Once more into the Covid breach as Coalition left with no easy choicesInsided Politics: ‘Grim’ the watchword in Government yesterday as Reid outlined risksTue Nov 16 2021 - 07:30
Boosters for over-50s expected as Covid wave threatens health serviceGovernment ‘taken aback’ by level of hospitalisations as Covid subcommittee meetsTue Nov 16 2021 - 04:30
Plan on mother and baby home redress to go to CabinetSome 50,000 former residents will be eligible for compensation from wider schemeTue Nov 16 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Government to double down on vaccine certs, booster shots and antigen testsCabinet meeting to discuss Nphet advice on working from home in face of fourth waveMon Nov 15 2021 - 22:17
Covid-19 booster vaccines set to be extended ‘significantly’ - DonnellyExpectation in Government that programme will be extended to people aged 50-59Mon Nov 15 2021 - 21:59
Larry Bass says he left RTÉ board to ‘protect business’ after conflict concerns raisedDancing With The Stars producer told minister he had to resign after contract talks ‘paused’Wed Nov 10 2021 - 17:40
Rising Covid-19 infections spark surge in absences among healthcare staffProcedures cancelled as Coalition awaits advice on providing boosters for health workersSat Oct 30 2021 - 01:00
Dedicated police force for public transport not needed, says RyanUnions threaten strike action over anti-social behaviour on bus and rail servicesFri Oct 29 2021 - 20:11
Circuit-breaker lockdowns all but ruled out as Covid case figures riseGovernment concerned at compliance slippage, Holohan says restrictions still an optionThu Oct 28 2021 - 00:01
Warning of ‘backlash’ from rural Ireland to climate plans at Fine Gael meetingFormer minister worried about impact of carbon budgets on party supportWed Oct 27 2021 - 22:43
Ticketing system will not be changed despite hospitality sector request for delayRefusal of grace period for implementation of rules ‘very unfair’, says LVA chiefWed Oct 27 2021 - 13:56
‘Stark’ warning delivered to Ministers on Covid-19 trajectory in Ireland between now and Christmas‘No talk of reimposing restrictions but concern peak and rapid fall cannot be assumed’Wed Oct 27 2021 - 03:30
Political support for climate measures linked to scale of public investmentGovernment backbenchers express backing but want ‘carrot’ deployed ahead of ‘stick’Wed Oct 27 2021 - 00:30
There will be ‘teething problems’ with ticketing for live events, Varadkar saysTánaiste gives no indication requested two-week delay to rules will be acceptedTue Oct 26 2021 - 19:37
Coronavirus: Holohan ‘increasingly worried’, as 2,193 further cases confirmedRise in hospitalisations putting pressure on healthcare services, chief medical officer saysTue Oct 26 2021 - 18:26
Ireland ‘vulnerable’ after Delta surge, says Nolan, as 2,180 new Covid cases reportedProf Philip Nolan says balance between high levels of vaccination and transmission risk going in ‘wrong direction’Sat Oct 16 2021 - 16:35
Ireland facing dangerous period with Covid as virus poses fresh challengesNiac to provide advice on Monday regarding booster shotsSat Oct 16 2021 - 06:00
Coronavirus vaccine boosters expected to be approved for over-60s‘Thunderbirds are go’ once Niac advice given, says Government sourceSat Oct 16 2021 - 00:59
What’s happened with Ireland’s Covid numbers, and what does it mean for a full reopening?Nphet’s key metrics are on the rise a week before the final restrictions were due to be liftedFri Oct 15 2021 - 13:16
Full reopening in doubt as Covid numbers take a ‘wrong turn’Taoiseach says he can’t guarantee final unwinding of restrictions on October 22ndThu Oct 14 2021 - 04:19
Sending Ministers to NI centenary event ‘in spirit’ of Belfast Agreement, says MartinMany FF TDs supported President’s decision to not attend religious ceremonyWed Oct 13 2021 - 21:58
Proposal to freeze childcare fees faces pushback from creche ownersOwners tell Minister for Children they have concerns over €200m budget interventionWed Oct 13 2021 - 20:54
Covid-19: 2,066 new cases reported on Wednesday with 26 additional deaths over last seven daysOfficials warned that virus situation in State has taken turn for the worseWed Oct 13 2021 - 17:16
Budget 2022 main points: What’s in it for you?Remote working relief worth about €100 a year, €5 welfare increase, minimum wage up 30cWed Oct 13 2021 - 07:38
Budget 2022: A bigger spending package would have been ‘too risky’, Donohoe saysRamped-up spending to cover social welfare, housing, health, education and easing tax burdenWed Oct 13 2021 - 04:28
