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Danny Healy-Rae looks very well for a man who saw Dev stand up to Churchill
The Kerry TD, who has always voted against legislation to outlaw bloodsports, is very fond of the Irish hare too
UK’s ‘generational ban’ on tobacco will give Dublin a headache
Effect will be to raise the current age limit of 18 by one year every year, until smoking dies out with the last of its adherents
Simon Harris’s brand of middle-class populism leads to bad decisions
VAT cut for hospitality and low-tax investment accounts are hardly responsible amid current economic uncertainty
‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?
Irish diplomats were warned about ‘approaches’ from Big Tobacco
Warning issued by senior Irish official to more than 280 diplomatic staff in Brussels
The delegates’ views: Fianna Fáil members say ‘leadership in waiting is very patient’
Party faithful give mixed views on Micheál Martin’s tenure, with no obvious challenger emerging amid concerns it is ‘difficult to find a TD who spans the generations’
‘Powerful and heartbreaking’: A couch is what Ireland’s homeless children say they want most
Focus Ireland says the desires of children in homelessness accommodation – for more space, better beds and sheets, and that staff don’t shout at them – are ‘very basic’ demands
Social partnership can work – but not if it becomes another magic ATM for public servants
We can’t have all the short-term solutions we want and all the long-term investment we want
Government approves €750,000 support scheme for businesses and groups impacted by Waterford fire
Under the scheme businesses can apply for up to €30,000 in funding
Fifty ways Ireland can leave fossil fuels behind set out to Government
Proposals from Friends of the Earth say public backs the move but supports are needed
Government urged to impose sanctions on Israel in same way De Valera did on Italy in 1935
Richard Boyd Barrett introduces Bill to sanction Israel, break off ‘all economic trade, financial relations’
Government accused of ‘stroke’ over retrospective use of force rules for Defence Forces
Sinn Féin accuses Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan of trying to ‘make legal’ remarks made during fuel protests
Public sector pay increases under local bargaining to be processed within weeks, Taoiseach says
Micheál Martin ‘up for’ talks on new agreement as union boss signals deal may prove difficult
Dáil rejects Social Democrats abortion reform Bill
Two Government Ministers abstain while three backbenchers support move to committee stage
Stop demonising one-off rural housing. Not everyone wants to be surrounded by neighbours
If town and village life is so much more sensible and attractive, why do so few people choose to live over the shop?
NTMA to raise €2bn in bond sale to leave most of full-year funding covered
Agency entered this year facing €15 billion in debt maturities that needed to be refinanced
Cork’s Counting House complex to house new city library after €35m purchase
Former Beamish and Crawford site will replace existing Grand Parade library, which opened in 1930
Children now ‘struggle to grasp basic concepts’: Teachers’ views on screen time
Smartphone use is ‘most concerning issue’ parents are ‘reluctant’ to confront, says principal
Ireland’s nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy
There’s little serious analysis making the case for nuclear power in Ireland as part of energy and climate policy
Waterford fire response to dominate weekly Cabinet meeting
Agenda to include means of supporting 40 businesses affected by blaze
Chambers tries to play bad cop on spending while corporate tax receipts flow in
Spending last year came in €4bn beyond what the Government sanctioned in previous budget
O’Callaghan calls for a cut in the 52% marginal rate of tax
Fianna Fáil minister says tax rate is ‘imprudent, demoralising and contrary to the common good’
‘They’re nice people but ...’: Is public funding of news media its saviour or threatening its freedom?
Funding by State’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, aims to address crisis that threatens liberal democracy
Tech lobby seeks exemption from EU battery rules for wearable devices
Campaigners warn against industry push for exemption from electronic waste rules
Backbencher budget summit pitched to ‘avoid tensions’ in Coalition
Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne believes meeting could also head off media efforts to find disputes between parties
NTMA plans multimillion-euro bond sale to get ahead of ECB hikes
State’s debt agency cancels planned bond auction later this month as it looks to tap institutional interest in existing bonds
Ireland’s energy crisis cannot be blamed solely on the war in Iran
Ireland failed to match European investment in renewables and infrastructure
The Irish Times view on Government overspends: firm grip needed
Harris and Chambers are under pressure from their own backbenchers to keep the purse strings loose
Compulsory purchase orders for greenways ‘fundamentally inappropriate’, farmers’ groups say
Public land should be preferred option for greenways but this is ‘not being consistently followed’, TDs and senators heard
How does a politician conclude a big truck needs three times more public money than a pensioner?
We have a political economy in which the only currency is the decibel
Government prepares to ratify Canada trade deal before summer
Legislation to clear path for ratification goes to Seanad on Wednesday
Three ways to reconnect Ireland’s political system to its people
The recent fuel protests highlighted a disconnect that doesn’t stop at Irish politics
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