Successor will earn lower salary than higher rate granted to Covid-era appointment

Senior officials had sought updates, saying reports were ‘key output associated with the position’

Government defended pay increases on the basis that they are needed to compete for top-level talent

New rules agreed by Cabinet will mean effective ban on such lets in areas with population of more than 20,000

Additional year of birth, marriage and death entries added to genealogy website annually

Hildegarde Naughton: farming lobby protests ‘potentially very damaging’ to agri-food sector

Letter sent to Department of Housing stated proposals due to take effect in March interfere with ‘constitutional property rights’

Taoiseach cites ‘good weather’ for date as potential candidates prepare for contest

Scrambler use is already illegal in many settings

There is some relief this morning for Taoiseach Micheál Martin in our first Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll

Orange rain warnings in place in Waterford and Wicklow for Thursday with ‘spells of very heavy’ downpours forecast

Vehicles to be banned in public places amid renewed push to remove bikes from roads following death of Grace Lynch

Irish regulators are accused in US Congress panel report of working with ‘biased fact checkers’

Reductions in overseas students could also place important fund at risk

Refusal of X to appear labelled ‘deeply disappointing’ by media committee chairman