Government under fire over response to cost-of-living crisisOpposition seeks to turn up the heat ahead of package of measures to tackle the issueWed Feb 09 2022 - 01:43
Cabinet approves retrofit grants to cover up to half the cost of home insulationScheme part of Climate Action Bill which sets target of retrofitting 500,000 homes by 2030Tue Feb 08 2022 - 18:56
Plans to increase Carbon Tax defended by TaoiseachRemarks by Seán Fleming described in Dáil as ‘callous and indifferent’Tue Feb 08 2022 - 14:24
As the saying in politics goes: if you’re explaining, you’re losingInside Politics: Opposition smells blood after ‘shop around’ remarks by MinisterTue Feb 08 2022 - 07:22
Retrofitting homes: Sign-off on Home Energy Upgrade expectedRamping up of the provision of training in retrofitting skills part of Government planTue Feb 08 2022 - 01:00
Prospect of tax cuts as part of cost-of-living package recedingWork to finalise package intensifies ahead of Cabinet meetingTue Feb 08 2022 - 01:00
Government is ‘positively disposed’ towards a Euro 2028 bidMinisters want clearer understanding of costs and benefits before backing joint bidMon Feb 07 2022 - 19:20
DUP withdrawal from First Minister post ‘very damaging to politics’ – MartinMartin criticises Donaldson remarks and asserts no party should have veto on ExecutiveSat Feb 05 2022 - 01:25
Lower-income households may be targeted in cost-of-living packageTaoiseach rules out mini-budget to respond to rising cost of livingSat Feb 05 2022 - 00:15
Taoiseach rules out ‘mini-budget’ to respond to rising cost of livingMicheál Martin signals lower-income families will be focus of new measures on the issueFri Feb 04 2022 - 19:58
Golfgate: ‘Always a way back’ for person of Dara Calleary’s ‘calibre’ - TaoiseachMicheál Martin accepts result but says Calleary resignation about trust between Government and the peopleFri Feb 04 2022 - 18:15
Plan to restore senior public sector pay must be honoured, says IMOConsultants ‘dismayed’ by reports that Government may defer pay cut reversalsFri Feb 04 2022 - 15:30
Former lord mayor Hazel Chu launches Seanad byelection campaignGreens councillor running as Independent for the vacant University of Dublin seatFri Feb 04 2022 - 14:27
Coveney and Hackett to be quizzed by committee on ‘champagne party’Report says gathering caused offence, reputational damage and undermined moraleFri Feb 04 2022 - 12:08
Senior sources seek to rein in expectations on cost-of-living measuresCost of living rising ‘faster than it has in 20 or 30 years’, Tánaiste acknowledgesFri Feb 04 2022 - 01:52
Cabinet to look at measures to offset soaring cost of livingDesire to help people beyond €100 support for utility bills already announcedThu Feb 03 2022 - 04:00
Salary rises for top public servants may be deferredMinister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath to run rule over top-level payThu Feb 03 2022 - 03:00
Varadkar tells his party that planning reforms will go aheadComments come after Green Party TD and others criticised plans for overhaul of systemWed Feb 02 2022 - 21:42
Further supports to assist with cost of living increases under considerationDiscussions said to be progressing on range of issues including high cost of energyWed Feb 02 2022 - 18:56
Robert Watt’s salary on course to top €300,000 later this yearCivil servant received €81,000 pay rise when appointed secretary general of Department of HealthWed Feb 02 2022 - 18:45
Pandemic ‘not over’ but ‘safe to return’ to all activities, Holohan to sayCMO expected to give upbeat assessment of virus situation but pandemic ‘not over’Tue Feb 01 2022 - 19:26
Green minister opposes plan to rezone green space in his estate for housingJoe O’Brien says more housing is ‘absolutely’ needed but children need spaces to playFri Jan 28 2022 - 18:29
Fare reductions being examined to get people back on public transportPossibility of alternative flexible options for Taxsaver tickets and free transport tickets for children raised with PACThu Jan 27 2022 - 18:52
Spending watchdog to seek annual disclosure of senior civil servants’ payPublic Accounts Committee to ask Department of Health when Robert Watt stopped waiving pay increaseThu Jan 27 2022 - 17:53
Varadkar open to changes to planned law on right to remote workingThere are claims the 13 grounds employers can cite in refusing a work-from-home request are weighed in favour of the employerWed Jan 26 2022 - 21:16
