Unused State land could house 114,000 families, Minister saysO’Brien defends LDA as Sinn Féin TD claims move is ‘failed Fine Gael policy dressed up in Fianna Fáil clothes’Wed Mar 10 2021 - 20:54
‘Brexit effect’ causing college applications from other EU states to double – HarrisMinister admits ‘failure of State’ that one in eight adults lacks basic reading skillsWed Mar 10 2021 - 20:06
Pharma sector plays down prospect of Covid-19 vaccine production in the StateMajor drug manufacturers already at full capacity producing other medicationsWed Mar 10 2021 - 19:28
Department officials refused to share illegal adoption files with Ministers, Dáil toldNo delay should be allowed into inquiry of up to 20,000 ‘suspicious’ casesWed Mar 10 2021 - 14:35
Davy scandal: ‘Toxic culture’ of bank-collapse era ‘alive and well’‘Not really accurate’ to say 16 staff involved no longer employed by company, says Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonaldWed Mar 10 2021 - 14:32
Seanad hears women patients being misled over endometriosisGPs not trained to high enough standard telling women chronic illness ‘in their heads’Mon Mar 08 2021 - 21:43
Minister to move on gender pay gap legislation in next fortnightO’Gorman to bring amendments to Cabinet requiring firms to publish differences in payMon Mar 08 2021 - 20:13
Portrait of 1916 nurse ‘airbrushed from history’ unveiled in SeanadPainting of Elizabeth O’Farrell with Patrick Pearse attempt to rectify ‘historic wrong’Mon Mar 08 2021 - 17:28
Fly-tipping law to enable use of CCTV in prosecutionsIllegal dumping may be costing local authorities up to €90m a yearSun Mar 07 2021 - 14:56
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Mary Kate O’Donohoe was ‘loved and respected by all who knew her’Mary was well known in the community for her expertise in tapestrySat Mar 06 2021 - 01:00
McDowell fears amended law on identifying deceased children ‘unintelligible’Minister insists Bill is clear and flexible and will allow parents to remember children in publicFri Mar 05 2021 - 20:36
‘Paused’ passport services leaves parents without documents for monthsUnanswered calls or queries causes criticism as Senator says sector should be essentialFri Mar 05 2021 - 18:45
No sign of €50m fund for entertainment sector five months after budgetSenators highlight mental effect of lockdown on musicians and artists unable to performFri Mar 05 2021 - 16:56
Labour Bill seeks to give adopted people right to birth informationLegislation would reverse State policy ‘overly skewed towards privacy rights’, Bacik saysFri Mar 05 2021 - 14:35
Agency required to establish number of unidentified bodies in State, says TDDáil hears families of missing people must contact individual coroners and cemeteriesFri Mar 05 2021 - 07:09
Sharp Dáil exchanges during debate on land agency BillMore bankers on 12-member board than women, says Green Party’s Neasa HouriganThu Mar 04 2021 - 21:22
Vaccination of ‘high risk’ citizens against Covid-19 to begin next week, Dáil hearsStephen Donnelly expresses ‘serious concern’ about reliability of AstraZeneca deliveryThu Mar 04 2021 - 15:46
Tánaiste appeals for ‘patience with HSE’ in ‘long road ahead’ for vaccinationVaradkar says family carers should be prioritised after top two priority groupsThu Mar 04 2021 - 13:25
Opposition TDs accuse Davy stockbrokers of corruption and ‘white-collar crime’Pressure on NTMA to cut ties with firm over failure to hold individuals accountable for breachesWed Mar 03 2021 - 21:03
Varadkar criticises Green TD’s High Court Ceta challengePatrick Costello raises concerns over Government’s plan to ratify trade agreementWed Mar 03 2021 - 20:06
Micheál Martin describes issue of illegal adoption as ‘shocking’Adoption-tracing legislation needed, says expert, as case studies to go before CabinetWed Mar 03 2021 - 17:23
Troops to be vaccinated before overseas deployment after Taoiseach’s interventionMartin criticised for failure to move family carers up priority list to receive jabWed Mar 03 2021 - 16:00
Sinn Féin accused of fixation on ‘Trump-style hysteria’ by Minister in housing rowDarragh O’Brien under pressure amid SF motion to drop shared-equity proposalWed Mar 03 2021 - 14:28
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Flora Brennock radiated positivity and loved artFlora had a great welcome for everyone and was renowned for her caring attitudeWed Mar 03 2021 - 06:00
Quarantine hotels to rely on private security firms for rules enforcementGardaí will not escort passengers from airport or stay on site, Garda management saysTue Mar 02 2021 - 01:00
