No plan to expand TV licence into wider household charge under new RTÉ funding model
Annual fee set to remain €160
Row between Coalition Ministers over suspension of €12m straw scheme
Minister of State Martin Heydon said move by Minister Charlie McConalogue with harvest under way has thrown plans of many farmers into disarray
Will unruly Fianna Fáil TDs see Ireland get an EU Commissioner for Toilet Seats?
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Including row over hay is not going to be the last straw for the Government
Trump’s Republican Convention speech, with notes: What did he say and what did he mean?
Jack Horgan-Jones watched the Trump speech. In this annotated, edited transcript he picks out the key moments and messages
Decision on RTÉ funding may bring an end to long saga but there are still unknowns
Future for national broadcaster remains less than straightforward
Revenue Commissioners will have no role in collecting television licence fee
It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered
RTÉ funding: Government close to agreeing deal retaining TV licence fee and providing exchequer support
Finishing touches to agreement in process of being nailed down by Department of Public Expenditure and Department of Arts and Media
President signs Bill relating to Defence Forces after convening Council of State
Michael D Higgins convened the Council of State on the constitutionality of the bill
Thirty large sites identified for use as asylum-seeker accommodation centres
Majority of the 30 large buildings sourced by the Government to house asylum seekers expected to be large former commercial or office units
Leo Varadkar confirms he will not contest next general election
Former taoiseach says time has come to ‘explore new options and opportunities’
Forensic accountants investigating allegations of ‘significant fraud’ by some hotels housing asylum seekers
State has been winding up contracts with a range of accommodation providers on foot of a decline in the number of Ukrainians seeking protection here
Tighter regulation of English language schools on way to sideline ‘rogue’ operators
Annual fees and contributions mandated to ‘learner protection fund’ to provide for students if schools fail
Senator Róisín Garvey elected as Green Party’s new deputy leader
Rebel backbencher Neasa Hourigan loses out on position in narrow vote
Five Fine Gael politicians compete for shot at Dáil seat vacated by Coveney
Unsuccessful European Election candidate John Mullins pledges to move home to Cork South Central constituency if he is selected to run for the party
Dublin’s public transport links can act as ‘corridors of crime’, FF TDs say
Call for dedicated gardaí for public transport and a zero-tolerance approach to drug dealing and antisocial behaviour in public