Minister says he ‘regrets’ mass resignation of Disabled Drivers Medical Board of AppealPaschal Donohoe tells Oireachtas committee he hopes to have new board in place by AprilWed Jan 26 2022 - 20:27
Robert Watt confirms he receives full €294,920 salary at Department of HealthSecretary general waived €81,000 salary increase last year ‘until unemployment falls’Wed Jan 26 2022 - 20:21
Russians should demonstrate ‘goodwill’ and call off naval exercises, says VaradkarTánaiste advises fishermen planning protest against Russian navy not to be ‘naive’Wed Jan 26 2022 - 13:33
Varadkar says plan to return to Taoiseach’s office ‘not reason’ he wants leak investigation finished‘I want to restate that the allegations that have been made against me are false,’ Tánaiste saysWed Jan 26 2022 - 12:18
Q&A: How can your employer block a request to work from home?Explainer: The 13 reasons your boss may refuse to let you work remotelyWed Jan 26 2022 - 09:29
Remote work applicants may have to assess own conditionsWorkspace ergonomics and data security to be part of written request to work from homeWed Jan 26 2022 - 04:05
Government to ‘do more’ to help people struggling with spiralling cost of livingVaradkar calls on employers to give pay increases to workers if they can afford themTue Jan 25 2022 - 20:44
Employers to have at least 13 grounds to refuse remote working requestsVaradkar unveils plans after draft legislation is approved by CabinetTue Jan 25 2022 - 18:33
Varadkar warns fishermen not to put themselves at risk in Russia navy protestTánaiste says there is ‘real fear of a land war in Europe’ amid tensions over UkraineTue Jan 25 2022 - 16:15
Government rejects calls to introduce a right to work from homeProposed Bill would require employers to consider requests but can still refuse approvalTue Jan 25 2022 - 03:55
Householders to get €100 off electricity bills by end of MarchCredit to be applied excluding VAT so total benefit to account holder will be €113.50Tue Jan 25 2022 - 02:00
Varadkar denies that requests for updates on leak inquiry are putting ‘pressure’ on gardaíTánaiste says that seeking a progress report in this regard is ‘entirely normal’Mon Jan 24 2022 - 20:59
Varadkar says law on right to seek remote working can ‘change the culture’Tánaiste suggests employers will be more likely to allow working from home for fear of being brought to WRCMon Jan 24 2022 - 19:18
Up to 7,000 households could be helped stay in homes amid mortgage-to-rent changesMinister for Housing announces reforms to programme for people in mortgage arrearsMon Jan 24 2022 - 19:01
Minister disagrees with party colleague on need for external investigation into champagne celebrationMinister Darragh O’Brien said he is ‘content’ at the process to examine the eventMon Jan 24 2022 - 17:06
Appropriate for Watt to clarify if he is waiving €81,000 increase, says O’BrienRobert Watt was appointed role last April on a salary of €292,000Mon Jan 24 2022 - 14:03
Russian drills off Irish coast ‘not welcome’, says Simon CoveneyMinister for Foreign Affairs meets EU counterparts Brussels amid Ukraine tensionsMon Jan 24 2022 - 13:23
‘Emergency is over’: Taoiseach confirms snap removal of most Covid-19 measuresAfter almost two years of restrictions, social and economic life begins return to normalSat Jan 22 2022 - 01:00
‘Time to be ourselves again’: Taoiseach confirms end to almost all Covid-19 restrictionsMost limitations to lift from 6am Saturday as Ireland has ‘weathered the Omicron storm’Fri Jan 21 2022 - 19:49
Q&A: What pandemic restrictions will be lifted, and what will change?The 8pm curfew for pubs and restaurants almost certain to goFri Jan 21 2022 - 11:50
Politicians raise concerns that LDA plans will not deliver affordable rentsGovernment TDs defend cost-rental proposals, saying they could be ‘game-changing’Thu Jan 20 2022 - 20:18
Bonus payment for ‘pandemic heroes’ creates headache for GovernmentCost clearly a factor in restricting access to bonus as many frontline workers left outThu Jan 20 2022 - 01:00
Current booster phase of vaccine programme to last until AprilState is ‘well beyond’ peak of Omicron wave, Taoiseach saysWed Jan 19 2022 - 22:12
Information sesssions for adopted people criticised by OppositionDáil debate on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill opened by Minister for ChildrenWed Jan 19 2022 - 21:39
About three-quarters of homes to be delivered by LDA are expected to be cost rentalOrganisation’s new chairman to outline plans for over 10,000 new homesWed Jan 19 2022 - 15:55
