SF rails over ‘big boys’ pensions but ‘crumbs’ for ordinary peopleMcDonald and Martin engage in heated exchange on pension age and entitlementsWed Feb 10 2021 - 16:26
Cabinet may increase fine for non-essential travel abroad to €2,000, says MartinNo significant economic reopening after March 5th, Taoiseach tells DáilWed Feb 10 2021 - 14:54
Government’s ‘mixed messaging is driving people bonkers’, Dáil toldIreland will have a ‘lockdown 4’ unless community transmission is eliminated, Labour warnsWed Feb 10 2021 - 12:14
Ryan backtracks on plan not to fully sign off on Limerick road projectCoonagh to Knockalisheen road seen as critical for regeneration of MoyrossWed Feb 10 2021 - 11:52
Almost €300,000 awarded to community-based biodiversity projectsBirds, bats, bogs and all-Ireland hedge-laying championship set to benefit from grantsMon Feb 08 2021 - 00:01
TDs call for new HSE director for mental health amid expected surge in demandDáil hears of need for overall plan to deal with psychiatric ‘fallout’ from Covid-19Fri Feb 05 2021 - 22:47
Commission chair declines to attend children’s committeeMs Justice Yvonne Murphy asked to attend on alternate date or nominate other memberFri Feb 05 2021 - 20:07
Confidential records destroyed ‘without consent’, TD claimsAppeal made for terms of Mother and Baby Homes commission to be extendedThu Feb 04 2021 - 21:30
Holohan has ‘huge amount of regret’ over CervicalCheck issuesNon-disclosure of clinical audits caused ‘significant harm’, says CMOThu Feb 04 2021 - 20:32
Covid-19: 28 deaths of residents recorded in mental health facilities, Dáil hearsMinister highlights increase in cases of ‘first episode psychosis’ and eating disordersThu Feb 04 2021 - 15:42
Vaccination for over-70s ‘may well be slower’ says TánaisteVaradkar tells Dáil recommendation not to use AstraZeneca ‘will probably change’Thu Feb 04 2021 - 13:21
Covid business supports set to be extended beyond MarchKey Cabinet subcommittee chaired by Tánaiste to assess measures for exposed sectorsThu Feb 04 2021 - 01:00
Taoiseach cites legal reasons for not implementing hotel quarantine for all arrivalsVaradkar appears to contradict Donnelly on whether people in shared homes have to stay in roomsWed Feb 03 2021 - 20:41
Bill introduced to cut TDs’, Senators’ pay by 25% during Level 4, 5 restrictions‘Every single Deputy should be playing their part’, says Aontú’s Peader TóibínWed Feb 03 2021 - 20:36
Elderly staying in bed, refusing showers because of cold in homes, Dáil toldSF calls for extension of fuel allowance to recipients of Pandemic Unemployment PaymentWed Feb 03 2021 - 14:31
Taoiseach tells Dáil Northern Ireland protocol ‘needs some changes’Johnson says he is prepared to invoke Article 16 to ensure no barrier down the Irish SeaWed Feb 03 2021 - 13:50
Politicians ‘need to work together’ to calm North ports situationObjective of protocol is to ensure North’s access to EU and UK markets, Minister for Agriculture saysTue Feb 02 2021 - 20:49
Eamon Ryan defends ESB plan to convert Georgian museum into luxury apartmentsMinister says return of eight houses to residential use could be ‘exemplar’ of successful city livingTue Feb 02 2021 - 01:00
EU must learn ‘serious lessons’ from North controversy, says MinisterCommission should look closely at how they interact in Northern Ireland, says Thomas ByrneMon Feb 01 2021 - 02:00
State to invest €193m in research on cybersecurity, AI and e-healthResearch to include smart cities, applied geosciences, energy security, marine resourcesMon Feb 01 2021 - 00:01
Make St Brigid’s Day a bank holiday, Minister urgesMinister of State Martin Heydon submits proposal on idea to Taoiseach and TánaisteSun Jan 31 2021 - 21:41
Covid-19: Mass testing in childcare facilities sees 10% positivity ratePositivity rate has generally been higher in childcare facilities than in schoolsSun Jan 31 2021 - 20:23
Coronavirus: 15 further deaths and 1,247 cases reported in StateNorth records 19 deaths as incidence of virus continues to fall across island of IrelandSun Jan 31 2021 - 18:59
EU did not grasp political reality of move on NI protocol, says McGuinnessCommissioner accepts move on vaccine exports was rushed through without ‘proper scrutiny’Sun Jan 31 2021 - 16:39
No major reopening of economy likely after March 5th, says TaoiseachMartin says hospitality sector must wait until vaccination programme well advancedSun Jan 31 2021 - 15:35
Almost 5,000 work permits issued to medical personnel since pandemic beganDepartment denies claims of three-month processing times for non-EEA applicationsSun Jan 31 2021 - 13:27
