Retail and hospitality profits rise but gender pay gap widens, Dáil hearsBríd Smith says women in sector are on low pay and low hoursThu Feb 23 2017 - 20:02
Tánaiste defends spiralling cost of new children’s hospitalFitzgerald comes under pressure in Dáil over ‘mind-boggling figures’ estimated at €1bnThu Feb 23 2017 - 15:15
Government loses vote over removal of cap on postage pricesSinn Féin amendment reducing time allowed for review of decision to 42 days passesWed Feb 22 2017 - 23:48
Kenny deflects questions on breach of email security protocolsLabour finance spokeswoman Joan Burton raises issue of phone oversight on US visitWed Feb 22 2017 - 20:29
Shane Ross accused of being ‘Pontius Pilate’ in bus disputeBus Éireann ‘taking sledgehammer’ to workers’ job terms, Micheál Martin claimsWed Feb 22 2017 - 19:32
150 people living in three Dublin houses where fire occurred, Dáil toldBríd Smith calls for legislation to stop ’new type of landlord’ overcrowding propertiesWed Feb 22 2017 - 16:43
Man banned from Australian greyhound industry ‘works in State’Rónán Mullen says man who used live animals for baiting employed at Irish kennelTue Feb 21 2017 - 23:04
Seanad supports motion urging Tesco to respect workers’ rightsHouse calls for management to allow long-serving employees keep existing conditionsTue Feb 21 2017 - 22:48
Minister questions military element of Famine commemorationFine Gael TD calls for ‘fixed date’ for a national Famine day on second Sunday in MayTue Feb 21 2017 - 21:10
Ministers should focus on jobs, not ‘Simon and Leo show’ – MartinFianna Fáil leader reminds Enda Kenny any new Taoiseach must be approved by DáilTue Feb 21 2017 - 20:11
Taoiseach says Government’s leadership has not changedMicheál Martin tells Enda Kenny he must inform Dáil of any planned Cabinet switchesTue Feb 21 2017 - 15:57
Martin: Coveney should do own job, rather than give Kenny deadlinesFF leader highlights ‘a child goes homeless every five hours’ in JanuaryTue Feb 21 2017 - 14:41
Brazil tops league of non-EU students in IrelandMany students coming for language courses with Chinese citizens second largest groupSun Feb 19 2017 - 21:10
Kenny to address leadership issue at Fine Gael meetingCoveney says Taoiseach should remain in role until after St Patrick’s Day visit to USSun Feb 19 2017 - 18:19
Tesco contract terms criticised as Scargill joins picketFormer trade union leader Arthur Scargill appears at two Dublin stores amid strikesSat Feb 18 2017 - 20:02
Varadkar calls on Kenny to outline FG leadership intentionsMinister says current situation is ‘distracting and destabilising’ for party and countrySat Feb 18 2017 - 18:52
Warning over potential cost of whistleblower tribunalFive recent commissions of investigation have cost €15.026 million to dateSat Feb 18 2017 - 15:44
Drug-driving to be tested for from Easter, Minister saysCall for Road Safety Authority to ‘ratchet up campaign’ so public aware tests to startFri Feb 17 2017 - 01:00
Bruton says decision not yet made on funding lung disease drugRichard Bruton says decision on Repreeza will go to HSE management committeeThu Feb 16 2017 - 21:41
Government loses four Dáil votes in one dayCoalition defeated on motions on North’s Brexit status and electricity interconnectorThu Feb 16 2017 - 20:00
No ‘goodies’ given to Independents to support FG – Richard BrutonMary Lou McDonald demands details of any deal now rather than have it emerge laterThu Feb 16 2017 - 13:03
Government wins confidence motion by five votesSharp exchanges in Dáil as TDs debate Coalition’s handling of McCabe controversyWed Feb 15 2017 - 23:02
Judge to decide if McCabe inquiry to cover other whistleblowersTaoiseach signals his support for the inclusion of other Garda whistleblowersWed Feb 15 2017 - 20:40
Taoiseach should give Trump copy of ‘Rights of Man,’ Ryan saysGreen Party leader says St Patrick’s Day visit to White House ‘cannot be business as usual’Wed Feb 15 2017 - 12:42
Tánaiste and O’Callaghan’s dispute over Tusla comments continuesFrances Fitzgerald and Jim O’Callaghan both insist their conflicting remarks are correctWed Feb 15 2017 - 08:49
Over 5,000 at-risk children have no social worker, Dáil hearsLabour’s Jan O’Sullivan says the reduction the number of such cases is ‘inadequate’Tue Feb 14 2017 - 23:48
