Senior officials may need to publish explanations for lowest bid only contractsGovernment reviewing procurement policy introduced when country ’banjaxed’Sun Apr 07 2019 - 17:56
Government relying on ‘enormously costly’ litigation to deal with serious health issuesClare Daly claims State ‘enriching legal profession’, failing to make health service safeThu Apr 04 2019 - 19:45
Government fears MPs would ‘twist’ Irish no-deal Brexit plansSome Westminster MPs ‘misrepresenting reality’, Tánaiste tells DáilThu Apr 04 2019 - 19:02
Audit of orthodontic files of 7,500 children due in ’weeks’Minister for Health and HSE ‘regret’ delay in completion but ‘robust report’ a priorityThu Apr 04 2019 - 18:07
Dáil told of ‘utter chaos’ in overcrowded Limerick hospitalHospital was like ‘scenes after a major national disaster’ without the national disasterThu Apr 04 2019 - 15:37
JobPath has cost €162.55m and provided just 11,334 jobs lasting at least one year – SFPolicy paper on employment scheme says 206,000 people have been referred to it since 2015Thu Apr 04 2019 - 09:00
Minister for Health under pressure to correct Dáil recordHarris claims he was not informed of concerns over free tests by CervicalCheck directorThu Apr 04 2019 - 02:51
Many Border checks could be done remotely if needed, says VaradkarDiscussion of frontier will be on agenda when Angela Merkel visits DublinThu Apr 04 2019 - 01:00
New divorce law would help thousands after marital breakdowns, Dáil toldJosepha Madigan says 118,000 separated people deserve ‘humanity and compassion’Wed Apr 03 2019 - 21:54
Taoiseach doubts Corbyn can ‘rise to the occasion’ in Brexit talksIrish leaders welcome efforts in Westminster to reach compromise on UK’s EU exitWed Apr 03 2019 - 18:14
A ban on sale of pups online considered under review of BillMinister says ’a lot of things not right’ in animal welfareWed Apr 03 2019 - 18:13
Taoiseach, Minister for Health ‘in denial’ over repeat smear test warning - MartinFianna Fáil leader says it is clear head of the cancer screening service had given warningWed Apr 03 2019 - 16:18
Cut in Dublin Port cruise ship berthings a Brexit related ‘blip’Shane Ross says Belfast Harbour in talks to take on landings between 2021 and 2023Tue Apr 02 2019 - 21:12
Patient spent ‘four hours’ on ambulance as hospital overcrowdedEight ambulances forced to wait to admit patients as ‘Status black’ declared at CUHTue Apr 02 2019 - 20:00
CervicalCheck: Overseas labs found to alleviate record 33 week delaysHSE says increased workload has led to ‘long and very regrettable delays’ in reporting of resultsTue Apr 02 2019 - 18:00
Government ‘will not let UK drag Ireland out of single market’Simon Coveney says Government ‘isn’t hiding anything’ about plans for no-deal BrexitTue Apr 02 2019 - 16:02
Lawyers ask President to refer sea fisheries ’border’ Bill to be referred to Supreme CourtLegislation passed in Dáil amid accusations Minister ’selling out’ Irish fishermenFri Mar 29 2019 - 16:06
Brexit offers chance to improve Irish unity debate - McAleeseFormer president says protection of the Belfast Agreement is most important issue for IrelandFri Mar 29 2019 - 13:31
Government and FF should be ‘hammered’ in local elections over homelessnessCalls for Bill to be passed banning sale of property as grounds for evictionThu Mar 28 2019 - 22:04
Insurance companies can make profits with reduced prices, Minister saysCharlie Flanagan says rising cost for consumers does not reflect lower level of claimsThu Mar 28 2019 - 21:53
Shane Ross unable to comment on FAI while Sport Ireland seeks clarificationsFine Gael TD Noel Rock claims corporate governance at soccer body is ‘shambolic’Thu Mar 28 2019 - 19:34
Almost 4,000 more people homeless since Fine Gael 2016 plan, FF saysMore people entering homelessness than anyone predicted, Tánaiste tells DáilThu Mar 28 2019 - 14:17
Controversial legislation to deal with noise levels at Dublin airport passes in DáilClare Dalys says it does not ‘bode well’ that local authority will act as airport noise regulatorThu Mar 28 2019 - 07:55
Coveney says Ireland should not be ‘unhelpful’ on BrexitVaradkar insists North will have to be treated differently to avoid hard border in no-deal scenarioWed Mar 27 2019 - 21:15
Family who refused to pay drugs gang attacked, Adams tells DáilThreats by dealers to force people to pay relatives’ debts raised by Sinn Féin TDWed Mar 27 2019 - 18:51
