Carbon tax about changing behaviour not revenue, says MinisterWindow to address to climate action rapidly closing, Richard Bruton tells party colleaguesMon Jan 14 2019 - 14:27
Hard to see what’s in an SDLP merger for Fianna FáilBrexit and its associated discontents may put FF off marching northwardsSat Jan 12 2019 - 04:00
Nobody can say with confidence what way Tuesday’s Brexit vote will goEuropean Commission clarifications unlikely to sway minds of DUPSat Jan 12 2019 - 00:01
Intel close to major investment at Leixlip basePreparatory work seen as prelude to increasing capacity at Co Kildare plantFri Jan 11 2019 - 05:00
Nurses will lose pay rises and gains for recruits if they strikePsychiatric nurses’ union says it will join wave of strikes by nurses next monthFri Jan 11 2019 - 03:00
Varadkar criticises nurses for picking midweek date for strikeTaoiseach says weekend strike would have affected far fewer patientsWed Jan 09 2019 - 18:12
Hospital services to be scaled back as nurses plan strikesINMO announces six days of work stoppages in January and February over pay issuesWed Jan 09 2019 - 01:00
Nurses meet to plan strikes as Government signals no concessionsMinister for Finance says acceding demands would ‘take us back to the bad old days’Mon Jan 07 2019 - 06:00
Áras silent on Higgins turning down centenary invitationPresident not to attend Soloheadbeg event to mark IRA attack on Royal Irish ConstabularyMon Jan 07 2019 - 01:00
Backstop letters between London and Brussels to be scrutinisedDUP calls backstop ‘poison’ amid efforts to end Brexit impasse over likely durationMon Jan 07 2019 - 00:01
Pascal Donohoe has to get real unpopular real soonSome tough choices are now inevitableSat Jan 05 2019 - 04:00
Best of frenemies: Why Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have stuck togetherIt suited Micheál Martin, and the national interest, to keep Leo Varadkar in powerSat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00
Nurses’ pay, Brexit and economic wobbles: here comes politics 2019External threats loom against backdrop of bullish news about exchequer financesSat Dec 29 2018 - 04:00
Leo Varadkar’s 2018: Irish politics held prisoner by BrexitSome in Fianna Fáil believe the longer Varadkar is in office, the more he will be damagedThu Dec 27 2018 - 00:16
Varadkar refuses to rule out 2019 general electionChange in circumstances could trigger election next year, says TaoiseachThu Dec 27 2018 - 00:01
Rising cost of running children’s hospital ‘a worry’, says VaradkarConstruction costs have risen, now estimated annual operating costs spiral upwardsMon Dec 24 2018 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: 2018 proved the centre can indeed holdThe State’s continued rejection of radical politics was one of the year’s main trendsSat Dec 22 2018 - 04:00
Roscommon eviction posts are ‘an incitement to hatred’, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar calls for social media firms to remove some comments on incident in FalskSat Dec 22 2018 - 01:00
Revenue issues tax demand of over €1.6bn to pharma giant PerrigoClaim relates to a row over the amount of tax paid on the sale of a stake in a major drugThu Dec 20 2018 - 21:30
Government has not and will not make any preparations for hard border - TaoiseachWe don’t think a no-deal Brexit is a probability, but it’s a possibility, Leo Varadkar saysThu Dec 20 2018 - 16:32
Hard Brexit would have ‘severe impact’ on every part of Irish economyGovernment document sets out threat to Ireland in no-deal Brexit scenarioThu Dec 20 2018 - 00:05
State cannot afford nurses’ pay claim, says TaoiseachDepartment of Public Expenditure says average pay for nurses is €57,000Wed Dec 19 2018 - 21:11
Who said what on paying back Anglo’s junior bondholders?Government says creditors to be paid in full from the proceeds of the bank’s liquidationWed Dec 19 2018 - 19:35
Little Christmas cheer for May as Corbyn makes moveInside Politics: Labour leader’s motion of no confidence threatens to further fray PM’s authorityTue Dec 18 2018 - 07:52
Ministers won’t delay projects to pay for national children’s hospitalCabinet to review capital budgets in Government departments as hospital costs riseTue Dec 18 2018 - 02:00
Decision on roll-out of rural broadband delayedNo Cabinet decision until new year in project that has been beset by controversyTue Dec 18 2018 - 00:26
