Public transport needs €460m to keep running, Eamon Ryan warnedCovid-19 impact on passenger numbers costly with uncertainty over ‘mega-projects’Mon Sep 28 2020 - 01:07
‘Entirely wrong’ to remove pandemic payment from students, says Sinn Féin leaderMcDonald also calls on Minister for Finance to reverse cut to paymentSun Sep 27 2020 - 13:20
Visitor restrictions remain in place at National Maternity Hospital and CoombePartners of pregnant women in these hospitals not permitted to attend certain scansSat Sep 26 2020 - 10:49
Covid-19: Contact tracers to start looking into where people are infectedExtra information to be gathered about cases labelled ‘community transmission’ up to nowSat Sep 26 2020 - 01:16
Covid-19: Fears grow over increased restrictions for cities and local areasIreland faces ‘critical two weeks’ in fight against virus, Minister saysSat Sep 26 2020 - 01:08
Over 36,700 employers register for new Covid wage subsidy schemeRevenue has paid out €12.1m in ‘sweepback payments’ in last week under EWSSFri Sep 25 2020 - 12:13
HSE may facilitate virtual role for partners at key maternity momentsHealth executive will examine possible telelink for partners via smartphone or cameraFri Sep 25 2020 - 01:00
Donegal to move to Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions, Taoiseach confirmsMeasures in place until October 16th as wet pubs with outdoor service allowed to remain openThu Sep 24 2020 - 21:12
HSE to provide extra 1,500 hospital beds as part of €600m winter planOfficials warn Covid infections across country ‘a week or two’ behind DublinThu Sep 24 2020 - 01:15
Covid-19: Younger and lower-paid ‘carry heavy economic burden’Taoiseach’s economic adviser says €9bn public investment for 2021 is an opportunityWed Sep 23 2020 - 21:44
Let coronavirus spread through under-60 population, Dáil committee toldSwedish epidemiologist advises against pinning hopes on imminent advent of vaccineWed Sep 23 2020 - 11:53
Taoiseach defends pandemic payment cut as new advisers approvedAides on up to € 101,114 for work with senior Ministers and up to €78,816 with Ministers of StateTue Sep 22 2020 - 21:02
Ten new advisers to junior ministers to be appointed despite previous Government decisionMinisters of State told in summer they would have to share a pool of staffTue Sep 22 2020 - 14:04
Fireworks can cause ‘horrific injuries’ amongst children, fire officer warnsMcEntee says source of fireworks being used now, particularly in Dublin, is being investigatedTue Sep 22 2020 - 13:36
Further restrictions expected for Dublin if Covid-19 infection rate does not stablilise'Worrying trends': Waiting game in play as officials monitor situationTue Sep 22 2020 - 12:01
Cabinet set to approve Bill to address forestry licence backlogCoillte warned that delays in sector causing timber shortage and putting jobs at riskTue Sep 22 2020 - 00:00
Coronavirus: 188 new cases and no further deaths amid concern over eight counties‘Possibility’ other counties will have status elevated to Level 3, says Eamon RyanMon Sep 21 2020 - 17:46
Sinn Féin to support Right to Die Bill moving to next stageLegislation would let people who are terminally ill decide time of their own deathMon Sep 21 2020 - 12:53
Government expects to reopen all pubs by the middle of this monthTaoiseach denies new law requiring pubs and restaurants to retain details of food consumption has been a communications calamitySat Sep 5 2020 - 00:50
Government asked to clarify why ‘green list’ not updatedTravellers are confused and ‘need some direction’ says Labour Party leaderSat Sep 5 2020 - 00:46
Covid-19: Restaurants and pubs furious over ‘authoritarian’ new rules on mealsMinisters also urged by NPHET subgroup not to ‘stigmatise’ people who contract Covid-19Fri Sep 4 2020 - 01:28
Staycationers can claim tax credits of up to €125 under new schemeStay and spend scheme requires registration for both businesses and individuals claimingThu Sep 3 2020 - 20:46
Coronavirus: Pubs, restaurants concerned over record-keeping regulationsHospitality industry frustrated by ‘lack of communication’ around updated guidelinesThu Sep 3 2020 - 20:43
Income tax not to increase in next budget, says DonohoeSeptember comprises ‘final piece of the jigsaw’ before a call made about tax collectionThu Sep 3 2020 - 15:56
EU commission candidates to be named in ‘next two days’, says Taoiseach‘No strain’ on relationship with EU Commission president - Micheál MartinThu Sep 3 2020 - 15:38