Taoiseach defends EC’s approach in AstraZeneca vaccine disputeCertain ‘degree of normality’ realistic following inoculations in Ireland, Martin saysFri Jan 29 2021 - 16:45
Dáil told people still being refused emergency accommodation in DublinTD insists homeless are being denied beds despite Minister’s instructions that they must be accommodatedThu Jan 28 2021 - 21:56
Incoming travellers may be required to take two Covid tests with quarantine in betweenTánaiste says proposal is under consideration amid criticism of Government approachThu Jan 28 2021 - 16:47
Donnelly admits unlikely 700,000 people will be vaccinated by end of MarchMinister faces trenchant Dáil criticism for ‘over promising’ on Covid-19 vaccine rolloutThu Jan 28 2021 - 12:55
Nearly half of passengers arriving into Ireland were on holiday - TaoiseachVisa-free travel effectively banned from South Africa and South AmericaWed Jan 27 2021 - 21:55
Dáil approves nomination of two new GSoc appointeesTD objects to former PSNI officer on ‘need to be seen to be impartial and dispassionate’Wed Jan 27 2021 - 20:59
No plans to extend eligibility criteria for CRSS, says Paschal DonohoeOpposition criticises exclusion of businesses that do not operate from fixed premisesWed Jan 27 2021 - 18:08
Leaving Cert options announcement coming soon, says TaoiseachLabour Party calls for ‘assessed grade’ model to be offered to all Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle studentsWed Jan 27 2021 - 16:20
Mother and baby homes report did not have ‘level of workmanship’ needed, Seanad hearsFianna Fáil’s Lisa Chambers calls for commission members to answer questionsTue Jan 26 2021 - 22:13
Travellers ‘are treated like dirt’, Seanad is told by SenatorDepartment asked to take action to deal with Hepatitis A outbreak at halting siteTue Jan 26 2021 - 21:36
Target to have all adults vaccinated by September ‘contingent on deliveries’Adjustments to March plans may be needed following delays with AstraZeneca, says MinisterTue Jan 26 2021 - 20:58
Ireland ‘not at all happy’ about ‘disproportionate’ fish quota loss - MinisterCharlie McConalogue says EU members have not respected principle of post-Brexit burden sharingFri Jan 22 2021 - 15:34
‘Nothing is being ruled out’ in relation to tightening incoming travel rulesIntroduction of mandatory quarantine would likely survive constitutional challengeFri Jan 22 2021 - 01:00
Minister urged by Government TDs to enter media blackout on reopening special schoolsNorma Foley asked to go into Brexit-style ‘tunnel’ until solution is found for impasseThu Jan 21 2021 - 20:49
Up to one third of patients contracting Covid-19 while in hospital for other conditions‘They didn’t come in Covid-positive, they picked it up in hospital,’ Tánaiste saysThu Jan 21 2021 - 18:30
Covid-19: Mandatory quarantine for passengers is not workable, Tánaiste saysLeo Varadkar claims that such a measure is not an option due to Border with NorthThu Jan 21 2021 - 15:42
Donnelly apologises to Catherine Connolly for ‘unf***ingbelievable’ incidentDonnelly says he spoke in ‘unacceptable and inappropriate way’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 15:31
Every adult in Ireland to have Covid-19 vaccine by September, Minister for Health saysDonnelly says priortiy list for vaccines is a ‘living document’ and can be reviewedThu Jan 21 2021 - 13:56
Inspector who highlighted mother and baby homes to be remembered through scholarshipAlice Litster wrote that babies in Bessborough were ‘emaciated’ and had ‘sores all over’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 11:07
Department to get Mother and Baby Homes Commission archive next monthGovernment ‘must accept criticisms’ of report’s failure to accept survivors’ testimonyWed Jan 20 2021 - 19:23
Ireland’s relationship with Britain ‘will always be close and special’ – TaoiseachMartin says State has spent more than €1bn on Brexit-related issues since 2016Wed Jan 20 2021 - 18:35
Madigan apologises in Dáil for remarks about ‘normal children’Josepha Madigan also clarifies comments about mother and baby homesWed Jan 20 2021 - 16:32
Foley accuses union of being ‘disingenuous’ on school reopening claimJosepha Madigan raises mother and baby homes when discussing situation for special education pupilsWed Jan 20 2021 - 15:07
Minister for Education to address Dáil as fallout from closure of special-needs classes intensifiesTaoiseach insists Norma Foley will lead talks as call made for his intervention in disputeWed Jan 20 2021 - 14:07
