Families at centre of Portiuncula review call into question viability of serviceConcern about maternity care is ‘specific to Portiuncula’, Minister for Health saysThu Jul 10 2025 - 20:39
No money yet released from €8m special needs funds despite Tanáiste’s pledges Groups due to benefit from funds asked to reapply with no guarantee they will receive grantThu Jul 10 2025 - 19:06
‘We can’t just tear up the rule book’: Tánaiste defends denial of visas to young Palestinian GAA playersDecision to refuse applications from 33 youths due to visit later this month criticised in DáilThu Jul 10 2025 - 11:59
Proposed defamation law reforms fall short of addressing free-speech concerns, say campaignersThirty organisations including RTÉ, NUJ and Council for Civil Liberties urge Seanad to amend BillThu Jul 10 2025 - 06:00
Medical evacuation of children from Gaza to Ireland ‘a matter of life and death’, says Mary Lou McDonald ‘Every chance’ sick children will be killed unless flown out before autumn, Sinn Féin leader tells DáilWed Jul 09 2025 - 17:04
Consumers being ‘gouged’ by big supermarkets where stock prices are ‘going through roof’, Dáil toldGovernment will enhance consumer powers but rejects call to demand ‘full transparency’ in Irish profitsWed Jul 09 2025 - 15:22
O’Callaghan backs down on plan for 17% rise in personal injury awards Minister for Justice warns that judges may ignore decision, encouraging more people to bypass Personal Injuries Resolution BoardWed Jul 09 2025 - 14:13
Student fees: Government intends to reduce third-level levy over its lifetime, Minister saysLabour and Social Democrats urge Government to tackle ‘price gouging by big retail chains Tue Jul 08 2025 - 20:51
Three driving test centres reach 10-week waiting time target after years of increasesCarlow reaches 10 week goal; Tuam, Carrick-on-Shannon down to nine weeksThu Jul 03 2025 - 15:58
College fees: Students and parents feel ‘betrayed’ by prospect of contribution charge risingTD says parents cannot wait for budget in four months to find out what fees they must payThu Jul 03 2025 - 15:09
‘None of us got out unscathed’: Senator speaks of experience ‘living in very violent home’Nicole Ryan shared her childhood experience during a debate on the Domestic Voilence BillThu Jul 03 2025 - 10:04
Reduction in college fees to be sought by Minister for Higher Education in budgetFor second day running, no Dáil clarity given over possible student fee increase in SeptemberWed Jul 02 2025 - 22:18
Dáil passes Defamation Bill by 83 votes to 61Retailers should fight defamation claims ‘and not take easy route’, says MinisterWed Jul 02 2025 - 21:53
Br Kevin Crowley of Capuchin Day Centre dies aged 90Corkman set up the centre on Bow Street, Dublin in 1969Wed Jul 02 2025 - 12:11
Coalition sharply divided over third-level feesFine Gael privately seething over the controversy as Opposition parties unite in angerWed Jul 02 2025 - 06:00
Bill to undo convictions for consensual gay sex introduced 32 years after decriminalisation of homosexuality Historic convictionsTue Jul 01 2025 - 22:32
Third-level fees: No funding earmarked to avoid the €1,000 hike this year, Taoiseach saysStudent college fees: Micheál Martin says there will not be a one-off cost-of-living payment again this year to reduce cost for students Tue Jul 01 2025 - 16:37
Police ombudsman investigating circumstances of Evan Fitzgerald’s deathWicklow man (22) took his own life after discharging a firearm in Carlow shopping centreTue Jul 01 2025 - 06:00
Eight domestic violence calls go unanswered by Free Legal Advice Centres every day due to lack of resourcesState agency only had capacity to answer 21% of calls last yearMon Jun 30 2025 - 19:19
Kneecap would not face prosecution under new Irish anti-terrorism laws, Minister insists Band member Mo Chara has been prosecuted for allegedly displaying Hizbullah flag at London concert Mon Jun 30 2025 - 15:23
Government briefs pro-Palestine EU allies on Occupied Territories BillTánaiste Simon Harris says other EU members need to bring forward their own legislation Fri Jun 27 2025 - 06:00
Minister denies Sinn Féin’s claim anti-terrorism Bill contains a ‘Kneecap’ clauseJim O’Callaghan says UK charge against ‘Mo Chara’ could not occur in IrelandThu Jun 26 2025 - 20:11
Long Covid support scheme to end this month, Minister for Health confirmsLabour Court recommends scheme be extended for a further six monthsThu Jun 26 2025 - 15:49
O’Donovan has ‘no notion’ of abolishing TV licence fee or replacing it with tax on tech companiesNumbers paying licence fee dropped from 950,000 in 2022 to 790,000 in 2024, Dáil hearsThu Jun 26 2025 - 14:14
Minister concerned 44% of women are dissatisfied with initial Garda response to abuseJim O’Callaghan said gardaí are being continually trained to deal with the issueThu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00
2025 Irish presidential election must be the last to exclude voters in North, Dáil hearsSinn Féin leader says November poll must be last where franchise not all-IrelandWed Jun 25 2025 - 11:40
Gardaí accused in Seanad of ‘concealing facts’ from judge in Evan Fitzgerald caseMichael McDowell accuses undercover gardaí, who supplied gunman with seized weapons, of ‘entrapment’Wed Jun 25 2025 - 09:10
