Plan to take 17 new Bills in summer Dáil sessionTHE GOVERNMENT has announced that 17 new Bills will be taken in the Dáil summer session which starts todayWed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Anti-sectarianism grants of €390,000 announcedTHE RECIPIENTS of the first allocation of grants from the newly-launched anti-sectarianism fund were announced by the Minister…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Gilmore to urge Labour to make itself relevant to voters againTHE LABOUR Party leader, Eamon Gilmore, is expected to call on his party today to change itself if it really wants the Irish …Sat Mar 29 2008 - 00:00
Junior Coalition partners finally break vow of silenceINSIDE POLITICS : Greens and PDs can no longer act as if there is no problem with the Taoiseach's finances.Sat Mar 29 2008 - 00:00
Coalition parties' disquiet over Ahern welcomedOPPOSITION PARTIES have welcomed the intervention of the junior Coalition parties in the controversy over the Taoiseach's finances…Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
Lisbon Treaty makes economic sense, FF MEPs sayTHE FOUR Fianna Fáil members of the European Parliament insisted yesterday that a No vote in the forthcoming referendum on the…Wed Mar 26 2008 - 00:00
Eerie calm as Coalition partners stand by TaoiseachINSIDE POLITICS: Succession issue has kept lid on FF dissent, but silence of Greens and PDs undermines their credibility.Sat Mar 22 2008 - 00:00
Opposition says Ahern's fitness to lead now in doubtTHE LATEST disclosures at the Mahon tribunal about the lodgement of £15,500 sterling into Bertie Ahern's building society account…Fri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
Senior civil servants drafted IRA statementsSENIOR BRITISH and Irish civil servants drafted statements that were subsequently issued by the IRA under its traditional pseudonym…Mon Mar 17 2008 - 00:00
Dempsey will consider plan to double bank holiday penalty pointsMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has confirmed that he is examining a proposal to double penalty points for speeding and drink…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Genealogy service fees criticisedTHE LAUNCH of a new national genealogy service that will charge people for every public record accessed has been criticised as…Thu Mar 13 2008 - 00:00
Claim that Bill will improve media and public's relationsTHE GOVERNMENT and Opposition have expressed the hope that the Defamation Bill passed by the Seanad after a lengthy debate will…Thu Mar 13 2008 - 00:00
Prospect of EU job may explain Ahern's tribunal moveInside Politics: Over the past week Bertie Ahern has proved, not that any further proof was needed, that Charlie Haughey got…Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00
Museum puzzled by Seanad planThe director of the National Museum of Ireland, Pat Wallace, has said he is "puzzled and concerned" about the plan to relocate…Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00
Employment rights authority defends recordThe National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) has responded to criticism of its record in enforcing workers' rights by pointing…Fri Feb 15 2008 - 00:00
Opposition talks due as Cabinet backs draft of Lisbon Treaty BillThe Cabinet has approved a draft of the Referendum Bill setting out the broad terms of the constitutional amendment on the Lisbon…Wed Feb 13 2008 - 00:00
Darfur human rights lawyer to visit IrelandA Sudanese lawyer who has been honoured by the European Parliament for highlighting human rights abuses in Darfur will visit …Mon Feb 11 2008 - 00:00
TDs cannot use Dáil to print treaty information leafletsTDs have been banned from using the facilities of the Dáil to print information leaflets for their constituents on the contents…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Lisbon referendum debate needs more passionInside Politics: Our leading politicians have been scratching their heads for some time, wondering how to get people interested…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Gilmore expresses strong support for Lisbon TreatyThe Labour leader, Eamon Gilmore, expressed strong support for the Lisbon Treaty yesterday but he flatly contradicted the Taoiseach…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Warning over electoral boundary changesThe delay in bringing forward legislation to implement the recommendations of the Constituency Commission is threatening to undermine…Thu Feb 07 2008 - 00:00
Mary White says she wants FF nomination for presidencyFianna Fáil senator and founder of Lir chocolates Mary White has announced that she intends seeking her party's nomination to…Thu Feb 07 2008 - 00:00
Harney's attendance at Super Bowl on US trip defendedThe Minister for Health, Mary Harney, attended the Super Bowl, the highlight of the American Football year, in Phoenix, Arizona…Wed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
Ahern's authority wanes as serious questions mount upInside Poltics: The Taoiseach's authority suffered further erosion during the week as more fuel was piled on to the smouldering…Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Majority say Ministers wrong to accept pay risesThe vast majority of people believe the Taoiseach and his Ministers were wrong to accept pay rises of 12-16 per cent, according…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
