Tánaiste pledges to protect Irish beef from new Brexit threatCoveney responds to UK threat to import Brazilian beef on a tariff-free quotaFri Feb 22 2019 - 02:00
A Government ‘on notice’ as Harris narrowly survives and FF hardens toneInside Politics: Brexit talks continue with tentative hopes of breakthrough brokered in middle groundThu Feb 21 2019 - 07:16
Opposition accused of trying to frustrate Government climate change plansParties wanted to set impossibly high targets for reducing carbon footprint so Government would not reach them, meeting heardWed Feb 20 2019 - 22:52
Education board dedicating ‘significant resources’ to Garda investigationCriminal probe into concerns over spending of taxpayers’ moneyWed Feb 20 2019 - 20:39
Two new MEPs set to become limbo candidates until after BrexitAfter election extra MEPs in Ireland South and Dublin must wait to attend parliamentWed Feb 20 2019 - 01:40
Rape Crisis Network calls for urgent child sexual violence strategyRCNI to discuss potential reforms and establishment of special family law courtWed Feb 20 2019 - 00:53
Over 7,000 on JobPath scheme had welfare pay cut in 2018Penalties meted out for transgressions including failing to keep an appointmentWed Feb 20 2019 - 00:51
Children’s hospital board discussed confidentiality agreementAgreement was to cover issues relating to finance, building and main contractor BamTue Feb 19 2019 - 00:53
Council warned Government it could not be noise regulator for Dublin Airport runwayMinister for Transport Shane Ross had said Fingal County Council will regulate new runwayTue Feb 19 2019 - 00:12
Children’s hospital board predicts little interest if project retenderedConstruction firm Bam says it will step down if asked to do soSat Feb 16 2019 - 01:00
Children’s hospital builder says board can opt out of contractBAM says if hospital board wishes to ‘opt out of contract’ then it will ‘facilitate this option’Fri Feb 15 2019 - 16:08
Regeneration of Boyle and Athenry among 66 projects to get fundsNational mountain-biking project and tourism site at Granard Motte to receive some of the €62mThu Feb 14 2019 - 21:17
Civil servant was obliged to pass on hospital concerns, says C&AGPaul Quinn was chair of the finance subcommittee board of the national children’s hospitalThu Feb 14 2019 - 21:15
Former UFC fighter to contest election for Sinn FéinPaddy Holohan to run in Jobstown after retiring from mixed martial artsThu Feb 14 2019 - 18:10
Hospital board was warned five years ago builders were lodging ‘low-cost bids’Taoiseach concerned companies had come in with very low tenders to win contracts, and then sought to increase the budgetThu Feb 14 2019 - 00:14
Simon Harris questioned in Dáil over children’s hospital costs‘Where we got extremely badly let down is the elasticity of the cost”Wed Feb 13 2019 - 20:34
Government not out of the woods over children’s hospitalInside Politics: Opposition seeks to pin down final cost of project and what other plans will suffer due to overrunWed Feb 13 2019 - 08:03
Almost 80,000 women waiting up to 27 weeks for smear test results – HSEOireachtas Health Committee to hear how HSE plans to address backlogWed Feb 13 2019 - 01:00
State to examine if unrealistically low bids submitted to win contractsGovernment concerned over companies low-balling for tenders for children’s hospitalWed Feb 13 2019 - 00:46
Hospital report finds lack of early-warning costs systemMazars says checks and balances failed to protect board from project price spirallingWed Feb 13 2019 - 00:30
Hospital board discussed spiralling costs seven times in 2017-18Government says it learned in November 2018 of massive overrun in costsTue Feb 12 2019 - 19:02
Children’s hospital: Deferring aspects to cut costs was consideredTo save €79m, one existing children’s hospital would have to stay open at €169m costMon Feb 11 2019 - 16:03
Brexit talks to resume amid possible detente between Tories and LabourEU to remain resolute on the backstop as Conservatives extend olive branch to CorbynMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
First phase of children's hospital 'may not open on schedule'Harris due to apologise for not providing fuller information about cost escalationMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Harris told Donohoe of difficulty with health ‘funding gaps’ in May 2018Minister requested re-profiling of health capital allocation to address capital shortfallMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil says Simon Harris must say Dáil was misledSpokeswoman for Minister indicates he will apologise this weekSun Feb 10 2019 - 19:16