Midlands must not become ‘rust belt’ after power plant closuresSeanad told that due to absence of peat from Irish sources, industry will have to import itMon Mar 01 2021 - 21:06
Zero Covid plan would mean 2km limit and closing all schools - DonnellyMinister cites ‘whiff of xenophobia’ in debate on mandatory hotel quarantiningMon Mar 01 2021 - 18:10
Senators criticise Bank of Ireland over ‘cynical’ move to close branchesSenator Timmy Dooley says the closure of 103 branches is ‘appalling kick in the teeth’Mon Mar 01 2021 - 14:27
Protest marks end of mother and baby homes commission’s termAcademic warns against delaying release of recordings of survivors’ testimoniesSat Feb 27 2021 - 20:01
Target of 10 Covid-19 cases a day needed to avoid fourth lockdown, says ShortallCo-leaders outline party goals at online Social Democrats national conferenceSat Feb 27 2021 - 17:14
Construction sector ‘spin’ must be challenged, Soc Dems conference toldProf Orla Hegarty highlights need for ‘missing middle’ properties in IrelandSat Feb 27 2021 - 15:08
Housing Agency ‘crucial’ to accommodating asylum seekers, Minister saysContracts for direct provision centres may be extended during transition, O’Gorman saysFri Feb 26 2021 - 20:19
HSE allocated over €700,000 to charity with no audited accounts since 2019, Seanad toldHealth body criticised in the Seanad but Senator Ronan Mullen did not name charityFri Feb 26 2021 - 20:09
No guarantee all children will be back in school by mid-April, Ryan warnsReturn depends on ‘continued effort of all our citizens’, says MinisterFri Feb 26 2021 - 18:21
Lives Lost to Covid-19: The vaccine offer arrived two days after Eileen’s funeralMarried to Hugh for 63 years, Eileen Gallagher was a loving mother and grandmotherFri Feb 26 2021 - 09:00
Covid-19 vaccine rollout defended by HSE amid claims of queue jumpingDáil hears claims some childcare providers were vaccinated early; GPs raise concernsFri Feb 26 2021 - 01:00
Minister says 9,000 fines issued for Covid-19 rule breachesSF tells Dáil that ‘Micheál and Leo show’ having an impact on public’s mental healthThu Feb 25 2021 - 20:48
Dáil told of childcare provider staff vaccinated ahead of timeService in Wexford may have exerted pressure on the HSE, says Labour Party leaderThu Feb 25 2021 - 19:18
Mother and baby homes: Complaints made over handling of testimoniesWitnesses’ access to accounts among problems that are ‘hard to unpick’, says data regulatorThu Feb 25 2021 - 00:01
Hotel isolation for 20 states excludes US, UK where cases ‘rampant’Bill comprises radical action that strikes ‘fair, proportionate balance’, Donnelly tells DáilWed Feb 24 2021 - 23:22
TD accuses PSNI of ‘failure of action’ over Belfast teen’s deathPolice signalled corporate manslaughter inquiry into Noah Donohoe’s demise this monthWed Feb 24 2021 - 20:43
Labour leader brands Living with Covid plan ‘laughable’Kelly accused of populism after noting arrival of 2,000 Brazilians during 5km restrictionWed Feb 24 2021 - 15:22
Gabriel Scally not ‘dumped’ from CervicalCheck reformPublic health expert to provide one final report on implementation plan, Department of Health confirmsWed Feb 24 2021 - 14:42
Mother and baby homes commission will be dissolved at end of week, Minister confirms‘Miraculous recovery of tapes from back of couch’ has to be investigated, says WhitmoreWed Feb 24 2021 - 13:13
Councillors to get €8,000 pay increase soon, junior minister pledgesGovernment accused of ‘unforgivable heel-dragging’ on the issue in Seanad debateMon Feb 22 2021 - 23:00
Growing links between Irish and Chinese universities must be examined, Senator saysRónán Mullen urges Government to act amid concerns over human rights issues in ChinaMon Feb 22 2021 - 21:55
Fine Gael Senator calls for exemption to 5km travel limit for golfers and sea swimmersIndependent Senator says Covid-19 restrictions are a ‘dystopian vision of living’Mon Feb 22 2021 - 16:41
Plan to convert Georgian House Museum to deluxe housing refusedPlan ‘would set an undesirable precedent for loss of cultural facilities’ – Dublin City CouncilSat Feb 20 2021 - 17:45
Transcripts of all mother and baby home testimonies availableO’Gorman says disaster recovery tapes may contain the recordings of 549 survivorsSat Feb 20 2021 - 01:00
An Bord Pleanála criticised for delay in online planning systemSystem still not in place, five years after Government housing strategy pledgeFri Feb 19 2021 - 21:00
