Voters who have left Labour can be won back if the economy is seen to improveOpinion: Ministers and TDs need to be far more vocal in explaining to the public what exactly the Government has been doingSat Nov 30 2013 - 00:01
Firms to be forced to negotiate with workers under new planGilmore to announce collective bargaining move at Labour conferenceFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:16
Tánaiste says Labour paying for decisions that ‘saved State’Gilmore does not agree that party will suffer collateral damage at the next electionFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Government reaction to referendum defeat is rapid, but may not be radicalOpinion: Reaching out to a wider electorate will prove a challenge for university senatorsThu Nov 28 2013 - 00:01
Huge number of new voters for Seanad university seatsAlmost 600,000 voters will be added to the register of electorsWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:01
All college graduates to get vote in Seanad electionsBill due before Cabinet will extend franchise to institutes of technologyTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
The wheels of government in Ireland grind too slowly for the public goodOpinion: New legislation will introduce an element of intergenerational equity into the pension systemSun Nov 24 2013 - 00:01
Government waste for 2011 estimated at over €22mBulk of losses in health service as millions overspent in other departmentsThu Nov 21 2013 - 12:22
Pensioners may face cuts under reform packageRetired members of troubled schemes to get lower payouts under legislationWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Pensioners in troubled schemes to face cuts under new lawInsolvent and restructured schemes to balance brunt of cuts between workers and retired membersTue Nov 19 2013 - 17:08
Forty of the State's worst ghost estates to be demolishedDevelopments with no hope of being finished to be bulldozed next year after list of 40 drawn upMon Nov 18 2013 - 08:18
Political not economic considerations dominant in bailout exit decisionOpinion: A backstop arrangement would have led to debates in many national parliaments in EuropeSat Nov 16 2013 - 07:02
Significant signal of sovereignty restored in DublinBig contrast with shambolic way entering the bailout began in 2010Fri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Public sector has hired 5,000 JobBridge internsDepartment of Social Protection says interns benefitThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Incoming Eirgrid chairman denies conflict of interestJohn O’Connor rejects suggestion of ‘overlap’ with former job at An Bord PleanálaWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Francie O’Brien was a popular figure across the divide in Leinster HouseFiana Fáil Senator defied party headquarters to keep winning re-electionWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Shatter urges those behind anti-Semitic posters to ‘come clean’Offensive material posted on bridge in Limerick attacks Taoiseach and local TDsMon Nov 11 2013 - 18:01
Labour TD Ciaran Lynch is strong favourite to chair banking inquiryIntensive meetings involving senior Government members, the Oireachtas and committees tendering to hold the inquiryMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
1916 centenary should not be played by anyone for party political advantageOpinion: The Rising was a complex event, best understood in the context of the bloodletting of the Great WarSat Nov 9 2013 - 00:01
Minister defends decision to cut welfare payment for under-25sGiving significant welfare payments at 18 not best way to help young people into work, says Joan BurtonWed Nov 6 2013 - 01:01
Kenny backs referendum on same sex marriageTaoiseach makes first public declaration that he will back campaignTue Nov 5 2013 - 21:23
Referendum on same-sex marriage to be held in 2015Number of other proposed constitutional changes including reduction in voting age to 17 will be put to the electorate on same dayTue Nov 5 2013 - 17:11
Murder, sainthood and Irishness in ArgentinaDickie Kelly, the brother of a priest murdered in the Dirty War of the 1970s, is third-generation Irish and retains a strong midlands accentTue Nov 5 2013 - 01:00
Cabinet set to back vote on same-sex unionGovernment parties likely to push out referendum on marriage until 2015Tue Nov 5 2013 - 01:00
Kenny and Gilmore at odds over handling of property tax paymentTánaiste asks Revenue to reconsider approach while Taoiseach backs its strategyMon Nov 4 2013 - 01:00
Kenny insists nobody has to pay property tax until 2014Joan Burton says Revenue must communicate to homeowners that payment is not due immediatelySun Nov 3 2013 - 13:37
Kenny must move carefully through bailout exitThe Taoiseach’s optimism may be blinding him to the dangers aheadSun Nov 3 2013 - 00:01
Bailout exit is ‘Labour’s way’, says GilmoreTánaiste looks forward to distance from Frankfurt and stresses his overseas roleSat Nov 2 2013 - 01:01
Tánaiste says he will stick with tasks aheadLabour leader says he won’t be deflected after three councillors quit in three daysFri Nov 1 2013 - 01:00
Jobless total at lowest for four yearsNumber on the Live Register drops below 400,000 for first time since May 2009Thu Oct 31 2013 - 06:34
Enda Kenny to consult Fine Gael on issue of same-sex marriageTaoiseach’s decision welcomed by parliamentary party chairman Charlie FlanaganThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Government postpones decision on same sex marriage voteCabinet defers talks on subject for a week to allow Kenny consult FG backbenchersWed Oct 30 2013 - 14:05
Same-sex union referendum to pose problems for Fine GaelLabour is driving the agenda but Fine Gael backing for it would anger conservative votersWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:00
Opportunity missed for real debate on Upper HouseGovernment made a huge error in pandering to anti-politician moodSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Minimum alcohol pricing on way in bid to fight abuseProposed ban on sports sponsorship by drinks companies is postponedWed Oct 23 2013 - 07:20
Minimum price for alcohol to be introducedCabinet decides to proceed with range of measures but proposed sports sponsorship ban kicked to touchTue Oct 22 2013 - 16:20
Scale of health cuts intensifies pressure on ReillyFianna Fáil leader claims figures produced in the budget had been shown to be dishonestMon Oct 21 2013 - 13:28
Varadkar to give transport committee more input into formulation of statutory instrumentsMinister for Transport says he believes in having a close relationship with the committeeMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Coalition needs to watch its step as public reaches limits of capacity to absorb painOpinion: Cut in tax relief for health insurance has gone down badly with Fine Gael supportersSat Oct 19 2013 - 00:01
Coalition looks to bailout exit as Ministers defend tough budgetSenior figures from both parties believe budget is turning point for GovernmentThu Oct 17 2013 - 09:05
2014 is last of the difficult budgets, Gilmore saysTánaiste says plan focuses on increasing jobsWed Oct 16 2013 - 13:17
Budget’s blend of austerity and stimulus no surpriseStephen Collins: Good dollop of luck every bit as important as various elements of packageWed Oct 16 2013 - 11:02
Tough budget tempered by €500m jobs stimulus planEligibility limits for medical cards, cut in maternity benefit most likely to cause political difficultiesWed Oct 16 2013 - 09:37
Expelled Fine Gael TDs and Senators form allianceBid for Dáil speaking rights as group insist they are not forming a new political partySat Sep 14 2013 - 01:01
Signs of Coalition losing nerve as winning post loomsLabour under pressure from those who opposed participation in government in the first placeFri Sep 13 2013 - 17:09
Dáil reform plan has potential for significant changeWeakness has been on legislative sideFri Sep 13 2013 - 01:00
Dail to sit earlier and on more Fridays as part of reformsKey elements to come into force if electorate votes to abolish Seanad on October 4thThu Sep 12 2013 - 13:57
Taoiseach confirms citizens will have role in legislationDáil reform package to be announced todayThu Sep 12 2013 - 01:02