Pandemic payment may be needed for ‘much longer’ than a year, Dáil hearsMinister rules out as unfair restoration of €350 benefit to live events sectorTue Sept 22 2020 - 21:40
Taoiseach defends pandemic payment cut as new advisers approvedAides on up to € 101,114 for work with senior Ministers and up to €78,816 with Ministers of StateTue Sept 22 2020 - 21:02
Scotland sought Ireland’s help with Covid-19 testing, says TaoiseachMartin says State was not in a position to offer assistance due to capacity issuesTue Sept 22 2020 - 16:53
Fine Gael Senator Joe O’Reilly new Leas Cathaoirleach of SeanadCavan politician succeeds Jerry Buttimer who resigned over ‘Golfgate’ controversyFri Sept 18 2020 - 20:09
Committee hears significant numbers of supporters needed back at matchesGAA, IRFU and FAI prepare joint roadmap for safe return of spectators to stadiumsFri Sept 18 2020 - 17:46
Call for solidarity against growing threat from far right activity in IrelandSenator warns that if movement not dealt with ‘we will live to regret it’Fri Sept 18 2020 - 16:22
Michael McDowell tells Seanad he has ‘no confidence’ in NPHETSenator says different treatment for restaurants and meat plants ‘inexplicable’Fri Sept 18 2020 - 15:06
Number of H1 grades would have been ‘untenable’ without standardisation - FoleyMinister defends process as TDs highlight ‘huge upset’ of students losing out on collegeFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:27
Minister questions why Aer Lingus has difficulty with social welfare schemeHumphreys says she knew of no other company in the State that had a problemThu Sept 17 2020 - 22:11
Tourists would not be able to tell difference between rural Ireland and rural England, Dáil toldTD calls for return to traditional road signs to keep ‘bit of character’ left in rural areasThu Sept 17 2020 - 19:44
Tánaiste must stop being ‘populist’ and do job he signed up to doTD calls for Government to speak as one and stop taking pot shots at each otherThu Sept 17 2020 - 18:44
SF claim of ‘meat barons’ hold over Government parties a ‘paranoid fantasy’Dáil told of workers being bussed to meat factory with Covid clusters in packed coachThu Sept 17 2020 - 15:03
Funding pledged to ensure ‘fit for purpose’ health service this winterDepartment of Health to get ‘workable, sustainable, comprehensive’ Budget allocationThu Sept 17 2020 - 06:41
US president should be invited to Ireland for St Patrick’s Day to boost tourism, Dáil toldClare TD says marketing campaign should be built around centenary of IndependenceWed Sept 16 2020 - 22:22
Minister warns of ticket touting return when live events resumeVaradkar says low paid workers needs to be valued more and State ‘needs to do better by them in future’Wed Sept 16 2020 - 21:20
Third attempt begins in Dáil to ban hare coursingLegislation introduced as pressure increases on Green Party to back BillWed Sept 16 2020 - 18:56
Youth restlessness could be reasons for increase in powerful fireworks, TD saysCommunity gardaí not allowed to work after 7pm Dáil told amid rockets ‘menace’Wed Sept 16 2020 - 18:12
UK could renege on Ireland’s truck land-bridge to EU, TD warnsCommercial traffic in Dover took three hours to go 1.8 km with new migrant checksWed Sept 16 2020 - 17:10
Taoiseach asked to clarify if people in Dublin can go to weddings or on trips outside capitalLabour leader calls for contingency plan to prevent repeat of ‘one of most bizarre days ever’Wed Sept 16 2020 - 15:57
Calls for ‘recognition, respect and support’ of taxi sectorTuesday’s Dáil suspension compared with plight of taxi drivers facing income lossesWed Sept 16 2020 - 13:10
TD calls for free Dáil vote on right to die legislationGino Kenny says assisted dying ‘not about ending life but ending suffering’Wed Sept 16 2020 - 12:04
Labour leader claims Government advisers to cost ‘€2m a year’Taoiseach staunchly defends approach, hits out at Sinn Féin as ‘no strangers’ on issueWed Sept 16 2020 - 11:30
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly tests negative for Covid-19Cabinet colleagues no longer required to restrict movements, Government spokeswoman confirmsTue Sept 15 2020 - 21:40
Ceann Comhairle defends Dáil adjournment as Opposition cries ‘shambles’TDs say they had to rely on political correspondents on social media for informationTue Sept 15 2020 - 21:00
Taxi drivers protest in Dublin over lack of financial supportsIrish Taxi Drivers Federation says volume of fares is 80% lower than before pandemicTue Sept 15 2020 - 17:09
