‘Vaping is the revenge of the tobacco industry’, Taoiseach says as he backs new restrictions
Sale of disposable vapes in State would be banned under proposals brought before Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting
Sale of disposable vapes in State would be banned under proposals brought before Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting
The public consultation looked at potential additional measures to decrease the appeal of nicotine-inhaling products to young people
This year’s event at Stradbally in Co Laois will be the biggest in its 20-year history, with 75,000 people on site for the weekend
Bantry parish priest would not give Colm Burke communion and told him ‘you have been excommunicated’
Fr Gabriel Burke would not give communion to Colm Burke who says priest him told he had been ‘excommunicated’
Proposed law to protect public representatives’ homes from demonstrations to be considered by Oireachtas committee
Some 20% of Irish people report feeling lonely most or all the time compared to European average of 13%
New roles given to Fine Gael members cover areas including finance, housing, public works and health
Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property
Any Other Business: Forbes resigns directorship, Collison brothers back new California city plan, Lucy Gaffney and slavery reparations, and Fine Gael’s fundraising
Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence
PJ Carroll said illicit tobacco trade has almost returned to pre-Covid levels
Lack of discharge options is a big cause of hospital congestion and the trolley crisis
Students have expressed concerns they will be unable to work abroad due to visa delays
Finance committee asks top civil servant for documents relating to TCD appointment
Death toll on road raised in Dáil at least 62 people having died on the N20 since 1997
Six IRA volunteers were killed after landowner alerted British to ambush plot
Kerry Mountain Rescue has dealt with 16 callouts since start of August
Oireachtas health committee hears services suffered ‘hammer blow after hammer blow’
Half of 3,500 housebound adults have received first Covid-19 vaccine
Minister insists Government and HSE will determine services at St Vincent’s site
More than 5% of Covid-19 patients suffer symptoms eight weeks later, study shows
Blackpool project would destroy important habitat for otters, campaigner says
HSE is seeing a 95% reduction in Covid-19 infection rate of hospital staff, Minister says
Dáil hears of need for overall plan to deal with psychiatric ‘fallout’ from Covid-19
Cork TD says more than 5,000 home-helps visit almost 55,000 people each week
‘They approach the pandemic in the same way they approach every other issue, thinking how they can make a political gain’
Department of Public Expenditure warns of six-week cost and significant revenue losses
Covid-19 committee told airline losing €1.5m a-day with overseas travel restrictions in place
Vandals throw brick through window of Fine Gael Senator’s office in Blackpool, Co Cork
Senator Colm Burke claims brick thrown through window and posters removed
Fine Gael will hope disquiet over Dara Murphy collecting expenses while in Europe will have dissipated
City’s Lord Mayor says events of 1920 will be marked with a year-long programme
Pressure within Fine Gael for Varadkar to remove Verona Murphy from Wexford general election ticket
Fianna Fáil on course to win seats in Cork and Wexford, Greens likely to win in Fingal
Micheál Martin says Fianna Fáil delighted to hold seat but plays down election speculation
Turnout in Fingal, Wexford, Cork North Central and Dublin Mid West is expected to be around the mid 30 per cent mark
Ireland’s loss is Europe’s gain as Fine Gael TD for Cork North-Central heads to Brussels
Taoiseach says it is fitting Cork should host event given its role in fight for freedom
Taoiseach turns sod on State’s first affordable purchase housing scheme in the country
Leo Varadkar says it was up to Dun Laoghaire TD whether or not she takes legal challenge
Relatives would no longer face seven year wait to deal with estates, life insurance policies
Coveney denies damage to Government relationship with DUP over Brussels deal
Back in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheap
In contrast with most of Europe, Ireland’s mountain rescue service is entirely voluntary
Bill passed to allow relatives deal with estates where evidence shows death almost certain
WhatsApp group causes commotion in Cabinet as invitations to Taoiseach’s bash prove scarce
Uninterested reaction from early morning commuters at train station canvass
Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity as Fine Gael continues to select candidates
Chief Justice hails design and development of refurbished building and improved facilities
Fine Gael Senator Colm Burke says planning to meet challenge should begin in earnest
Occupied Territories Bill targets trade linked to lands such as West Bank or Golan Heights
Ireland should not balk at yearly €10m fee to join Geneva physics laboratory - FG Senator
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices