Crucial talks today on Leaving Cert and restarting classes for special needs studentsIf Covid-19 infections rate continues to fall, phased reopening of schools could begin early MarchMon Feb 01 2021 - 03:00
EU must learn ‘serious lessons’ from North controversy, says MinisterCommission should look closely at how they interact in Northern Ireland, says Thomas ByrneMon Feb 01 2021 - 02:00
Pat Leahy: United Irelanders need to stop talking to themselvesThose identifying as neither nationalist nor unionist are key to constitutional changeSat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Donohoe sees political trap amid rising debtsAny reduction of State supports after this pandemic will be labelled ‘austerity’Thu Jan 28 2021 - 21:04
Why is there no serious engagement on joint North-South approach to Covid?‘You’ll never get DUP to treat travel from GB as anything other than domestic’ – officialThu Jan 28 2021 - 15:08
Covid-19: State restrictions set to tighten as Nphet warns of many more deathsInside Politics: Martin confirms extension of Ireland’s third lockdown to March 5thWed Jan 27 2021 - 07:51
'Hold firm, stick to the basics': Martin urges solidarity as third lockdown extendedOfficials to examine quarantine restrictions for all inward-bound travellersWed Jan 27 2021 - 03:57
Coronavirus: What happens when the lockdown ends in March?Analysis: The Government does not seem to have a clear strategy for reopeningTue Jan 26 2021 - 20:18
Cabinet set to approve tighter Covid restrictions on travelIncoming travellers without negative coronavirus test face mandatory quarantineTue Jan 26 2021 - 03:12
Level 5 restrictions set to be extended until March 5th with clamp-down on travelCabinet subcommittee recommends mandatory quarantine for arrivals from Brazil and South AfricaMon Jan 25 2021 - 22:37
What are the challenges Government faces around quarantine and travel?Ministers consider tightening restrictions but Border with North creates difficultiesMon Jan 25 2021 - 16:37
Covid-19 and travel: Quarantine and increased Garda checks near Dublin airport on cardsPublic health team says lockdown should continue until at least end of February Tighter restrictions on international travel under considerationSat Jan 23 2021 - 03:00
School reopening the first of many tough choices as Covid-19 numbers fallGovernment will have to make an early decision on the Leaving CertificateSat Jan 23 2021 - 01:00
Taoiseach downplays scope for ‘two-island solution’ to Covid-19Government was in ‘exploratory and embryonic’ talks with BritainFri Jan 22 2021 - 19:26
Greens to hold online meetings over EU-Canada trade dealParty leadership to apply whip and ensure TDs support agreementFri Jan 22 2021 - 04:45
Sinn Féin says Varadkar’s excuse for leak is ‘in tatters’Tánaiste says Doherty is trying to ‘reheat an old political controversy’Fri Jan 22 2021 - 03:01
SF accuses Varadkar of changing his story over GP agreement leakTánaiste says Pearse Doherty is trying to reheat an old political controversyThu Jan 21 2021 - 13:59
Sinn Féin leader seeks answers from Taoiseach about Varadkar GP contract leakMcDonald claims new information ‘further undermines’ the Tánaiste’s defenceThu Jan 21 2021 - 01:00
Leo Varadkar and the leak: New questions for Tánaiste about GP contractRelease of departmental emails renews focus on then taoiseach’s actions in April 2019Wed Jan 20 2021 - 21:00
Labour publishes Bill to enable adopted people access their birth certsOireachtas committee to ask chair of mother and baby homes commission to appear before itWed Jan 20 2021 - 01:00
Varadkar leaked GP contract while Harris urgently sought copyRival doctors’ group to IMO already sharing document before minister for health got later draftWed Jan 20 2021 - 01:00
Plans to resume classes this week for students with additional needs abandonedCovid-19: Government defends cost of vaccine contract with GPs and pharmacistsWed Jan 20 2021 - 01:00
Government abandons plans to reopen special schools this weekUnions ‘refused to accept advice provided by public health specialists’, says Norma FoleyTue Jan 19 2021 - 22:49
High levels of public investment to be maintained for coming years, Donohoe saysMinister says EU states can expect to borrow heavily for at least another 12 monthsMon Jan 18 2021 - 05:56
State can and should legislate to allow adopted people access birth certsPat Leahy: Attorney General Paul Gallagher understood to believe a referendum can be avoidedSat Jan 16 2021 - 01:00
Officials designing mother and baby homes redress will not want past to be repeatedDetermining level of redress for mother and baby homes survivors will be difficultFri Jan 15 2021 - 04:26
