Bill to include Traveller culture in school curriculum before SeanadKelleher says legislation will help make schools more welcoming to TravellersTue Jul 03 2018 - 22:12
Government accused of ‘shaming’ Ireland on environmentGreen Party leader says Ministers must stop playing election games and stay another year to deal with climate changeTue Jul 03 2018 - 21:44
Lack of women at top level in Department of Finance ‘unacceptable’Maternity leave a ‘sliver of entire working life’ and should not be penalised - DonohoeTue Jul 03 2018 - 20:27
Time to ‘definitively address’ Ireland’s tax haven reputationBurton drafts Bill to establish tax commission to rehabilitate State’s ’last chance saloon’ on tax justiceTue Jul 03 2018 - 20:08
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil row over which party is closer to Sinn FéinTit-for-tat exchanges as Tánaiste appeals for same community activism on water as during snowTue Jul 03 2018 - 17:04
Tánaiste ‘proud’ of Ireland’s record in never using migration to create political divisionMcGrath: ‘We should protect our own families’ as immigrants attempt illegal entry’Thu Jun 28 2018 - 19:13
Tánaiste warns Law Society to tackle claims harvesting with firm handGovernment will change how solicitors regulated if claims touting websites not acted onThu Jun 28 2018 - 16:39
88 children waiting for scoliosis surgery over four months – Simon HarrisNumber down by over 100 since September but Sinn Féin say some of those 88 waiting more than three yearsThu Jun 28 2018 - 15:45
Ireland must ‘hold its nerve’ in Brexit talks - TánaisteSimon Coveney insists backstop agreement is ‘cast iron’ - no withdrawal treaty without itThu Jun 28 2018 - 13:29
‘Three strikes’ policy on mobile phones in schools proposedMinister says that Independent’s legislation ‘smacks of top-down approach’Wed Jun 27 2018 - 20:58
Taoiseach says booking papal tickets and not attending ‘petty, mean-spirited’Pope Francis visit expected to cost ‘more than €10 million but less than €20 million’Wed Jun 27 2018 - 20:25
500,000 passports issued in first five months of this yearTDs should not to turn their offices into ‘passport processing’ centres - TánaisteWed Jun 27 2018 - 20:00
Lowry’s court fine ‘chicken feed’, TD tells DáilRuth Coppinger criticises judge for ‘pat on the back’ for Michael LowryWed Jun 27 2018 - 18:40
Mary Lou McDonald taken to task over remarks on new Garda commissionerTaoiseach says the Sinn Féin leader is ‘almost trying to undermine Drew Harris’Wed Jun 27 2018 - 14:42
Common travel area a bilateral issue for UK and Ireland, says TánaisteTwo countries can continue to ‘make arrangement between themselves’ after BrexitWed Jun 27 2018 - 12:43
‘Milestone’ Bill on affordable childcare scheme is passed by DáilGovernment departments to share data in automated income assessment processWed Jun 27 2018 - 05:40
Claim Defence Forces get ships and planes but lack personnelFisheries patrol vessels do not have sufficient staff to board suspect ships, Dáil hearsTue Jun 26 2018 - 22:12
HSE spends €800,000 a day on agency staff instead of permanent employeesTaoiseach says Ireland spends more on health than most other countries in worldTue Jun 26 2018 - 21:06
Varadkar urges DAA to build third runway without delayMicheál Martin’s criticism of Shane Ross rejected by TaoiseachTue Jun 26 2018 - 20:59
Online voter registration system to deal with dead voters and multiple votesTraining of polling station staff part of major review of abortion referendumMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:10
‘It’s not my job to help Theresa May’ on Brexit, says VaradkarTaoiseach says UK prime minister must resolve difficulties in her governmentSun Jun 24 2018 - 20:52
‘Work has begun’ on quashing pre-1993 homosexuality convictionsGathering at Dublin Castle celebrates 25th anniversary of decriminalisationSun Jun 24 2018 - 19:30
Name of Irish Film Board changed to keep up with ‘digital revolution’Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan confirms switch to Fís Éireann or Screen IrelandFri Jun 22 2018 - 19:12
Juncker accepts there may be no deal with UK on BrexitEuropean Commission president tells Oireachtas Ireland comes first in talksThu Jun 21 2018 - 20:44
Tánaiste says no to boycott of Eurovision song contest in IsraelBoyd Barrett says State must be consistent in outrage at treatment of childrenThu Jun 21 2018 - 19:59
