‘Many more urgent’ demands than IVF on public funding, says Leo VaradkarMinister for Health indicates support ‘in principle’ for publicly funded IVFThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Burton says Labour will contest election as independent partyTánaiste says achievements Coalition had worked on collectively will be highlightedWed Feb 25 2015 - 17:19
Leo Varadkar says commercial surrogacy will be bannedMinister says new law will introduce legal mechanism to allow for measureWed Feb 25 2015 - 16:31
Joan Burton hits back at critics of JobBridge internship schemeTánaiste said it was never expected that all placements would result in permanent jobsWed Feb 25 2015 - 14:18
Burton calls for water protesters to respect Labour conferenceTánaiste says people free to protest wherever they wish, as long as it is within the lawWed Feb 25 2015 - 13:48
Donohoe asks IAG to improve commitments in Aer Lingus bidMinister says Government ‘remains open’ to considering revised proposalTue Feb 24 2015 - 14:40
Paul Murphy spent most in Dublin South-West byelectionExchequer will pay €104,400 to twelve candidates who qualified for reimbursementTue Feb 24 2015 - 13:42
Mattie McGrath will ‘probably’ vote No in marriage referendumTipperary deputy becomes first TD to publicly indicate he’s unlikely to call for a YesTue Feb 24 2015 - 12:54
Lucinda Creighton’s new party now set to launch in March‘Reboot Ireland’ misses eight week deadline set by TD in JanuaryTue Feb 24 2015 - 10:21
Fine Gael TD Ray Butler responds to claim he hit protester with carPolitician says a woman ‘jumped up’ and ‘hopped herself off’ his carTue Feb 24 2015 - 10:18
Leo Varadkar insists plain cigarette packaging will go aheadHealth Minister warns of numerous diseases linked to smokingTue Feb 24 2015 - 10:12
Varadkar says school choice ‘works well’ in Dublin WestIrish Times report found majority of immigrant children attend 23% of schoolsTue Feb 24 2015 - 09:59
Leo Varadkar says ‘the market has spoken’ on HSE wage levelsA ‘much-reduced’ salary was a factor in HSE head quittingTue Feb 24 2015 - 09:46
FG Senator says crime bosses in Border region acting with impunityFuel laundering and sale of illegal cigarettes worth hundreds of millions of euro a yearMon Feb 23 2015 - 19:39
Micheál Martin accuses Enda Kenny over ‘big political lie’Fianna Fáil leader accuses Taoiseach over negotiation of €50 billion write downMon Feb 23 2015 - 15:29
Crown wants to see ‘bankruptcy’ of ‘evil’ tobacco industryAssembly members told legislation for plain packaging was under ‘sustained immoral assault’Mon Feb 23 2015 - 12:53
Banking inquiry prepares to compel witnesses to attendTo date, expert witnesses have appeared willinglyThu Feb 19 2015 - 18:22
Government moving to end rent supplement tenant ‘discrimination’Landlords refusing accommodation are not breaking current lawThu Feb 19 2015 - 16:55
Abortion hearings to resume after request from SenatorLabour’s Ivana Bacik writes to Oireachtas health committeeThu Feb 19 2015 - 15:36
C4’s Jon Snow comments on marriage equality referendum‘If a human loves a human whatever their sex it’s got to be respected’Thu Feb 19 2015 - 12:06
Children and Family Bill published on Oireachtas websiteLegislation covers issues such as guardianship, custody and rights of unmarried fathersThu Feb 19 2015 - 10:54
Third-party Moriarty tribunal costs top €4.7m, Kenny saysTaoiseach tells Oireachtas committee that further €2m set aside for Fennelly InquiryWed Feb 18 2015 - 19:03
Could another Fitzgerald lead Fine Gael after Enda Kenny?Analysis: Minister often described as the Taoiseach’s right-hand womanWed Feb 18 2015 - 13:56
Children's charities say family law Bill will bring better equalityMinister for Justice denies legislation is being rushed through OireachtasTue Feb 17 2015 - 23:41
New legislation will recognise ‘diverse forms of family life’Fitzgerald says there’s no question of rushing Children and Family Relationships BillTue Feb 17 2015 - 18:02