Lisbon polls dispel complacencyThe leaders of the campaigns for and against the Lisbon Treaty have responded to weekend opinion polls on the issue by warning…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
Coalition to agree wording on MahonThe Coalition parties will today try to agree the wording of an amendment designed to water down a Fine Gael Dáil motion affirming…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
Gulf on standards the most significant finding of pollInsidePolitics: The clear gulf between Fianna Fáil voters and supporters of all other parties on the issue of Bertie Ahern's…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Voters divided on whether Taoiseach should resignVoters are almost equally divided on whether the Taoiseach should resign as a result of the controversy over his personal finances…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Burton challenges Ahern's account of tax statusThe Taoiseach's account of his tax status has been challenged by the Labour Party finance spokeswoman Joan Burton.Thu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
PD Senator rejects withdrawal from GovernmentThe call by Progressive Democrats trustee Paul Mackay for the party to pull out of coalition or dissolve has been rejected by…Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
PDs must return to first principles in order to surviveInside Politics: It is difficult to argue with Paul Mackay's view that the Progressive Democrats have been drifting aimlessly…Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
PD founder tells party to quit Coalition or dissolveA key member of the Progressive Democrats has called on the party to either pull out of Government as the first step in a revival…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Fine Gael to lodge complaint on Ahern's tax statusThe Fine Gael front bench has decided to lodge a formal complaint with the Standards in Public Office Commission about the Taoiseach…Thu Jan 17 2008 - 00:00
Irish diplomat appointed to key UN postA senior Irish diplomat has been appointed as joint chair of a key working group established to devise a blueprint for the reform…Thu Jan 17 2008 - 00:00
Greens and PDs say they back Mahon tribunalAs controversy over the Taoiseach's tax affairs continued yesterday, the leaders of the two junior coalition parties expressed…Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
Green TDs and senators to vote Yes for treatyThe campaign for a Yes vote on the Lisbon Treaty to reform the EU received a boost yesterday when the Green parliamentary party…Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
We will all pay for out-of-touch Ministers' self-interestInside Politics: The extraordinary lack of political judgment that prompted the Taoiseach and his Ministers to accept lavish…Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Government pay rises 'undermine' reportPolitical reaction: The Government has been accused of undermining the credibility of the benchmarking report on public service…Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Differing views by Coalition parties fuel No campaignsInside Politics: The Green Party has devised an ingenious solution to the problem of how its Ministers and TDs can back the …Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00
System for public to complain about press institutedA new and independent system that will allow members of the public to complain about newspaper or magazine articles was instituted…Thu Jan 03 2008 - 00:00
Lynch urged to act on Amnesty report into Garda 'heavy gang'A 1977 Amnesty International report alleging ill-treatment of prisoners by gardaí made "disturbing reading", according to a memo…Mon Dec 31 2007 - 00:00
Ryan offended by 'diatribe' as Cooney bit backTwo of the most senior Fine Gael ministers in the Cosgrave government of the 1970s engaged in a furious behind-the-scenes row…Mon Dec 31 2007 - 00:00
FG and Labour to query Ahern's tax affairsFine Gael and Labour will be demanding a statement from the Taoiseach about his tax affairs when the Dáil resumes at the end …Mon Dec 31 2007 - 00:00
Irish airports put on high alert for Idi Amin landingThere was consternation at government level in June 1977 at the prospect of Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, landing in Ireland on…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
US wary of enigmatic ministerThe former tánaiste and Labour Party leader, Michael O'Leary, who was minister for labour in the Fine Gael-Labour government …Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Boycott of royal occasions ended by coalitionA milestone in relations between Ireland and Britain was reached in June 1977, when the Fine Gael- Labour coalition led by Liam…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Vow to end domestic rates honouredOne of the decisions made by Jack Lynch's government in its first weeks in office was to abolish rates on houses as had been …Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Queen 'understood' aspirations of Irish peopleQueen Elizabeth told the British prime minister, James Callaghan, in 1977 that she understood the aspirations of the Irish people…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Dunlop selection as press officer 'in public interest'The cabinet minutes for the first meeting of the Fianna Fáil government elected in 1977 contain an item under the heading, "Appointment…Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
