Ireland facing dangerous period with Covid as virus poses fresh challengesNiac to provide advice on Monday regarding booster shotsSat Oct 16 2021 - 06:00
Coronavirus vaccine boosters expected to be approved for over-60s‘Thunderbirds are go’ once Niac advice given, says Government sourceSat Oct 16 2021 - 00:59
What’s happened with Ireland’s Covid numbers, and what does it mean for a full reopening?Nphet’s key metrics are on the rise a week before the final restrictions were due to be liftedFri Oct 15 2021 - 13:16
Full reopening in doubt as Covid numbers take a ‘wrong turn’Taoiseach says he can’t guarantee final unwinding of restrictions on October 22ndThu Oct 14 2021 - 04:19
Sending Ministers to NI centenary event ‘in spirit’ of Belfast Agreement, says MartinMany FF TDs supported President’s decision to not attend religious ceremonyWed Oct 13 2021 - 21:58
Proposal to freeze childcare fees faces pushback from creche ownersOwners tell Minister for Children they have concerns over €200m budget interventionWed Oct 13 2021 - 20:54
Covid-19: 2,066 new cases reported on Wednesday with 26 additional deaths over last seven daysOfficials warned that virus situation in State has taken turn for the worseWed Oct 13 2021 - 17:16
Budget 2022 main points: What’s in it for you?Remote working relief worth about €100 a year, €5 welfare increase, minimum wage up 30cWed Oct 13 2021 - 07:38
Budget 2022: A bigger spending package would have been ‘too risky’, Donohoe saysRamped-up spending to cover social welfare, housing, health, education and easing tax burdenWed Oct 13 2021 - 04:28
Government backbenchers react to budget with cautious welcome but some concernCoalition TDs ponder impact of aspects of tax and spending plan on different sectors of societyTue Oct 12 2021 - 20:04
Renters will feel benefits from budget, Ministers insistDonohoe and McGrath defend scale of measures on home-building and childcareTue Oct 12 2021 - 19:04
Budget 2022: Last-minute talks for 1,000 special needs assistants and 400 teachersDiscussions over winter fuel scheme ongoing, with expansion of Deis scheme closeMon Oct 11 2021 - 07:31
FF’s Éamon Ó Cúiv labels many roads slated in national plan a ‘fiction’Former minister critical of Green Party’s agenda of carbon-proofing future investmentsMon Oct 11 2021 - 01:00
State may need to ‘curtail power grid access’ for future data centresEx-chief of Climate Change Advisory Council says further building should not be encouragedSun Oct 10 2021 - 20:19
Lower than expected deficit will not prompt ‘splurge’, says McGrathTarget is ‘package that seeks to support people and improve living standards’, he saysSun Oct 10 2021 - 13:32
President ‘acutely aware’ of the ‘pain and anguish’ caused by mica‘We did nothing wrong’: Mica homeowners protest in DublinSat Oct 9 2021 - 07:33
Give me a crash course in ... the Sláintecare debacleStephen Donnelly immersed in first full-blown non-Covid health controversySat Oct 9 2021 - 06:00
Pension pathway fraught with political riskGovernment must address competing priorities on hot potato of old-age paymentFri Oct 8 2021 - 19:36
Some 500,000 to be added to waiting lists by end of year, Cabinet warned‘Waiting lists were bad before the pandemic, they are worse now’, says Minister for HealthThu Oct 7 2021 - 20:03
Ireland’s corporate tax rate set to rise to 15%, as part of global dealFirms making less than €750m a year will be taxed at previous rate of 12.5%Thu Oct 7 2021 - 19:15
Recommendations on State pension age rises to be discussed at CabinetNew hospitals and electricity supply among items also on agendaThu Oct 7 2021 - 16:59
Sinn Féin urges Government to boycott Armagh servicePresident Michael D Higgins chose not to attend commemoration for NI centenaryThu Oct 7 2021 - 13:51
Coalition suffers blow in latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI pollInside Politics: Picture is dimmer again for Fine Gael and Leo VaradkarThu Oct 7 2021 - 07:50
Donnelly says issues not raised with him before Sláintecare resignationsRóisín Shortall describes changes to oversight of universal health plan as a ‘hostile takeover’Wed Oct 6 2021 - 13:10
Sláintecare: Donnelly faces moment of political risk and opportunityInside Politics: Minister and secretary general Robert Watt will give update on implementation of plan for healthcare reformWed Oct 6 2021 - 08:11
Coveney says no decision made on corporation tax rate, despite French minister’s commentsBruno Le Maire said Ireland had changed position on moving from 12.5% rateTue Oct 5 2021 - 20:01
