End to State funding of amateur boxing ‘without reform’ Minister signals cash cut by 2023 unless sport’s association agrees key changesSun Jul 03 2022 - 21:30
Spending rules to be paused as Coalition plans big additional budget spendWelfare increases and tax changes to significantly exceed planned €1.5bnSat Jul 02 2022 - 01:00
Pension age should not go beyond 66, Taoiseach says Micheál Martin says modest PRSI hike may be needed to fund such an approach as decision on 2020 election issue loomsFri Jul 01 2022 - 10:01
Wind energy developers to be given more flexibility in planning applications under new planCabinet warned of cost of not encouraging wind energy developments in IrelandFri Jul 01 2022 - 00:02
Fianna Fáil TDs to demand ‘extraordinary’ budget package Taoiseach and Minister for Public Expenditure to come under renewed pressure at party meetingThu Jun 30 2022 - 20:20
Budget could be brought forward by up to a month September budget under discussion as Government faces pressure from Opposition over growing cost-of-living crisisThu Jun 30 2022 - 04:00
Hospitality ‘service charges’ to be banned unless going straight to staffBill seeks to provide transparency about how tips and service charges are distributed to employees, Varadkar saysWed Jun 29 2022 - 10:07
Domestic abuse plan finally on the agenda - decades later There are four pillars to the plan: prevention, protection, prosecution and policy co-ordinationTue Jun 28 2022 - 22:08
Claims about quarries ‘suppressing’ information to be examined by surveillance bodyNational Building Control Office has just four full-time staff to monitor more than 1,000 quarriesFri Jun 24 2022 - 19:53
Some quarries doing ‘side deals’, mica hearing toldSome quarries doing ‘side deals’ with homeowners and still producing faulty material, committee toldFri Jun 24 2022 - 06:21
Quarry owners doing ‘side deals’ with homeowners affected by crumbling concrete, committee toldPoliticians who may be aware of such issues urged to come forward and ‘use their authority to get it stopped’Thu Jun 23 2022 - 18:05
Mica homeowners call on Government to allow them to downsize without grant cutsDefective blocks scheme to include foundations if review finds problems with materials, Minister saysThu Jun 23 2022 - 14:34
Birth information law marks an immense milestone for Ireland that ends decades of debateAfter decades of debate Oireachtas passes new law giving adopted people access to their birth informationWed Jun 22 2022 - 18:26
‘Historic’ birth information and tracing Bill passed by Dáil and SeanadInformation campaign to see every household contacted and tracing services to begin in OctoberWed Jun 22 2022 - 17:57
Mica scheme: What is the Government planning to do to keep a lid on costs?New legislation provides for fines of up to €50,000 or five years’ imprisonment if false or misleading information is givenTue Jun 21 2022 - 23:59
Top earning public servants to get pay rises from next weekCoalition abandons plans to postpone 10-15% pay restoration amid fears of legal actionTue Jun 21 2022 - 22:24
Budget 2023 may increase tax-free bonus for workers - VaradkarNew cost-of-living measures cannot be introduced every month, says McGrathTue Jun 21 2022 - 14:55
Mica redress scheme must be in place for at least a decade, Minister saysCabinet approves publication of legislation underpinning €2.7bn remediation scheme for defective blocksTue Jun 21 2022 - 14:29
Cost of living crisis: Multibillion-euro package of supports to include significant cuts in childcare outlayChildcare fees to be cut and welfare rates increased beyond levels agreed last yearTue Jun 21 2022 - 03:00
Contact tracers feel ‘thrown on the scrapheap’ amid latest Covid-19 waveLetter expresses concern at plans to scale down service, which could affect State’s ability to respond to major resurgence of diseaseTue Jun 21 2022 - 03:00
Pay talks: McGrath defends 5% offer rejected by public sector unions Minister hopes talks with unions can resume but says any agreement must be ‘realistic’Mon Jun 20 2022 - 12:44
RTÉ bosses won’t appear at Oireachtas committee following Liveline complaintsFormal complaints about programme which discussed transgender issues being consideredMon Jun 20 2022 - 12:41
Hyperinflation could add €51m to cost of children’s hospital, PAC hearsHead of the hospital board tells committee members: ‘where will it end up, we don’t know’Thu Jun 16 2022 - 10:53
Inclusion of rental homes in new mica scheme in doubt over State aid rules Government believes legal hurdles will be cleared but Ministers are warned about delays for landlordsThu Jun 16 2022 - 04:30
Explainer: How has the Mica scheme cost €3.6bn, and will it be a runaway train?Cost of redress proving hard to nail down for Government amid ongoing unrestWed Jun 15 2022 - 15:23
