Budget 2022: Minimum wage increase, income tax changes and rise in welfare rates announcedAdults aged 19-23 to get 50% public transport discount, minimum wage to rise by 30cWed Oct 13 2021 - 00:50
Coalition moves to placate alienated women votersBudget 2022: Spend in excess of €31m announced for health package with more to comeTue Oct 12 2021 - 20:39
Budget 2022: Grant for purchasing wigs is ‘huge boost’ for people with alopeciaPeople who suffer hair loss due to illnesses or chemotherapy will be eligible for supportTue Oct 12 2021 - 16:01
Budget 2022: Welfare payments including fuel allowance to increase by €5 in budgetChristmas bonus to be paid in full as part of €4.7 billion packageTue Oct 12 2021 - 06:00
Everything we know about Budget 2022 so farState pension to rise by €5 a week, full Christmas bonus for welfare recipients and €100m for childcare on the cardsMon Oct 11 2021 - 21:12
Budget 2022: Welfare payments to increase by €5Maternity benefit, fuel allowance included in deal struck by Minister for Social ProtectionMon Oct 11 2021 - 20:21
James O’Connor to meet Martin as FF future on knife-edgeCork East TD says he was ‘misled’ over road projects; unrest at FG meeting over NDPThu Oct 07 2021 - 01:00
Large majority favours keeping 12.5% corporation tax rate, poll findsAs State set to accord with OECD 15% rate for multinationals, only quarter of voters agreeThu Oct 07 2021 - 01:00
Taoiseach signals likely acceptance of 15% corporate tax rateDonohoe set to ask Cabinet to approve revised OECD accord ending 12.5% rateThu Oct 07 2021 - 01:00
State on track to lift Covid restrictions on October 22nd as 984 new cases reportedTaoiseach indicates vaccine booster campaign will soon be expanded to under 80sWed Oct 06 2021 - 17:50
Budget will not have ‘something for everyone in the audience’, says MartinTaoiseach says there will be particular focus on protecting people from energy shortagesWed Oct 06 2021 - 17:00
Cork TD to meet Taoiseach after saying he was ‘misled’ over roads projectsJames O’Connor said he may consider resigning Fianna Fáil whip over NDPWed Oct 06 2021 - 15:43
Corporate tax: ‘Significant progress’ in negotiations on global deal - TaoiseachGrowing signals the Government will join the OECD agreement on 15 per cent rateWed Oct 06 2021 - 09:26
Plan warns private sector housing at risk if State overinvests in capital projectsBlueprint for infrastructure recommits to building 300,000 homes by end of 2030Tue Oct 05 2021 - 00:15
New multibillion euro plan for infrastructure is ‘not a wish list’, Taoiseach saysEamon Ryan: Not all National Development Plan projects will ‘necessarily’ go aheadMon Oct 04 2021 - 23:52
Pandora Papers: Government will move to close any loopholes – Varadkar‘We don’t want any part of it’: Tánaiste says some arrangements appear to be ‘dubious’Mon Oct 04 2021 - 20:41
‘Fundamentally flawed’: Mica group homeowners refuse to sign off reportFinal draft did not recommend 100% redress which campaigners have been seekingFri Oct 01 2021 - 20:15
What exactly is in the Government’s mica working group report?Defective blocks grant scheme is ‘not a compensation or redress scheme’, say officialsFri Oct 01 2021 - 19:17
Mica home repairs may cost State up to €3.2bn, report findsGovernment working group does not recommend 100% redressFri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00
SF pledges €1.2bn to create national health service alongside universal GP careParty publishes €1.4bn alternative health budget promising 828 new public beds, 6,500 staff and universal counselling on GP referralThu Sept 30 2021 - 20:48
Mica redress scheme will be of ‘unprecedented’ scale - TaoiseachMinister for Housing is set to receive redress report from working group on ThursdayWed Sept 29 2021 - 21:14
Fraser declines to discuss cabinet leaks at Zappone hearingBut senior civil servant says ‘two, possibly three’ leak inquiries in the past failed to identify the sourceWed Sept 29 2021 - 18:47
Mica redress: Helping homeowners while protecting public purse is a thankless taskConcern at taxpayer footing bill to rebuild defective homes, many of which are largeWed Sept 29 2021 - 14:07
O’Brien faces difficult decision as pressure from mica group mountsInside Politics: Homeowners to hear plans in terms of mica redress and compensationWed Sept 29 2021 - 08:10
Mica group members warn they may not sign off on final reportOpposition remains to introducing redress scheme for homeowners without a capWed Sept 29 2021 - 01:58
