Chairman of national children’s hospital ‘gobsmacked’ by PAC questions‘I’m not really here to interview for the job,’ Fred Barry tells Sinn Féin Deputy Imelda MunsterThu Dec 05 2019 - 21:25
Nurses’ deal costs three times Government’s original estimateAgreement that ended strike to cost €48 million this year, Department of Health saysThu Dec 05 2019 - 02:42
Government survives (for now) after scraping through Dáil voteInside Politics: Motion of no confidence in Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy defeated by 56 votes to 53 with 35 abstentionsWed Dec 04 2019 - 09:42
CervicalCheck review yet ‘another difficult day for women’Taoiseach signals expert report another step in restoring confidence in life-saving schemeTue Dec 03 2019 - 17:02
Apple to tell Oireachtas committee about Siri reviews of usersPrivacy fears to fore as tech giant to say analyses done on small subset of audioTue Dec 03 2019 - 02:12
Wexford byelection: Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne tops pollVerona Murphy eliminated on fourth count but plans to run in next general electionSat Nov 30 2019 - 20:17
Controversial Dáil printer project cost €1.8m, report finds‘This has been a total pig’s ear’: Members of PAC label situation as ‘absolute mess’Thu Nov 28 2019 - 18:28
Four TDs likely to avoid suspension over voting controversyDáil ethics committee defers decision on censuring FF deputies involved in rowThu Nov 28 2019 - 13:19
Report calls for replacement or overhaul of direct provision systemRecommendations include increasing allowances and shorter waiting period for workWed Nov 27 2019 - 01:07
Friday's byelections: All you need to know about candidates, constituencies and issuesFriday’s votes in Wexford, Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Cork North Central come after TDs secured MEP seatsTue Nov 26 2019 - 14:34
Government ‘predisposed to favouring men’ for top postsProgress made on Civil Service gender equality, says top-level appointments bodyMon Nov 25 2019 - 01:14
Children’s hospital board head to be quizzed on cost increasesFred Barry and colleagues due to appear before Oireachtas committee on WednesdaySun Nov 24 2019 - 22:46
New direct provision housing for asylum seekers is running over budgetMore centres are needed due to rise in the number seeking international protectionSat Nov 23 2019 - 02:15
Nearly 5,500 asylum seekers to be housed in new direct provision centres across IrelandDepartment of Justice seeking providers to operate centres in eight regionsFri Nov 22 2019 - 06:23
State pledges to consult communities over direct provision centresTender documents issued for new regional accommodation centres across 26 countiesFri Nov 22 2019 - 00:53
Fine Gael’s Verona Murphy ‘deeply regrets’ Islamic State commentsWexford byelection candidate claimed terror group is a big part of immigrant populationThu Nov 21 2019 - 14:58
Broadband plan gets lost in Verona Murphy controversyInside Politics: Taoiseach resists calls to deselect Wexford byelection candidate over comments on Isis and migrationWed Nov 20 2019 - 07:51
Verona Murphy: Fine Gael under pressure to address controversyTaoiseach says he is standing by his Wexford byelection candidate and will canvass with herWed Nov 20 2019 - 02:49
Taoiseach stands by Verona Murphy despite further controversial remarksFine Gael byelection candidate said addiction and bad choices lead people to become homelessTue Nov 19 2019 - 17:46
Verona Murphy criticised for saying 3 year-olds ‘manipulated’ by Isis‘These kind of comments need to be condemned in the strongest possible terms’Tue Nov 19 2019 - 14:00
Flanagan criticises Isis comments by Verona MurphyMinister says ‘this kind of misinformation’ is threatening ‘to take root’ after comments by Wexford candidateTue Nov 19 2019 - 08:03
Fine Gael TD says comments by party byelection candidate ‘dangerous’Verona Murphy, FG candidate in Wexford, said some asylum seekers ‘infiltrated by Isis’Tue Nov 19 2019 - 02:30
Wexford byelection: Main rivals face off over homelessnessKey issue for all candidates is that a lot of people are unaware an election is coming upTue Nov 19 2019 - 02:00
Verona Murphy apologises ‘wholeheartedly’ for Isis migrants claimFine Gael byelection candidate said Isis was a ‘big part of the migrant population’Mon Nov 18 2019 - 21:05
