Oireachtas committee recommends legislating for assisted dying for those with six months to liveTimeframe should be extended to a year for those with neurodegenerative condition, committee saysWed Mar 20 2024 - 14:43
The people behind the power: Who are Ireland’s political advisers and backroom experts?A large staff network oversees everything: communication, policy and smooth Coalition relationsSat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
Three arrested after cannabis grow houses are discovered in Co GalwayGarda search of residential properties in New Inn and Creggs areas uncovered more than €300,000 worth of drugsWed Mar 13 2024 - 23:28
Man (18) killed in single vehicle road crash in Co MayoMotorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident at Cloonkeen, near CastlebarWed Mar 13 2024 - 20:03
German company gets permission for wind farm in ClareFacility to have eight turbinesWed Mar 13 2024 - 19:18
Bill Kenneally tells abuse inquiry his crimes would not have been viewed ‘one quarter’ as serious in 1987Convicted paedophile alleges he was sexually abused when he was 15 but never reported itTue Mar 12 2024 - 18:42
Bill Kenneally inquiry: Former RTÉ journalist gives evidence of key meeting The Commission of Investigation is looking at the response of State and other agencies to allegations against former sports coach Kenneally, who pleaded guilty to child sex abuse in WaterfordMon Mar 11 2024 - 17:13
Record referendum defeats indicate voters ‘do not trust the Government’It became clear shortly after boxes started being opened around the country on Saturday that the two proposed constitutional changes would be defeatedSun Mar 10 2024 - 13:35
Use of private emergency accommodation for children in care should be re-examined, says MartinTánaiste tells Dáil it would take ‘considerable length of time’ to develop new capacityThu Mar 07 2024 - 14:32
Sinn Féin proposes Bill to make ‘sex for rent’ arrangements an offenceEoin Ó Broin brought forward legislation to make advertising such offers illegal, as ‘preventative measure’Wed Mar 06 2024 - 16:44
RTÉ crisis: Pressure on Catherine Martin to respond to ex-chair’s ‘hands-off’ commentNo Dáil questions scheduled before St Patrick’s Day recess, and it is ‘not decided’ in minister will face mediaWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
White House confirms Biden-Varadkar meeting next week after Taoiseach says it would be ‘big mistake’ to boycottBoycott of St Patrick’s Day event would be a ‘big mistake’, says Taoiseach, as US government says Gaza and Northern Ireland will be discussedTue Mar 05 2024 - 21:07
RTÉ files suggest bid to ‘circumvent’ regulations, report finds as Taoiseach defends Minister’s handling of scandalsPAC concludes there was an attempt to ‘conceal’ RTÉ’s commitment to underwrite undisclosed payments to Ryan TubridyTue Mar 05 2024 - 17:20
‘Your building can fall into a hole and you get €45,000’: Dartmouth Square residents object to MetrolinkScale and magnitude of the ground movement excessive for the nature and age of buildings, engineer saysMon Mar 04 2024 - 19:05
Tusla spent €14m placing vulnerable children in unregulated emergency accommodationCompany that provided accommodation ‘fabricated’ screenings of staff, posing major risk to young people in its careThu Feb 29 2024 - 15:27
Frontline health services ‘coming under pressure’ due to recruitment freeze, says DonnellyMinister for Health tells Dáil he had to ‘challenge back’ HSE to certain extent, where there was ‘culture of additionality’Thu Feb 29 2024 - 15:05
Gardaí investigating care provider that ‘fabricated’ pre-employment staff checksCalls for review into Tusla’s reliance on private companies to accommodate children in careThu Feb 29 2024 - 05:00
Gardaí to investigate care provider that ‘fabricated’ pre-employment staff checks, Dáil toldSimon Harris says investigation is now under way and that Tusla had put in place a new internal compliance unitWed Feb 28 2024 - 18:47
RTÉ crisis: Public trust needs to be restored before new funding model is considered, Martin tells DáilInstead of steadying the ship, Minister ‘threw a grenade in’, Sinn Féin’s Imelda Munster saysWed Feb 28 2024 - 17:50
Roderic O’Gorman says recent arson attacks are ‘deeply sinister’Minister for Justice says to date there has been more than 48 arrests in relation to riots in Dublin last NovemberTue Feb 27 2024 - 20:00
Dáil hears of child struggling with ‘mental health crisis’ and receiving no services Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald raises case of distraught girl Maggie in chamber, describing her mother as ‘desperate’Tue Feb 27 2024 - 17:09
‘Catherine Martin should step down’: Labour renews call for Minister’s resignation ahead of committee appearanceIvana Bacik says there is an ‘existential crisis’ after Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s departure from RTÉ boardTue Feb 27 2024 - 13:43
O’Gorman will ‘continue to engage and explore’ possibility of dual use for D Hotel in DroghedaSpokesman for hotel said earlier in week dual use of facility was not possible for child protection reasonsSun Feb 25 2024 - 18:24
Catherine Martin willing to give statements to Dáil on recent RTÉ developmentsThe Minister for Media will also appear before the Oireachtas Media Committee on TuesdaySun Feb 25 2024 - 13:46
Corporate watchdog ‘should be interested’ in revelations about landlord Marc Godart, Tánaiste says Micheál Martin says reports about businessman published by The Irish Times ‘extremely concerning’Thu Feb 22 2024 - 13:25
