Refugees told they are to be moved as hotels prepare for holiday seasonSchool-going children among people affected, as Department of Integration says tented accommodation to be consideredSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Government is shaking up the refugee accommodation system but sustainable solution still some way off Asking a UN agency for assistance shows the gravity of the situationSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Reid warns against ‘revisionism’ in State’s review of its handling of Covid-19State’s response to pandemic under fresh scrutiny as Government prepares terms for its reviewFri Mar 03 2023 - 05:00
Refugee accommodation: Stalled Thornton Hall ‘super prison’ among sites to get millions in fundingMinisters will be asked to approve measures aimed at easing refugee accommodation crisis on Friday morningThu Mar 02 2023 - 21:29
Eviction ban playing ‘important role’ but must be balanced with enticing new landlords - DonohoeMinister for Public Expenditure says Government evaluating future of the banThu Mar 02 2023 - 18:54
Fine Gael attempt to force Dáil session on Sinn Féin finances criticised as a ‘stunt’Dáil’s business committee did not agree to proposal from Government chief whip Hildegarde NaughtonThu Mar 02 2023 - 13:14
Fine Gael seeks Dáil session on Sinn Féin’s financial issuesSipo investigating complaints into a series of alleged discrepancies in party’s accountsWed Mar 01 2023 - 16:42
Niall Collins to make Dáil statement on 2001 planning applicationDecision to address Dáil follows allegations on The Ditch website relating to Patrickswell houseTue Feb 28 2023 - 14:15
Inquiry into State’s handling of Covid crisis to be set up by middle of the yearInquiry would not be designed to find fault with or praise individuals or bodies, but to focus on establishing facts to inform future responses to public health emergenciesTue Feb 28 2023 - 05:00
Sacred cows of Ireland’s Covid-19 response called into question by softly spoken medicThe hospital consultant asks whether ‘institutions or individuals may have benefited in terms of status, power or wealth from the continuation of pandemic measures’Tue Feb 28 2023 - 05:00
Niall Collins says he acted correctly in Limerick planning applicationFianna Fáil Minister of State disputes website statements on his May 2001 planning applicationTue Feb 28 2023 - 00:34
Changed planning laws set to lay ground for ‘further centralisation of power’, Dáil group to hearHousing committee to be briefed on danger of ‘further fundamental erosion of local government democracy’Mon Feb 27 2023 - 21:20
Asylum process reforms risk setting applicants up for failure, Oireachtas committee to hearChanges made to International Protection process mean people seeking refuge ‘have no opportunity to get legal advice’, says NGOMon Feb 27 2023 - 18:42
Omagh shooting: Three men arrested over gun attack on PSNI officer Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in critical condition in hospital after gun attackThu Feb 23 2023 - 19:40
Omagh shooting: Taoiseach ‘deeply shocked’ by attack on PSNI officerMinister for Justice condemns ‘brutal, horrific attack’ on off-duty PSNI officerThu Feb 23 2023 - 12:47
Irish Times poll: Reassurance for Fine Gael and Sinn Féin but a bit of a jolt for Fianna FáilInside Politics: Micheál Martin has been remarkably successful at corralling his restive parliamentary party but whether that can be sustained is the questionThu Feb 23 2023 - 07:41
Junior minister for drugs strategy admits smoking cannabis in pastHildegard Naughton says there is a need for an ‘open and honest’ conversation on drug useWed Feb 22 2023 - 11:05
Google confirms it will cut 240 jobs from Irish businessMove comes following January announcement that parent company Alphabet would shed 12,000 jobs globallyWed Feb 22 2023 - 10:19
As another €1.3 billion falls off the Dáil agenda, housing comes back into focusInside Politics: Through Covid and the cost-of-living crisis, remarkable policy interventions have become almost normalWed Feb 22 2023 - 07:19
Mixed reaction to €1.3bn cost-of-living package Business groups give Government announcement a broad welcome but others saying once-off measures for struggling households do not go far enoughTue Feb 21 2023 - 20:21
Dublin’s ambulance demand ‘far in excess’ of levels where performance standards can be metDublin Fire Brigade outlines a series of stark warnings about the sustainability of the service in the capitalTue Feb 21 2023 - 17:52
Cost-of-living package: €200 welfare bonus, €100 child benefit top-up and retention of 9% hospitality VATRange of new spending measures announced by Government including overhaul of support scheme for business’s energy billsTue Feb 21 2023 - 15:55
After the apocalypse, all that will be left is ChatGPT and lobbyists for the hospitality VAT rate Inside Politics: New cost-of-living package bears the hallmarks of the Coalition’s interventions to dateTue Feb 21 2023 - 08:09
Work to exhume remains at Tuam mother and baby home to begin this year, Cabinet to hearFollowing the work of Catherine Corless, commission found 978 children died at homeTue Feb 21 2023 - 01:00
Reduced bonus child benefit payment to form part of slimmed-down cost-of-living packageNo additional €200 electricity credit agreed, but excise cuts to petrol and diesel will be phased out to avoid cliff-edgeMon Feb 20 2023 - 20:20
Government to consider expanded role for Defence Forces in EU Ukraine missionCabinet will examine proposal to approve deployment of up to 30 personnel to EU’s Military Assistance Mission in support of UkraineMon Feb 20 2023 - 17:13
