Temporary means temporary, Coveney assures UK on backstopTánaiste stresses Irish and EU desire to help UK pass a deal in crucial Commons voteWed Mar 06 2019 - 00:30
Irish ban on funding abortion services in developing world to be liftedRestrictions on use of aid money to be set aside following abortion reform in IrelandMon Mar 04 2019 - 01:00
Cabinet to meet informally at Farmleigh to discuss BrexitMeeting an opportunity to ‘focus on broader issues’ in lead-up to Commons votesMon Mar 04 2019 - 00:01
Law safeguarding children online to be unveiledGovernment initiative to herald end of self-regulation era for social media companiesMon Mar 04 2019 - 00:01
High defamation payouts ‘threaten the future of newspapers’Ombudsman says Irish levels above other countries and points to ‘self-censorship’ issueSun Mar 03 2019 - 19:12
Hard decision on backstop would avoid harder choices laterGovernment is coming to see a move on border backstop would be sensibleSat Mar 02 2019 - 04:00
Varadkar warns Dáil committee of tribunal and inquiry costsMoriarty, Siteserv and ‘Project Eagle’ contribute to department total bill of €110m-plusFri Mar 01 2019 - 01:00
Coveney seeks to reassure Lidington on Brexit backstopTánaiste tells Theresa May’s defacto deputy that Withdrawal Agreement cannot be reopenedThu Feb 28 2019 - 22:07
A nasty New York breakup as Trump’s lawyer and fixer turns on himInside Politics: Michael Cohen tells a congressional hearing the US president is a racist, conman and cheatThu Feb 28 2019 - 08:16
Half a million rural homes and businesses face new broadband delay as costs multiplyTaoiseach says cost of the plan has risen to ‘many multiples of the original estimate’Thu Feb 28 2019 - 07:53
UK-EU rift on backstop widens as Britain seeks changesBreakthrough not expected until mid-March making article 50 extension more likelyThu Feb 28 2019 - 00:10
Brexit: London inches forward but Dublin has a big call to makeIf May is to swing her party behind her deal, she needs a backstop tweak she can sellWed Feb 27 2019 - 00:26
Tory hardliners warn that extension could be plot to stop BrexitMays says if MPs reject deal, they can vote on no deal and on extending article 50Wed Feb 27 2019 - 00:26
Labour to back second Brexit vote in effort to avoid no-deal outcomeLondon to bring back direct rule in NI as administrative move in event of crashoutTue Feb 26 2019 - 03:00
Donohoe beats retreat to buy time on public service payUnravelling of pay deal will take months and may get subsumed into an electionSat Feb 16 2019 - 04:00
Children’s hospital board predicts little interest if project retenderedConstruction firm Bam says it will step down if asked to do soSat Feb 16 2019 - 01:00
Children’s hospital fiasco a stark warning for €116bn capital planState is still learning about infrastructure costings. Hospital is dear but valuable lessonSat Feb 16 2019 - 00:36
Senior civil servant agrees to appear before public accounts committeePAC wants to question DPER head Robert Watt about children’s hospital spendingFri Feb 15 2019 - 16:53
Government ministers report upsurge in contacts from British counterpartsTaoiseach warns Ministers not to engage with British requests to discuss the backstopWed Feb 13 2019 - 21:44
State to examine if unrealistically low bids submitted to win contractsGovernment concerned over companies low-balling for tenders for children’s hospitalWed Feb 13 2019 - 00:46
Settling of nurses’ dispute carries price for GovernmentInside Politics: Paschal Donohoe concedes a pay increase to nurses of some €1,200 eachTue Feb 12 2019 - 08:06
Nurses offered average pay rises of 2.5% to avert strikesFears that pay increases for nurses may threaten wider public sector pay agreementTue Feb 12 2019 - 06:54
Capital projects will not be cut or delayed to save €100m for hospital, says DonohoeHarris describes protest at his house as ‘plain and simple intimidation’Tue Feb 12 2019 - 01:00
Nurse proposal places big questions over public sector pay accordFórsa poised to scrutinise Labour Court implications for other civil and public servantsTue Feb 12 2019 - 01:00
Theresa May running down the clock on Brexit, Starmer saysLabour MP visited Dublin and met unions, businesses and Tánaiste Simon CoveneyMon Feb 11 2019 - 16:20
