Level 5 restrictions will remain for full six weeks, says VaradkarTánaiste told party meeting Government might discuss changes to measures in two weeks’ timeThu Nov 05 2020 - 16:35
No closure orders for pubs under emergency Covid powersGovernment defeats SF amendment and powers to be extended until June 9thWed Nov 04 2020 - 22:33
SF claims Government using ‘dubious legal grounds’ to retrospectively tax PUP benefitCut TD pay by 25% amid Level 4 and 5 restrictions – Aontú BillWed Nov 04 2020 - 20:02
Taoiseach dismisses calls for AG to be consulted over whether Varadkar broke lawTánaiste is accused in Dáil of ‘grubby activity for grubby purposes’ in row over GP document leakWed Nov 04 2020 - 16:28
Taoiseach says ‘we shouldn’t jump to conclusions’ about US election resultCoveney says Ireland will respect US election result regardless of who winsWed Nov 04 2020 - 12:10
Tánaiste rejects ‘false’, ‘deeply offensive’ claims he gained from leaking of GP documentVaradkar apologises for ‘errors of judgment’ in address to Dáil over controversyWed Nov 04 2020 - 11:55
Varadkar apologises over leak of confidential GP contract to rival group‘I am sorry for the controversy and the annoyance that my actions have caused’Tue Nov 03 2020 - 23:09
Politicians could face fines of up to €2,500 for breaches of ethics laws in proposed BillLabour introduces legislation to close loopholesTue Nov 03 2020 - 21:33
Taoiseach provides State apology to woman with terminal cancerMicheál Martin says Patricia Carrick and family ‘were failed’ by incorrectly read testTue Nov 03 2020 - 15:44
Minister tells coursing organisation to release captured haresWelfare of protected species a priority as coursing meetings cancelled due to Covid-19Sat Oct 31 2020 - 01:00
Charity says 500 more families will need food support in lockdownBarnardos says many families face mental health, drug issues and domestic violenceTue Oct 27 2020 - 00:01
Pledge to ramp up processing of applications from undocumented migrantsJustice department ‘very much behind’ rest of Government with paper-based systemMon Oct 26 2020 - 16:20
HSE spent €700,000 a month since March on external Covid-19 consultantsSeán Sherlock criticises health service for cost of contact-tracing, PPE and ICT advisorsMon Oct 26 2020 - 02:32
President signs Bill on mother and baby home records into lawMinister Roderic O’Gorman says Oireachtas can move ‘quickly’ on survivors’ concernsSun Oct 25 2020 - 22:39
Q and A: what is this controversy about hand sanitiser?ViraPro in Ireland contained methanol, a chemical which with prolonged use can cause nausea, dermatitis and headachesSun Oct 25 2020 - 19:53
Bill allowing for fines for breaching Covid-19 rules becomes lawFiines of up to €1,000 for those who organise house parties will comes into effect immediatelySun Oct 25 2020 - 17:39
‘Blanket’ ban on mother and baby homes data access contestedGDPR rights can override domestic legislation, data protection watchdog claimsFri Oct 23 2020 - 22:25
Minister for Agriculture acknowledges department should have issued sanitiser notice soonerSome schools forced to close due to short notice over product recallFri Oct 23 2020 - 19:44
Controversial legislation on mother and baby homes records passed by SeanadRoderic O’Gorman ‘deeply apologetic’ for approach to Bill dealing with legacy issues ‘not cold legal problems’Fri Oct 23 2020 - 18:29
One of country’s main labs unable to process Covid-19 tests over weekend due to staff shortagesUCD lab to suspend Covid-19 testing over next two weekends due to staff issuesFri Oct 23 2020 - 16:13
Coronavirus: House parties legislation ‘flawed, unworkable, bizarre’Government refuses to accept amendment from FG Senator who highlighted errorsFri Oct 23 2020 - 13:50
Dáil approves transfer of mother-and-baby home records to TuslaOpposition claims legislation rushed through in spite of survivors’ fears in heated debateThu Oct 22 2020 - 22:21
Warning that small shuttered shops may reopen in campaign of disobedienceBusiness leaders warn of move as huge retail chains continue trading in non-essential goodsThu Oct 22 2020 - 21:16
Doctors, scientists cannot be denied defence in CervicalCheck tribunal, Tánaiste tells DáilVaradkar says Minister for Health will direct whether Government defers tribunalThu Oct 22 2020 - 18:40
Galway nursing home sees 26 out of 28 residents test positive for Covid-19One nurse and one carer working 13-hour shifts looking after 24 residents, says directorThu Oct 22 2020 - 17:26
