The people behind the power: Who are Ireland’s political advisers and backroom experts?A large staff network oversees everything: communication, policy and smooth Coalition relationsSat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
If the No side were ice-cream they’d lick themselves; Leo’s US photo op balls-up Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Ministers’ relief to go wheels-up for St Patrick’s DayFri Mar 15 2024 - 12:03
Ireland’s revised plan for asylum seekers fraught with difficultyNew plan unlikely to change much about the current reality of the accommodation crisisFri Mar 15 2024 - 06:00
Accommodation policies for Ukrainians will create ‘further strain’ in rental marketThe Irish Red Cross has warned the Minister that Ukrainians could be forced into unregulated, unsuitable tenanciesFri Mar 15 2024 - 05:00
Entitlements cut for Ukrainians as new accommodation centres confirmed in Dublin, Laois, Limerick, Kildare and CorkSome 2,000 beds announced across five different towns will be time-limited to 90 days for Ukrainian refugeesThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:43
Audit identifies just 500 extra beds for asylum seekers despite 4,300 Ukrainians leaving accommodationDepartment of Integration sourced beds with providers who are contracted to house Ukrainians which can be converted to accommodate asylum seekersThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:00
Drug use committee faces difficulties reporting findings before possible autumn election, chair saysTimeframe for bringing results to Dáil a ‘big worry’, says Independent TD Michael McNamaraWed Mar 13 2024 - 17:34
Coalition reeling after reversal on both referendumsHate speech legislation, stalled in the Seanad, now considered another potential electoral hazard, in addition to review of speed limitsMon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
Scale of referendums losses sets Government reeling with elections on the horizon‘Volatility and unpredictability in Ireland even greater than in 2020,′ says Cabinet source after referendums defeatedMon Mar 11 2024 - 05:33
‘We didn’t do our job well enough’: Minister of State criticises colleagues over referendum campaignMichael McNamara says no votes in family and care referendums cast Irish parliament in ‘a very dim light’Sun Mar 10 2024 - 15:19
Sinn Féin proposals banning State investment in companies operating in Israeli settlements may be unconstitutional, Minister saysGovernment privately accused of trying to slow the bill down as bitter row breaks out over procedureFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
People with just six months to live should be allowed to avail of assisted dying, committee to recommendOireachtas committee agrees to recommend legislation be introduced for assisted dyingThu Mar 07 2024 - 09:20
Former RTÉ presenter Cynthia Ní Mhurchú to run for Fianna Fáil in European electionsBarrister to join party’s sitting MEP Billy Kelleher on the Ireland South ticket in summer electionsThu Mar 07 2024 - 07:45
Political mood sours as unloved referendum campaign draws to a closePolls open on Friday but many voters still appear confused by the Family and Care amendmentsThu Mar 07 2024 - 07:42
RTÉ crisis: Documents on contested phone call between Siún Ní Raghallaigh and civil servant sought by committeeDocuments show there were 15 meetings between Siun Ní Raghallaigh and Catherine Martin since the former was appointed as chair of RTÉThu Mar 07 2024 - 05:30
‘She said-she said’: The conflicts between accounts of Catherine Martin and Siún Ní RaghallaighNewly released documents reveal further details on interactions between Minister for Media and former RTÉ chairwoman that led to the latter’s resignation last monthWed Mar 06 2024 - 19:38
Ex-RTÉ board chair unsuccessfully sought phone call with Catherine Martin during hectic exchanges before her resignationA cache of documents sent to the Oireachtas Media Committee contains an account of phone calls between Siún Ní Raghallaigh and the Department of MediaWed Mar 06 2024 - 14:35
Final report into ‘Grace’ abuse case delayed for further six monthsThe inquiry, chaired by senior counsel Marjorie Farrelly, was supposed to report two years after its establishment in 2017, but has now been delayed on multiple occasionsWed Mar 06 2024 - 09:07
Pay deal for top earners will bring its own degree of political poisonHigh level executives in commercial State bodies such as RTÉ are likely to have their remuneration boostedWed Mar 06 2024 - 07:50
RTÉ crisis: Pressure on Catherine Martin to respond to ex-chair’s ‘hands-off’ commentNo Dáil questions scheduled before St Patrick’s Day recess, and it is ‘not decided’ in minister will face mediaWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ files suggest bid to ‘circumvent’ regulations, report finds as Taoiseach defends Minister’s handling of scandalsPAC concludes there was an attempt to ‘conceal’ RTÉ’s commitment to underwrite undisclosed payments to Ryan TubridyTue Mar 05 2024 - 17:20
RTÉ must now show it is no longer the same organisation outlined in the PAC reportReport’s real value is in holding the massive amount of evidence on RTÉ scandal in single documentTue Mar 05 2024 - 15:30
No end in sight to RTÉ scandal as stability seems further away than everInside Politics: Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s blistering statement sure to overshadow Cabinet decision on her replacementTue Mar 05 2024 - 07:29
Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s ferocious response is full of problems for Catherine MartinMinister for Media not under immediate threat following RTÉ ex-chair’s riposte, but the scandal rumbles on, shifting focus from fixing the station’s problemsMon Mar 04 2024 - 20:21
Darragh O’Brien accused of misleading Dáil during homelessness debate Minister for Housing ‘rejects outright’ assertion he would deliberately or otherwise mislead anyoneFri Mar 01 2024 - 06:00