Simon Harris to apologise in Dáil over children’s hospital statementMinister told Fianna Fáil TD that budget was on track despite learning a month earlier of overrunsSun Feb 10 2019 - 15:37
Hospital controversy damaging public view of Government, Varadkar saysTaoiseach says he understands taxpayers ‘very annoyed’ about cost overrunSat Feb 09 2019 - 06:00
Cost overruns in children’s hospital damaged faith in Government, says Taoiseach‘I have every confidence in Mr Harris but am not going to pre-empt what he says in Dáil’Fri Feb 08 2019 - 16:29
Children’s hospital: The meetings, the memos and the Minister - who knew what when?Timeline: Project had an overrun of €61m five months after getting the green lightFri Feb 08 2019 - 00:06
Harris told hospital overruns could reach €400m ahead of budget, documents showChildren’s hospital: Minister for health warned in 2017 of increases in capital costThu Feb 07 2019 - 22:10
Children’s hospital: top health chiefs were told in September 2018 of €400m overrunOfficials discussed how ‘construction costing is trending very significantly over budget’Thu Feb 07 2019 - 13:56
Children’s hospital row: Minister to outline capital plan changes caused by overrunsConcerns raised at Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting at overspend on the new hospitalThu Feb 07 2019 - 06:40
National children’s hospital: Timeline of what the records showMinutes of national children’s hospital project steering group show concerns raised about escalating costs from August 2017Wed Feb 06 2019 - 21:45
Harris faces further questions on Children’s Hospital costsInside Politics: Records of steering group meetings show growing disquiet over increasing figuresWed Feb 06 2019 - 07:40
Hospital overruns discussed year before Harris says he was toldMinutes of steering group meetings are likely to intensify pressure on Minister for HealthWed Feb 06 2019 - 03:05
Health committee set to press Harris on children’s hospital overspendMinister did ‘right and appropriate thing’ on hearing about rising costs, Taoiseach saysWed Feb 06 2019 - 03:04
Shane Ross to outline Brexit contingency travel plansMinister for Transport will discuss Bill to prevent travel chaos at Oireachtas committeeWed Feb 06 2019 - 01:00
FF would collapse Government over children’s hospital but for BrexitParty denies it is propping up Government: ‘we don’t think they are doing a good job’Tue Feb 05 2019 - 13:31
Children’s hospital board may be changed, says Simon HarrisMinister says he will act on any recommendations of report into escalating costs of new facilitySat Feb 02 2019 - 01:00
What is driving increased demand for Irish passports?Brexit is not the only factor behind the recent surge in applications for the harpSat Feb 02 2019 - 01:00
Harris plans ‘personnel changes’ in children’s hospital projectReview of spiralling cost of new hospital will not ‘determine individual culpability’Fri Feb 01 2019 - 13:42
Coveney pledges Waterford cath lab to go ahead despite children’s hospital overrun‘No decision has been made on how we are funding the €50m needed for 2019’ says HSEThu Jan 31 2019 - 20:04
Builder claims examination of school buildings causing serious damageConstruction firm WBS says it witnessed use of ‘crocodile-type saws’ to cut plasterboardThu Jan 31 2019 - 16:56
‘Highly unlikely’ children’s hospital will come in under €2bn – PAC hearsAlan Kelly says public confidence in how large projects are managed is ‘lost’Thu Jan 31 2019 - 12:02
Campaigners raise fears over Leitrim blanket afforestationSave Leitrim group protester says conifer plantations ‘killing everything that’s under it’Wed Jan 30 2019 - 18:27
No-deal Brexit would push health service into ‘damage limitation’ modeArrangements being made for cross-Border co-operation and to ensure medical suppliesWed Jan 30 2019 - 00:57
Referendum to be held in May to remove divorce restrictionsIt is proposed that the divorce waiting period will drop to two out of three years living apart if the referendum is passed.Tue Jan 29 2019 - 18:31
New sex ed curriculum should cover negative effects of porn - reportChildren should also learn about LGBTQI+ relationships and contraception, says committeeTue Jan 29 2019 - 01:00
Peadar Tóibín to name new political party ‘Aontú’Former Sinn Féin TD registers with electoral bodies on both side of the BorderMon Jan 28 2019 - 19:20