Religious congregations asked to contribute to mother and baby redress fundRoderic O’Gorman seeks meeting with Catholic and Church of Ireland leaders amid reportFri Jan 15 2021 - 00:04
Mother and baby homes: Government does not promise access to birth certsLegislation based on GDPR being devised to help survivors of mother and baby homesThu Jan 14 2021 - 01:03
Mother and baby Q&A: What does the Government do now?There are two issues to be considered around compensation: what level should be paid to whom, and who should foot the bill for it?Wed Jan 13 2021 - 19:32
Mother and Baby Homes report: Ireland confronted with another dark chapter of pastInside Politics: Government is likely to be pressed on how it intends to persuade religious orders to contribute to compensation fundWed Jan 13 2021 - 07:42
Mother and Baby Homes report: A ‘shameful chapter of recent Irish history’Investigation tells of cruelty, emotional abuse and soaring infant death ratesWed Jan 13 2021 - 01:00
Mother and Baby Homes report describes ‘shameful chapter’ of Irish historyTaoiseach says report presents ‘all of Irish society with profound questions’Tue Jan 12 2021 - 20:05
Mother and Baby Homes report finds ‘rampant’ infant mortality, ‘appalling’ conditions for thousandsTaoiseach condemns ‘dark, difficult and shameful chapter of recent Irish history’Tue Jan 12 2021 - 18:40
Taoiseach to brief mother and baby home survivors on reportMicheál Martin is to make formal State apology to former residents in the DáilTue Jan 12 2021 - 07:09
Taoiseach and Tánaiste defend decision to lift restrictions before ChristmasMartin says ‘perfect storm’ of Christmas socialising and the UK variant prompted surgeMon Jan 11 2021 - 13:23
Pat Leahy: It hangs in the balance if the pandemic will change the political landscapeIf the health service is overwhelmed the lasting scars will forever remind people of a Government that lost its grip on the situationSat Jan 09 2021 - 01:00
Hospitals prepare for Covid-19 surge and use of ventilators outside ICUThree cases of South African coronavirus variant detected in Ireland, says HolohanSat Jan 09 2021 - 00:29
Covid-19: South African strain detected for first time in IrelandNew daily record of 8,248 cases recorded, along with 20 further deathsFri Jan 08 2021 - 23:10
Credibility of Government on the line over Covid-19 surge and slow vaccinationsIt will be a hammer blow to the Coalition’s authority if hospitals are overrunThu Jan 07 2021 - 05:05
Covid-19: Some principals may defy plan to reopen schools for Leaving Cert studentsTeachers, publicans respond as Government approves harshest lockdown since MarchThu Jan 07 2021 - 05:01
Government ignored repeated warnings that €75m housing scheme would increase pricesBuilders had lobbied for shared equity plan as it ‘would drive up house prices’, official saidThu Jan 07 2021 - 03:33
Beyond Covid-19: What are the other challenges facing Government in 2021?Brexit, Ceta and housing will all require Coalition’s careful attention in the coming monthsThu Jan 07 2021 - 01:38
Robert Watt to become new secretary general of Department of HealthCurrent head of the Department of Public Expenditure is one of country’s best-known civil servantsTue Jan 05 2021 - 11:27
Covid-19: Government fears public believes it has lost controlSharp rise in infections stuns Ministers and sparks fears they will be blamedMon Jan 04 2021 - 05:00
Widespread cancellation of hospital services expected as close to 5,000 Covid-19 cases reportedSchools may also remain closed next week due to rapidly deteriorating situationMon Jan 04 2021 - 01:00
Level 5 restrictions must be given chance to work, says VaradkarTánaiste refuses to rule out further curbs as Ryan suggests travel limit could drop to 2kmSun Jan 03 2021 - 16:03
Micheál Martin determined to lead Fianna Fáil into next electionSenior TD Barry Cowen says Martin should step down as party leader before next voteSun Jan 03 2021 - 12:32
Pat Leahy: No harm to put all this Covid pessimism into contextLast year was difficult but brought overwhelmingly positive developmentsSat Jan 02 2021 - 01:00
Irish politics in 2020: An earthquake election, an unlikely marriage, a scandalous dinner2020 in review: A momentous year in politics will keep the historians of the future busySat Dec 26 2020 - 06:00
Covid crisis: Mass inoculation unlikely until May or June, says TaoiseachRollout of coronavirus vaccine will bring ‘tentative return’ to normality, says MartinSat Dec 26 2020 - 01:46
