End of horticultural peat to put Greens at odds with coalition partnersPeat gardening products and mushroom sectors claim they face obliterationTue Feb 16 2021 - 01:00
Late April or May before lockdown eases with month of low cases needed before changeDaily cases need to fall to 100 by mid-March and be maintained for easing of restrictions, according to sourcesFri Feb 12 2021 - 01:00
Number of public servants to rise to 370,000 over next 19 monthsMinister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath says we will see ‘larger State’Thu Feb 11 2021 - 13:42
Arrivals to Ireland may have to book slot in quarantine hotelMinisters to consider proposals for mandatory facility for passengersThu Feb 11 2021 - 05:00
Prolonged period of lockdown ahead, Taoiseach tells party meetingMicheál Martin says UK variant keeping Covid-19 numbers stubbornly highWed Feb 10 2021 - 23:40
Public consultation on nationwide smoky coal ban to be launchedTougher restrictions needed to reduce emissions, says Eamon RyanWed Feb 10 2021 - 20:00
Green Party rift on EU-Canada deal sidelined via Coalition committeeComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement a persistent cause of simmering discontentWed Feb 10 2021 - 17:26
Coronavirus: Zero-Covid approach grows in political popularityPosition of all parties has changed since Christmas over previously marginal conceptWed Feb 10 2021 - 12:42
Coronavirus: 68 further deaths and 556 cases reported in the StateAny easing of restrictions will be ‘conservative and cautious’, warns TaoiseachTue Feb 09 2021 - 21:39
‘Please help us’: Parents write to Minister on special needs school closuresLetters to Norma Foley reveal the depth of anger and dismay over children’s regressionTue Feb 09 2021 - 21:15
Labour seeks clarity on why employees are being called into officesAlan Kelly says it was clear the Government’s Living with Covid strategy had failedTue Feb 09 2021 - 14:52
HSE to establish 40 vaccination centres across the countryRevised programme to vaccinate the over-70s to begin next weekMon Feb 08 2021 - 03:40
Passenger data not shared between Dublin and Belfast despite Covid dealThose who use Belfast as a gateway into this State are not being tracked or monitoredMon Feb 08 2021 - 03:05
Fianna Fáil review of 2020 election performance still not readyInternal review not expected to be ready until AprilMon Feb 08 2021 - 02:31
Coveney open to ‘modest extension’ for NI protocolMinister for Foreign Affairs insists no renegotiation of Brexit withdrawal agreementSun Feb 07 2021 - 18:17
State spending €5.5bn Covid contingency fund faster than expectedImpact of third wave much more onerous than had been expected by GovernmentSat Feb 06 2021 - 01:43
Hillwalkers urged to leave dogs at home after sheep attackedFarmer says canines not on leads chasing farm animals, resulting in injuries and stressFri Feb 05 2021 - 14:45
SF proposes Bill to allow watchdog examine finances of State-funded bodiesLegislation would allow PAC audit organisations with funding below 50 per cent thresholdThu Feb 04 2021 - 21:50
Taoiseach says no decision taken on St Patrick’s Day visit to meet Biden‘There will be engagement over the next number of weeks,’ Micheál Martin saysThu Feb 04 2021 - 13:20
Relations between Dublin and Brussels plummet to freezing over Article 16 fiascoInside Politics: Government is still resentful at the stupidity of the EU decision to invoke the clauseThu Feb 04 2021 - 07:45
Minor changes to North protocol may be agreed to defuse tensionsTaoiseach to meet North’s leaders but says protocol needs ‘common-sense modifications’Thu Feb 04 2021 - 02:06
Minister under increasing pressure to abandon written exams in Leaving CertLabour and Social Democrats called on Foley to introduce calculated grades for 2021Tue Feb 02 2021 - 17:54
NUIG team gets €10m to work on IT tools to help prevent pandemicsPandem-2 project to draw on experts’ prescience and create resource-modelling toolsTue Feb 02 2021 - 01:00
‘Decimated’ tourism sector looks for 2021 silver liningMost are realistic but hope vaccines will change fortunes later in yearFri Jan 29 2021 - 01:00
'Hold firm, stick to the basics': Martin urges solidarity as third lockdown extendedOfficials to examine quarantine restrictions for all inward-bound travellersWed Jan 27 2021 - 03:57
Getting gardaí to enforce quarantine in homes ‘problematic’Irish Council of Civil Liberties raises concerns over policing of health measuresTue Jan 26 2021 - 23:05