Night-time economy ‘falling away’ with just 70 nightclubs operating across State, McEntee saysMinister for Justice hopes Bill aiming to modernise licensing laws makes matters more straightforward for entertainment businessesThu Feb 22 2024 - 12:19
D Hotel rules out accommodating both asylum seekers and touristsDrogheda hotel rules out accommodating asylum seekers and tourists together after Taoiseach describes it as ‘the best solution’ for the townThu Feb 22 2024 - 05:15
‘Dual use’ for Drogheda’s D Hotel the best solution for town, Varadkar saysTaoiseach said co-operation of hotel operator would be needed, hinting at ‘additional finance’ for community facilitiesWed Feb 21 2024 - 14:43
Varadkar unable to give ‘adequate answers’ on why child-surgery waiting lists not fixedIt will take more than one government to solve problems with services, Taoiseach tells DáilWed Feb 21 2024 - 13:20
Donnelly asks HSE to audit how €19m for Children’s Health Ireland surgeries was spentMinister for Health told Dáil amount was allocated in 2022 to bring down waiting lists for orthopaedic and paediatric proceeduresTue Feb 20 2024 - 20:58
‘A giant among journalists’: A minute’s silence observed in Dáil for Michael O’ReganThe former Irish Times correspondent was remembered as ‘one of our pre-eminent and much-loved political journalists’ renowned for his meticulous researchTue Feb 20 2024 - 15:51
‘Drip feed’ of revelations from RTÉ is ‘seriously damaging’ broadcaster, Taoiseach saysVaradkar tells Dáil Minister for Media due to receive update from two expert committees examining culture and governance in RTÉTue Feb 20 2024 - 15:13
Man charged with 23 counts of indecent assault at south Dublin schoolGarda tells Dún Laoghaire District Court that accused (70s) denies all charges against himMon Feb 19 2024 - 14:10
RTÉ crisis ‘worsening’ over exit package revelations, chair of Oireachtas Media Committee saysFianna Fáil’s Niamh Smyth says broadcaster should not have agreed to confidentiality clausesMon Feb 19 2024 - 10:27
RTÉ pay crisis: Bakhurst to seek fresh legal advice on disclosure of exit packages ‘Moral obligation’ on RTÉ's former chief financial officer Breda O’Keeffe to repay exit package, Martin saysThu Feb 15 2024 - 17:19
European Commission will examine call from Ireland and Spain to review trade deal with IsraelLeo Varadkar and Pedro Sánchez send joint letter to Ursula von der Leyen about potential breaches of human rights obligationsThu Feb 15 2024 - 06:00
Motion calling for TV licence to be scrapped immediately is defeated in Dáil Sinn Féin wants the TV licence to be replaced with direct Exchequer funding to support public service mediaWed Feb 14 2024 - 20:24
Boy (14) ‘existing’ in windowless room off Kerry emergency department for 56 days, Dáil hearsSerious concerns among health staff and community about ‘disgraceful situation’, says Sinn Féin TD Pa DalyWed Feb 14 2024 - 19:18
Ireland and Spain seek ‘urgent review’ of Israel trade over EU deal’s human rights obligationsVaradkar and Spanish PM Sanchez ask for ‘appropriate measures’ to be taken if conditions of agreement have been brokenWed Feb 14 2024 - 15:28
Garda Commissioner not taking recent arson attacks seriously, Costello tells DáilTD says ‘there is a systemic issue here’ following recent incidents at properties earmarked for housing asylum seekersWed Feb 14 2024 - 15:09
Varadkar expresses ‘concern’ that SF could decide RTÉ's funding as leader sues broadcasterTaoiseach referred to Mary Lou McDonald’s High Court proceedings for alleged defamationWed Feb 14 2024 - 13:35
PAC wants to recall board members of children’s hospital over new estimateCost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleaguesWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
Israel blinded by rage says Varadkar, as Government hardens stance on GazaCriticism of ‘rogue state’ comes amid fears it is about to attack city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinian refugees have taken shelterWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
Replacing TV licence with ‘direct Exchequer funding model’ should be considered, Dáil hearsMinister for Media says existing model ‘clearly outdated’ but abolishing it with immediate effect was ‘reckless and irresponsible’Tue Feb 13 2024 - 20:24
Israel has become ‘blinded by rage’, says Taoiseach, as he promises Ireland will take more actionSimon Coveney says Israel ‘behaving like a rogue state’ and must end ‘savagery’ in GazaTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:08
National Children’s Hospital cost has risen to more than €2.2bn, Donnelly confirmsVaradkar says Government will not be putting any more funding towards the project with €2.2bn being its ‘maximum allocation’Tue Feb 13 2024 - 15:16
Singing Ireland’s Call before Ireland rugby match was ‘best day’ of my life, says boy (8)Stevie Mulrooney says it ‘felt great’ to perform in front of 50,000 fans ahead of Ireland’s Six Nations clash against Italy on SundayMon Feb 12 2024 - 15:29
Michael Fitzmaurice becomes third TD to join ‘Independent Ireland’ partyNew grouping with Michael Collins and Richard O’Donoghue offers ‘common sense’ to voters, Fitzmaurice saysMon Feb 12 2024 - 10:38
John Bruton ‘changed Ireland for the better’, State funeral hearsLeo Varadkar delivers graveside oration for former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader in Dunboyne, Co MeathSat Feb 10 2024 - 17:29
John Bruton was ‘a statesman of unshakeable integrity,’ Taoiseach says at graveside orationPriest describes former taoiseach as an exceptionally good man at ceremony in DunboyneSat Feb 10 2024 - 15:38