Occupied Territories Bill: Services decision to be based on advice from Attorney General Dáil hears EU’s ‘descent into moral turpitude has been both swift and shocking. Its silence on Gaza deafening’ Tue Jun 24 2025 - 17:52
Mental health waiting lists for children not improving despite €30m extra fundingLimerick area ‘exemplar’ of good performance but Cork and Kerry list remains long Mon Jun 23 2025 - 21:04
‘A load of bull’ that Sinn Féin is on the side of working people, Tánaiste saysSimon Harris claims Sinn Féin is the ‘wealthiest party’ and property owner in the DáilThu Jun 19 2025 - 17:36
TD first to tell Justice Minister gardaí supplied guns to Carlow gunmanAlan Kelly questions why Garda Commissioner did not tell Jim O’Callaghan about ‘major issue’Thu Jun 19 2025 - 16:13
TD says she hasn’t drunk alcohol in over 13 years during impassioned plea to not delay health-warning labelsSinéad Gibney dismissed suggestions the labels should be put on the long finger because of US tariffsThu Jun 19 2025 - 15:09
Vapes will be hidden in shops, single-use types banned and flavours restricted under legal changeShops will have to ‘hide’ vapes, with ban on single-use devices, ‘significant’ restrictions on flavours to reduce appeal to young peopleThu Jun 19 2025 - 06:22
Rent Pressure Zones could be in place across country by Friday, Dáil toldOpposition hit out at rental reforms as ‘ramshackle, haphazard, back-of-the-envelope’ proposalsWed Jun 18 2025 - 21:00
€100 should be added to Leap cards of anyone waiting more than 12 weeks for driving test, Dáil hearsCall made as ‘not a deadline in sight’ on any Government public transport planWed Jun 18 2025 - 19:14
‘Nuclear option’ to close nursing homes must be used, says Taoiseach Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald tells Dáil the Health Information and Quality Authority needs stronger powers Wed Jun 18 2025 - 16:39
Report set to examine risks of increasing nursing home privatisationTaoiseach has ‘no issue’ with larger fines for repeated failures but closures must be optionWed Jun 18 2025 - 13:18
‘A roof over your head is seen as a luxury’: Hundreds attend housing protest outside Dáil Among Raise the Roof demonstrators were couple in ‘very secure jobs’ but ‘still not able to afford property in Dublin’Tue Jun 17 2025 - 20:32
State to purchase Citywest hotel for €148m and use it as asylum seeker accommodation Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan says decision represents value with sum to be clawed back over a period of four years due to savingsTue Jun 17 2025 - 19:04
No ‘special exemptions’ for students under latest Rent Pressure Zone system, James Browne saysMinister defends pace of Government moves after claims landlords in areas not covered by RPZs raising rents before the law extendedTue Jun 17 2025 - 14:44
‘I walk everywhere with one crutch’: Senator Nikki Bradley on life as a prosthetic-using politicianNikki Bradley is working with authorities to make the building more accessibleMon Jun 16 2025 - 10:00
Dublin’s north inner city and Cork’s northside identified as the dirtiest places in IrelandNaas keeps top billing as cleanest town while scavenging seagulls a ‘persistent problem’ - Ibal survey Mon Jun 16 2025 - 00:01
TDs and senators question if €7m Dáil broadcasting contract is value for money‘Extremely concerning working conditions and pay issues’ outlined in letter from 125 public representativesSun Jun 15 2025 - 19:05
Protections for tenants who live outside current Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) to be brought forward next weekGovernment rejects Sinn Féin accusation it is ‘scrambling around under pressure from the Opposition and changing their plan’Thu Jun 12 2025 - 13:50
Naval base for Galway could form part of Ireland’s first maritime security strategyTánaiste announces four-week public consultation for strategy due by year endThu Jun 12 2025 - 12:23
Government defeats motion to end Central Bank’s facilitation of Israeli bond salesCentral Bank governor says Israel has raised at least €100m from bonds approved for trading by Irish institutionWed Jun 11 2025 - 22:07
Irish cities face ‘dystopian future’ due to drone deliveries, TD warns, as clip of noise is played in DáilCall for drone restriction zone in Glasnevin, designated Ireland’s first autism friendly villageWed Jun 11 2025 - 11:29
Rents unlikely to come down for several years after reforms, Coalition told before agreeing overhaulAverage rents may increase in short term, according to research paper published as Government unveiled plans to overhaul sectorWed Jun 11 2025 - 06:00
Rent Pressure Zones: Landlords could face stiffer fines for breaking rent rulesGovernment agrees to extend Rent Pressure Zones and allow higher rent increases in new builds Tue Jun 10 2025 - 14:02
National Treatment Purchase Fund seeks assurances from all hospitals that rules of waiting-list schemes being followedConcerns over operation of special waiting-list clinics at CHI have seen NTPF funding to children’s hospital group suspended pending a review Thu Jun 05 2025 - 14:12