‘Her actions will save lives’: TDs pay tribute to campaigner Laura BrennanTaoiseach leads Dáil tributes to advocate for HPV vaccine who died of cervical cancerWed Mar 27 2019 - 17:05
Taoiseach will not ‘countenance’ different time zones on island of IrelandVaradkar to get Dáil view after EU Parliament vote to end daylight savings timesWed Mar 27 2019 - 16:05
Defence Forces recruitment campaign yielded net increase of three personnelFianna Fáil leader warns Taoiseach that ‘you can’t recruit your way out of a crisis’Wed Mar 27 2019 - 14:13
Taoiseach rejects call to withdraw Trump invite to IrelandRichard Boyd Barrett alleges US president ‘has given licence to the politics of hate’Tue Mar 26 2019 - 22:14
Minister appeals to fisherman to stop hunger strikeSeanad passes Bill to restore rights of northern fishermen to six-mile zoneTue Mar 26 2019 - 18:58
Government jet will not be used to bring Lisa Smith home - TaoiseachVaradkar says jet is not used to repatriate citizens and cannot not fly as far as Syria or TurkeyTue Mar 26 2019 - 18:12
Taoiseach says nobody can say what will happen to Border in no-deal BrexitBritain will be held to commitments to ensure free movement after Brexit – VaradkarTue Mar 26 2019 - 16:07
‘We won’t solve climate change without carbon tax,’ Taoiseach saysVaradkar rejects claims the charge would increase fourfold in next budgetTue Mar 26 2019 - 15:00
Bill to allow NI vessels access to Irish waters not backed by allLegislation to pass Seanad, Dáil by Brexit deadline despite claims haste unnecessaryMon Mar 25 2019 - 00:42
Tuberculosis in Irish prisons: 35 cases reported to HSEFigures show 26 prisoners and nine officers contracted contagious disease over 10 yearsMon Mar 18 2019 - 01:00
Bloody Sunday decision ‘inflicts further injustice’ on victims’ families, Senator saysMixed reaction in Seanad to charging of one former British soldier over 1972 killingsThu Mar 14 2019 - 17:39
Fish Bill delayed until Brexit deadline in row over ’meaningful talks’Legislation aims to restored access by Northern boats to Irish watersThu Mar 14 2019 - 16:48
Emergency Brexit law passes Oireachtas with cross-party supportCoveney says: ‘We are as ready as we can be legislatively for March 29th’Thu Mar 14 2019 - 07:24
Minister warns insurers they can no longer ‘have their cake and eat it’D’Arcy will not accept companies with €200 million profits ‘loading premiums’Wed Mar 13 2019 - 21:05
Dublin Port proposal to cut cruise liner numbers a ‘big worry’Port plans to reduce cruise ships due to need for increased container capacity post-BrexitWed Mar 13 2019 - 20:06
FF, SF urged to back bid to end ‘sea border’ and allow fishing accessPoliticians asked to support suspension of debate until fishermen fully consulted on issueWed Mar 13 2019 - 18:33
Extend Brexit deadline to ‘avoid Armageddon’, Micheál Martin saysSimon Coveney says British government accepts tariffs ‘clearly inadequate in long-term’Wed Mar 13 2019 - 14:14
Review of cost overrun at children’s hospital to cost more than half a millionHSE reply to TD indicates initial price of €450,000 did not include VATTue Mar 12 2019 - 22:58
Calves sold in marts for less than 50 cent as beef crisis reaches extreme levelSenator says 380 dairy bull calves sold for less than a euro compared to €110 last yearTue Mar 12 2019 - 20:10
Ireland will not be ‘obstacle’ to UK getting more time on BrexitTánaiste says no legal changes to withdrawal agreement in the latest EU-UK packageTue Mar 12 2019 - 15:26
Irish fishermen claim Government favouring UK vessels in ‘sea border’ rowSeanad to pass Amendment allowing fishing boats from North access to southern watersMon Mar 11 2019 - 01:58
Prison officers receive over €6m in compensation paymentsCash paid out to injured officers in the last three years, according to Minister for JusticeMon Mar 11 2019 - 01:00
Divorce referendum legislation to be introduced to Dáil this monthElectorate to decide whether to reduce waiting period after separation to two yearsSun Mar 10 2019 - 22:16
Fianna Fáil councillor withdraws from European election campaignSéamus McGrath’s departure clears path for Kelleher against party leader’s wishesSun Mar 10 2019 - 17:19
Local authority accused of flouting ‘no-fry zone’ policy on fast food outletsPlanning permission granted for drive through restaurant 300 metres from schoolFri Mar 08 2019 - 19:06
