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
Revenue braces for Brexit deluge of paperworkHiring accelerated to deal with up to 20 million customs forms, a 12-fold increaseThu Jan 24 2019 - 00:54
Hard or soft border? Crucial Brexit talks in Dublin over next few weeksInside Politics: reports of disharmony in Cabinet over Shane Ross circulate around Leinster HouseWed Jan 23 2019 - 07:47
Government rejects idea hard border needed in no-deal scenarioCommission’s chief spokesman says ‘you will have a hard border’ when asked a about the effect of a no-deal scenario on IrelandWed Jan 23 2019 - 01:00
Taoiseach insists there will be no hard border despite EU statement‘Government will not support the re-emergence of border infrastructure’, says CoveneyWed Jan 23 2019 - 01:00
EU backstop intervention leaves Ireland with unpalatable choicesDid the commission spokesman misspeak about a hard border? That would be very oddWed Jan 23 2019 - 01:00
‘Very difficult’ to avoid border infrastructure under no-deal BrexitSimon Coveney says backstop is the solution to protecting the status quo in IrelandTue Jan 22 2019 - 17:15
Hauliers get assurance on customs arrangementsIn event of no-deal Brexit, arrangements at ports will remain unaltered for nine monthsTue Jan 22 2019 - 00:22
Homeless children in hospital emergency department up 29%Temple Street head medical social worker calls spike in presentations ‘shameful’Tue Jan 22 2019 - 00:01
Taoiseach says first Dáil ‘changed course of Irish history’President says 1919 gathering an act of courage that provoked ‘arrogant’ British responseMon Jan 21 2019 - 20:35
British politics is falling apart – the Tories are to blame, but Labour is also a shamblesThe wreckers in the Conservative Party are willing to destroy everything in their path in pursuit of a Brexit with an uncertain outcomeSat Jan 19 2019 - 04:00
Brexit: Dublin starting to think about a move on backstopA device that was meant to facilitate progress has instead become a barrier to itSat Jan 19 2019 - 01:00
German MP says Border controls in Ireland inevitable in event of no-deal BrexitLiam Fox admits Britain may not be able to replace any of the EU’s trade deals ahead of March 29thFri Jan 18 2019 - 19:58
Dáil hears calls for financial aid to help businesses and farmers hit by Brexit‘We have no idea, to put it bluntly, what if any money will be available to us in the event of a no-deal Brexit’Thu Jan 17 2019 - 20:27
Plans for no-deal Brexit vary from department to departmentBrexit preparations at the Department of Transport are described as ‘all over the place’Thu Jan 17 2019 - 00:21
Scale of Theresa May’s defeat in parliament surprises DublinArticle 50 process likely to be paused to allow parliament give its view and EU to respondWed Jan 16 2019 - 06:00
Government says vote increases chance of ‘disorderly’ BrexitDublin calls on the UK to outline its next steps after House of Commons rejects dealWed Jan 16 2019 - 01:00
D-Day in Westminster as Brexit vote arrivesInside Politics: Theresa May’s authority and credibility likely to be diminished further after Commons defeatTue Jan 15 2019 - 07:55
Government action on climate change ‘next big progressive cause’, says VaradkarTaoiseach, Minister for Climate Action promise plan to reverse increasing emissionsTue Jan 15 2019 - 06:00
May’s Brexit deal faces defeat despite EU assurancesPrime minister admits letter from Juncker and Tusk does not address MPs’ concernsTue Jan 15 2019 - 00:24
No-deal Brexit unlikely but we need to be prepared – VaradkarSpecific updates on medicines and transport issues will be issued to MinistersTue Jan 15 2019 - 00:10
Carbon tax about changing behaviour not revenue, says MinisterWindow to address to climate action rapidly closing, Richard Bruton tells party colleaguesMon Jan 14 2019 - 14:27
Hard to see what’s in an SDLP merger for Fianna FáilBrexit and its associated discontents may put FF off marching northwardsSat Jan 12 2019 - 04:00
Nobody can say with confidence what way Tuesday’s Brexit vote will goEuropean Commission clarifications unlikely to sway minds of DUPSat Jan 12 2019 - 00:01
