Fianna Fáil call for deputy leader likely to drive Martin ‘doolally’Move in Tánaiste’s absence a reminder that parliamentary party is not permanently quiescentThu Jun 22 2023 - 07:54
National children’s hospital delays: Government was told in April that delivery date would be pushed back furtherContractor BAM issued a report in February citing a ‘substantial completion date’ of May 2024, instead of March which was stated in a previous reportWed Jun 21 2023 - 20:05
Hoteliers must ‘do the right thing’ by Taylor Swift fans - Paschal DonohoeEras Tour concerts in Dublin prompts Minister for Public Expenditure to fire warning shot at hospitality industryWed Jun 21 2023 - 16:36
National children’s hospital: Public have well founded scepticism when it comes to costs and open dateInside Politics: Any suggestion NCH might cost more, or more importantly, open late, retains the whiff of political corditeWed Jun 21 2023 - 07:40
Why is the national children’s hospital back in the news?New children's hospital faces issues relating to the layout of ventilation systems in theatres that could add millions to its cost and add months to the deliveryTue Jun 20 2023 - 20:48
Outcome of test on ventilation system of operating theatres in NCH ‘yet to be agreed’Board responds to Sinn Féin claims that ‘major generic faults’ have been identified with 11 operating theatresTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:55
BAM profile: The building firm at centre of latest National Children’s Hospital controversyDutch-owned building giant has won deals on State projects but hospital project has been dogged by large cost over-runsTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:31
Children’s Hospital insists works on 11 operating theatres ‘minor’ and will not delay openingMain contractor BAM told last month to stop works in theatres as mediation works could be needed in ceilingsTue Jun 20 2023 - 12:45
National Children’s Hospital timelineNews that half operating theatres in National Children’s Hospital may need remediation work after main contractor BAM was told to stop works there latest twist in a saga stretching back 30 yearsTue Jun 20 2023 - 11:29
Political week starts with bang as President forced to issue apology The suspicion in the Coalition is the intervention was an intentional violation of the convention that the President doesn’t comment on Government policyTue Jun 20 2023 - 08:01
Children’s hospital lead contractor told to stop key works on half of facility’s operating theatresClaims that fresh NCH setback could cost tens of millions to address, while Department of Health downplays developmentTue Jun 20 2023 - 05:00
Who is Louise Richardson, the Waterford-born academic President Higgins has apologised to?The chair of the Government’s forum on security, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, will help inform future policy deliberations around Irish neutralityMon Jun 19 2023 - 19:46
The piecemeal plan to fix the housing crisis: what have Darragh O’Brien’s schemes delivered? The Fianna Fáil Minister for Housing’s political style faces a reckoning with the substance of delivery: his affordable housing initiatives create headlines but are not backed up by volumeSat Jun 17 2023 - 09:00
Staff crisis in autism services: Call to subsidise travel for disability workers returning to IrelandCommittee ‘shocked and alarmed’ to learn about the financial impact of autismWed Jun 14 2023 - 05:00
Housing spending more than €80m behind target for first three months of yearMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien due to update Cabinet as Government departments struggle to spend entire budgetsTue Jun 13 2023 - 05:00
Two models for inquiry into Defence Forces abuses being examined by GovernmentWomen of Honour group seeks public hearings, saying ‘there has been far too much secrecy and concealment’Mon Jun 12 2023 - 20:35
Standoff over plan for 2,000 homes at Leopardstown as horse racing body looks to hotel and sprint track Site zoned for residential development, beside Luas stop and ‘substantially ready’ to provide housingSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
Ireland welcomes EU agreement on how to handle migrationTaoiseach Leo Varadkar hails ‘decisive step’, while Tánaiste Micheál Martin indicates support for focus on ‘burden sharing’Fri Jun 09 2023 - 19:46
Up to 6,000 Ukrainians could be housed in refurbished accommodation by end of 2024, Ministers hearGovernment response to refugee accommodation crisis to date has been to rely mainly on hotel accommodationFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:00
Department of Transport underspent its capital budget by almost €100m in first quarter of the yearCoalition spokesman says officials in department are confident it will use all its spending allocation for capital projects by end of the yearThu Jun 08 2023 - 20:20
Asylum seekers to be housed in tents at former Central Mental Hospital in DundrumUp to 176 international protection applicants could be accommodated on site due to be set up in coming weeksThu Jun 08 2023 - 16:26
Coalition sources admit strain of ‘keeping manners’ on overspendingIrish Fiscal Advisory Council warns exchequer to stick to rule limiting net spending growth to 5%Thu Jun 08 2023 - 04:55
Government ministers concerned about ‘sportwashing’ implications of PGA Tour and Saudi PIF dealDepartment of Enterprise rejected only application for license to export military goods to Saudi Arabia that had been made in last five yearsWed Jun 07 2023 - 21:00
Minister for Finance will ‘carefully consider’ warnings by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Donohoe saysPaschal Donohoe says it’s too early to predict if there will be more measures to combat rising cost of living in budget but stresses Michael McGrath will heed IFAC’s commentsWed Jun 07 2023 - 13:20