Garda and HSE spending criticised by Dáil Public Accounts CommitteeGarda budget is managed ineffectively and HSE practices are ‘alarming'Thu Nov 14 2019 - 02:00
Some bright spots for Government on housing issueInside Politics: Figures show housing starts nationally rose, ESRI report states Irish houses not overvalued €Wed Nov 13 2019 - 08:29
Housing policy under fresh scrutiny as home-building stalls in DublinDublin Economic Monitor shows 14 per cent fall in house completions in three month periodFri Nov 08 2019 - 10:59
Dáil voting scandal to be investigated by ethics committeeCommittee will write to four Fianna Fáil TDs seeking further information on issueThu Nov 07 2019 - 20:00
High Court to deliberate on dispute over Dáil rulesCase arises after Ceann Comhairle blocks bid by TDs to alter regulations on order paperThu Nov 07 2019 - 06:45
Costs review at children’s hospital after fresh claims by contractorsRobust defence to be mounted against claims, says chief of hospital development boardThu Nov 07 2019 - 02:08
Irish Water cannot say if weather warning will impact on boil water notice periodRainfall warning has been issued for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and MeathWed Nov 06 2019 - 18:58
More water woes for greater Dublin areaInside Politics: Second boil-water notice imposed after officials cite ‘elevated risk’ of cryptosporidium entering water supplyWed Nov 06 2019 - 08:06
Boil water notice: Thursday at ‘earliest’ before warning for 600,000 liftedWarning on water quality issued on Monday night after heavy rain results in cloudy waterTue Nov 05 2019 - 15:49
Way cleared for law releasing birth data to adopted peopleNew law would allow release of birth information to adopted people for the first timeTue Nov 05 2019 - 02:30
Attorney General’s home burgled during HalloweenIncident at Séamus Woulfe’s Clontarf residence ‘minor’ although family was upsetMon Nov 04 2019 - 02:59
Coombe hospital made 52 calls to pest control early last yearOver 30 calls logged in relation to rodents, ants, wasps, bluebottles and silverfishMon Nov 04 2019 - 02:04
Minister says he will proceed with Achill asylum seeker planWomen in Dublin emergency accommodation as move postponed over protestSat Nov 02 2019 - 01:04
Michael Healy-Rae urged to explain how he claimed Dáil expenses when he was in KerryKerry TD was in Sneem on June 21st last year, yet Dáil records show his ID tag was used to clock him present for Juncker speechFri Nov 01 2019 - 20:51
Fine Gael national executive to consider Maria Bailey’s future‘Members are always the ones who choose the ticket,’ Minister says of local party motionFri Nov 01 2019 - 20:10
Regina Doherty praises Maria Bailey’s 'strength of character'‘She has been through an incredible amount but we’re a democratic party’Fri Nov 01 2019 - 13:54
PAC head accused of ‘wholly untrue’ claims about public services cardIrish Rail calls for Seán Fleming to correct record over remarks on use of card by companyFri Nov 01 2019 - 02:40
Calls for review of Dáil attendance and expenses systemRequest comes after it emerged several TDs clock in to Dáil but do not take part in votesFri Nov 01 2019 - 02:05
No possibility of Brexit deal changes, Donohue warnsCorbyn plan to broker new accord with EU in 2020 dismissed by MinisterThu Oct 31 2019 - 20:19
Many reasons why TD would be in Dáil but not vote, says DonohoeMinister says Dáil’s oversight body should reflect on whether a review neededThu Oct 31 2019 - 12:59
Boil notices increase despite investment in water infrastructureEPA points to funding, management and operational issues behind contaminationsSat Oct 26 2019 - 00:51
Collins and Dooley accounts of voting draw TDs’ scepticismVideo footage ‘stretches political credibility’, says Mary Lou McDonaldFri Oct 25 2019 - 01:00
Vote controversy: report recommends no sanctions against TDsInvestigation into voting row finds committee on procedures needs more powersThu Oct 24 2019 - 12:45
Dáil clerk’s report on Fianna Fáil voting incident to be publishedParty braced for findings after Niall Collins voted for Timmy Dooley six timesThu Oct 24 2019 - 07:46
Public Service Card cost nears €68m as enforcement order ‘imminent’Government may challenge Data Protection Commissioner’s ruling restricting use of cardThu Oct 24 2019 - 01:42
Voting controversy could result in 30-day suspensions for TDsFine Gael accuses Fianna Fáil of muddying waters with video of Ministers out of seatsTue Oct 22 2019 - 18:10
