Kenny wants North-South interconnector included in pylon reviewTaoiseach denies timing influenced by May’s local electionsThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water has 30 days before FOI Act is appliedLegislation to apply retrospectively as Dáil and Seanad agree authority’s inclusionWed Jan 29 2014 - 17:06
Kenny wants North-South interconnector included in pylon reviewTaoiseach questioned in the Dáil on FG backbencher’s claimWed Jan 29 2014 - 14:05
Call for Quinn to make ‘abject’ apology to Louise O’KeeffeFF Senator says State failed victim of abuseWed Jan 29 2014 - 07:27
Irish Water ‘to lose 2,000 jobs’ in 10 yearsTaoiseach rejects overstaffing claimWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Kenny declines to say if State will apologise to Louise O’KeeffeSinn Féin leader says State opposed O’Keeffe at every turnTue Jan 28 2014 - 19:50
Ceann Comhairle threatens to resign as TDs ignore House rules‘I’m not going to spend my time getting upset every day,’ Barrett tells DáilTue Jan 28 2014 - 18:26
Nobody in Irish Water will be paid for doing nothing, says KennyTaoiseach rejects Prof John FitzGerald’s claim of overstaffingTue Jan 28 2014 - 17:56
Ó Snodaigh critical of Flannery’s use of firm to bill RehabFF Senator says Fine Gael maggots emerging from under stonesFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:02
Labour Senator backs FF call for Seanad inclusion in banking inquiryExclusion would be ‘absurd’Fri Jan 24 2014 - 01:01
Dáil concern over Flannery’s use of firm to bill RehabSalary of charity chief Angela Kerins should be made public, Gilmore saysThu Jan 23 2014 - 14:05
Martin claims Irish Water employee received €340,000 local authority lump sumRemuneration details will be made public when supplied to Minister, says TaoiseachThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach pledges more accountability and transparency in charity sectorEnda Kenny says an interim regulator will be in place by Easter and a regulatory board established soon afterThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach silent on FF claim that senior Irish Water personnel have local authority pensionsKenny says he has asked that Irish Water chief provide him with the full information about criteria that applied in companyWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
Reopening of Vatican Embassy a U-turn, says MullenGovernment has come back ‘with its tail between its legs’ in the run-up to electionsWed Jan 22 2014 - 00:27
Irish Water staff already on local authority pensions, Dáil toldTaoiseach declines to confirm claim by FF leaderTue Jan 21 2014 - 16:39
English aristocrat Valerie Goulding was founder and driving force behind clinicThe clinic was set up in a flat in Dublin to provide aftercare to polio patientsMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00
Gilmore declines to join in condemnation of Irish Water staff bonusesFF leader challenges Tánaiste on the issueFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Call for rates to be imposed on car park spaces of out-of-town retail centresSenator Paul Coghlan: Absence of measure represented glaring inequityFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Hogan denies misleading Oireachtas about Irish WaterFianna Fáil claims Minister told committee in November 2012 that the cost would be €10 millionThu Jan 16 2014 - 19:41
Wallace property sold for 50% of its current construction priceIndependent TD claims property trusts could distort the marketThu Jan 16 2014 - 18:48
Gilmore silent on bonuses for Irish Water staffFF leader challenges payments and accuses Burton of hypocrisyThu Jan 16 2014 - 17:16
Crown: Vincent’s medical staff are ‘lions led by donkeys’Senator says there is ample documentation to show administration aware of charging for free drugsThu Jan 16 2014 - 13:04
Crown says hospital misled departmentIndependent senator insists hospital investigated itselfThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:01
Gilmore mindful of human dimension to problem of illegal Irish in the USContacts continuing with key US administration figuresThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:01
Taoiseach tells Dáil he was aware of €180m cost of setting up Irish WaterEnda Kenny says Minister for Environment Phil Hogan will not be asked to resign because of the controversyThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach says he knew of Irish Water start-up costsKenny pledges company will be subject to ‘full rigours’ of Freedom of Information actWed Jan 15 2014 - 18:49
St Vincent’s hospital misled department, says CrownSenator criticises hospital investigation into ‘fraudulent billing’ for drugsWed Jan 15 2014 - 16:54
Legal life of the late Anthony Hederman was ‘a vocation’Former judge and attorney general buried in Castleknock college cemeteryWed Jan 15 2014 - 13:21
Seanad reform plan to be unveiledGovernment to be urged to extend vote to all citizensMon Jan 13 2014 - 01:00
No Government appetite for sweeping Seanad reform involving all votersSources say public interest focused on the economyMon Jan 13 2014 - 01:00
Wily O’Donoghue seeks Kerry nomination as Fianna Fáil views return with uneaseParty HQ does not want former senior office-holders, on big pensions, as general election candidatesFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:01
Cardinal Seán Brady urges Irish people to support campaign against world hungerBishop of Cloyne says families still suffering great hardshipTue Dec 24 2013 - 01:01
Funeral of Harry Boland, who had close links to HaugheyBoland and future taoiseach set up accountancy firm after graduating from UCDTue Dec 24 2013 - 01:00
Emotional tributes as Marie Fleming buried in WicklowLetter written by right-to-die campaigner thanks partner for loving and caring for herSun Dec 22 2013 - 17:44
Fighting talk from Ring in defence of boxing fundingGovernment has done ‘very well’ to protect sports fundingFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:02
Walkout as water metering Bill passesOpposition TDs protest at curtailing of debate on controversial BillFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
St Vincent’s accused of fraud over cancer drug salesIndependent senator says hospital charged private insurers for free medicines it usedThu Dec 19 2013 - 22:09
‘Ming’ presents Minister with glass of dirty water in DáilEmergency Dáil committee meeting called by Ceann Comhairle after incidentThu Dec 19 2013 - 13:53
Bill to outlaw tobacco lobbying defeated in SeanadMinister for Health said he could not support legislation because of legal and constitutional considerationsThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:05
Bank recapitalisation not going to happen, says TDJoan Collins says 40 per cent of the cost of bailing out EU banking system borne by State, with 1 per cent of populationThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:01
Senior Garda appointed to liaise with Nama over allegationsFF Senator will give documents to gardaíWed Dec 18 2013 - 13:53
Shatter hails unanimous Dáil support for same-sex marriageFlanagan calls for research into low turnout in referendumsWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:35
Claims about Irish Water transfer ‘unbalanced’, says KennyMary Lou McDonald warns of higher water charges for city businessesWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:26
Kenny challenges Dublin City Council claim of €2bn lossDáil hears city manager’s statement is an ’unbalanced presentation of the position’Tue Dec 17 2013 - 17:13
Nama calls on O’Brien to report claims of impropriety to GardaFianna Fáil senator alleges Nama is already being investigatedTue Dec 17 2013 - 08:28
Nama under Garda investigation - FF senatorDarragh O’Brien says he has information that will rock Nama ‘to its very core’Mon Dec 16 2013 - 18:40
All work and no play as Donnelly shrugs off tauntsGilmore forecasts a Fianna Fáil jersey at the next general electionFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Bradford calls for greater scrutiny to prevent topping up politicians’ payDebacle is ‘symtomatic of culture’ that existed for decadesFri Dec 13 2013 - 00:58
Proposal that strikers be forced to maintain essential services rejected by BrutonMinister says those involved in critical utilities carry a huge responsibilityThu Dec 12 2013 - 07:58