Lockdown extension to March 5th needed to keep pressure on virus, says MartinTaoiseach says hospitals will see high admissions as Ministers outline new travel rulesTue Jan 26 2021 - 19:08
Cabinet set to approve tighter Covid restrictions on travelIncoming travellers without negative coronavirus test face mandatory quarantineTue Jan 26 2021 - 03:12
Level 5 restrictions set to be extended until March 5th with clamp-down on travelCabinet subcommittee recommends mandatory quarantine for arrivals from Brazil and South AfricaMon Jan 25 2021 - 22:37
Prominent Dublin councillor resigns from Green PartyPeter Kavanagh is a member of South Dublin County Council and ran in Dublin Mid-WestMon Jan 25 2021 - 17:43
Taoiseach downplays scope for ‘two-island solution’ to Covid-19Government was in ‘exploratory and embryonic’ talks with BritainFri Jan 22 2021 - 19:26
Covid-19: Nphet warns of a ‘large number’ of deaths in coming weeksAdverts linking vaccines to travel ‘not very responsible’, Holohan saysFri Jan 22 2021 - 09:43
Passengers arriving into Republic without valid PCR tests could face compulsory quarantineCabinet to consider tighter controls as Nphet says pre-flight Covid tests are not enoughFri Jan 22 2021 - 01:44
Extending Level 5 cannot be ruled out as Covid-19 evolves, Taoiseach saysHolohan says figures illustrate that people must adhere to public health restrictionsThu Jan 21 2021 - 13:48
Harry McGee: There are only losers in the schools rowIt is a tricky situation where competing rights are pitched against each otherThu Jan 21 2021 - 09:44
Biden’s first job is to douse the flames of the Trump yearsInside Politics: All major parties see the new US president as a friend of IrelandThu Jan 21 2021 - 07:47
New legislation aims to prevent delays during criminal trials due to legal disputesMcEntee says pre-trial hearings would improve process in sexual offence casesThu Jan 21 2021 - 01:00
Increasingly evident Covid restrictions to continue well into February – MartinState has ‘some distance to go’ to curb virus spread, Fianna Fáil parliamentary party hearsWed Jan 20 2021 - 22:08
Covid-19: Almost half of recent arrivals did not confirm place of residenceSystem to prevent Covid-19 carriers entering State is not working, says Catherine MurphyWed Jan 20 2021 - 02:53
Call records reveal fear and anxiety of older people during Level 5‘Y called to talk about Covid-19, said she feels very bad and it is starting to really get to her’Sun Jan 17 2021 - 12:46
Covid-19: Warning over Brazil variant as 50 more deaths recordedAnyone who arrived into State from Brazil is urged to self-isolate and identify for testingFri Jan 15 2021 - 21:07
Varadkar: €292,000 salary for top health job likely to lead to others seeking parityNew secretary general of Department of Health will be highest paid civil servantFri Jan 15 2021 - 19:52
Ireland and UK determined to ‘reboot’ relationship in wake of Brexit, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin says there was never such a thing as a ‘good Brexit’ for IrelandFri Jan 15 2021 - 16:25
Employees to have legal right to request home working, says VaradkarTánaiste says Covid-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated change in mindsetsFri Jan 15 2021 - 15:31
Bills to legislate for e-scooters and 40km M50 speed limit on Government agendaClimate Action, Affordable Housing and Parents Leave Bills planned before EasterThu Jan 14 2021 - 13:42
Mother and Baby Homes: ‘I was born in a jail. I got no love, no education’For 35 years one health inspector wrote fearless reports highlighting the appalling conditionsTue Jan 12 2021 - 21:15
Minister to seek investigation into leak of Mother and Baby Home reportSurvivors to receive State apology from Taoiseach after commission report publishedMon Jan 11 2021 - 09:27
Deaths from Covid-19 in the State could soon surpass 100 per day, experts warnHospital system under severe pressure as patients in Donegal treated in ambulancesMon Jan 11 2021 - 03:00
Covid-19: The inside story of how the contact tracing system averted a Christmas collapseDr Stephanie O’Keeffe is hopeful new figures mean we are reaching peak of current surgeFri Jan 08 2021 - 02:04
Government scraps plan for partial reopening of schoolsRemote learning to take place until February 1st after unions and principals voiced oppositionThu Jan 07 2021 - 22:19