Concern about rising Covid-19 cases among older people and in DublinPeople should ‘assume at all times that someone in their company has Covid’, Dr Ronan Glynn saysThu Sep 3 2020 - 01:28
‘Wet pubs’ should be given a chance to reopen, Varadkar saysSources now believe pubs not serving food could be back open in early OctoberThu Sep 3 2020 - 01:09
Coveney not expected to allow name go forward for EU commissioner positionMove likely to clear way for MEP Maireád McGuinness to be nominated for roleThu Sep 3 2020 - 01:00
Rising tide of Covid-19 can be suppressed by ‘reducing daily contacts’Modest extra effort can derail ‘slowly growing epidemic’, says public health team expertWed Sep 2 2020 - 20:44
New Minister for Agriculture hails from a farming backgroundBorn in 1977, he was elected TD for Donegal North East in 2011Wed Sep 2 2020 - 20:04
Clarity on nomination for EU commissioner by ‘end of week’, Fine Gael TDs toldVaradkar points out Commission wants ‘a woman and a man, not a man and a woman’Wed Sep 2 2020 - 19:01
New law to pave way for reopening of ‘wet pubs’, says MinisterHelen McEntee said Ireland was an outlier in Europe for keeping pubs closedWed Sep 2 2020 - 14:33
Blocking pub inspections to result in €2,500 fineBill bestows powers on Garda to inspect licensed premisesWed Sep 2 2020 - 02:42
Government considering allowing alcohol-free music events to go aheadMinisters to meet campaigners to examine which events can be further reopenedMon Aug 31 2020 - 07:13
New Garda board to act as ‘firewall’ between Minister and commissionerThe new group will identify risks in Garda early ‘so controversies are forestalled’Mon Aug 31 2020 - 01:07
Simon Coveney understood to be most likely nominee for EU commissioner roleGovernment said to be increasingly likely to submit just one nominee despite requestMon Aug 31 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19: Holding gatherings of more than six to be a civil offenceCabinet decides making large parties criminal offences would be too ‘extreme’ a measureSat Aug 29 2020 - 01:00
Publicans furious at €16m Covid supports as Varadkar says pubs may not reopen this yearVintners’ groups say Government’s support package is a 'slap in the face'.Sat Aug 29 2020 - 00:55
Pubs in breach of Covid-19 rules face closure as €16m support plan is approvedTánaiste casts doubt on pub reopenings this year as vintners bemoan ‘crumbs’ for industryFri Aug 28 2020 - 21:41
Donohoe rules himself out of Commissioner nominationsParty leaders to discuss potential candidates for role after resignation of Phil HoganFri Aug 28 2020 - 09:57
Health team recommends less invasive Covid-19 tests for childrenTaking of saliva samples deemed less traumatic amid range of parental concernsFri Aug 28 2020 - 02:00
Crackdown planned on house parties and pubs that do not comply with Covid-19 rulesIt will be an offence to attend a gathering in a house with more than six visitorsFri Aug 28 2020 - 02:00
TDs call on Leinster House captain of guard to explain Clifden attendanceDespite role applying Covid-19 guidelines in Dáil John Flaherty was at golf society eventFri Aug 28 2020 - 01:02
Varadkar intends to remain as FG leader amid search for Hogan successorCoveney and MEPs McGuinness or Fitzgerald believed to be most likely candidates for commissioner roleFri Aug 28 2020 - 01:00
Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan recovering after heart attackCarlow Kilkenny TD is not expected to attend the Dáil when it resumes early next weekThu Aug 27 2020 - 18:35
‘I did not break any law’: Phil Hogan formally resigns as EU commissionerFormer FG minister under scrutiny over alleged breaches of coronavirus restrictionsWed Aug 26 2020 - 22:03
Opposition parties welcome resignation of Phil HoganGovernment urged to immediately fill vacancy on European CommissionWed Aug 26 2020 - 21:16
Delivery of flu vaccines to Ireland delayed by two weeks, says HSEGPs and pharmacists told injection will be available at similar time to most yearsWed Aug 26 2020 - 19:47
Doubts grow in Dublin, Brussels over Phil Hogan’s future amid controversy over golf event travelGovernment expects clarification from EC president Ursula von der Leyen over account given by EU trade commissionerTue Aug 25 2020 - 03:45
Calleary steps down as deputy leader of Fianna FáilMartin in ‘no hurry’ to replace ex-deputy and appointment may not take place for weeksMon Aug 24 2020 - 20:15