Insurance firms in ‘scam’ by charging loyal customers more than new clients , TD claimsDoherty says companies use data mining to implement ‘widespread, extortionate’ dual pricing policyThu Sep 26 2019 - 15:29
Government will be forced to comply with ruling on public services card – PAC hearsData Protection Commissioner stands over her report and is going ahead with enforcement proceedingsThu Sep 26 2019 - 13:47
Donohoe says funding to be above €2.8bn Budget package if no-deal BrexitAdditional resources will mean ‘temporary deficit’ where surplus otherwise expectedThu Sep 26 2019 - 13:24
Dáil row over Public Services Card as Minister hits out at TD for ‘calling me a liar’Fianna Fáil spokesman responds that Regina Doherty would not intimidate himWed Sep 25 2019 - 21:14
Green Party set to have FF, FG support as writ moved calling for Seanad byelectionNo date set but ‘no appetite in Government’ to delay election to replace Grace O’SullivanWed Sep 25 2019 - 21:11
Dáil hears call for agency to take on ‘thugs’ along BorderMartin says current taskforce not working amid huge rear and ‘omerta across region’Wed Sep 25 2019 - 13:10
Minister for Finance accuses SF leader of ‘hypocrisy’ in Dáil carbon tax rowMary Lou McDonald claims carbon tax does not reduce carbon emissions or change people’s behaviourTue Sep 24 2019 - 22:17
Housing crisis has created perfect storm for predatory landlords, TD tells DáilRuth Coppinger says she has received more disclosures, particularly from three women in the Hap sectorTue Sep 24 2019 - 16:27
Students used as ‘pawns’ in Trinity College funding rowUSI president questions global rankings as provost warns student numbers may be cutSun Sep 22 2019 - 21:32
Next stage in dealing with insurance crisis ‘up to judiciary’ – MinisterMichael D’Arcy says he’s doing all he can but ‘it now falls to judges to reduce awards’Sun Sep 22 2019 - 20:32
Rain to continue but temperature to remain normalPower restored to 2,000 homes in Munster areaSun Sep 22 2019 - 18:19
ESB to reopen Lough Ree power plant after discharge-linked closurePlant to gradually start electricity generation ‘at prudent levels’ to ensure environmental complianceSun Sep 22 2019 - 18:16
Heated Dáil exchanges over New York-bound Naval Service vesselLÉ Samuel Beckett to play role in State’s bid for UN general assembly seat but FF unhappyThu Sep 19 2019 - 20:38
‘No great mystery’ to decision to drop PSC requirement for passports – TánaisteGovernment defence of public services card operation ‘rock solid’, Coveney insistsThu Sep 19 2019 - 18:19
Euro 2020 ban ‘most distressing’ for Merrion Square artistsFianna Fáil TD criticises ‘unacceptable’ level of payment for artists and performersThu Sep 19 2019 - 16:25
Border community must work with police to stamp out ‘total lawlessness’, says CoveneyTánaiste: Attack on Quinn executive ‘a reminder of gangland paramilitary-style punishment beatings of past’Thu Sep 19 2019 - 13:52
Public services card not needed for new childcare scheme – VaradkarTaoiseach says parents without card can ‘go through the rigmarole’ of filling in formsThu Sep 19 2019 - 01:00
Dublin tenant propositioned by landlord ‘felt like a sex object’Landlords seeking ‘sex for rent’ from tenants, Dáil hearsWed Sep 18 2019 - 21:44
Family risks losing home over failure to find school spaces for sons with autismTaoiseach highlights investment in special needs amid FF accusations of ‘inertia’Wed Sep 18 2019 - 19:38
Housing defects are not Government’s responsibility, says MinisterDamien English told to ‘get your head out of the sand’ and help homeowners fix defectsWed Sep 18 2019 - 19:21
Taoiseach says Justice should communicate with Oughterard on asylum seekersVaradkar cites Lisdoonvarna, Wicklow Town as examples where discussions ‘allayed fears’Tue Sep 17 2019 - 22:14
Meat plant blockades ‘doing immeasurable damage’ to beef sector, Minister warnsCreed appeals to protesters to ‘step back for the sake of fellow farmers’Tue Sep 17 2019 - 21:30
Taoiseach says public services card is no ‘Big Brother-style conspiracy’Varadkar insists card is “absolutely not IDcard’ as gardaí not allowed to ask for itTue Sep 17 2019 - 21:07
Supermarket shelves will not be empty if no-deal Brexit, Tánaiste saysFrench ‘unbelievably helpful’, will have separate lane for Irish trucks from UK at CalaisTue Sep 17 2019 - 19:44
