Pressure mounts on Ryan over antigen testing pilot programme for air travel

Government’s failure to adopt tests one of several restrictions blamed for aviation crisis

Coronavirus: 431 cases confirmed in the State

Holohan to discuss objections to antigen testing before Oireachtas committee

An Post ‘pandemic fund’ to deliver cash payments to postmasters

Fund will plug income gap for independent post office operators over next 18 months

Holohan’s views on antigen tests ‘inaccurate’, Harvard professor says

Academic tells committee the rapid tests identify people at their most infectious

Blitz of Covid-19 testing for Co Limerick after rate of infection nearly doubles

Interval between doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to be reduced on a phased basis

Another lockdown would be ‘absolutely crushing’ for Limerick, locals say

Businesses fear further restrictions amid significant rise in Covid-19 cases in the county

Aer Lingus meeting with Oireachtas committee stalled following row

Airline’s chief executive Lynne Embleton to face transport committee later this month

Potential row threatens to derail Aer Lingus appearance before Oireachtas committee

There will be ‘no reversal’ of Shannon Airport decision , airline to tell TDs and senators

No ‘penny-pinching’ when hiring cybersecurity head - Minister

Smyth will recommend higher salary to recruit NCSC director but has not decided on figure

Katie Hannon’s winning formula: sharp questioning and wry derision

Radio: The Late Debate’s quietly authoritative presenter is the show’s key asset

Officials to be questioned on cyberattack behind closed doors

Meeting was to take place in public but Department of Communications requested privacy

Government warned delay introducing digital pass would leave State trailing

Vetoing initiative or opting out are not options for State, travel agents’ body warns

Stripe’s Patrick Collison takes Forbes Magazine to task over ‘stab city’ article

Publication ‘mistaken about Limerick ... We are who we are because we grew up where we did’

Up to 200 post offices could face closure in next 12 - 18 months, postmasters claim

Oireachtas committee told postmasters could lose up to €10,000 following ending of payments in June

U-turn over Limerick road plan prompted by fears for €400m investment

Plan to hold off on €58m project sparked backlash from community and local TDs

Minister urged by Government TDs to enter media blackout on reopening special schools

Norma Foley asked to go into Brexit-style ‘tunnel’ until solution is found for impasse

Customer anger over Eir’s approach to service threatens to overwhelm its reputation

Comreg must be given powers to hound Eir over diabolical customer service

Shannon Airport’s independence back on the agenda

It’s a strange time to redraw aviation policy, but an Oireachtas committee is looking at it

Air passengers should not have to pay more than €50 for Covid test, report says

People arriving from EU, US and Canada do not have to self-isolate for two weeks if PCR test is negative

Comreg criticised for ‘toothless’ response to poor Eir customer service

Regulator tells committee it is Eir’s responsibility to fix problems

Relax advice on Christmas travel, says Oireachtas transport committee

Report calls for increased testing to allow for greater resumption of overseas travel

Driving test wait times more than quadruple due to first Covid-19 lockdown

Road Safety Authority says 64,500 waiting 25 to 30 weeks due to shortage of testers

Eir chief apologises at Oireachtas committee hearing for failings in customer care

Sligo Chamber of Commerce rejects idea that lack of suitably skilled staff was part of problem

National Broadband Ireland criticised for ‘gaps’ in rollout of scheme

Company behind €3bn project accused of not providing sufficient information about the rollout on its website

First fibre-to-home connections under broadband plan to be available this year

Eamon Ryan confirms first homes to be connected will be in counties Cavan and Cork

Eighteen TDs nominated to chair Oireachtas committees

James Lawless, Fergus O’Dowd, Kathleen Funchion and Neasa Hourigan among appointees

Transatlantic flight loss threat to recovery in mid-west, businesses fear

Aer Lingus considering moving two Airbus A321 LR craft from Shannon to UK

Miriam Lord: Cottage pie and a pint and a trip to the barber of Seville

Dáil operatics on behalf of long-haired as pub grub menu mulled over ahead of reopening

Election 2020: Kieran O’Donnell (Fine Gael)

Limerick City candidate elected on eighth count

Limerick City results: Counting complete as Brian Leddin (GP) takes final seat

Fine Gael’s Kieran O’Donnell regained seat lost in 2016

Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling Senators

Back in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheap

Homes damaged and GAA pitch submerged after Limerick flooding

Flooding caused by a breach of embankment in Shannon which was followed by high tides

Bogus insurance claims account for 3 per cent of garda fraud work, TDs told

Increase in claimants seeking money for ‘home help’ driving up costs, FBD alleges

Pearse Doherty claims FF and FG seeking to thwart No Consent, No Sale Bill

New not-for-profit claims it has the potential to take on 28,000 distressed loans

Driving force: 10 years of Ireland’s inter-city motorways

Motorways made the country smaller, but controversies have rarely been far away

Current market ‘open season’ for moneylenders - credit union officials

Legislative change needed to allow credit unions lend to social housing bodies

Miriam Lord: ‘Gendered language’ row reveals everyday sexism in Seanad

Male politicians react smugly as woman senator overreacts to routine sideswipe

O’Donnell sees role for public banking system in Ireland

Fine Gael Senator says Germany’s Sparkassen model could be adopted here

Three women at centre of legal cases over false smear tests have died

Sinn Féin TD accuses State Claims Agency of acting like Pontius Pilate by ‘washing hands’ of women

Cervical cancer helpline has received more than 8,000 calls, Seanad told

Senators call for the resignation of HSE chief Tony O’Brien

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