Report on Dublin's north inner city to be published on ThursdayTaoiseach: 'School development and re-opening of Garda station to go ahead'Tue Feb 14 2017 - 23:06
Kenny accused repeatedly of publicly contradicting ZapponeTaoiseach ‘misled public’ over his knowledge of Tusla file on McCabe, says Paul MurphyTue Feb 14 2017 - 21:25
Kenny ‘gave wrong information’ about Zappone meetingCabinet to hold further meeting on handling of false claims against Sgt Maurice McCabeTue Feb 14 2017 - 20:54
New Bill reforms law to protect consumers taking out insuranceBill puts onus on firms to make contracts understandable to average consumerFri Feb 10 2017 - 01:00
Almost 60 extra staff for Enterprise Ireland and IDA to deal with BrexitMary Mitchell O’Connor says €2.75m allocation made for extra staff ahead of UK exitThu Feb 09 2017 - 21:29
Tánaiste to bring revised terms to Cabinet for investigation commissionNo reason for Garda Commissioner to step aside during inquiry, says FitzgeraldThu Feb 09 2017 - 20:43
Government loses Dáil vote on Fianna Fáil pensions BillLegislation would prevent solvent firms from winding up schemes without consentThu Feb 09 2017 - 19:40
Tánaiste has no objection to including Tusla in whistleblower inquirySgt McCabe received documents confirming he was subject of an unfounded complaintThu Feb 09 2017 - 18:59
FG TD Michael D’Arcy distrusts Garda chief’s whistleblower accountD’Arcy tells Dáil up to 10 journalists briefed with negative stories about Maurice McCabeThu Feb 09 2017 - 18:23
No reason for Garda Commissioner to step aside, says FitzgeraldTánaiste says reputations deserve protecting from untested allegations that are wholly deniedThu Feb 09 2017 - 16:03
Scope of Garda whistleblower inquiry may be widenedTaoiseach: ‘You cannot have a country if everyone against whom allegations are made has to step aside’Thu Feb 09 2017 - 13:08
Charlie Flanagan to discuss British ‘spy cops’ with James BrokenshirePaul Murphy calls for publication of Garda report into undercover UK activity in StateThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:00
Enda Kenny backs Garda Commissioner amid smear claimsCeann Comhairle accuses Howlin of basing allegations of smear campaign on hearsayWed Feb 08 2017 - 21:05
Dáil debate highlights killing of five people by offenders on bailBill to give gardaí power of re-arrest without warrant if person deemed likely to offendWed Feb 08 2017 - 21:00
Shane Ross criticises Donald Trump over torture stanceMinister says review of US pre-clearance in Irish airports to be completed by weekendWed Feb 08 2017 - 20:01
Sexual Offences Bill criminalising purchase of sex passed in DáilLegislation also stops accused from cross-examining victims of sexual offencesWed Feb 08 2017 - 15:13
Commissioner leaked McCabe ‘sexual offences’ claims, Dáil hearsHowlin says O’Sullivan contacted journalists to make allegations about whistleblowerWed Feb 08 2017 - 13:36
Brexit will not affect North-South interconnector, says MinisterDenis Naughten to meet anti-pylon groups from Cavan, Meath and MonaghanWed Feb 08 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach takes lead on rolling Brexit concernsKenny statement due and forum to follow as ‘inevitability’ of hard Border permeates debateTue Feb 07 2017 - 17:33
More than 200 NTMA and Nama staff earn €100,000-€200,000Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath calls for independent assessment of agency salariesMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:52
State spent €26m on storing files in the past three yearsCatherine Murphy calls on Government to hire archivists to cut long-term storage costsMon Feb 06 2017 - 01:00
Heart transplant family angry at ‘bureaucratic wrangling’Mother of seven-year-old patient first heard of transport difficulties through mediaSun Feb 05 2017 - 20:10
One-third of deportation orders from Ireland carried outOf 1,195 deportation orders placed in 2016, only 428 were put into actionSun Feb 05 2017 - 15:58
Micheál Martin open to recruiting more Independent TDsStephen Donnelly recruitment sends message that Fianna Fáil is an ‘evolving party’Sun Feb 05 2017 - 15:02
