Varadkar warns against ‘excessive caution’ in coming years as he finalises budgetHe says Government will put some of its projected surpluses into debt reduction and the rest into two fundsThu Sept 28 2023 - 21:00
New national women’s museum to be considered by GovernmentExpert committee to be set up following Cabinet memo brought by Minister for Culture Catherine MartinWed Sept 27 2023 - 06:00
Roderic O’Gorman warns on bed availability as thousands of extra refugees expected to arriveUse of tents as accommodation likely to continue despite winter months approaching, says Minister for IntegrationTue Sept 26 2023 - 22:08
Proposed €1bn spend on health could pose risk to Budget 2024 plans, says DonohoeMinister for Children Roderic O’Gorman further dampens hopes of 25% cut in childcare costsTue Sept 26 2023 - 15:56
Budget 2024: Ministers in clash over €1bn health overspend Budget 2024: Cabinet Committee on Health to meet on Monday amid speculation that overrun will curtail budget demands made by Stephen DonnellyMon Sept 25 2023 - 05:02
Referendum on women-in-home clause likely postponed until next year, says O’GormanNovember referendum was promised earlier this year after recommendations from the Citizens’ Assembly on gender equalitySun Sept 24 2023 - 13:20
More than one million workers paying higher rate of income taxFine Gael and Fianna Fáil politicians pushing for increases in tax bands and USC cuts in Budget 2024Sat Sept 23 2023 - 12:57
Budget 2024: Two-pronged income tax cut on the table as final negotiations beginAn increase of up to €12 a week in welfare payments and a lower energy credit also among measures proposedSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Budget 2024: From housing to childcare, what can we expect in next month’s package?There will be an additional multibillion euro package of temporary measures to tackle the cost-of-living crisisSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Targeted measures best way to spend public money ahead of budget, says IFACIrish Fiscal Advisory Council appears before Oireachtas committee three weeks before unveiling of budgetWed Sept 20 2023 - 18:50
Drew Harris to propose new rostering options to Garda representative groupsInternal 2019 report for Garda management highlighted shortcomings of schedule due to be reverted to in NovemberWed Sept 20 2023 - 18:40
Delays in accessing driving tests to continue until the middle of 2024Oireachtas Committee on Transport to be told that NCT delays should be cleared by the end of this yearTue Sept 19 2023 - 18:58
Thousands register their contact preferences on new adoption registerAdoptees comprise the largest group of registrants at 11,246, followed by birth mothers with 2,675 registrantsTue Sept 19 2023 - 06:00
Friendly, cheap and ‘definitely cleaner’: travelling Notre Dame fans’ glowing review of DublinEven the rain is ‘nice for us coming from the desert’, one Las Vegas-based follower of the Fighting Irish saidSat Aug 26 2023 - 10:19
Homeless figures rise again with almost 13,000 in emergency accommodationTánaiste rules out another winter eviction ban, saying ‘the pressing issue is to stop and slow down the exodus from the rental market’Fri Aug 25 2023 - 17:17
Contacts between scoliosis patients and doctors to be managed differentlyOperational change on way after Ombudsman for Children highlights teenager’s five-year wait for surgeryThu Aug 24 2023 - 05:00
National children’s hospital legal bill nears €2m amid disputes New details around legal costs and disputes released to Soc Dems TD Catherine MurphyWed Aug 23 2023 - 05:00
Taoiseach hits out at attempts to censor books in local libraries Varadkar expresses solidarity to librarians and library staff in new letterTue Aug 22 2023 - 18:31
Buckle up. The general election campaign is about to beginAs Fine Gael TDs bow out and Sinn Féin flirts with government, lines are being redrawn in more ways than oneSun Aug 20 2023 - 06:00
Coalition to consider options for licence fee overhaul and RTÉ bailoutMedia licence or charge for every household rather than just homes with TV among possibilitiesSat Aug 19 2023 - 05:00
Ukrainian diplomat urges Ireland not to be swayed by Russian ‘blackmail’Russia ‘pretends to be ready for peace talks’ while increasing war efforts, ambassador tells MacGill summer schoolWed Aug 16 2023 - 21:04
More than 13,000 homes could be built under new billion-euro LDA planDetailed negotiations around budget of Land Development Agency ongoing for last number of monthsWed Aug 16 2023 - 01:00
Lack of transparency from RTÉ over pay controversy has hit licence fee payments, Minister saysTD Paul McAuliffe says Public Accounts Committee eager to ‘wrap this up’ and move on from payment issuesTue Aug 15 2023 - 08:59
Main banks to appear before Oireachtas committee on deposit ratesLenders facing pressure to pass on rate increases to saversMon Aug 14 2023 - 17:03
Thousands of adopted people waiting for birth information Department of Children says 88 relatives have been reunited through landmark law enacted in 2022Mon Aug 14 2023 - 05:00
Pressure mounts to reinstate eviction ban as tenant termination notices rise by 20%Pressure on Government to reinstate moratorium or widen supports for tenantsFri Aug 11 2023 - 05:00