Beef dispute: 355 workers temporarily laid off at Cahir plantTaoiseach calls for compromise as total out of work in sector during dispute hits 6,000Tue Sep 17 2019 - 14:23
International students have ‘eye opening’ experience in Leinster HouseMeeting the Taoiseach, Brexit, bus stops and ’violence’ of French education systemMon Sep 16 2019 - 21:50
Concerns raised over access to newly restored Leinster HouseClaims made that two entrances to be used, one for elected members and one for staffSat Aug 17 2019 - 04:00
Call for debate on four-day week for working parentsTD makes call as 18 weeks of unpaid parental leave increases to 22 from SeptemberWed Aug 14 2019 - 13:26
School voluntary contributions are ‘fees in disguise’ and should be banned - LabourSenator calls for universal payment for school clothes, footwear and free booksTue Aug 13 2019 - 20:30
Shane Ross has ‘biggest bloody SUV in Leinster House’Minister defends climate-friendly driving claims and says he is trialing electric vehiclesFri Aug 9 2019 - 20:50
Just two Cabinet Ministers using environmentally-friendly vehiclesFF TD John Lahart says Government wants people to change ‘yet their own house is not remotely in order’Fri Aug 9 2019 - 02:58
Pressure now on colposcopy clinics following CervicalCheck crisisClinical need will determine access to clinics as smear test backlog to be cleared in weeksFri Aug 9 2019 - 01:18
Citizens’ assembly on gender to be running by end of OctoberTender process to commission polling company to select 99 voters on electoral registerThu Aug 8 2019 - 13:46
CervicalCheck sends letter with incorrect test results to 400 womenPatients waiting six months told they are HPV negative when actually HPV positiveThu Aug 8 2019 - 02:31
Varadkar, Harris meet cervical cancer campaigners about formal apologyTaoiseach expected to acknowledge State’s role in repeated failures, errors in DáilWed Aug 7 2019 - 17:34
Cervical smear tests contract given without proper assessmentToo few people in CervicalCheck managing too many projects, rapid review findsTue Aug 6 2019 - 22:03
Q&A: What is the latest CervicalCheck controversy?Technical problem uncovered by woman who questioned delay in getting her resultsTue Aug 6 2019 - 22:00
HSE keen to ‘put women first’ after latest CervicalCheck controversyResults of more than 4,000 smear test not affected by ‘major communications failure’Tue Aug 6 2019 - 19:54
HSE criticised over ‘abysmal example’ during world breastfeeding weekDocument proposes encouraging employees to breastfeed until child’s second birthdayTue Aug 6 2019 - 10:29
Catholic schools can still ask questions on religion despite new lawSection preventing schools asking questions will not come into effect for two yearsThu Aug 1 2019 - 21:19
‘Hostility’ between Irish, UK governments must be addressed, Dáil hears‘We have to look at bigger picture, time beyond Brexit,’ FF’s Lisa Chambers saysFri Jul 12 2019 - 20:45
Gardaí permitted to give evidence at Troubles-era inquests in NorthBill rushed through Dáil, Seanad on cooperation with PSNI, UKFri Jul 12 2019 - 16:35
CervicalCheck: HSE says it was assured in February letters would be sentGPs to receive test results from today following IT glitch as HSE directly contacts ‘small number’ of 800 womenFri Jul 12 2019 - 12:47
Michael Ring warns Ministers not to treat his department as a ‘soft touch’Minister says other departments are foisting issues onto Department of Rural DevelopmentFri Jul 12 2019 - 01:00
RCSI set to get university status 235 years after it started training surgeonsReforming legislation also increases powers of regulator over English language schoolsThu Jul 11 2019 - 20:36
Court of Appeal to get six new judges after Bill passed by DáilDistrict Court judges’ retirement age to increase from 65 to 70Thu Jul 11 2019 - 20:31
Psychiatric nurses’ overtime ban shows issues remain – CoveneyTánaiste says PNA has been patient with Government’s slow progress on resolutionThu Jul 11 2019 - 17:10
Tributes paid in Dáil to ‘giants of public life’ Brendan Grace, Noel WhelanTwo very different men ‘both made enormous contributions’ to Irish lifeThu Jul 11 2019 - 13:31
Landmark legislation makes inquests into maternal deaths mandatoryFamily of women whose deaths became high profiles cases observed as Bill completedThu Jul 11 2019 - 11:05
Beef deal concerns ‘pale into insignificance’ in event of no-deal BrexitTaoiseach says State will vote against Mercosur deal ‘if it is not in Ireland’s interests’Wed Jul 10 2019 - 20:50