Opposing sides in Seanad referendum step up effortsFine Gael standing by contentious claim abolition will save €20m per yearTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
DPP intervened to say inquiry could compromise Anglo trialsGovernment told investigation could interfere with three criminal trialsFri Sept 20 2013 - 06:54
Likely ringfencing of Anglo from bank inquiry underlines Government concernBelief in Coalition circles is Anglo case should be avoided until trials endThu Sept 19 2013 - 12:37
Oireachtas committee ‘best placed’ to conduct banks inquiryIndependent TD Shane Ross disagrees with committee chair, saying inquiry would be a ‘fiasco’Thu Sept 19 2013 - 12:15
Noonan warns of tough budget despite upbeat dataCSO figures show Ireland exited recession in second quarter as exports rose and spending picks upThu Sept 19 2013 - 11:14
Ministers want Anglo kept out of initial bank inquiryGovernment figures concerned trials of FitzPatrick, McAteer and Whelan could be jeopardisedThu Sept 19 2013 - 10:27
Kenny poised to reshuffle Cabinet next yearTaoiseach’s comments seen as warning to Ministers and TDs to stay on their toes through difficult Budget talksWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:11
HSE under pressure to abide by Haddington Road agreementHSE to confirm it overran budget by €63 million in first six months of yearWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:01
Kenny demands party line in referendum campaignTaoiseach says scrapping Seanad central to party’s policyWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
Reshuffle and budgetary restraints prey on Fine Gael mindsDecision on Ireland’s next EU commissioner has also to be madeWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach rejects ‘uno duce una voce’ accusationFF leader launches scathing attack on Taoiseach for refusing to debate Seanad issue on TV with himTue Sept 17 2013 - 17:38
Michael Noonan makes case for budget surplus in 2014Statement highlights Coalition tensions over extent of budget adjustmentTue Sept 17 2013 - 06:57
Noonan set out position from which he cannot easily retreatDeep pressure to give something back, Noonan struck a different noteTue Sept 17 2013 - 06:46
Priory Hall solution deadline of 21 daysTaoiseach and Minister for Environment commit to resolving issueTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:01
Next election not until March 2016, says KennyTaoiseach dismissed talk of tension within the Coalition as ‘speculation’Tue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
Kenny says next election will be held in March 2016Taoiseach says people can then deliver their judgment on whether Government has deliveredMon Sept 16 2013 - 21:41
Coalition parties divided over key budget decisionsDivisions emerge as Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil hold think-ins ahead of new Dáil termMon Sept 16 2013 - 08:24
Fianna Fáil may complain to ethics watchdog over John Perry’s deal with bankDara Calleary has tabled parliamentary questions on Minister of State’s debt restructuring deal to Enda Kenny and Richard BrutonMon Sept 16 2013 - 01:05
Coalition told to act on jobs by economic watchdogOECD calls for ineffective job schemes to be scrapped in place of proven strategiesThu Sept 12 2013 - 07:55
Quinn says new parent charters will deal with expensive uniformsMinister does not favour national regulationsThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
As the world’s financial system swooned, the Irish taoiseach croonedAs panic rippled across the Atlantic in September 2008, Irish politicians and officials scrambled to contain the domestic crisisThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Would Ireland still have failed if Lehman had not collapsed?A US rescue might have delayed disaster, but Irish banks were already in deep troubleThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Seanad abolition is no power grab, says GilmoreTánaiste signals party dissidents will not face sanctionThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Scrapping Seanad ‘not a power grab’, Gilmore saysLabour begins campaign ahead of October referendumWed Sept 11 2013 - 17:38
No need for ‘elitist’ Seanad, says TaoiseachThe Dáil has the exclusive right to hold Government to account, says KennyWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:01
Writer says journalism underpins democracySupport for journalism a ’civic act’Wed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach willing to meet Priory Hall residentsGovernment under pressure to help mortgage holders forced to leave apartment complexTue Sept 10 2013 - 16:45
Taoiseach says ‘powerless, elitist’ Seanad unnecessaryConstitution gives Dáil exclusive power to hold Government to account - KennyTue Sept 10 2013 - 14:16
TDs may work longer hours in reform planCabinet to discuss longer sitting time for Dáil and reduced use of ‘guillotine’Thu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore signals backing for PerryFianna Fáil has called on him to come forward with more detailWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:15
Parties back three Dublin seats in EuropeFine Gael, Labour and Sinn Féin favour retention of three-seat Dublin constituencyWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:10
LRC chief defends move to chair an anti-Seanad groupKieran Mulvey says his involvement will not compromise his professional dutiesTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:11
Kenny backs Perry as Minister makes deal with banksDanske’s spokesman declined to comment on the arrangementTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00
Group launches campaign in favour of Seanad abolitionOne House chaired by chief executive of the Labour Relations CommissionMon Sept 02 2013 - 11:08
Adams ‘would not call on’ IRA to help solve Stack caseAsked if he would assist investigation, Sinn Féin president said he would be happy to meet GardaSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:01
Department of Finance rejects request from PAC for data on banking crisisDepartment chief reluctant to accede to request due to looming inquirySat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Son of murdered prison officer feels measure of closure after IRA admits killingStack has meeting with senior IRA leader and AdamsSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Stack family calls on Garda for explanationSon says family achieved a ‘huge amount of closure’ after IRA statementSat Aug 10 2013 - 00:01
Family of prison officer killed by IRA question Garda inquiryTwo of Brian Stack’s sons were driven to a bungalow at an undisclosed location in a blacked out van where they were handed IRA statement accepting responsibility for his killingFri Aug 09 2013 - 15:00
Ministers divided over how to run banking inquiryGovernment believes parliamentary investigation can be carried out for €5 million, significantly less than any recent tribunalFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Cathaoirleach may recall Seanad over organ donation lawFF Senator may trigger process for recallThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
Bruton says Fianna Fáil’s support for Seanad lacks credibilityFine Gael will not sanction TDs who vote against abolitionWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
S&P says deviation from €3.1bn target could damage fiscal deficitRatings agency believes fiscal discipline is vital to Ireland’s credibility in the marketsTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Save Seanad campaign group raises €35,000Democracy Matters group hopes to raise twice that figure for its campaign in the October referendumSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Bank of Ireland working on plan to avoid paying State €455m feeFee payable next spring unless bank raises €1.8bn to pay back State preference sharesSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Enterprise Ireland to take on 20 new staffPersonnel to be based overseas as State targets exports to high-growth marketsFri Aug 02 2013 - 02:00
Labour backbench TDs criticise ‘austerity junkies’Letter to ‘The Irish Times’ shows growing gap between Coalition parties on budgetFri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Labour hardens stance on troika €3.1bn cuts planBackbench Fine Gael group want calls for softer budget rejectedWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:13
Perry insists his filings to ethics watchdog are fully up to dateMinister declines to say how he reconciles debt judgment with office-holders’ obligationsTue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00