‘Incoherent work of fiction’: Opposition criticises National Development PlanCoalition faces criticism over lack of specifics on key projects including Metrolink schemeTue Oct 5 2021 - 16:22
Ryan ‘hopeful’ Ireland will be ‘part of solution’ on global corporate taxGreen Party leader indicates it could be important reputationally for Ireland to sign upTue Oct 5 2021 - 14:20
State will face tough trade-offs, bitter divisions on climate policyInside Politics: All sides of the Coalition can indulge in a bit of cakeism over the National Development PlanTue Oct 5 2021 - 08:06
‘Bizarre’: Opposition critical of Housing Minister’s request for input on MicaDarragh O’Brien seeks opinions on issue from Opposition spokespeople on housingMon Oct 4 2021 - 19:56
Childcare faces ‘mass exodus’ of workers unless new funds allocated – SiptuUnion to tell committee Ireland spends 0.3% of GDP on early years services and educationMon Oct 4 2021 - 19:14
‘Tax raising measures’ would fund social welfare spending in SF budget‘We will show down to the red cent how everything will be paid for,’ says KerraneMon Oct 4 2021 - 18:45
Revised €165bn national infrastructure plan to include funding for extra roadsNational Development Plan, to be published on Monday, will include more than 50 projects with a price tag of more than €100mSat Oct 2 2021 - 00:00
Pandemic bonus unlikely to involve vouchers as budget day loomsTendering issues and unspent balances pose problems amid fears of scheme being divisiveThu Sep 30 2021 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil to appoint new committee aimed at reforming the party‘Commission on the Aims and Objectives of Fianna Fáil’ formed in wake of 2020 election lossesWed Sep 29 2021 - 21:40
Global corporate tax rate: Signs emerging that deal can be struckConcerns that wording could leave room for open-ended future rises may be assuagedWed Sep 29 2021 - 18:36
Q&A: What is happening with the plan for a pandemic bonus?Jack Horgan-Jones on whether the Government has hit on the perfect way to divide a nation (almost) united by Covid-19Wed Sep 29 2021 - 17:34
Mother and baby homes redress proposals to go to Cabinet in OctoberTerm ‘birth mother’ to be dropped from legislation on adoption, says O’GormanTue Sep 28 2021 - 18:32
Varadkar keen to avoid ‘divisive’ approach to bonus for frontline workersTalks about reward for efforts during pandemic could go beyond budget day, says TánaisteTue Sep 28 2021 - 17:54
Government to allow 500 additional places for Afghan family membersRoderic O’Gorman says those arriving would not be going to direct provisionTue Sep 28 2021 - 14:51
Up to 500 relatives of Afghans in State to be offered temporary residencyCabinet also to consider changes to legislation on freedom of informationTue Sep 28 2021 - 06:00
New taskforce to tackle growing hospital waiting listsMinister seeks millions in funding for team focused on bringing down wait timesTue Sep 28 2021 - 02:00
Nursing home staff who declined vaccines to be offered jabs againSurplus shots in booster programme for residents ‘may be used’ for first dosesTue Sep 28 2021 - 01:00
Term ‘birth mother’ to be dropped from adoption legislationSome mothers find term ‘reductive and hurtful’; no alternative chosen yetMon Sep 27 2021 - 21:50
Failure of parties to account for spending of public funds should be offence – SipoState’s political ethics watchdog criticises Renua for failing to comply with obligationsFri Sep 24 2021 - 17:37
Inflation-linked rent increases may be capped once they hit a certain levelMinister for Housing Darragh O’Brien says he is ‘acutely aware’ inflation has begun to riseThu Sep 23 2021 - 01:02
State cybersecurity centre ‘underresourced and overtasked’, warns reportNCSC does not have ‘capacity’ to meet goals and faces ‘strain’ over planned EU initiativesThu Sep 23 2021 - 01:00
Plight of mica-stressed homeowners dominates FG party gatheringParliamentary party meeting hears support for 100% redress to remedy defective buildingsWed Sep 22 2021 - 21:52
Fianna Fáil TDs call for change to medical card income criteriaMeeting told Ireland has highest cumulative uptake of full vaccination among adults in the EUWed Sep 22 2021 - 20:53
HSE was in ‘uniquely vulnerable position’ at time of cyberattack – SmythMinister says two reports into HSE hack underway and will be published ‘shortly’Wed Sep 22 2021 - 15:11