Nearly a third of Irish households now living in energy povertyESRI says cutting indirect taxes on fuel represents a ‘poorly-targeted’ responseThu Jun 16 2022 - 00:01
Varadkar comes under pressure on fuel costs and car tax abolition from party colleaguesSeveral Fine Gael members call for changes to short hop zones for rail passengers during parliamentary party meetingWed Jun 15 2022 - 22:46
National Children’s Hospital costs set to soar further over budgetInflationary factors likely to exceed key threshold in BAM contract and expose State to more costsWed Jun 15 2022 - 22:12
Scrutiny of defective blocks scheme to be fast-trackedHousing committee will outline any concerns by end of JuneWed Jun 15 2022 - 20:12
President says Irish housing crisis ‘a disaster’ and ‘our great, great, great failure’ Higgins says building homes is important, not being a ‘star performer’ for international speculatorsTue Jun 14 2022 - 21:07
Emergency electricity generation will only cover 60% of possible gap Ministers approve plans to increase borrowing for Eirgrid to €3 billionTue Jun 14 2022 - 21:00
Ukrainian refugees face accommodation crisis as supply limits reachedCabinet subcommittee meeting today to discuss issueMon Jun 13 2022 - 03:00
Boris Johnson to introduce protocol overrideUK government to risk a trade war with the European UnionMon Jun 13 2022 - 02:00
Parents of 500 newborns to get ‘baby boxes’ under new trialBoxes will contain play items, household items for help with safe bathing and sleep, and other items to support new parentsMon Jun 13 2022 - 00:15
Budget 2023 must focus on lifting people out of poverty, says Green Party Party highlights ESRI report showing targeted increases to key welfare payments will reduce poverty rateMon Jun 13 2022 - 00:01
WTO must work together to ensure Ukraine can export grain — VaradkarTánaiste to urge trade organisation to agree on a declaration by all members on food securitySun Jun 12 2022 - 16:17
‘Increasing concern’ over possible changes to NI protocol — IFA‘Further unilateral changes will only add to the problem,’ says farmers’ association presidentSun Jun 12 2022 - 15:49
Unilateral protocol action damaging UK’s reputation in ‘fundamental way’, says Coveney Mary Lou McDonald accuses Northern Ireland Secretary of ‘talking through his hat’Sun Jun 12 2022 - 10:04
Donohoe flags concerns over rising cost of borrowingGovernment balance sheet cannot be used to offset all cost-of-living increases, Minister for Finance saysSat Jun 11 2022 - 05:30
Planning for State sites to accommodate 12,000 homes will not begin until 2025 or laterConcerns growing in Government over pace of delivery of housing on sites controlled by Land Development AuthoritySat Jun 11 2022 - 05:15
Dublin Airport: Overseas investors raise concerns over closure of private terminalForeign Direct Investment companies contacted DAA and IDA Ireland over the closure of Platinum ServicesFri Jun 10 2022 - 16:36
Donohoe warns there are limits to what the State can do in the face of cost of living crisisFocus is on what can be done at budget time, Minister saysFri Jun 10 2022 - 13:20
Government politicians say Ireland needs ‘proper debate’ on security and defence Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne predicts the country will face an increasing number of cyberattacks, many of them ‘state-sponsored or state-condoned’Thu Jun 09 2022 - 21:16
Man accused of murdering wife and children in Dublin found dead in prisonSameer Syed (38) was due to go on trial next weekThu Jun 09 2022 - 20:14
Government clears path for formal talks on new public service pay deal to begin next weekCabinet also signs-off on legislation to remove in-patient charges for under-16s and jury selection measures for Stardust inquestThu Jun 09 2022 - 15:27
Boris Johnson taking a ‘wrecking ball’ to Anglo-Irish relations, Keir Starmer saysSimon Coveney says EU position on NI protocol has ‘hardened’ in face of UK threats to take unilateral actionThu Jun 09 2022 - 15:04
Almost 16,000 future homes provided with protection from bulk purchase Measures aimed at preventing investment funds from acquiring entire housing estatesThu Jun 09 2022 - 00:01
Taoiseach claim about joining Nato contested by legal experts Micheál Martin asserts membership of alliance could result from policy decision without any need for referendumWed Jun 08 2022 - 21:12
Minister warns of post-pandemic peak in homelessnessO’Brien says he remains ‘confident’ the Government’s target for new housing will be hit this yearWed Jun 08 2022 - 17:30
Starmer says instability in British politics has ‘serious implications’ for issues like row over Northern Ireland protocolUK Labour Party leader will meet Higgins for a courtesy call, as well as holding talks with MartinWed Jun 08 2022 - 17:10
