Ministers signal second energy credit likely but warn no guarantee blackouts will be avoidedWe’re going to do everything possible to ensure continuity of supply, says Michael McGrathWed Sept 07 2022 - 18:47
Catherine Murphy ‘fully entitled’ to refuse to disclose sources regarding Siteserv transactionSome witnesses argued that the TD had waived her privilege by providing witness statements, but this was rejected by her, with the Cregan Commission agreeingWed Sept 07 2022 - 18:28
Sinn Féin says €2 billion once-off cost-of-living measures ‘simply won’t cut it’Pearse Doherty has accused the Coalition of missing the crisis that households are currently experiencingWed Sept 07 2022 - 15:21
Budget 2023: Cost of living package could rise to €2bnSurging energy bills and large exchequer surplus means larger suite of once-off measures now expectedTue Sept 06 2022 - 23:13
Christmas lights on streets and heating in buildings among issues under consideration to help reduce energy costs - RyanEnvironment minister also said local authorities are looking at the issue of Christmas lights on streets among other measuresTue Sept 06 2022 - 20:59
Important for North that Truss does well as PM, says AhernIncoming British prime minister will leave Northern Ireland to new secretary of state, former taoiseach predictsTue Sept 06 2022 - 09:05
Liz Truss to unveil cabinet after taking reins of power as British PM Kwasi Kwarteng set to become chancellor, James Cleverly likely foreign secretary and Suella Braverman as home secretaryTue Sept 06 2022 - 00:01
Liz Truss as new British prime minister is an opportunity to ‘reset’ relations, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin emphasised the importance of ‘putting the people of Northern Ireland at the centre of our attention and focus’Mon Sept 05 2022 - 19:02
Kevin Callinan: The union leader who ‘knows how to close out on a deal’Ictu chief pursuing approval of State’s 340,000 public sector workers for pay deal agreed this weekSat Sept 03 2022 - 04:00
Top civil servant Robert Watt will not benefit from terms of new public pay dealMinisters told in private deal would not increase salary of ‘a serving secretary general in Civil Service to a salary rate above current highest rate’Fri Sept 02 2022 - 19:58
Sinn Féin TD defends Stephen Donnelly for failing to register rental propertyJohnny Guirke says failure to register property an oversight ‘because there wouldn’t be anything to be gained’Thu Sept 01 2022 - 21:12
Minister insists Navan Hospital Emergency Department will not close in SeptemberThe plan to convert the emergency department to a medical assessment unit has caused political controversy as well as prompting concern from senior medicsThu Sept 01 2022 - 16:16
Fórsa executive recommends that its members back new public sector pay dealThe union which represents 82,000 mostly public sector workers will commence balloting on the deal next week with voting to finish in early OctoberThu Sept 01 2022 - 15:35
Highest-paid public servants in line for 3.5% salary increases under proposed new dealSenior judges and hospital consultants would be among 4,000 State workers paid more than €150,000 in line for next year’s mooted increasesWed Aug 31 2022 - 12:34
Public-sector pay: workers in line for pre-Christmas lump sum if €1.6bn deal approvedLump-sum payments are an ‘attractive’ element of the proposed deal, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform saysWed Aug 31 2022 - 05:00
Public sector unions to take five weeks to consider 6.5% pay offerTaoiseach says deal - set to cost €1.6 billion over three years - is a ‘fair’ oneTue Aug 30 2022 - 13:38
Public sector pay talks reconvene at WRC with industrial action still a possibilityUnions says they want a deal but ballots on industrial action will go ahead this week if talks do not produce agreementMon Aug 29 2022 - 19:36
What chance is there of a deal being done at the public sector pay talks? Coalition locked in talks against backdrop of galloping inflation; stakes are high — to avert a winter of discontentMon Aug 29 2022 - 19:15
Mark Daly hopes to leave Seanad Cathaoirleach role with upper chamber ‘better than he found it’Coalition deal means Fianna Fáil Senator to make way for Fine Gael politician in DecemberMon Aug 29 2022 - 01:00
Consumers warned to expect further energy price hikes in coming weeksDepartment of Finance and Revenue Commissioners examining Green Party proposal for windfall tax on energy companiesSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Two more Fianna Fáil politicians seek changes to declarations of interests in wake of Troy controversyJunior minister James Browne and Senator Catherine Ardagh omitted a property each for one year of returns to Oireachtas authoritiesFri Aug 26 2022 - 20:43
Green party using State funding to pay €9,750 salary top-up to its leader in SeanadPayment was in addition to €70,870 salary Pauline O’Reilly is entitled to as a senatorFri Aug 26 2022 - 20:40
Greens spend close to €22,000 in taxpayer funds on mediation consultants to tackle internal party conflict Party was riven by divisions after general election success in 2020, with some members against entering government with Fianna Fáil and Fine GaelThu Aug 25 2022 - 20:35
Robert Troy profile: Hard-working politician and unapologetic landlord downed by property interestsYoungest of 12 children from Co Westmeath left banking role to take over family post office and run for Fianna Fáil in local electionsThu Aug 25 2022 - 19:11