Sean Sherlock ‘took a figary’ over alcohol cancer label warningsLegislation to be voted on at committee as TD apologises to party colleaguesWed Jun 20 2018 - 00:25
Taoiseach criticises ‘enormous shortcomings’ in TuslaMcDonald described the Child and Family Agency’s handling of McCabe allegations as ‘catastrophic’Tue Jun 19 2018 - 21:39
Some of State’s founding patriots were gay, Taoiseach tells DáilGovernment issues formal apology to men criminalised prior to legal change in 1993Tue Jun 19 2018 - 19:05
Government to convey ‘grave concern’ to US ambassador about migrant separation‘We know from dark chapters in our own history the consequences of separating children from their parents’Tue Jun 19 2018 - 17:06
New rules to tackle Ireland’s reputation as puppy farm capital of EuropeMinister wants to see ‘highest standards achieved by dog-breeding establishments’Sun Jun 17 2018 - 21:46
Labour accused of ‘stunning U-turn’ on alcohol health warningsParty to remove own amendment on Bill as health minister rows back on cancer linkFri Jun 15 2018 - 16:31
‘Real and persistent threat’ remains from republican paramilitary groupsTDs renew anti-terrorism and organised crime legislation for another yearThu Jun 14 2018 - 22:06
Southeast’s mental health services ‘unsafe’ for children - psychiatristRichard Bruton says Government has neglected primary care servicesThu Jun 14 2018 - 20:48
Adoption Authority examining 140 more births suspected of being illegally registeredDáil hears of ’home boys’ sent from institutions to work for farmersThu Jun 14 2018 - 20:38
Government expects UK to ‘hold firm’ to Brexit commitmentsLeo Varadkar tells Dáil ‘we will secure legal withdrawal agreement by October’Wed Jun 13 2018 - 20:32
Scouting Ireland examiner told of members’ concernsScouting group’s members fear lack of consultation over proposed reforms, Dáil hearsWed Jun 13 2018 - 14:52
Calls for Shane Ross to ‘get his act together’ to regulate rickshawsMinister for Transport criticised for favouring the ‘laziest option’of an outright ban of rickshawsWed Jun 13 2018 - 11:41
‘Complications’ in pardoning some convicted of homosexuality offencesTaoiseach plans ‘to recognise wrongs done’ on 25th anniversary of decriminalisationWed Jun 13 2018 - 11:14
Varadkar attacks left for making ‘pariahs’ of the religiousTaoiseach’s confirms State-funded hospitals must provide abortion servicesTue Jun 12 2018 - 23:03
Inquiry ‘not ruled out’ into killing of cyclist by man on bailMinister says however that GSOC must conclude second inquiry before decisionTue Jun 12 2018 - 21:59
Public Services Card no longer needed for driver theory testShane Ross insists department did not tell Road Safety Authority card should be obligatoryTue Jun 12 2018 - 20:54
Taoiseach defends decision to spy on ‘moonlighting’ consultantsSome doctors doing private work when they should be in public hospitals, Varadkar saysTue Jun 12 2018 - 15:45
Taoiseach optimistic Brexit deal can be done by October deadlineLeo Varadkar says rather than ‘stalling’, negotiations need to ‘intensify’ in period aheadSun Jun 10 2018 - 06:00
Day of action highlights gender imbalance in Irish music business‘You might go to festivals and see 70 per cent, 75 per cent or 80 per cent men on stage’Sat Jun 09 2018 - 18:10
Almost 190 jobs to be created in Wicklow and Kilkenny by energy services firmTaoiseach makes jobs announcement and opens 20km Vartry reservoir walking trailSat Jun 09 2018 - 16:42
Report into killing of Irish soldier in Lebanon finds litany of conflicting accountsNon-disclosure of results of first report increased concern of former servicemen, judge findsFri Jun 08 2018 - 15:33
Minister apologises to relatives of Irish soldiers attacked in Lebanon 37 years agoDefence Forces should have told families of results of investigation into killing and disappearance of soldiers – reportFri Jun 08 2018 - 12:09
Government doesn’t know how many availed of ‘cycle-to-work’ schemeAlmost a decade after introduction no figures on cost of tax relief or impact on bike pricesMon Jun 04 2018 - 05:00
Clarity urged on redress scheme for CervicalCheck womenCall comes in wake of Quest move to have Mhic Mhathúna’s children seen by psychologistFri Jun 01 2018 - 21:29
Water restrictions in place in Meath following burst pipelineIrish Water says outage still affecting homes in Ratoath, Kilbride, Ashbourne and DuleekFri Jun 01 2018 - 12:49
