Campaign funding restrictions criticisedTHE GOVERNMENT should be able to spend exchequer funding on a campaign to encourage people to back changes it proposes to the…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
President signs gang crime and defamation BillsTOUGH NEW measures to tackle gangland crime and legislation updating defamation laws have entered force, following the decision…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Draft laws setting up Nama to be published onlineTHE GOVERNMENT will publish draft legislation setting up the National Asset Management Agency next week, following a final debate…Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
President to meet Council of State tonightPRESIDENT MARY McAleese will meet the Council of State tonight, following her request for advice on whether to refer two major…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
McAleese meeting Council of StatePresident Mary McAleese is tonight meeting the Council of State following her request for advice on whether to refer two major…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Another Dublin City Council member leaves Sinn FéinSINN FÉIN’S operations in the Republic have suffered another blow with the departure of the latest Dublin City Council member…Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00
Green Party to campaign 'vigorously' for Lisbon Yes voteTHE GREEN Party will campaign ‘‘vigorously’’ for a Yes vote in the October Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign, party leader John…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Greens draw up demands for talks on government programmeTHE GREEN Party is to finalise its list of demands for a renegotiation of the programme for government before the end of the …Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Greens to finalise list of demandsThe Green Party is to finalise its list of demands for a renegotiation of the programme for government before the end of the …Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Green Party delegates vote to support Lisbon TreatyGreen Party delegates have voted by the narrowest of margins to back the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign, following a 214 to…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
€5.3bn in savings and 17,000 job cuts proposed by review groupSOME €5.3 billion of spending cuts, including a reduction in social welfare rates and thousands of job losses in schools and …Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Report seeks €5.3bn in savingsSome €5.3 billion of spending cuts, including a reduction in social welfare rates and thousands of job losses in schools and …Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Merger of local bodies and €1.5bn in welfare cuts proposedMAJOR LOCAL authorities should be merged, hundreds of millions of euro worth of allowances for State employees should be cut …Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Broughan loses Labour postLABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore has disciplined Dublin North East TD Tommy Broughan following his decision not to vote against the…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
'Bord Snip' report to be published tomorrowA major report that will recommend that up to €5 billion is cut from State spending will be published tomorrow, the Cabinet has…Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Most Ministers now support release of report on cutbacksTHE MAJORITY of Ministers are prepared to back the early publication of the report produced by the group known as “An Bord Snip…Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Reps funding 'no longer affordable'A EUROPEAN Union-backed campaign to encourage environmentally-friendly farming has cost €3 billion over the last 15 years and…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Ethics body urges code for State officialsTHE GOVERNMENT has failed for seven years to create legal codes of conduct for senior officials in State agencies and should …Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
FF backbenchers receive assurances over revised expenses plan for TDsFIANNA FÁIL TDs have been given assurances by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan that he has made no final decisions about Leinster…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
TDs to meet Lenihan over expensesFIANNA FÁIL TDs are to meet Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan in a wave of fury over plans to change expense rules and demands…Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
Proposal to lower alcohol driving limits opposed by publicansPUBLICANS ARE lobbying Fianna Fáil to block moves by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey to lower the drink-drive limit.Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Leading lawyers call for Bill on gangs to be withdrawnLEADING CRIMINAL lawyers have called on the Government to immediately withdraw legislation to expand the use of the Special Criminal…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Pressure on Ahern to change gang legislationMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern is to face significant pressure this week to changes to his gangland criminal legislation.Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Martin leads FF campaign for Yes vote to LisbonMINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has been given the job by Taoiseach Brian Cowen of leading Fianna Fáil’s campaign…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Gormley showed 'lack of bottle' in abandoning mobile home taxGREEN PARTY leader John Gormley’s decision to abandon plans to impose a €200 holiday home tax on mobile home owners showed “a…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Greens want more time to debate crime BillEXTRA TIME should be given for Dáil debate of tough new powers to be given to the Garda Síochána and Director of Public Prosecutions…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
No-jury trials to stop gangs subverting justice, claim MinistersGANGLAND CRIMINALS are increasingly undermining the legal system and must face no-jury trials before the Special Criminal Court…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Oireachtas running costs to be cut by €40mTHE COST of running the Houses of the Oireachtas will be cut by more than €40 million over the next three years to ensure greater…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
US expected to ease immigration but bilateral accord on illegals ruled outLEGISLATION TO ease immigration into the United States could be passed by the US Senate before the summer break, a leading US…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
US immigration reform to be put to SenateMajor immigration reform in the United States will be put to the US Senate before the summer, a leading US Congresswoman haas…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Cut all social welfare, says expert groupALL SOCIAL welfare payments, including pensions and disability benefits, should be cut, according to an independent experts’ …Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Number of State employees up by nearly 3,000THE NUMBER of State employees, including those working in the health service, rose by nearly 3,000, but cuts have been made in…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Parties received almost €14m for day-to-day spend - reportPOLITICAL PARTIES received nearly €14 million last year from the State to fund their day-to-day operations, but not elections…Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Cabinet to decide date of Lisbon Treaty poll todayTHE CABINET is today expected to decide to hold the Lisbon Treaty referendum on October 2nd.Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Shooting claims may have affected voteSINN FEIN: SINN Féin has suffered significant losses on Dublin City Council and elsewhere, but made strategic gains on some …Mon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
Cowen asks FF voters to stay loyalFIANNA FÁIL: VOTERS WHO have supported Fianna Fáil in the past should “stick with the party” in tomorrow’s elections, Taoiseach…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Government will serve term - CowenThe Government will serve its full term in office, regardless of the result of Friday’s local, by-election and European elections…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Religious orders must reveal extent of assets to GovernmentEIGHTEEN RELIGIOUS orders criticised in the Ryan commission child abuse report will have to fully detail their assets to the …Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
'Substantial' payments sought from ordersGOVERNMENT RESPONSE: THE GOVERNMENT has accepted all of the childcare ecommendations made by Judge Seán Ryan, Taoiseach Brian…Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
Pressure for increased payments expectedCOMPENSATION DEAL: THE GOVERNMENT is expected to increase pressure upon the 18 religious organisations indemnified against child…Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Former FF mayor tells of abuse painAN ABUSE victim and former Fianna Fáil mayor last night told Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey that the Government had not “…Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Ganley mix of reserve and reason has some success on a quiet dayON THE CANVASS with DECLAN GANLEY: ON BALLINASLOE’S Main Street on Saturday afternoon, two points strike home quickly: firstly…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Fine Gael continues its attacks on Nessa ChildersDOYLE CRITICISM: FINE GAEL has intensified its attacks upon Labour’s European Parliament candidate for the East Nessa Childers…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
EU source of less than 30% of Irish laws - FGMANIFESTO LAUNCH: THE EUROPEAN Union is the source of less than 30 per cent of Irish laws and regulation – not the 80 per cent…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
FG forecasts 300 council seatsFine Gael will win over 300 seats on councils around the State in the June 5th local elections and get 100 women elected, the…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
FG and Labour accused of revisionismTAOISEACH'S VIEW: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has rounded on Fine Gael and Labour, insisting that they have rewritten the political…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Government pledges to pay all suppliers within 15 daysTHE GOVERNMENT will pay all its bills to suppliers within 15 days of their invoicing in a bid to help ease the cash flow crisis…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Garda uniforms to be made outside IrelandNO ITEM of clothing or equipment will be manufactured by an Irish company to fill a three-year €12 million contract to supply…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil promises to cut council levies on buildersMANIFESTO LAUNCH: DEVELOPMENT levies charged by local authorities to builders to supply services will be cut in half for two…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
