No giveaway budget this year, Ministers toldSummer economic statement will not be agreed until next week at earliestMon Jul 07 2025 - 06:00
Smaller apartments, with fewer features, to be allowed in attempt to tackle housing crisisEasing space and design requirements could cut cost of a flat by up to €100,000, government sources saySun Jul 06 2025 - 15:47
The politics of no hard choices never ends wellBudget ministers and party leaders are determined to eliminate the ‘once-off’ giveaways of the last three budgetsSun Jul 06 2025 - 07:00
Gaza ceasefire hopes grow as Occupied Territories Bill continues to move through stagesPossible consequences of the bill continue to worry some in GovernmentThu Jul 03 2025 - 07:25
Reduction in college fees to be sought by Minister for Higher Education in budgetFor second day running, no Dáil clarity given over possible student fee increase in SeptemberWed Jul 02 2025 - 22:18
Third level fees row looks set to rumble on for a whileFine Gael are not happy but this, in a way, appears part of the post-election hangoverWed Jul 02 2025 - 07:53
Coalition sharply divided over third-level feesFine Gael privately seething over the controversy as Opposition parties unite in angerWed Jul 02 2025 - 06:00
Social housing projects to go from four-stage approval process to single-stageMove is intended to speed up the process of getting Government approval for building homesTue Jul 01 2025 - 13:23
Sinn Féin needed for left presidential candidate, says PBPPaul Murphy praises Michael D Higgins as voice against genocide, racism and homophobiaTue Jul 01 2025 - 12:49
Third-level fees causing tension between Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelElsewhere, Ifac will advocate for budgetary caution, while Dublin has a new Lord MayorTue Jul 01 2025 - 07:35
Coalition spending overrun likely to be more than €2bn this yearWarnings issued by budgetary watchdog Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Tue Jul 01 2025 - 06:00
Foreign affairs committee begins discussions on contentious Occupied Territories BillSupporters keen that proposal passes into law before summer break, but sources say this is not feasibleTue Jul 01 2025 - 06:00
Dáil is expected to pass Bill reforming defamation law this weekSinn Féin’s moves to retain juries in defamation cases were rejected by the Government previouslyMon Jun 30 2025 - 21:22
Third-level fees: Divisions emerge between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil over increaseStudent fees: Simon Harris issues voice note to party’s TDs contradicting suggestion from Minister James Lawless Mon Jun 30 2025 - 21:09
Intel to seek almost 200 mandatory redundancies at Leixlip plantExpectation is that Co Kildare plant, where almost 5,000 people are employed, to remain central to company’s operationsMon Jun 30 2025 - 12:14
Fianna Fáil is in desperate need of a candidate for the presidential election. Applications are invitedBertie Ahern spent months publicly offering himself – though less ubiquitously of late, suggesting some private messages of discouragement have been sentSat Jun 28 2025 - 06:00
Ireland’s jaw-jaw approach is ineffectual in a war-war worldIreland must find its way through an uncomfortable world of increased defence spendingFri Jun 27 2025 - 14:15
Government briefs pro-Palestine EU allies on Occupied Territories BillTánaiste Simon Harris says other EU members need to bring forward their own legislation Fri Jun 27 2025 - 06:00
EU leaders agree the situation in Gaza is ‘dire’ – but that’s where agreement endsIrish pleas fall on deaf ears amid ‘incomprehensible’ opposition to collective actionThu Jun 26 2025 - 19:41
Pro-Israel countries to block Irish efforts to sanction Israel at EU summit Several member states will not agree for EU to take action despite review of EU-Israel trade agreementThu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00
Civil service grows by 50 per cent in last decadeIncrease biggest among mid-ranking gradesTue Jun 24 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach warns against forgetting Gaza as international focus turns to Israel-Iran conflictIreland to push for sanctions on Israel at EU summitMon Jun 23 2025 - 20:25
‘A US visa is a privilege, not a right’: Irish education applicants must disclose five years of social media profiles‘A US visa is a privilege, not a right’ and process seeks to exclude those who ‘pose a threat’ to national security, statement addsMon Jun 23 2025 - 11:57
US democracy is in danger, but what about Ireland?‘The greatest threat to Irish democracy comes from a sense that it is not delivering materially for people’Sun Jun 15 2025 - 06:00
More smaller apartments and studios could be built under proposed new rulesProposals among efforts to make building apartments more attractive for investors and developers Sat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