Government backbenchers react to budget with cautious welcome but some concernCoalition TDs ponder impact of aspects of tax and spending plan on different sectors of societyTue Oct 12 2021 - 20:04
Renters will feel benefits from budget, Ministers insistDonohoe and McGrath defend scale of measures on home-building and childcareTue Oct 12 2021 - 19:04
Budget 2022: Last-minute talks for 1,000 special needs assistants and 400 teachersDiscussions over winter fuel scheme ongoing, with expansion of Deis scheme closeMon Oct 11 2021 - 07:31
FF’s Éamon Ó Cúiv labels many roads slated in national plan a ‘fiction’Former minister critical of Green Party’s agenda of carbon-proofing future investmentsMon Oct 11 2021 - 01:00
State may need to ‘curtail power grid access’ for future data centresEx-chief of Climate Change Advisory Council says further building should not be encouragedSun Oct 10 2021 - 20:19
Lower than expected deficit will not prompt ‘splurge’, says McGrathTarget is ‘package that seeks to support people and improve living standards’, he saysSun Oct 10 2021 - 13:32
President ‘acutely aware’ of the ‘pain and anguish’ caused by mica‘We did nothing wrong’: Mica homeowners protest in DublinSat Oct 09 2021 - 07:33
Give me a crash course in ... the Sláintecare debacleStephen Donnelly immersed in first full-blown non-Covid health controversySat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00
Pension pathway fraught with political riskGovernment must address competing priorities on hot potato of old-age paymentFri Oct 08 2021 - 19:36
Some 500,000 to be added to waiting lists by end of year, Cabinet warned‘Waiting lists were bad before the pandemic, they are worse now’, says Minister for HealthThu Oct 07 2021 - 20:03
Ireland’s corporate tax rate set to rise to 15%, as part of global dealFirms making less than €750m a year will be taxed at previous rate of 12.5%Thu Oct 07 2021 - 19:15
Recommendations on State pension age rises to be discussed at CabinetNew hospitals and electricity supply among items also on agendaThu Oct 07 2021 - 16:59
Sinn Féin urges Government to boycott Armagh servicePresident Michael D Higgins chose not to attend commemoration for NI centenaryThu Oct 07 2021 - 13:51
Coalition suffers blow in latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI pollInside Politics: Picture is dimmer again for Fine Gael and Leo VaradkarThu Oct 07 2021 - 07:50
Donnelly says issues not raised with him before Sláintecare resignationsRóisín Shortall describes changes to oversight of universal health plan as a ‘hostile takeover’Wed Oct 06 2021 - 13:10
Sláintecare: Donnelly faces moment of political risk and opportunityInside Politics: Minister and secretary general Robert Watt will give update on implementation of plan for healthcare reformWed Oct 06 2021 - 08:11
Coveney says no decision made on corporation tax rate, despite French minister’s commentsBruno Le Maire said Ireland had changed position on moving from 12.5% rateTue Oct 05 2021 - 20:01
‘Incoherent work of fiction’: Opposition criticises National Development PlanCoalition faces criticism over lack of specifics on key projects including Metrolink schemeTue Oct 05 2021 - 16:22
Ryan ‘hopeful’ Ireland will be ‘part of solution’ on global corporate taxGreen Party leader indicates it could be important reputationally for Ireland to sign upTue Oct 05 2021 - 14:20
State will face tough trade-offs, bitter divisions on climate policyInside Politics: All sides of the Coalition can indulge in a bit of cakeism over the National Development PlanTue Oct 05 2021 - 08:06
‘Bizarre’: Opposition critical of Housing Minister’s request for input on MicaDarragh O’Brien seeks opinions on issue from Opposition spokespeople on housingMon Oct 04 2021 - 19:56
Childcare faces ‘mass exodus’ of workers unless new funds allocated – SiptuUnion to tell committee Ireland spends 0.3% of GDP on early years services and educationMon Oct 04 2021 - 19:14
‘Tax raising measures’ would fund social welfare spending in SF budget‘We will show down to the red cent how everything will be paid for,’ says KerraneMon Oct 04 2021 - 18:45
Revised €165bn national infrastructure plan to include funding for extra roadsNational Development Plan, to be published on Monday, will include more than 50 projects with a price tag of more than €100mSat Oct 02 2021 - 00:00
Pandemic bonus unlikely to involve vouchers as budget day loomsTendering issues and unspent balances pose problems amid fears of scheme being divisiveThu Sept 30 2021 - 01:00
