnalysis: ‘Economy is just going to have to wait’ as political leaders focus on public health crisisFri Sept 25 2020 - 20:37
Séamus Woulfe: The last man standing in Golfgate is set to learn his fateSupreme Court judge’s fate hinges on Susan Denham’s report on attendance at golf eventFri Sept 25 2020 - 01:00
Donegal to move to Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions, Taoiseach confirmsMeasures in place until October 16th as wet pubs with outdoor service allowed to remain openThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:12
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
Brexit opposed parties in NI look to Government, EU to protect peace processPeople of North being ‘used as pawns in a political game’, says Michelle O’NeillThu Sept 24 2020 - 16:03
Leo Varadkar is fourth Minister currently restricting movements after negative Covid-19 testSimon Coveney, Paschal Donohoe and Stephen Donnelly also restricting movementsWed Sept 23 2020 - 12:09
Government to consider reversing cuts to Covid-19 paymentPandemic unemployment payment may be restored to full rate in next month’s budgetWed Sept 23 2020 - 02:47
Taoiseach defends pandemic payment cut as new advisers approvedAides on up to € 101,114 for work with senior Ministers and up to €78,816 with Ministers of StateTue Sept 22 2020 - 21:02
Further restrictions expected for Dublin if Covid-19 infection rate does not stablilise'Worrying trends': Waiting game in play as officials monitor situationTue Sept 22 2020 - 12:01
Coronavirus: Almost half of Irish people believe the worst ‘is ahead of us’Department of Health carried out research last week on the opinions of the public on Covid-19Tue Sept 22 2020 - 07:17
Coronavirus: Public health experts considered idea of moving Dublin to Level 4NPHET members felt Government would not support more dramatic restrictions for citySat Sept 19 2020 - 13:32
Pat Leahy: Ditching Micheál Martin now would be hugely damaging to Fianna FáilRival Jim O’Callaghan is not stupid enough to think that a heave could be undertaken nowSat Sept 19 2020 - 01:00
Brexit added to agenda of EU leaders’ special European Council meetingStrong feeling in Brussels that Brexit has taken up too much of EU’s attention in recent yearsFri Sept 18 2020 - 19:22
Coronavirus: Dublin to remain under Level 3 until October 10th - TaoiseachTaoiseach says there is a very real threat that Dublin could return to the early days of virusFri Sept 18 2020 - 18:40
Coronavirus: Indoor dining, weddings, funerals, travel to be hit as Dublin set for Level 3Restaurants Association 'shocked' indoor dining to close in Dublin for weeksFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:23
Coronavirus: NPHET recommends ban on indoor dining in DublinNPHET advises Government to move Dublin to Level 3 with new restrictions likely to be introduced Friday nightThu Sept 17 2020 - 21:30
Government must get better at managing message after Tuesday’s disasterBlame game in full swing but most important thing is that new Covid-19 measures workThu Sept 17 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19: Experts likely to recommend more Dublin restrictions today case as numbers riseCapital could be moved to Level 3 after NPHET expresses serious concernsThu Sept 17 2020 - 00:02
Communication is key in a crisis – Government has failed badly on that frontReopening phase has seen Covid-19 become a point of political dispute, not agreementWed Sept 16 2020 - 02:42
Covid-19: Confusion over Dublin’s status under new pandemic planLaunch overshadowed by announcement Cabinet members were ‘self-isolating’Wed Sept 16 2020 - 02:08
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly tests negative for Covid-19Cabinet colleagues no longer required to restrict movements, Government spokeswoman confirmsTue Sept 15 2020 - 21:40
Éamon Ó Cuív calls for Micheál Martin to be replaced as Fianna Fáil leaderParty veteran says low poll figures show organisation facing ‘existential crisis’Tue Sept 15 2020 - 20:28
Coronavirus: Dublin restrictions on the table as new Covid-19 plan is finalisedLiving with Covid strategy to outline system of restrictions with five levels of severityMon Sept 14 2020 - 03:00
Boris Johnson’s claims of EU ‘blockade’ in Irish Sea rubbished in DublinSimon Coveney says UK is damaging its reputation with ‘bogus claims’ and ‘spin’Mon Sept 14 2020 - 00:01
‘It’s spin and not the truth’: Coveney dismisses UK claims EU may block goods entering Northern IrelandTaoiseach says no-deal Brexit would be ‘ruinous’ to British economySun Sept 13 2020 - 15:31
Brexit’s back alright: Boris Johnson shows us a different sort of British governmentGovernment here must now gain new understanding of UK counterpartsSat Sept 12 2020 - 11:02
‘This would be very unwise’: Disbelief and fury in a week of BrexitLondon’s latest move has dealt the biggest blow to relations between the UK and the EU, and Ireland, since the referendum to leave the bloc was passed in 2016Fri Sept 11 2020 - 17:50
Taoiseach stresses immediate need to forge trust with unionists and StormontThe Government’s Shared Island Unit wants to build relationships in a way that has nothing to do with constitutional questionFri Sept 11 2020 - 04:20