How Fine Gael’s tax cut proposal soured relations in the CoalitionSenior Fianna Fáil ministers are diplomatic but the party’s backbenchers are openly angry and detect Varadkar’s hand in the populist policy gambitFri May 26 2023 - 15:21
Fresh differences over contentious Fine Gael €1,000 budget tax cut proposal Fianna Fáil sources sceptical of claims over how many people would benefit from the planFri May 26 2023 - 05:00
Budget row: Ryan calls on FF and FG to stop public arguments over tax cuts Budget negotiations are best done behind closed doors and by not promising everybody everything, says Green Party leaderThu May 25 2023 - 13:06
Tánaiste says Fine Gael junior ministers ‘undermined the budgetary process’ as war of words deepensParty meeting sees Fine Gael members turn on Fianna Fáil partners who ‘crashed the economy’Wed May 24 2023 - 21:29
Q&A: Why are we hearing about floatels for asylum seekers?The nature of the refugee crisis means that more beds will be needed, sooner or laterWed May 24 2023 - 19:07
Coalition plans tenders for floating accommodation to house asylum seekersSeveral sites under consideration for berthing ‘floatels’ in Dublin and CorkWed May 24 2023 - 05:17
Vacant office blocks set to be repurposed for housing to ease accommodation crisisMinister indicates he would consider making planning exemptions to rules which would apply to repurposing office space as housingMon May 22 2023 - 05:00
Inch hotel blockade lifted with talks planned before further transfers of asylum seekers Round-the-clock demonstration to continue on the Magowna Road in Co Clare but not directly outside the Magowna House HotelMon May 22 2023 - 04:00
Green Party backs move from ‘triple-lock’ towards ‘double-lock’ policy on neutralityFG and FF have signalled support to change triple lock as it gives de facto veto to Russia over Irish military deploymentsSun May 21 2023 - 20:46
‘No easy answers’: Migration politics looks set to become a lasting feature in IrelandTrue impact of migration accommodation issues is it will fuel feelings, where they exist, that Government is remote, indifferent and arbitrarySat May 20 2023 - 04:00
State told to overhaul migrant housing plan, set up six new centres and abandon hotel useUnpublished paper developed by Department of Integration makes several recommendationsSat May 20 2023 - 00:00
Call for vacant camp-bed lodgings intended for Ukrainians to be made available for asylum seekersMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has said pod-style accommodation has ‘vast potential’ to house migrants quickerFri May 19 2023 - 19:09
Government has started scenario planning for Ukrainian refugees once war ends – VaradkarCosts would be associated with allowing Ukrainians to repatriate to native country and making arrangement for those wishing to stay, says TaoiseachFri May 19 2023 - 18:46
Four-week freeze proposed on new asylum seeker placements in Clare hotel in bid to lift blockadeJoe O’Brien is due to meet protesters and residents who have moved to the Magowna House Hotel in InchThu May 18 2023 - 20:10
Asylum seekers to be housed in three new centres in DublinGovernment will also continue to host people seeking international protection in Co Clare despite ‘unacceptable’ protests at Magowna HouseWed May 17 2023 - 21:50
Asylum seekers to be moved into three centres in Santry, Dún Laoghaire and Clondalkin Government to place people who have arrived into the country at an industrial premises, a former college and a converted office buildingWed May 17 2023 - 16:22
Clare accommodation will remain open due to ‘national situation’, Roderic O’Gorman saysLocal representatives said dictating outcome of situation ‘unwise’ as Government maintains courseWed May 17 2023 - 13:46
Communities don’t get ‘veto’ on who lives in area, Varadkar says amid anti-migrant protestsRoderic O’Gorman, who has met local representatives on Wednesday morning and listened to their concerns, has received all help he requested, Taoiseach said after reports of Coalition tensionsWed May 17 2023 - 11:27
Terse exchanges point to corrosive impact of migrant crisis on CoalitionInside Politics: Political importance of issue waxes and wanes, but recent protests have reignited simmering tensionsWed May 17 2023 - 07:53
Warning that anti-migrant protests could escalate amid Coalition tensions over response to crisis Ministers told 125 anti-immigration protests have been held in Dublin so far this yearWed May 17 2023 - 05:00
Government supports ‘principle’ of Sinn Féin Bill on PalestineCoalition to seek a timed amendment to the Bill amid concerns that its progression could leave the State open to legal actionTue May 16 2023 - 21:14
Online platforms’ failure to share data makes it harder to tackle disinformation, committee to hearLack of data makes it impossible to discern true scale, researchers to warn TDsTue May 16 2023 - 07:20
FF Senator complains to Sipo over Web Summit’s €1m funding of The DitchMalcolm Byrne alleges website - which has come under fire from Tánaiste Micheál Martin - is a ‘political platform’Mon May 15 2023 - 20:52
Number of planning cases dealt with by An Bord Pleanála drops by half Draft data shows that by the end of March, the appeals board had disposed of 366 cases – a 49 per cent reduction on the 719 cases it dealt with in the same period last yearMon May 15 2023 - 05:00
Bar of Ireland seeks talks with Government on pay restoration for barristers The suggestion that concessions should be made has prompted a backlash from the legal trade, which says it has overhauled significant parts of its working practicesFri May 12 2023 - 16:52
Varadkar refuses to rule out windfall tax on grocery retailersTaoiseach says he believes there is evidence of profiteering in the economyThu May 11 2023 - 22:35
