Coalition faces further questions after Shatter apologises to whistleblowersOpposition leaders keep up call on Shatter to resign over handling of Garda mattersThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Self-inflicted wounds have made Coalition vulnerableLatest controversy leaves Government TDs wondering if saga will ever endThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Du Plantier case raised fears over taping of calls in Garda stationsCabinet told AG became aware of practice as a result of Bailey case against the StateWed Mar 26 2014 - 13:15
Government fears recording of phone calls at Garda stations may threaten convictionsActing Garda chief taking ‘strong personal interest’ in addressing issueWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:03
Reforms fast-tracked as Government comes to grips with phone recording revalationsNew information brought to the attention of Enda Kenny at the weekendWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Faces of things to come at election poster exhibitionShow at National Print Museum contains mixture of serious, eye-catching and bizarreTue Mar 25 2014 - 11:22
Warning signs starting to flash for Government partiesIf all expected byelections are held on the same day it could be dangerous for the Coalition, as history has shownTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:05
Call for early byelection in Dublin WestBurton says Nulty’s actions ‘utterly unacceptable’Tue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Opposition gains initiative in post-troika vacuumOpinion: Government needs to regain control of political agenda ahead of electionsSat Mar 22 2014 - 00:01
In national interest to back sanctions against Russia, says MinisterDonohoe responding to comments from Russian ambassador to Ireland, Maxim PeshkovThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00
Tánaiste to review Government links with Irish diasporaPublic invited to submit views in review of engagement with Irish abroadWed Mar 19 2014 - 00:46
Poll finds most feel proud to be Irish on national holidaySmall majority say that Ministers should travel overseas for St Patrick’s DaySat Mar 15 2014 - 01:01
Cabinet agrees to overhaul penalty points regimeGarda Inspectorate finds ‘consistent and widespread breaches of policy’Thu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
Widespread breaches in penalty points system uncoveredInspectorate also uncovers waste and recommends overhaul of entire systemWed Mar 12 2014 - 21:57
Rehab says 12 staff earn salaries of over €100,000Top salary of up to €249,000 is paid to charity’s chief executive Angela KerinsTue Mar 11 2014 - 20:51
Kenny rejects criticism of Ireland's corporate tax systemTaoiseach responds to revelation Apple paid just $36m in tax on Irish profits of more than $7bnSat Mar 8 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine puts our bank problems into a better perspectiveOpinion: Commentators blame EU for Ireland’s ‘austerity’, as if there was some painless optionSat Mar 8 2014 - 00:01
Ukraine leaders appeal to EU for supportWarning of Russian threat to wider worldFri Mar 7 2014 - 01:00
Anti-pylon campaigner seeks FF nominationActivist among most prominent opponents of Eirgrid plansThu Mar 6 2014 - 01:00
Gilmore tells Russian ambassador of Ireland’s deep concern over Ukraine actionTánaiste says EU wants to see peaceful solution to crisis and is ready to engage in talks with all partiesWed Mar 5 2014 - 01:00
FG believe economic corner turnedParty faithful back under-fire Minister for Justice Alan Shatter at conferenceMon Mar 3 2014 - 01:00
Kenny’s track record could land him a key EU positionOpinion: Taoiseach’s obvious enjoyment of his job is a key aspect of creating confidenceSun Mar 2 2014 - 12:31
Taoiseach pledges to restore public confidence in gardaíKenny addresses GSOC controversy and economy in keynote speech at Fine Gael ard fheisSun Mar 2 2014 - 08:26
Kenny defends commitment to universal health insuranceHealthcare dominates Taoiseach’s address on the first night of the Fine Gael ardfheisSat Mar 1 2014 - 09:27
Shatter speech takes heat out of row - for nowMinister comes out fighting and defends himself against host of political accusationsThu Feb 27 2014 - 07:08
Party politics could prove a hindrance in determining what actually happenedGSOC fallout leads to game of political brinkmanshipTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Point-scoring is obscuring the real issues in the Shatter rowOpinion: In the interests of the Garda itself some form of independent inquiry is now neededSun Feb 23 2014 - 00:01
Martin says murders were not investigated properlyFF leader calls for Minister for Justice to resign following ‘shocking revelations’Thu Feb 20 2014 - 08:32
Shatter sacks respected and experienced lawyer he appointedTaped conversation with whistleblower led to departureThu Feb 20 2014 - 01:00
St Vincent’s hospital still in breach of pay policyFour of five hospitals and health agencies threatened with cuts now in complianceWed Feb 19 2014 - 01:00
Garda authorities would be foolish to take high standing of force for grantedOpinion: Just when the controversy appeared to be dying down, the Minister raised the temperature againSun Feb 16 2014 - 00:01
Coalition backs GSOC and its chief on bugging inquiryGSOC commissioner says the watchdog ‘cannot definitively say we were bugged’Wed Feb 12 2014 - 06:34
Watchdog accused of implying Garda complicity in ‘bugging’Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan seeks answers over Garda Ombudsman statementTue Feb 11 2014 - 06:01
Bringing in outsiders to conduct bugging sweep points to disquieting level of distrustLevel of animosity between Garda and commission seems out of controlTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:01
Michael Noonan pledges to widen income tax bandsMinister will take workers out of higher tax bracket as soon as State can afford itSat Feb 8 2014 - 01:03
Ex-IFA leader Bryan not to run for Fine Gael in the Euro electionsGovernment Chief Whip Paul Kehoe ‘strongly considering’ putting his name forwardSat Feb 8 2014 - 01:00
Who runs Ireland: introductionIreland’s politicians are public figures who are accountable to the electorate, but they’re not the only ones in controlSat Feb 8 2014 - 01:00
Clear progress made on jobs but effort must be kept upOpinion: The question now is who will be the likely beneficiary of improvement in circumstancesSat Feb 8 2014 - 00:01
Manning calls for ‘real and sustainable’ reform of SeanadNUI chancellor urges Government to show commitment to the issueThu Feb 6 2014 - 01:07
Government urged to adopt 20-year rule for State papersNational Archives will need extra resources and staff if earlier release agreedWed Feb 5 2014 - 01:00
Quinn promises ‘fair outcome’ for school abuse victimsMinister for Education told there are 44 claims on hand following Louise O’Keeffe judgementTue Feb 4 2014 - 15:00
Gilmore pledges property tax cut as part of Labour’s local election manifestoCut of 15 per cent cut would apply in large urban areasMon Feb 3 2014 - 01:00
Gilmore says Labour will cut local property taxTánaiste promises 15 per cent cut in tax for voters in large urban areasSun Feb 2 2014 - 14:03
Kenny eerily emulates Ahern in undercutting his MinistersOpinion: There is now a worry that the Coalition could make decisions based on short-term political considerationsSun Feb 2 2014 - 00:01
Taoiseach backs Ballymurphy familiesCall for panel to inquire into 1971 Belfast killings of 11 peopleThu Jan 30 2014 - 22:28
Quinn: Government needs time to absorb ‘significant implications’Amnesty hails ‘hugely important victory’ for human rights of all children in IrelandWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Excluding North-South link from pylon review defendedEirGrid plan has already been examined by international experts, says Minister for EnergyWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Panel set up to examine controversial pylon issueRabbitte appoints group to explore feasability of putting electricity cables undergroundTue Jan 28 2014 - 21:40