Cabinet approves Bill allowing adoption by same-sex couplesChild and Family Relationships Bill also reinforces grandparent rightsTue Feb 17 2015 - 16:21
Call for ‘radical’ amendment to proposed Child BillOpposition from newly-established Mothers and Fathers Matter organisationTue Feb 17 2015 - 15:02
‘A magic wand cannot be waved’ to make Greek debt disappearHarris says he hopes agreement with Greece can be foundTue Feb 17 2015 - 14:54
Howlin says Government will move on ‘unregulated’ surrogacyDraft heads of Bill on human reproduction to be brought before CabinetTue Feb 17 2015 - 10:22
Proposed diaspora centre to be discussed at Cabinet meetingMinister for Tourism to update Ministers on plan to commemorate Irish emigrantsTue Feb 17 2015 - 10:06
Michael McNamara TD to marry ex-president’s granddaughterLabour deputy contested 2011 election against future father-in-lawMon Feb 16 2015 - 16:25
Leo Varadkar says Greece faces ‘major humanitarian crisis’Health minister says Ireland’s growing economy means situation ‘very different’Mon Feb 16 2015 - 15:06
Richard Bruton denies €250,000 jobs plan is a PR exercise‘If even 12 people get back to work as a result of this that would pay for itself’Mon Feb 16 2015 - 13:39
Pat Carey interview: There was no ‘light-bulb moment’ when I realised I was gayIt wasn’t until Carey was in his 60s that he fully understood his own sexualitySat Feb 14 2015 - 01:01
Abortion vote is off the table until after electionIs the Government too cautious on abortion question?Sat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Micheál Martin supports Carey’s decision to speak publicly about his private lifeFianna Fáil leader hopes decision to discuss issue will contribute to constructive debateFri Feb 13 2015 - 21:53
Pat Carey criticises FF over same-sex marriage campaignFormer minister, who is gay, says campaign lacks ‘energy and urgency’Fri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Senator asks health committee to resume abortion hearingsBacik wants to establish if appropriate fatal foetal abnormality legislation can be draftedThu Feb 12 2015 - 01:00
Abortion should be available for rape victims, says ShatterFormer minister for justice also wants legislation for cases of fatal foetal abnormalityWed Feb 11 2015 - 16:09
Eamon Ryan: Government has ‘utterly failed’ on environmentGreen Party leader will contest General Election in Dublin Bay South constituencyWed Feb 11 2015 - 14:50
Simon Coveney’s comments on Greece prompt FG disquietAnalysis: Grumblings after minister says Ireland would seek similar Greek concessionsWed Feb 11 2015 - 09:19
Labour TDs call for conscience vote on abortion Bill is ill-advisedAnalysis: Application of whip on FG secured passage of X-case law through OireachtasTue Feb 10 2015 - 17:55
Cabinet to receive update on Garda reforms from MinisterFrances Fitzgerald is due to brief fellow Ministers on recent developments within the forceTue Feb 10 2015 - 07:33
Arrest of Paul Murphy and others described as ‘way over the top’Ruth Coppinger believes ‘over the top’ action by gardaí will ‘rebound completely’Mon Feb 09 2015 - 14:02
Is presidential candidate age the forgotten referendum?Proposal to reduce age of presidential candidates to 21 seems to have slipped our mindsThu Feb 05 2015 - 13:36
Cutting alcohol consumption: details of new BillPenalties, including fines and prison, modelled on tobacco and sunbed legislationWed Feb 04 2015 - 19:03
Move against cheap drink sales ‘nanny state gone mad’, TD says‘Putting up the price of drink doesn’t stop people drinking,’Michael Healy-Rae saysWed Feb 04 2015 - 18:18
Philip Reynolds asked to consider running in electionSon of former taoiseach Albert Reynolds ‘honoured’ to be askedWed Feb 04 2015 - 01:00
Fears anti-water charge sentiment may trigger ‘No’ vote on same-sex marriageReferendum may be lost over electorate anger with politics, says Aodhán Ó RíordáinWed Feb 04 2015 - 01:00
Howlin: I know people are ‘cheesed off’ about waterMinister acknowledges ‘unprecedented’ campaign against water chargesTue Feb 03 2015 - 15:54
