Findings come on foot of a survey of more than 12,000 people across six countries

Unfair pay ‘led to a chronic retention and recruitment crisis’ in profession – Doherty

Zoned land tax should be raised beyond planned 3% rate, new report to recommend

Contract for key plank of review awarded following public procurement process

The successful 2,000 applicants will receive €325 a week

Coalition is potentially reliant on the support of a handful of Independent TDs to see key votes through in the House

New measures aim to ease housing crisis and help Ukrainian refugees find homes

Coalition abstained on Sinn Féin motion calling for hospital to be built on land owned by State

Coalition TD says she wants to ‘formally register objection’ in wake of Cabinet approval

Attorney General’s verdict on legal documents assuages lingering Cabinet concerns

Roderic O’Gorman hopes ‘opt-in’ payment will be made available from the end of May

‘This is the wrong decision,’ Sinn Féin say as National Maternity Hospital relocation approved

Opponents of current plan continue to raise concerns of possible external interference

Catherine Martin’s decision paves way for full Cabinet approval next week

Government to add codicil clarifying contentious phrase ‘clinically appropriate’

Payment likely to be flat rate to minimise logistical complexity of administering it

CPO would end co-operation on National Maternity Hospital, Minister warns

Minister considering options including clarification of ‘clinically appropriate’, says source

‘Clinically appropriate’ treatment stipulation gives hospital more space, clinicians say

Minister for Health says St Vincent’s was asked to gift land but it was not on the table

State would be better served by owning land hospital is built on, letter to committee says

Prof Deirdre Madden and Dr Sarah McLoughlin dissent from HSE decision

Government set to mount a full-scale information campaign to win over wavering TDs

Green Party deputy leader to await second Government memo before deciding if concerns around maternity hospital have been addresse(...)

Legal documents note average yearly rent will be €10 as long as six conditions are met

Inside Politics: Approval delayed to allow for debate but no legal changes contemplated

Minister for Defence says war in Ukraine changed the context in terms of security

Long-mooted relocation has faced fresh upheaval this week amid Cabinet delay

Inside Politics: Maternity Hospital relocation proposed in 2013 but decision delayed again

Ministers seek assurances that all legal healthcare services will be available amid fears over religious ethos

Oireachtas is now considering an Assisted Human Reproduction Bill

Minister to unveil proposals targeting new financial thresholds for preparation of accounts

‘Issue of international surrogacy is legally, socially and emotionally complex’

‘Mayhem’ at Oireachtas meeting as Senator seeks apology from members

Each council could be mandated to develop a significant housing centre in their area

Cameras installed in bid to counteract attacks, which are becoming more frequent

Labour Party leader was entitled to break from university position for up to five years

Action part of growing trend by Sinn Féin to use courts against claims they say are false

Concerns around Catholic ethos, ownership, governance and control have stalled project

Government to double to 26 weeks period of care allowance for hospitalised children

Minister to outline plans to Cabinet addressing acute accommodation pressures

Garda confirms file sent to the DPP

Gardaí have concluded their investigation, it emerged on Saturday

Oireachtas committee examining planned secondment that became subject of controversy

Tánaiste’s spokesman says gardaí have made no recommendation to the Director of Public Prosecutions

Expert group says there should be extensive pattern cracking of at least 1.5mm

Ongoing scrutiny of Tánaiste’s 2019 leak of GP pay deal document is set to muddy transition

Senator Sharon Keogan claims surrogacy is ‘harmful, exploitative and unethical’

Cabinet told up to 33,000 Ukrainian refugees could be seeking shelter by end of May

Scheme may have to go nationwide with engineers reporting issues in a number of counties

Oireachtas committee told Irish regime ‘a step behind’ system operating in UK

Micheál Martin assured PM Denys Shmyhal of Ireland’s support during Shannon meeting

Cork facility to house refugees on short-term basis, Cabinet to be told

No mention of pyrrhotite in protocol ‘alarming’, says group representative

Increasing the tax-free gift allowance that employers can give to staff from €500 to €1,000 is also still on the table

Acute concerns in Government about State’s capacity to house those fleeing invasion

Households could receive an additional three weeks' payment of the fuel allowance

‘We have never experienced such a rapid inflow of refugees fleeing war before’

Taoiseach says Ireland must play to its strengths on issue of neutrality

Varadkar says he had ‘assumed’ CMO applied for professor role in Trinity College Dublin

Assisted Human Reproduction Bill will regulate surrogacy, IVF and other reproductive issues

President Michael D Higgins calls for ‘informed and respectful’ debate on future of Irish neutrality

TDs Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith did not applaud

Martin says protocol issues could be solved if there is ‘political will’ after North elections

The party’s 14th leader has an immense task ahead with aggravation behind the scenes

Minister urged to reconsider public health advice as hospitals struggle with Covid surge

Minister briefed on status of latest wave, that daily numbers elevated but falling recently

Measures to be announced by Varadkar do not go far enough, Siptu official says

Covid-19 infection surge places pressure on provision of emergency ambulance services

Sense of desperation at the lack of clear plan prompts suggestion of Nphet return

No plans to reimpose measures as numbers in hospital with virus set to top 2,200

Cabinet also set to approve a €10m package of supports for tour operators and travel agents

Emergency department taskforce asks Minister for urgent fresh public health advice

Dublin Bay South TD says politics ‘not about shouting matches’ or ‘tearing people apart’

Government examines proposal to ease cost-of-living pressure on middle-income earners

Current supply of accommodation for those fleeing Russian invasion may soon run short

Housing Finance Agency plans to deliver more than 3,000 new student beds by 2026

Officials evaluating potential sites and facilities throughout the country

Children’s special rapporteur urges formal inquiry that adopts truth commission model

Tánaiste says offers of accommodation will be ‘altruistic’ as numbers set to top 20,000

Tánaiste says what is happening across Europe now ‘is a second wave of Omicron’

Government parties remain broadly united despite a relentlessly bleak environment

Report finds State ‘consciously turned a blind eye’ to practice in 1950s and 1960s

New report recommends a formal inquiry into illegal birth registrations

Illegal registrations saw birth certs falsified to register child as being born to adoptive parents

Clare TD’s frustrations shine light on culture clash between party and some of its candidates

Violet-Anne Wynne resigned from party alleging pregnancy was used as ‘stick to beat me with’

Inside Politics: Issues with Labour leader was most quiet disquiet seen in a party heave

Inside Politics: Taoiseach said to be ‘crystal clear’ Ireland would not be found wanting

Policy led to civil unrest in other countries, Department of Health report suggests

The Housing Commission has established a referendum subcommittee

Appeal may be made to Irish families ‘willing to open up their homes to Ukrainian families’

Inside Politics: Packed agenda on Tuesday with defamation law and health service funding also to be discussed

Provision for emergency protocol if new variant of concern threatened public health

Tánaiste says it would be ‘appropriate’ to reduce number of Russian officials in Dublin embassy

Violet Anne Wynne said a party colleague told her she was an ‘effing eejit’ for becoming pregnant

Visa waiver announced and finance firms told to ‘batten down the hatches’ amid online attack fears

Three senators lost Fine Gael whip over their attendance at golf society dinner in Clifden

Events at Tuam described by O’Gorman as ‘a stain on our national conscience’

‘Unenforceable’ plan had been to makes it offence to supply scooters to under 16s