Intel close to major investment at Leixlip basePreparatory work seen as prelude to increasing capacity at Co Kildare plantFri Jan 11 2019 - 05:00
Nurses will lose pay rises and gains for recruits if they strikePsychiatric nurses’ union says it will join wave of strikes by nurses next monthFri Jan 11 2019 - 03:00
Varadkar criticises nurses for picking midweek date for strikeTaoiseach says weekend strike would have affected far fewer patientsWed Jan 09 2019 - 18:12
Hospital services to be scaled back as nurses plan strikesINMO announces six days of work stoppages in January and February over pay issuesWed Jan 09 2019 - 01:00
Nurses meet to plan strikes as Government signals no concessionsMinister for Finance says acceding demands would ‘take us back to the bad old days’Mon Jan 07 2019 - 06:00
Áras silent on Higgins turning down centenary invitationPresident not to attend Soloheadbeg event to mark IRA attack on Royal Irish ConstabularyMon Jan 07 2019 - 01:00
Backstop letters between London and Brussels to be scrutinisedDUP calls backstop ‘poison’ amid efforts to end Brexit impasse over likely durationMon Jan 07 2019 - 00:01
Pascal Donohoe has to get real unpopular real soonSome tough choices are now inevitableSat Jan 05 2019 - 04:00
Best of frenemies: Why Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have stuck togetherIt suited Micheál Martin, and the national interest, to keep Leo Varadkar in powerSat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00
Nurses’ pay, Brexit and economic wobbles: here comes politics 2019External threats loom against backdrop of bullish news about exchequer financesSat Dec 29 2018 - 04:00
Leo Varadkar’s 2018: Irish politics held prisoner by BrexitSome in Fianna Fáil believe the longer Varadkar is in office, the more he will be damagedThu Dec 27 2018 - 00:16
Varadkar refuses to rule out 2019 general electionChange in circumstances could trigger election next year, says TaoiseachThu Dec 27 2018 - 00:01
Rising cost of running children’s hospital ‘a worry’, says VaradkarConstruction costs have risen, now estimated annual operating costs spiral upwardsMon Dec 24 2018 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: 2018 proved the centre can indeed holdThe State’s continued rejection of radical politics was one of the year’s main trendsSat Dec 22 2018 - 04:00
Roscommon eviction posts are ‘an incitement to hatred’, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar calls for social media firms to remove some comments on incident in FalskSat Dec 22 2018 - 01:00
Revenue issues tax demand of over €1.6bn to pharma giant PerrigoClaim relates to a row over the amount of tax paid on the sale of a stake in a major drugThu Dec 20 2018 - 21:30
Government has not and will not make any preparations for hard border - TaoiseachWe don’t think a no-deal Brexit is a probability, but it’s a possibility, Leo Varadkar saysThu Dec 20 2018 - 16:32
Hard Brexit would have ‘severe impact’ on every part of Irish economyGovernment document sets out threat to Ireland in no-deal Brexit scenarioThu Dec 20 2018 - 00:05
State cannot afford nurses’ pay claim, says TaoiseachDepartment of Public Expenditure says average pay for nurses is €57,000Wed Dec 19 2018 - 21:11
Who said what on paying back Anglo’s junior bondholders?Government says creditors to be paid in full from the proceeds of the bank’s liquidationWed Dec 19 2018 - 19:35
Little Christmas cheer for May as Corbyn makes moveInside Politics: Labour leader’s motion of no confidence threatens to further fray PM’s authorityTue Dec 18 2018 - 07:52
Ministers won’t delay projects to pay for national children’s hospitalCabinet to review capital budgets in Government departments as hospital costs riseTue Dec 18 2018 - 02:00
Decision on roll-out of rural broadband delayedNo Cabinet decision until new year in project that has been beset by controversyTue Dec 18 2018 - 00:26
Pat Leahy: Fianna Fáil is not acting solely in the national interestMicheál Martin has backed extension of Government deal due to fear of a Brexit electionSat Dec 15 2018 - 04:00