Independent TD Violet-Anne Wynne says she has been made homeless with her six childrenWynne says she received a notice to quit from her rental accommodation and was accommodated in a holiday homeTue Jun 07 2022 - 20:15
Ministers told they will have to hit upper end of sectoral emissions targetsMove means electricity production will have to cut emissions by close to 81%, rather than the 62% envisagedSat Jun 04 2022 - 00:00
Bank holiday travellers face one-hour airport security waitDublin Airport chief "confident" of weekend plans but warns of peak-time queuesThu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
Dublin Airport to hire more security officers amid queue chaos falloutDAA to boost frontline numbers to 800 by end of summerThu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
Airport boss used private check-in to travel over weekendDAA chief executive Dalton Philips used Dublin Airport Platinum Services when he flew on businessWed Jun 01 2022 - 19:00
More than €6m paid by State for abuse in schools so farScheme set up after Louise O’Keeffe’s landmark victory in European Court of Human RightsWed Jun 01 2022 - 18:17
Bank holiday travellers face one-hour queue to get through security - DAA DAA chief executive accepts airport ‘failed in its duty’ to passengers last weekendWed Jun 01 2022 - 11:36
Dublin Airport under pressure to clarify its plan to avoid repeat of last weekend’s chaosMinisters told DAA intends to improve queue management, maximise staffing resources and increase the number of security lanes at peak timesWed Jun 01 2022 - 10:48
Accommodation and dislocation of Ukrainians outlined to Oireachtas committeeLack of appropriate housing leads to children shuffling between schools having fled dangers of Russia’s attackTue May 31 2022 - 19:36
Dublin Airport cannot guarantee no repeat of scenes - Ryan Passengers should allow 2.5 hours for short-haul and 3.5 hours for long-haul flights, says DAA, as it is set to present plan to improve wait timesTue May 31 2022 - 17:50
DAA told TDs of ‘positive progress’ on queues days before Dublin Airport debacleAirport operator says absence of 17 security staff caused delays that led to over 1,000 people missing flightsTue May 31 2022 - 05:00
Dublin Airport delays: Passenger refunds will be processed days after claims are made - DAAAirport operator told to submit a plan to Ministers on avoiding backlogs by Tuesday morningMon May 30 2022 - 19:35
Pay agreement covering housing and childcare proposed in industrial talksSuch an agreement could trade pay restraint from unions for tax cuts and better servicesSat May 21 2022 - 03:00
Public pay talks: The battles that lie aheadEngagement between unions and Government officials set to ‘intensify’ next weekSat May 21 2022 - 01:00
‘Political climate change’ of Brexit will go on forever, Varadkar saysTánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs and Senators that NMH paused helped to reassure peopleWed May 18 2022 - 20:54
Schools may be forced to open places for special needs children – Madigan‘No other option’ but to take ‘substantive action’, says Minister of State for Special EducationTue May 17 2022 - 22:24
Flow of Ukrainian refugees picks up after decline over Easter, Cabinet hearsTotal number of arrivals 30,343 with of 21,277 having seeking State accommodationTue May 17 2022 - 21:52
Green TD Neasa Hourigan set to vote against Government on NMHCoalition TD says she wants to ‘formally register objection’ in wake of Cabinet approvalTue May 17 2022 - 21:18
Twitter suspends 300 accounts after surge of activity on Donnelly NMH postFianna Fáil and the Department of Health asked social media firm to investigate mass retweetingTue May 17 2022 - 19:16
EU has ‘significant concerns’ about UK’s intention to changes to NI protocolTánaiste says EU’s flexibility not reciprocated and ‘is breeding mistrust in EU capitals’Tue May 17 2022 - 11:10
Maternity hospital deal may require clarification of ‘clinically appropriate’Cabinet approval for deal could be granted conditionally on Tuesday, senior source saysMon May 16 2022 - 06:00
EU will retaliate to unilateral action on protocol, Coveney warnsMinister urges ‘partnership and dialogue’ ahead of Boris Johnson’s Belfast visitMon May 16 2022 - 00:05
Minister has ‘absolute certainty’ all procedures to be permitted in new NMHLanguage in new hospital documents subject to recent scrutiny over potential influence of ChurchSun May 15 2022 - 16:22
Martin urges ‘real and professional’ engagement by British on NI protocolTaoiseach to meet Michelle O’Neill ahead of Boris Johnson bid to restore power-sharing at StormontSun May 15 2022 - 11:36
Donnelly clashed with Watt and Holohan over make-up of group to succeed NphetDisagreements centred on terms of reference and membership, documents showThu May 12 2022 - 19:11