Dee Forbes given chance to submit written account of her role in RTÉ scandalsFormer director general has been unable to attend previous Oireachtas committee hearings due to ill healthWed Feb 28 2024 - 20:59
Catherine Martin sticks to her guns over collapse in trust of RTÉ chair Siún Ní RaghallaighAppearing before the Oireachtas media committee, the Minister threw further doubt on Siún Ní Raghallaigh and RTÉ's claim that the board’s role in exit package had been communicated to the departmentWed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh had threatened to quit and resisted meeting before Catherine Martin Prime Time interviewOireachtas media committee will now extend invitation to Ní Raghallaigh to appear before itTue Feb 27 2024 - 22:41
RTÉ board members ‘furious, insulted and fed up’ over forced resignation of chair Row between broadcaster’s board and Catherine Martin over exit payouts for departing executives deepening following resignation of Siún Ní RaghallaighFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:40
Catherine Martin’s account of events contradicts that of RTÉ’s board. They can’t both be rightRTÉ board has dug in and is on a collision course with Minister for MediaFri Feb 23 2024 - 21:01
RTÉ’s latest crisis: What further questions need to be asked?Catherine Martin, Kevin Bakhurst and the Department of Media are among those with more explaining to doFri Feb 23 2024 - 10:40
Siún Ní Raghallaigh resigns as chair of RTÉ board after Minister says she had been ‘misinformed’Catherine Martin said it has emerged that board approved exit package for Richard Collins despite initial denialFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:47
Killinarden experience suggests building at scale may be a challenge for affordable housing bodies such as Ó CualannThe Foothills project is far more ambitious than anything the Approved Housing Body had worked on before, resulting in responsibility for delivering almost 400 affordable homesFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:00
Affordable housing body seeks to sell interest in major south Dublin project amid funding shortfallÓ Cualann Cohousing Alliance looking to sell its 400-unit interest in 635-unit project in Killinarden to Land Development AgencyFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:00
Row breaks out between two Oireachtas committees investigating RTÉFF’s Niamh Smyth says two committees covering the same topics at the same time had resulted in negative public commentaryThu Feb 22 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin promises to re-run referendums on care and family if they fail, should it be returned to governmentMinister for Equality says proposal places obligation on State to strive to support careTue Feb 20 2024 - 12:41
Cross-Border project funding among initiatives to be presented to Cabinet Plans to overhaul rules for Garda Reserve to bring numbers to more than 1,000 also up for considerationMon Feb 19 2024 - 21:31
Thousands more children to become eligible for free school transportMinister for Education Norma Foley is working on expansion of scheme which will see students who live closer to schools become eligible for bus ticketsSat Feb 17 2024 - 06:00
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns calls for details of all exit packages for RTÉ executives National conference will hear from the Palestinian ambassador, but Israeli ambassador has not been invitedFri Feb 16 2024 - 21:00
Holly Cairns interview: An end to ‘tried-tested-failed’ politics? Social Democrats leader pitches for changeSocial Democrats leader wants to be part of the next government. First, her party must capitalise on its momentumFri Feb 16 2024 - 14:25
Drogheda councillors call for ‘urgent’ meeting with Minister amid plans to house house asylum seekers in hotelGardaí not planning security operation at hotel despite concerns it may be targeted by anti-immigration activistsThu Feb 15 2024 - 22:16
Green Party TDs and Senators urge ministers to use ‘soft power’ for Gaza on St Patrick’s DayBackbenchers write to Government asking it to use ‘powerful voice’ to help achieve ceasefireThu Feb 15 2024 - 13:25
Coalition’s perpetual dilemma on GazaIreland an outlier among similar countries in EU but Government faces accusations of foot-dragging at homeThu Feb 15 2024 - 07:58
National children’s hospital now a sunken political costPublic numbed to escalating costs of decades-long saga from which Coalition will glean little creditWed Feb 14 2024 - 07:49
PAC wants to recall board members of children’s hospital over new estimateCost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleaguesWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
Israel blinded by rage says Varadkar, as Government hardens stance on GazaCriticism of ‘rogue state’ comes amid fears it is about to attack city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinian refugees have taken shelterWed Feb 14 2024 - 06:00
What are the reasons behind the apparent exodus of TDs from Fine Gael? Problem for FG and Taoiseach is that Paul Kehoe is 10th party TD not seeking to defend seatTue Feb 13 2024 - 19:36
Sinn Féin offers amnesty to licence fee non-payers as it pitches direct funding for RTÉAmnesty a ‘slap in the face’ to those who pay, Varadkar says, criticising ‘populist’ planTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:09
Israel has become ‘blinded by rage’, says Taoiseach, as he promises Ireland will take more actionSimon Coveney says Israel ‘behaving like a rogue state’ and must end ‘savagery’ in GazaTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:08
National Children’s Hospital cost has risen to more than €2.2bn, Donnelly confirmsVaradkar says Government will not be putting any more funding towards the project with €2.2bn being its ‘maximum allocation’Tue Feb 13 2024 - 15:16