Pat Leahy: Fianna Fáil is not acting solely in the national interestMicheál Martin has backed extension of Government deal due to fear of a Brexit electionSat Dec 15 2018 - 04:00
The ebbing patience with the British is now almost palpable in BrusselsSuch was the level of support for the Irish backstop that Juncker wore a green tieFri Dec 14 2018 - 18:37
'Limitations' to assistance EU can offer Theresa May – VaradkarWe can’t have guarantees and assurances that contradict agreed treaty – TaoiseachFri Dec 14 2018 - 18:10
Fears grow bill for new children’s hospital may hit €1.4bnCost estimates for facility at St James’s Hospital spiralling from 2012’s €404mFri Dec 14 2018 - 03:00
EU leaders reject May’s plea to redefine Border backstop‘We don’t want the UK to think there can be any form of renegotiation whatsoever,’ says JunckerFri Dec 14 2018 - 00:02
Theresa May says EU must offer backstop assurances to avoid no-deal BrexitPM tells European leaders she can get exit deal through parliament with ‘right assurances’Thu Dec 13 2018 - 21:57
State and rest of EU willing to offer backstop assurances, Varadkar saysLong meeting with May reiterates stance of not reopening withdrawal treaty for UKThu Dec 13 2018 - 21:10
How solidarity has its limits and Ireland's greatest Brexit fear may still come to passThe Irish know what they are talking about when it comes to declarations and clarificationsThu Dec 13 2018 - 19:43
Martin says Fianna Fáil would back emergency Brexit budgetFF leader says it would be ‘highly reckless and irresponsible’ to have an election nowThu Dec 13 2018 - 19:10
Leo Varadkar suggests UK could pause Brexit processTaoiseach outlines option to avoid no-deal outcome and says EU wants to help MayThu Dec 13 2018 - 17:42
Irish Ministers told not to comment on Tory confidence voteIrish sources say victory for British prime minister could prompt North backstop concessions from EU leadersWed Dec 12 2018 - 11:12
EU willing to give May assurances backstop not intended as permanentJuncker says there is ‘no room whatsoever’ for renegotiation of the withdrawal treatyWed Dec 12 2018 - 00:32
Government ramps up preparations for no-deal BrexitVaradkar says Ireland will not make plans public until appropriate to do soTue Dec 11 2018 - 20:40
Guarantees sought by UK have precedence in EU’s pastNice and Lisbon treaties came with declarations to placate many of Ireland’s concernsTue Dec 11 2018 - 20:03
Abortion law may be held up by the SeanadLegislation’s passage could be delayed due to the number of Amendments tabledMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:51
Theresa May faces crucial 48 hours as MPs threaten to defeat her Brexit planBritish PM speaks to Leo Varadkar by phone ahead of vote in the House of CommonsMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:40
Nuns will have no role in new maternity hospital, St Vincent’s saysHealthcare group seeks to allay fears over future of the NMH after protest in DublinMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:34
Peadar Tóibín’s new party must go beyond abortion issue if it is to have a chanceFormer Sinn Féin TD is adamant that his new party will not be a pro-life, single-issue partySat Dec 08 2018 - 06:00
People-pleasing politicians could endanger the Irish economyPat Leahy: Public myopia and our political culture are obstacles to economic prudenceSat Dec 08 2018 - 04:00
New national maternity hospital approval must be delivered by year endSt Vincent’s site may fall foul of EU building rules after saga of politics, finance and ethosSat Dec 08 2018 - 02:00
Maternity hospital standoff may see last-minute breakthroughGovernment hopeful of deal with hospitals on new facility ahead of year-end deadlineSat Dec 08 2018 - 02:00
Councillor quits Fianna Fáil to join Peadar Tóibín’s causeSarah O’Reilly from Cavan notes ‘disconnect’ between Martin’s party and its membershipFri Dec 07 2018 - 20:38
Budget surplus likely as corporation tax take hits record €9.4bnWatchdog to issue spending warning after €2.7bn business tax take in NovemberWed Dec 05 2018 - 03:00
Several factors led to €655 million hole in Department of Health’s budgetReasons include overspending and non-achievement of €150 million savingsWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