Gardaí ‘less concerned with bangers being thrown than bangers being eaten in pubs’Garda’s Operation Tombola to tackle illegal use of fireworks currently under wayMon Sept 14 2020 - 07:36
Micheál Martin’s leadership under pressure as FF’s support plummets in pollFianna Fáil TD warns of potential leadership challenge in about six monthsMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00
Government accused of hypocrisy for failing to honour Defence Forces dealTD likens failure on ‘technical pay’ deal to UK backpedalling on Brexit agreementMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00
Boris Johnson’s claims of EU ‘blockade’ in Irish Sea rubbished in DublinSimon Coveney says UK is damaging its reputation with ‘bogus claims’ and ‘spin’Mon Sept 14 2020 - 00:01
‘It’s spin and not the truth’: Coveney dismisses UK claims EU may block goods entering Northern IrelandTaoiseach says no-deal Brexit would be ‘ruinous’ to British economySun Sept 13 2020 - 15:31
Covid-19: Ireland faces months of restrictions including in people’s homes, says TaoiseachKeeping schools, colleges open the priority above pubs, aviation, sportsSun Sept 13 2020 - 15:26
‘This is not February’ - Consultant says Covid-19 can be contained if we ‘do the right things’Covid-19 flare ups in hospitals, nursing homes ‘because staff not wearing masks’Sun Sept 13 2020 - 12:55
CAO points climb to record high across many coursesSeven courses break the 600 point barrierFri Sept 11 2020 - 21:25
Eleven years after pledges, no reform of monitoring of sex offendersRegister ‘nothing but a fig leaf’ as predators can re-offend yet comply with law, Dáil toldFri Sept 11 2020 - 12:53
NI First and Deputy First ministers resume joint press conferencesConferences suspended following controversy over republican Bobby Storey’s funeralThu Sept 10 2020 - 20:18
Minister rejects criticism of plan to ‘re-centralise’ Garda powersGiving Garda Commissioner powers over promotions will have ‘chilling effect’, Rise TD claimsThu Sept 10 2020 - 19:54
Seanad row over Cathaoirleach’s ‘Golfgate’ commentsDaly told ‘not your function to speak about judges or Commissioners’Thu Sept 10 2020 - 19:07
Teenagers eating cannabis-laced confectionery, Dáil toldFine Gael TD alerts colleagues to worrying trend of young people using edible narcoticThu Sept 10 2020 - 19:07
Factory Covid-19 testing stalls after community demand surges – TánaisteDecision ‘incredibly reckless’ and ‘short-sighted’, says Sinn Féin’s Pearse DohertyThu Sept 10 2020 - 14:37
No plan to recast Leaving Cert grades for schools who ‘lost out’Calculated grades process biased against them, claim cohort of private academiesThu Sept 10 2020 - 02:13
Roadmap for managing Covid-19 ‘must have plan for older people’Kelly tells Dáil specific provision must be made so elderly can ‘get out and about’Wed Sept 09 2020 - 22:18
‘Bizarre’ regulations allow hotels host weddings of 50 but not funerals, Dáil toldRural TDs appeal for end to contradictory rules but Minister insists they are saving livesWed Sept 09 2020 - 20:13
Taoiseach tells Johnson in ‘forthright terms’ of concerns about intention to breach dealMartin raises absence of bilateral engagement and serious implications for Northern IrelandWed Sept 09 2020 - 19:54
Extra 800 college places found but capacity now at ‘outer limit’Harris says it is ‘legally fraught’ to ring-fence places for students from previous yearsWed Sept 09 2020 - 12:20
Covid-19 restrictions in maternity hospitals working, Dáil toldOpposition TD says rules ‘bonkers’ as NMH master says politicians will not decide on liftingWed Sept 09 2020 - 11:44
Some civil servants working from home ‘not answering phones’, TD claimsCovid committee chairman says ‘ordinary members of the public who pay their taxes’ cannot access servicesWed Sept 09 2020 - 09:41
Brexit: Irish firms are warned of risks to jobs and movement of goodsA new Government plan outlines potential pitfalls for business and daily life amid BrexitWed Sept 09 2020 - 02:10
Brexit trade deal hopes fade as Britain plans to renege on agreement with EUNorth secretary Brandon Lewis admits new internal markets Bill breaks international lawWed Sept 09 2020 - 01:20
Direct provision will not end ‘quickly’, says MinisterO’Gorman tells Dáil that system will finish ‘over the lifetime of this Government’Tue Sept 08 2020 - 21:56
Brexit: UK law breach would ‘seriously erode trust’, says CoveneyReneging on deal ‘would have serious implications for the UK’s reputation’Tue Sept 08 2020 - 20:14