Targeted mortgage relief on cards for Budget 2024, Varadkar saysGovernment considering bringing back mortgage interest aid for those ‘in financial distress’ following surge in ratesFri Aug 11 2023 - 05:00
Discussions on RTÉ's future funding to begin in September ahead of Budget 2024Minister for Public Expenditure pledges cost-of-living supports for households in next financial packageThu Aug 10 2023 - 16:24
Plan for vaccine-damages scheme stalls despite ‘priority’ pledgeDepartment of Health says resources necessary to progress scheme were directed towards Covid-19 public health responseTue Aug 08 2023 - 05:00
Officials examining plans to allow cancer patients to defer maternity leaveThe Irish Cancer Society has estimated that 60 women a year get a cancer diagnosis while pregnant or after giving birthTue Aug 08 2023 - 05:00
Children’s spinal surgery may be outsourced abroad as waiting list doublesChildren’s Health Ireland apologises to children and their families as new figures show waiting lists approaching five-year highMon Aug 07 2023 - 05:00
Low cost retrofit loans delayed until autumn Loans of up to €50,000 at a lower interest rate to be rolled out within months as department ‘close’ to signing off on final detailsSat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
Defence Forces chief to be called before committee to discuss recruitment of womenFigures show out of 617 female applicants this year, only one has been inducted into organisationFri Aug 04 2023 - 16:39
One woman recruited to Defence Forces out of 617 applicants amid psychometric test concernsPsychometric testing for Naval Service paused amid concern about failure rateFri Aug 04 2023 - 05:00
Expert in contentious construction disputes put on national children’s hospital boardMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced a number of appointments and reappointments to the boardFri Aug 04 2023 - 05:00
Government departments hold pronouns workshops to support colleagues’ gender identitySeminar provided ‘judgement-free space’ to ask questions about evolving terminologyThu Aug 03 2023 - 07:00
TV licence revenue drops €2.7m in JulyRevenue continues to decline following the controversy around misreported payments to presenter Ryan TubridyWed Aug 02 2023 - 05:00
Defective homes repairs should be funded by surpluses, Coalition told Irish Hardware Association submits proposals to tackle cost of building homesTue Aug 01 2023 - 13:29
Gardaí to increase surveillance in areas prone to anti-social behaviour Varadkar and McEntee meet Garda chiefs to discuss police strategy in at-risk areasTue Aug 01 2023 - 06:17
Sipo pledges to investigate concerns about National Party goldGardaí now believe only a fraction of the gold is owned by the National Party with the rest owned by senior party membersTue Aug 01 2023 - 05:00
Justin Barrett denies being ousted as National Party leaderRight wing party says James Reynolds has taken over following reports of €400,000 gold reserves going missingMon Jul 31 2023 - 14:26
Give Me a Crash Course in ... the National Party’s gold bar collectionThe founder of the party claimed a ‘considerable quantity in gold’ was removed from its vault, sparking a Garda inquiry and questions over who the donors wereSat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00
‘Do these f***ers not read the news?’: Coalition rift sparked by Varadkar comments on rail plan Fine Gael sources say the party is seeking a meeting with Eamon Ryan to discuss future roads projects and their belief that they are being undermined or abandonedThu Jul 27 2023 - 05:00
All-island rail plan ‘makes the case’ for more road projects, Taoiseach saysMinister for Transport Eamon Ryan defends ‘new age of rail’ plan, saying transport emissions need to dropWed Jul 26 2023 - 05:00
Scheme for mortgage holders in arrears to be extended until 2027Abhaile scheme will be extended in light of continued cost-of-living pressures and rising mortgage interest ratesWed Jul 26 2023 - 00:01
Rail review: Train journey times halved and a Wexford to Waterford line. All you need to knowEamon Ryan published the first all-island strategic rail review on Tuesday, with new lines set to open and more freight trains to runTue Jul 25 2023 - 19:16
Failure of National Party to submit financial information will not result in sanction - SIPOGardaí on Monday recovered gold with estimated value of €400,000 after claims it was taken from National Party vaultTue Jul 25 2023 - 15:05
Publicly funded fertility treatment plan before Cabinet but with restrictions on BMI, ageMinisters will also discuss planned co-operation with UK on the energy market, overhaul of the rail system and extending the deal with Citywest to accommodate refugees and asylum seekersTue Jul 25 2023 - 00:00
Gardaí recover gold valued at €400,000 after National Party complaintParty leader alleges gold was stolen from vault and says party members had been expelledMon Jul 24 2023 - 14:40
Inside Sinn Féin: Who really makes the big decisions in Ireland’s most popular party?Unelected people are prominent and important in the leadership and decision-making processes of Sinn FéinSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:00