State fights religious order’s attempt to withdraw funds for legal battles with Shine victimsPaedophile surgeon was jailed for four years in 2019 after being convicted of groping seven boys in his careSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Patients waiting more than 24 hours for bed in EDs up 20% last yearFigures show 51,001 people waited more than 24 hours in an emergency department for admission in 2022Sat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Northern Ireland protocol: ‘Technical issues nearly all worked out,’ say Dublin sourcesExpectations grow that EU and UK are on brink of a dealFri Feb 17 2023 - 13:34
Cost of living: One-off welfare payments being considered as part of Government packageCoalition keen to ‘normalise’ State’s financial outlay as inflation stabilises and to provide assistance to workersThu Feb 16 2023 - 20:44
Eamon Ryan criticised at Fine Gael meeting over decision to stand down Inland Fisheries boardSenator Seán Kyne lead the discussion saying alternate board members should have been appointedWed Feb 15 2023 - 21:20
Coalition under growing last-minute pressure on hospitality cost of living measures The 9% VAT rate currently in place for the industry is due to expire at the end of the month, when it will revert to the previous 13.5% figureWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:00
Vacant home owners should be forced to rent out properties, report recommendsGovernment advised to follow Danish-style reforms which force owners to make vacant homes available to rentersWed Feb 15 2023 - 19:00
Chinese cameras used in Garda stations across Ireland despite national security concernsOffice of Public Works says it is reviewing use of cameras in light of developmentsWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
Tax breaks for landlords offering better terms to tenants should be considered, Cabinet advisedNational Economic and Social Council notes ‘major shift’ away from home ownership, with numbers renting risingWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
Defence Forces specialists are being ‘poached’ by the private sector - TánaisteIf Cathal Brugha barracks to be redeveloped for housing, alternative for Defence Forces must be found, Oireachtas committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence toldTue Feb 14 2023 - 15:41
‘Golden visa’ programme for millionaire immigrant investors to shut from WednesdayGovernment moves to abruptly close €1.25bn programme after surge of applicants from ChinaTue Feb 14 2023 - 15:26
No justification for retaining 9% VAT rate for hospitality, officials sayInitial conversations on the extension of cost-of-living supports and further payments to take place between the Coalition leadersMon Feb 13 2023 - 01:00
Coalition warned not to fuel ‘anti-migrant narratives’ in statements on immigrationBodies representing refugees and immigrants warn Coalition against recent uses of languageMon Feb 13 2023 - 01:00
Talks on Northern Ireland Protocol entering ‘pivotal’ period in coming weeksReports talks have reached ‘end stages’ may be premature with some issues remainingSun Feb 12 2023 - 22:00
Cost of living: Welfare recipients and pensioners in line for spring bonusVaradkar defends comments on State’s ‘hardening’ migration policySun Feb 12 2023 - 14:19
Tensions in Coalition over proposals for another €200 energy credit in springSeveral Ministers are of the view that another electricity credit would be politically wise during the springSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
Higher dole payments based on previous income to be considered by GovernmentConsultation launched on tiered approach to ‘soften cliff edge’ after job lossFri Feb 10 2023 - 12:40
Government to consider targeted and universal cost-of-living support next weekHeather Humphreys said people not receiving social welfare payments ‘also need help’Fri Feb 10 2023 - 12:08
Bertie is back, but Fianna Fáil members say presidential run a ‘fairytale’Idea of a presidential run is a ‘fairytale’, say Fianna Fáil membersThu Feb 09 2023 - 18:26
Changes to laws on sentencing of children may be ‘brought forward’ after Tserendorj adjournmentMr Justice Tony Hunt described as a ‘yawning gap’ in legislation which caused him to adjourn the sentencing a 17-year-old boy convicted of the 2021 murder of Urantsetseg TserendorjThu Feb 09 2023 - 09:02
Fianna Fáil WhatsApp groups ‘light up’ on news of Bertie’s return Inside Politics: Party figures privately suggest Bertie Ahern speaks to something dormant within the party - the swagger and capabilities of a formidable political machineThu Feb 09 2023 - 07:35
New cost of living measures within next fortnight, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar saysLabour and People Before Profit have suggested there could be price controls on basic goodsWed Feb 08 2023 - 16:39
Call for local councillors to be exempt from obligations to declare earnings outside politicsThe Association of Irish Local Government responds after review of ethics legislation suggests some public officials may have to declare private incomeWed Feb 08 2023 - 16:22
Medium-density builds could significantly increase number of homes per site, architects tell Minister for HousingGovernment should be open to new thinking and new initiatives which will help address the current chronic housing shortage, says Royal Institute of the Architects of IrelandWed Feb 08 2023 - 10:58