Independent TDs call for more money in people’s pockets after budgetGroup urges social welfare increases matching the rising cost of living and free public transport for studentsWed Aug 24 2022 - 20:15
Almost 80 TDs and Senators are landlords, landowners or both Register of Members’ interests for Dáil and Seanad indicates substantial portfoliosWed Aug 24 2022 - 05:58
Unease in Fianna Fáil over potential drip-feed of information on Troy’s propertiesMinister broke his silence on Tuesday but colleagues unsure about plan to wait until Dáil returns to answer questionsWed Aug 24 2022 - 05:00
Public pay talks expected to resume next weekPrevious Government offer was rejected by unions at the time as “not credible”Tue Aug 23 2022 - 20:02
Robert Troy confirms he owns 11 properties and apologises for failure to fully declare interestsMinister of State says he made pre-tax profit of €36,000 on house bought, renovated and sold on to local authorityTue Aug 23 2022 - 13:28
More than 7,100 Ukrainian refugees now in employment in Ireland Some 15,627 people from Ukraine have attended Intreo Employment Services' events in recent monthsMon Aug 22 2022 - 05:00
Budget 2023 demands: Independents seek social welfare hikes and zero-interest retrofitting loansShopping list from the Regional Independent Group comes at a time when the Government has lost its Dáil majoritySun Aug 21 2022 - 22:22
Taoiseach makes renewed defence of Robert TroyMinister of State’s clarification around property and other business interests has ‘cleared the air’, Micheál Martin saysSun Aug 21 2022 - 22:11
Minister hopes Truss will be ‘her own person’ on Brexit Thomas Byrne admits there is uncertainty over how frontrunner in Conservative leadership race would handle protocol issue in Downing StreetSun Aug 21 2022 - 16:42
Pressure mounts on Robert Troy to disclose more details of his property interestsFianna Fáil Minister of State has amended declarations made in the Register of Members’ InterestsFri Aug 19 2022 - 21:25
Ethics law review to examine disclosure obligations for TDs selling property to public bodiesTánaiste has ‘total confidence’ in Robert Troy amid questions over property interestsWed Aug 17 2022 - 20:45
Garda control room set for Heuston to speed up response to violence on public transport Statement follows call by National Bus & Rail Union for unit in wake of latest assault on public transportWed Aug 17 2022 - 20:44
Ireland can still meet emissions targets, says Varadkar, as new research shows rise in greenhouse gases Bloc’s emissions on the rise in first quarter of 2022 compared to a year earlierWed Aug 17 2022 - 13:42
E-scooters involved in 440 traffic collisions in 2½ yearsMore than two-thirds of e-scooter traffic incidents — 67 per cent — recorded in the Dublin regionTue Aug 16 2022 - 03:00
Siptu warns Government against letting public sector pay agreement ‘get away from them’Unions are prepared to be flexible but reaching an agreement with inflation at 9% looks a little bit more difficult, says senior union officialMon Aug 15 2022 - 15:03
Two deaths, 42 serious injuries due to e-scooter collisions since 2020Data released by Road Safety Authority as work continues on law to regulate ‘powered personal transporters’Wed Aug 10 2022 - 00:00
Construction firm lobbied two councils on proposal to allow smaller gardensAs well as briefing Minister, Glenveagh Properties met management at local authorities in places where it plans to build hundreds of homesFri Aug 05 2022 - 03:42
Gardaí investigating if personal dispute led to killing of Robert O’Connor in Mountjoy PrisonOffice of Inspector of prisons has opened investigations into 14 deaths in prison population since start of yearThu Aug 04 2022 - 21:26
Calls for windfall tax on energy companies intensify as Bord Gáis profits grow 74%The Opposition parties have urged the Government to bring in a tax to help ease cost-of-living crisisWed Aug 03 2022 - 18:32
Sipo carried out 10 tax compliance investigations on senior public sector officials in 2021Ethics watchdog’s annual report shows that there were seven investigations at the start of 2021 and three more approved over the course of the yearTue Aug 02 2022 - 20:41
DAA taken to task over ‘worsening’ hygiene at Dublin AirportHildegarde Naughton challenged airport operator over lack of cleanliness and DAA undertakes to improve passenger experience in wake of return to mass travelTue Aug 02 2022 - 02:00
‘Herd retirement schemes’ idea raised in talks on setting carbon cuts for farmersCorrespondence shows Green Party Eamon Ryan expected to see herd proposals from Department of AgricultureSat Jul 30 2022 - 05:00
Further State supports for growing crops sought amid major concern over high costs to farmersRecommendations come from committee set up to on response to risk to supplies caused by Russian invasion of UkraineSat Jul 30 2022 - 04:00
Farming climate plan imposes ‘impossible’ burden on other sectors, say scientists‘Special dispensation’ for agriculture leaves State exposed to legal action for failing to hit 2030 climate targetSat Jul 30 2022 - 03:00
Green politicians claim farm energy plans mean emissions cuts will exceed 25%Fianna Fáil TDs maintain measures such as solar panels on farms must count towards agriculture emissions targetFri Jul 29 2022 - 20:15
Modular homes to be built to house refugees, with sites across four counties selected Locations in west Dublin, Cork and Cavan among those identified for useThu Jul 28 2022 - 14:35