‘You can’t always take law enforcement approach’: Opposition questions restrictionsShortall tells Dáil that Government decision-making fails to take human nature and needs into accountThu Oct 22 2020 - 12:44
Sinn Féin claims ‘we are witnessing another injustice against women and stolen children’Minister pledges to ‘re-examine’ access to mother and baby home personal recordsWed Oct 21 2020 - 22:06
Taoiseach says ‘difficult and tough six weeks ahead’ as country begins lockdownIndependent TDs Fitzmaurice and McNamara appeal for marts to be allowed to remain openWed Oct 21 2020 - 19:34
‘Appalling neglect’: Families on boil water notice for almost a full yearMinister of State says Tipperary issue due to low chlorine caused by age of pipe networkWed Oct 21 2020 - 17:27
Martin only told of contact tracing problem when texted Irish Times storyTaoiseach should have been informed by Minister of Health, Dáil toldWed Oct 21 2020 - 13:57
Call to claw back Covid-19 relief for student accommodation refusing refundsNaughten says certain providers had refused point blank to refund studentsWed Oct 21 2020 - 09:11
Co-living apartments could become ‘glorified tenement living’ says TaoiseachDáil hears that regulations allow for single rooms the size of ‘average car parking space’Tue Oct 20 2020 - 22:54
Dáil row over controversial mother and baby home legislation on commission recordsHeated exchanges as Taoiseach accused of telling lies that records will ‘disappear’Tue Oct 20 2020 - 21:30
Taoiseach promises supports for Cork businesses hit by floodingMartin says controversial OPW scheme to prevent Leeside floods should go aheadTue Oct 20 2020 - 18:53
Taoiseach hopes Ireland will return to Level 3 in DecemberMartin predicts move from higher to lower restrictions, and back to higher if virus keeps spreadingTue Oct 20 2020 - 16:18
Calls for mother and baby homes legislation to be given extra time for debate rejectedClaims ’bogus’ that legislation needs to rushed through Seanad - McDowellFri Oct 16 2020 - 15:05
No proper explanation given for almost €1bn going to landlords in budget, Green TD saysNeasa Hourigan seeks fuller detail on where €218m allocated for homeless services will goThu Oct 15 2020 - 21:23
Hospital charged €813 a night for patient on trolley in a corridorVaradkar suggests HSE might not charge for first night ‘if the patient ends up spending that night on a trolley or sitting on a chair’Thu Oct 15 2020 - 20:43
Tánaiste urges quick decision by Nphet on rapid testing after slow facemasks decisionTDs demand airport testing system as Ryanair closes bases at Cork, ShannonThu Oct 15 2020 - 19:33
Remote working hubs to be funded by Government as part of State strategyTánaiste warns of risk to jobs with e-working from ‘Canaries, Ibiza, Poland or India’Thu Oct 15 2020 - 16:07
Further cuts to pandemic payment may not go ahead in January - TánaisteVaradkar says PUP cut will be under review if State is ‘still in the teeth of’ pandemicThu Oct 15 2020 - 15:02
Nursing home infected with Covid-19 after failure to contact-trace GAA player, Dáil toldTánaiste rejects claim of ‘total systems failure’ and says everywhere in Europe seeing record numbersThu Oct 15 2020 - 14:09
Covid-19: ‘Things may get worse before they get better,’ says Taoiseach amid record new casesBorder counties move to Level 4 as extra restrictions imposed nationwideThu Oct 15 2020 - 04:30
Legislation for affordable housing due ‘within weeks’First homes under scheme to be available for purchase next year, says MinisterWed Oct 14 2020 - 23:26
Government Bill would seal documents on mother and baby homes – SFTaoiseach insists Bill will ‘preserve information, not put it beyond reach’Wed Oct 14 2020 - 21:33
Low Pay Commission may become living wage commission - TánaisteBudget shows Government’s determination to get Ireland through pandemic -TaoiseachWed Oct 14 2020 - 20:24
Some 870 teachers at ‘high risk’ of Covid-19 not permitted to work from homeOver 900 ‘very high risk’ teachers and special needs assistants allowed to work remotelyWed Oct 14 2020 - 19:37
Schools will not close despite North’s two-week shutdown – FoleyMinister for Education says transmission of coronavirus is not amplified in schoolsWed Oct 14 2020 - 14:49
Foley ‘absolutely committed’ to Leaving Cert going ahead in 2021 ‘as normally as possible’Minister for Education confirms independent review of calculated grades process will take placeWed Oct 14 2020 - 14:04
Rural Ireland only got ‘a bob here and there’ in budget, Tóibín tells DáilBroadband funding is same money Naughten secured years ago as minister, TD claimsTue Oct 13 2020 - 23:18