Political nerves jangle over rent reforms: ‘We’re out defending something without any real evidence it’s going to make a difference’Some in the Coalition parties fear the costs could outweigh the gains regarding changes to rent pressure zones regime while others point to the longer-term electoral pictureSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí under scrutiny over Evan Fitzgerald case amid claim court was ‘misled’Labour TD asks why gardaí said they were ‘investigating’ source of guns when ‘the guns were actually given to him by An Garda Síochána’Thu Jun 12 2025 - 12:08
Arts Council ‘deeply regrets’ Minister’s decision on director’s contract Minister decides against appointing Maureen Kennelly for further five years Wed Jun 11 2025 - 06:00
Undercover gardaí supplied Carlow gunman with firearms and ammunition, Oireachtas hearsGarda Commissioner Drew Harris was questioned by politicians about Evan Fitzgerald’s case Tue Jun 10 2025 - 20:56
Local property tax bands and rates set to be changed to stave off big increasesChanges are being introduced to mitigate effects rising property values have on tax billsTue Jun 10 2025 - 06:00
Rent pressure zones to be extended to whole country in significant expansion of tenants’ rightsRent cap to be set at 2 per cent for existing tenancies or rate of inflation for new buildsMon Jun 09 2025 - 22:41
Tough decisions to tackle housing crisis are under way – but will they work?Housing measures could leave Coalition exposed to political attacks and public backlashMon Jun 09 2025 - 19:21
Department objected to Government’s ‘housing tsar’ amid concerns over pay and recruitmentMcDonagh withdrew from consideration after possibility he might retain €430,000 salaryThu Jun 05 2025 - 06:00
Children’s Health Ireland report referred to gardaíReport highlights irregularities and ‘toxic’ work culture at hospital run by CHIWed Jun 04 2025 - 22:12
Garden rooms and attics: What are the proposed changes to regulations?Government is looking again at making attic conversions and ‘granny flats’ exempt from planning, an idea that was floated in FebruaryWed Jun 04 2025 - 18:34
More than 85% of planning roles sought two years ago remain vacant Delays in planning process cited by developers, builders and utilities as big reason for undersupply of housing Tue Jun 03 2025 - 06:00
Doctors say they warned CHI of toxic behaviour by several senior medics Doctors outline experience in hospital concerned: ‘Belittlement, undermining of professional judgement and ritual humiliation’ Tue Jun 03 2025 - 06:00
Revelations show appalling personal behaviour among some CHI medicsToll on medics training under certain consultants was especially acuteMon Jun 02 2025 - 06:00
Report reveals ‘toxic culture’ among consultants at CHI hospitalInternal report also reveals possible misuse of National Treatment Purchase FundMon Jun 02 2025 - 06:00
Housing emergency? Ireland is not even acting at the level of mildly urgentWe are heading for a decade of failure to get to grips with a growing social disaster. That’s long enough to fix things, even in IrelandSun Jun 01 2025 - 07:10
BBC faces legal costs bill of more than €3m after jury finds it defamed Gerry AdamsFormer Sinn Féin president said he took case to ‘put manners on British Broadcasting Corporation’Sat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Minister objected to second term for Arts Council director amid fallout over botched IT projectGoverning body taking legal action to try to recoup €4m, Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee toldThu May 29 2025 - 17:20
Ireland could face penalties of €28bn by 2030 for failing to meet emissions targetsState facing significant penalties as situation worse than previously suspectedThu May 29 2025 - 06:00
Occupied Territories Bill: what’s in it, how it has changed and what the implications might beEven without some of the provisions contained in Senator Frances Black’s original Bill, it could face oppositionWed May 28 2025 - 06:00
Cabinet approves move to draft an occupied territories Bill Government plans fall short of ban first proposed by Independent senator Frances Black in 2018Tue May 27 2025 - 12:59
The Secret Life of Leinster House by Gavan Reilly: A survey of political life from the inside outAuthor’s new guide to ‘what you really need to know about how the country runs’ Tue May 27 2025 - 04:58
Minister set to push for extension of artists’ income schemeAbout 2,000 artists have been allocated €325 a week in pilot funding since 2022Mon May 26 2025 - 16:12
Ireland’s centrist dads (and mums) continue to be the dominant force in our politics There’s a lot to celebrate about the state of democracy in Ireland, but given current global challenges, it must be carefully mindedSat May 24 2025 - 06:42
Tánaiste open to campaigners’ push for bill banning services in Occupied Palestinian territoriesOnline letting firms would be affected if legislation passes, but Government is divided by legal and economic concernsSat May 24 2025 - 06:00
‘No quick fix’ for autism crisis as teenager’s protest pushes issue to top of political agendaCara Darmody’s campaign was sparked by the huge delays in providing assessments of need for children with autisimSat May 24 2025 - 06:00