Cost of defective block scheme could rise to €3.6bn due to inflation, Ministers warned No certainty over final number of homes affected, Cabinet toldWed Jun 15 2022 - 05:00
Mica: €2.7bn enhanced scheme agreed by MinistersClare and Limerick homeowners with defective blocks added to scheme along with with revised application and appeals processTue Jun 14 2022 - 15:21
Inflation issues must be addressed if public pay talks are to succeed, Ictu warns Leo Varadkar says he is ‘optimistic’ about outcome of public sector pay negotiations, which continue on ThursdayTue Jun 14 2022 - 14:36
Minimum wage to be phased out by 2026 for new living wage Living wage will be 60% of median wage in any given yearTue Jun 14 2022 - 14:30
HSE’s Navan emergency department closure plans rebuffed by MinistersProposal ‘unacceptable’ unless adequately resourced, says Minister for Justice Helen McEnteeTue Jun 14 2022 - 11:52
Anti-inflation measures to be offered to unions to keep pay claims downFormal public sector pay talks begin at the Workplace Relations Commission, and will likely continue throughout the weekTue Jun 14 2022 - 05:00
Mica scheme costs to rise by €500m and include Clare and LimerickGeneral scheme of the Bill to repair homes with defective blocks will go to Cabinet on TuesdayMon Jun 13 2022 - 19:19
Public sector unions to seek pay increases as talks begin Rising inflation has triggered a review of the existing pay agreementMon Jun 13 2022 - 14:50
Thousands of frontline healthcare workers still waiting for Covid bonusMinister for Health says payments will be expedited where possibleThu Jun 02 2022 - 16:52
Dublin Airport rumbles and Fianna Fáil grumbles ahead of long weekendInside Politics: Long passenger queues become platinum-plated problem for politicians and airport bossesThu Jun 02 2022 - 08:07
Sinn Féin acceptance of €3m from UK donor ‘unethical’ - Labour TDMaximum donation that can be accepted by a political party in the Republic is €2,500Wed Jun 01 2022 - 14:47
Electricity bill relief to be short lived as rocky period beckons for GovernmentInflation likely to exert dominant influence over future successes and failures of the Irish economyWed Jun 01 2022 - 08:25
Committee to hear of ‘postcode lottery’ faced by people living with Hepatitis C Presentation to TDs and Senators will highlight care challenges as up to €22m in funding for the virus remains unspentTue May 31 2022 - 22:27
How will politics change for the voter and for the party under new and long overdue electoral reforms?Disinformation and political advertising among the new measures to be tackledTue May 31 2022 - 16:00
Minister says voting age should be reduced as politician’s debate Electoral Reform BillPoliticians call for greater prominence for the Irish languageTue May 31 2022 - 16:00
Almost 15,000 hospital appointments cancelled in April, HSE saysCancellations product of emergency department overcrowding and lack of capacity, says TDTue May 31 2022 - 12:36
Cost of food, famine and Russian sanctions to take centre-stage home and abroadInside Politics: Irish people have seen two years of punitive pandemic restrictions give way to cost-of-living crisisTue May 31 2022 - 07:05
Donohoe vows to protect €450m fund to pay developers’ subsidies Minister says taxpayers’ money will be safeguarded, developer warns contentious plan could failFri May 27 2022 - 01:00
Living Wage will be introduced over a number of years to avoid job losses or cut hours - VaradkarTánaiste was speaking after the labour force broke the 2.5 million barrier for the first time in the State’s history in the opening three months of 2022Thu May 26 2022 - 22:33
Politicians accepting hospitality at horse-racing festival ‘deeply concerning’Eight Government TDs and Senators attended Punchestown in April as guests of bookmakers’ bodyThu May 26 2022 - 19:08
Fine Gael TDs call for junior minister for passports to tackle backlogAnger expressed at parliamentary party meeting about delays in processing applicationsWed May 25 2022 - 20:55
Almost 50% of Irish people ‘do not trust the Government’Findings come on foot of a survey of more than 12,000 people across six countriesWed May 25 2022 - 00:00
Pay row sparking medical scientists’ strike ‘left to fester’ for 20 years – SFUnfair pay ‘led to a chronic retention and recruitment crisis’ in profession – DohertyTue May 24 2022 - 16:59
Manchester University to undertake part of review into State’s abortion lawsContract for key plank of review awarded following public procurement processMon May 23 2022 - 00:00
Tax on some 137,000 vacant homes to be recommended by Oireachtas committeeZoned land tax should be raised beyond planned 3% rate, new report to recommendMon May 23 2022 - 00:00
