Kenny poised to reshuffle Cabinet next yearTaoiseach’s comments seen as warning to Ministers and TDs to stay on their toes through difficult Budget talksWed Sep 18 2013 - 01:11
HSE under pressure to abide by Haddington Road agreementHSE to confirm it overran budget by €63 million in first six months of yearWed Sep 18 2013 - 01:01
Kenny demands party line in referendum campaignTaoiseach says scrapping Seanad central to party’s policyWed Sep 18 2013 - 01:00
Reshuffle and budgetary restraints prey on Fine Gael mindsDecision on Ireland’s next EU commissioner has also to be madeWed Sep 18 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach rejects ‘uno duce una voce’ accusationFF leader launches scathing attack on Taoiseach for refusing to debate Seanad issue on TV with himTue Sep 17 2013 - 17:38
Michael Noonan makes case for budget surplus in 2014Statement highlights Coalition tensions over extent of budget adjustmentTue Sep 17 2013 - 06:57
Noonan set out position from which he cannot easily retreatDeep pressure to give something back, Noonan struck a different noteTue Sep 17 2013 - 06:46
Priory Hall solution deadline of 21 daysTaoiseach and Minister for Environment commit to resolving issueTue Sep 17 2013 - 01:01
Next election not until March 2016, says KennyTaoiseach dismissed talk of tension within the Coalition as ‘speculation’Tue Sep 17 2013 - 01:00
Kenny says next election will be held in March 2016Taoiseach says people can then deliver their judgment on whether Government has deliveredMon Sep 16 2013 - 21:41
Coalition parties divided over key budget decisionsDivisions emerge as Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil hold think-ins ahead of new Dáil termMon Sep 16 2013 - 08:24
Fianna Fáil may complain to ethics watchdog over John Perry’s deal with bankDara Calleary has tabled parliamentary questions on Minister of State’s debt restructuring deal to Enda Kenny and Richard BrutonMon Sep 16 2013 - 01:05
Coalition told to act on jobs by economic watchdogOECD calls for ineffective job schemes to be scrapped in place of proven strategiesThu Sep 12 2013 - 07:55
Quinn says new parent charters will deal with expensive uniformsMinister does not favour national regulationsThu Sep 12 2013 - 01:00
As the world’s financial system swooned, the Irish taoiseach croonedAs panic rippled across the Atlantic in September 2008, Irish politicians and officials scrambled to contain the domestic crisisThu Sep 12 2013 - 01:00
Would Ireland still have failed if Lehman had not collapsed?A US rescue might have delayed disaster, but Irish banks were already in deep troubleThu Sep 12 2013 - 01:00
Seanad abolition is no power grab, says GilmoreTánaiste signals party dissidents will not face sanctionThu Sep 12 2013 - 01:00
Scrapping Seanad ‘not a power grab’, Gilmore saysLabour begins campaign ahead of October referendumWed Sep 11 2013 - 17:38
No need for ‘elitist’ Seanad, says TaoiseachThe Dáil has the exclusive right to hold Government to account, says KennyWed Sep 11 2013 - 01:01
Writer says journalism underpins democracySupport for journalism a ’civic act’Wed Sep 11 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach willing to meet Priory Hall residentsGovernment under pressure to help mortgage holders forced to leave apartment complexTue Sep 10 2013 - 16:45
Taoiseach says ‘powerless, elitist’ Seanad unnecessaryConstitution gives Dáil exclusive power to hold Government to account - KennyTue Sep 10 2013 - 14:16
TDs may work longer hours in reform planCabinet to discuss longer sitting time for Dáil and reduced use of ‘guillotine’Thu Sep 5 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore signals backing for PerryFianna Fáil has called on him to come forward with more detailWed Sep 4 2013 - 01:15
Parties back three Dublin seats in EuropeFine Gael, Labour and Sinn Féin favour retention of three-seat Dublin constituencyWed Sep 4 2013 - 01:10
LRC chief defends move to chair an anti-Seanad groupKieran Mulvey says his involvement will not compromise his professional dutiesTue Sep 3 2013 - 01:11
Kenny backs Perry as Minister makes deal with banksDanske’s spokesman declined to comment on the arrangementTue Sep 3 2013 - 01:00
Group launches campaign in favour of Seanad abolitionOne House chaired by chief executive of the Labour Relations CommissionMon Sep 2 2013 - 11:08
Adams ‘would not call on’ IRA to help solve Stack caseAsked if he would assist investigation, Sinn Féin president said he would be happy to meet GardaSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:01
Department of Finance rejects request from PAC for data on banking crisisDepartment chief reluctant to accede to request due to looming inquirySat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Son of murdered prison officer feels measure of closure after IRA admits killingStack has meeting with senior IRA leader and AdamsSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Stack family calls on Garda for explanationSon says family achieved a ‘huge amount of closure’ after IRA statementSat Aug 10 2013 - 00:01
Family of prison officer killed by IRA question Garda inquiryTwo of Brian Stack’s sons were driven to a bungalow at an undisclosed location in a blacked out van where they were handed IRA statement accepting responsibility for his killingFri Aug 9 2013 - 15:00
Ministers divided over how to run banking inquiryGovernment believes parliamentary investigation can be carried out for €5 million, significantly less than any recent tribunalFri Aug 9 2013 - 01:00
Cathaoirleach may recall Seanad over organ donation lawFF Senator may trigger process for recallThu Aug 8 2013 - 01:00
Bruton says Fianna Fáil’s support for Seanad lacks credibilityFine Gael will not sanction TDs who vote against abolitionWed Aug 7 2013 - 01:00
S&P says deviation from €3.1bn target could damage fiscal deficitRatings agency believes fiscal discipline is vital to Ireland’s credibility in the marketsTue Aug 6 2013 - 01:00
Save Seanad campaign group raises €35,000Democracy Matters group hopes to raise twice that figure for its campaign in the October referendumSat Aug 3 2013 - 01:00
Bank of Ireland working on plan to avoid paying State €455m feeFee payable next spring unless bank raises €1.8bn to pay back State preference sharesSat Aug 3 2013 - 01:00
Enterprise Ireland to take on 20 new staffPersonnel to be based overseas as State targets exports to high-growth marketsFri Aug 2 2013 - 02:00
Labour backbench TDs criticise ‘austerity junkies’Letter to ‘The Irish Times’ shows growing gap between Coalition parties on budgetFri Aug 2 2013 - 01:00
Labour hardens stance on troika €3.1bn cuts planBackbench Fine Gael group want calls for softer budget rejectedWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:13
Perry insists his filings to ethics watchdog are fully up to dateMinister declines to say how he reconciles debt judgment with office-holders’ obligationsTue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00
No new comment from Taoiseach on Perry financesMinister for Transport says there is no threat to Perry’s positionFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
Perry’s grip on ministry becoming more tenuousUnexpected news of his tax difficulties while in office has only amplified questions over his futureFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
Political pressure intensifies on Minister John PerryCourt exhibits include minutes in which Minister said bank agreed loan for €100,000 tax arrearsThu Jul 25 2013 - 08:45
Government rules out Bethany Home redressSurvivors group says offer to open records and create memorial ‘an insult’Tue Jul 23 2013 - 20:31
Cabinet to discuss ESB telecoms servicePlan is one of a large number of items for discussion before Ministers break up for the summer holidayTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
More troika praise – and some concernAnalysis: the return of recession remains a concern of the international inspectorsFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00