Fine Gael reputation for prudence takes a batteringGovernment’s efforts to project itself as a sensible manager of the national finances now underminedSat Feb 09 2019 - 04:00
Taoiseach and May discuss Brexit ‘overall state of play’ in DublinPrivate dinner meeting described as ‘warm’ by aides also focused on stalled NI assemblyFri Feb 08 2019 - 23:19
Taoiseach and ministers rally around Harris but privately there are nervesFew people believe, at this point anyway, that Harris will be forced to resign on the issueFri Feb 08 2019 - 17:53
Dublin wonders why May is coming over here to meet VaradkarA common view is PM's visits to Brussels and Dublin are to show activity, momentumFri Feb 08 2019 - 01:00
May to meet Taoiseach in Dublin on Friday to discuss Brexit impasseVaradkar to confirm EU’s repeated line to prime minister that backstop not on tableFri Feb 08 2019 - 00:04
Why the Government cannot give in on the nurses’ strikeLatest public pay row is the most important battle of Paschal Donohoe’s ministerial careerThu Feb 07 2019 - 06:00
Government rejects new May appeal to reopen withdrawal agreementBritish prime minister says during Belfast visit promise to avoid hard border is ‘unshakeable’Wed Feb 06 2019 - 00:30
Individuals may be held accountable over cost of children's hospitalTaoiseach yields to concerns around oversight layers and acceptance of responsibilityMon Feb 04 2019 - 01:00
Higher taxes on wealth and business needed to tackle poverty – reportSocial Justice Ireland’s annual report says Ireland’s economic model not fit for purposeMon Feb 04 2019 - 00:01
Brexit: Dublin dismisses Javid's call to use technology at borderTaoiseach frustrated UK is revisiting things already rejected and which will not workSun Feb 03 2019 - 16:54
Ireland has yet to make its most important decision on BrexitPat Leahy: The Government is going to have to decide whether to help Theresa MaySat Feb 02 2019 - 04:00
Varadkar to discuss next Brexit steps with Juncker and TuskFew significant public developments likely until votes in the Commons on February 14thSat Feb 02 2019 - 01:00
Brexit: Britain may need to delay exit to pass legislation, Jeremy Hunt saysCorbyn says an extension may be required due to government’s ‘failure to negotiate’Thu Jan 31 2019 - 15:18
Nurses more trusted than weather forecasters and scientists, survey findsOnly 10% of those surveyed trust social media influencersThu Jan 31 2019 - 12:42
Brexit: Wary stalemate looms as Dublin, Brussels rebuff May over backstopInside Politics: Taoiseach tells British PM it was unusual to go back on an agreement she had madeThu Jan 31 2019 - 08:10
EU officials set to visit Dublin for no-deal Brexit talksEurope reaffirms backing for State ahead of visit to discuss no-deal Brexit preparationsThu Jan 31 2019 - 00:50
Government set to stick to its hard line on nurses’ payDespite widespread public support, there’s little hope of a resolution before next week’s planned stoppagesWed Jan 30 2019 - 19:19
May pledges to reopen Brexit deal after victory in key votePM wants to secure ‘legally binding changes’ to withdrawal agreementWed Jan 30 2019 - 00:02
May to seek backstop replacement to avoid hard borderLogjam continues as Conservative Brexiteers say latest proposal does not go far enoughTue Jan 29 2019 - 01:00
Dublin’s discipline on backstop wobbles as strain starts to tellGaffes creep in as realisation dawns that Ireland may soon face uncomfortable choiceTue Jan 29 2019 - 01:00
The Brexit amendments: What the UK parliament is proposingFour main strategies are being proposed - some more attractive to Ireland than othersMon Jan 28 2019 - 16:29
Old firm no longer the be-all and end-all of Irish politicsOpposition groups not looking like serious contenders after Mansion House performancesSat Jan 26 2019 - 04:00
Strain over Brexit caused Taoiseach to refer to troops at Border, say aidesVaradkar insists it is the British who have the responsibility to compromise over backstopSat Jan 26 2019 - 01:00
EU support for Ireland evident as Brexit realities sharpen in focusThoughts turn to backstop as device not principle and Border function as May lacks dealSat Jan 26 2019 - 01:00
Many EU countries more advanced with no-deal Brexit legislation than IrelandSome already have laws giving government special powers should UK crash outFri Jan 25 2019 - 01:00