Budget 2022: Minimal changes to income tax, price of alcohol unlikely to riseRoom to manoeuvre in €4.7bn package limited with €1bn available for new spendingWed Sept 29 2021 - 01:11
Nursing home staff who declined vaccines to be offered jabs againSurplus shots in booster programme for residents ‘may be used’ for first dosesTue Sept 28 2021 - 01:00
Fine Gael TDs pushing back against plans for capped mica compensation packageMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien says nothing is off the table when it comes to possible solutionsMon Sept 27 2021 - 21:36
Covid-19: 1,049 new cases confirmed, 310 patients in hospitalChildren under 12 unlikely to get vaccines this year, Donnelly saysMon Sept 27 2021 - 17:27
Not to ratify EU-Canada trade deal would spark ‘political crisis’Wrong message sent out if Republic spurns Ceta agreement, warns Tánaiste Leo VaradkarWed Sept 22 2021 - 14:55
Spending decisions loom for Government ahead of budgetInside Politics: Many expect a tinkering-around-the-edges exercise rather than a giveaway extravaganzaWed Sept 22 2021 - 07:43
Fraser to attend Oireachtas committee on Zappone controversyDepartment secretary general to be asked when precisely former minister’s name was communicatedTue Sept 21 2021 - 17:42
Covid-19’s financial legacy will be threat to State’s competitiveness, report warnsGovernment to be warned over impact of scarring effect of pandemic on labour marketTue Sept 21 2021 - 01:00
No guarantee Ireland will keep 12.5% corporate tax rate - TaoiseachMartin says he will not be making commitments ‘one way or the other’ to companiesTue Sept 21 2021 - 00:17
Nphet told extra protection for unvaccinated in hospitals not always possibleHSE informed meeting ‘in some cases hospital infrastructure does not allow for this’Mon Sept 20 2021 - 21:50
Zappone turns down invitation to appear before committee to discuss envoy roleTaoiseach says former minister is a ‘private citizen’ as he seeks to draw line under the matterMon Sept 20 2021 - 20:48
Minister wrote to Coalition leaders after live events reopening ‘unnecessarily stalled’Catherine Martin said she could not stand by as entertainment sector treated with ‘inequity’Wed Sept 15 2021 - 19:01
Government vows to deliver 300,000 housing units by 2030Housing plan targeting social, affordable and cost-rental homes broadly welcomedFri Sept 03 2021 - 03:58
Goings-on in Fine Gael suggest old rivalries, like old habits, die hardVaradkar’s decision to publish texts on Zappone debacle raised pressure on CoveneyFri Sept 03 2021 - 02:00
Coveney may be in breach of FoI Act, says Labour’s Brendan Howlin‘You cannot erase history,’ states former Labour minister and architect of legislationFri Sept 03 2021 - 00:58
Taoiseach criticises ‘melodrama’ over Zappone envoy appointmentTánaiste denies Zappone lobbied him about UN special envoy role in text messageThu Sept 02 2021 - 21:00
People overreacting to Zappone story, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin says circumstances are very different to those in which Cowan was sackedThu Sept 02 2021 - 18:32
Housing for All plan: Taoiseach wants to ‘end homelessness’ by 2030Coalition commits €4 billion per year to build social and affordable housingThu Sept 02 2021 - 17:28
Coveney says his phone was used to send messages to EU foreign ministers after it was ‘compromised’ last yearTánaiste apologises for failure to release texts as Cowen says Taoiseach needs to act as Zappone controversy continuesThu Sept 02 2021 - 14:21
Government to press ahead with plans to provide bonus to frontline workersVaradkar has said it is not just healthcare workers ‘who have put their shoulders to the wheel when it comes to the pandemic’Wed Sept 01 2021 - 21:34
Reopening to see most Covid curbs lifted by October 22ndTaoiseach announces shift from restrictions to ‘judgment and responsibility’Wed Sept 01 2021 - 07:20
Less public-facing role ahead for Nphet, Tánaiste saysVaradkar says team to move from emergency to ‘mainstream surveillance function’Tue Aug 31 2021 - 21:24
Brian Leddin will not be sanctioned by Green Party over comment about female councillorTD apologised at the weekend for ‘inappropriate’ remark in WhatsApp groupTue Aug 31 2021 - 20:16
Zappone did not lobby for special envoy job, Coveney to tell OireachtasMinister for Foreign Affairs will say it was his decision to offer position to former TDTue Aug 31 2021 - 10:30
Reopening plan: Workplaces to return from September 20th as almost all curbs lifted by October 22ndCabinet agrees to larger crowds to be permitted at sporting and cultural eventsTue Aug 31 2021 - 05:00
