Dilution of Bill to teach Traveller history in schools criticisedMinister says legislation unaltered would mean subject having status above Irish or MathsWed Oct 16 2019 - 18:34
Varadkar and Martin row over disability servicesMartin claims agencies in fear of speaking out because ‘it will be taken out on them’Wed Oct 16 2019 - 13:32
Taoiseach says Government following commission advice on minimum wageIncrease of 30c will only be introducted in event of orderly Brexit, Dáil hearsWed Oct 16 2019 - 06:36
Stanton pledges new law so opposite-sex couples can choose who takes adoptive leaveDail considers law for new parental leave measure in addition to existing provisionsTue Oct 15 2019 - 23:44
Derry woman considers UN complaint over UK citizenship rulingTaoiseach backs Emma DeSouza’s case: British law ‘out of step’ with NI peace treatyTue Oct 15 2019 - 20:20
Varadkar invokes St John Henry Newman in conscience debateTaoiseach was responding to Labour leader’s call for end to clerics ‘instructing’ politiciansTue Oct 15 2019 - 19:48
Homeless man killed in Cork had been offered apartment, says TaoiseachFianna Fáil leader criticises Leo Varadkar for giving ‘personal details’ about Timothy HourihaneTue Oct 15 2019 - 19:16
New Castlebar-Westport road to cost more than €200 millionPrice tag of road has escalated by €70m in 10 months, says Labour senatorTue Oct 15 2019 - 16:25
Varadkar says he will raise Emma DeSouza ruling with JohnsonBritish citizenship laws out of step with Belfast Agreement - TaoiseachTue Oct 15 2019 - 15:08
Inquiry into acquisition of government offices site in WexfordOPW examining files over the transfer of properties after 15-year row over title deedsMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:27
Bill banning sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s goes to CabinetAnti-vaping legislation sought as 19 deaths and over 1,000 lung injuries reported in USMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:05
Tánaiste may call in Turkish ambassador, following incursion in northern SyriaCoveney warns Islamic State could ‘fill vacuum’ of instability in regionThu Oct 10 2019 - 21:35
Women to have access to free contraception from 2021 – MinisterHarris receives working group report, but legislation, regulation, negotiation neededThu Oct 10 2019 - 17:32
Cross border healthcare in ‘farcical’ situationHSE and NHS patients are crossing border for same treatments, Oireachtas toldThu Oct 10 2019 - 17:30
Investigation to be held into official knowledge of extortion claimsHousing department informed of Dublin protection money operation in 2017Thu Oct 10 2019 - 17:18
Referendum in North on EU risks becoming divisive border poll - TaoiseachVaradkar stresses no change in EU position despite UK ‘anonymous briefings’Wed Oct 09 2019 - 22:45
Flanagan ‘greatly disturbed’ over reports of council paying protection money‘We’re trying to get to the bottom of this,’ Eoghan Murphy saysWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:47
‘Youse just really don’t give a f***’, TD tells Government in DáilJoan Collins later withdraws remark made during ongoing debate on Budget 2020Wed Oct 09 2019 - 18:56
Taoiseach accused of being ‘green poseur’ in carbon tax Dáil rowVaradkar accuses SF, left-wing parties of being out of touch with facts and scienceWed Oct 09 2019 - 15:14
Micheál Martin calls for vaping ban for under 18sTaoiseach agrees more urgency needed to tackle issue but says he must ‘look at the science’Wed Oct 09 2019 - 13:14
Sinn Féin says budget favours bankers, insurance firms and other vested interestsLabour claims it is a ‘sham budget’ for health that will do nothing to deal with year-round winter conditions in hospitalsWed Oct 09 2019 - 01:00
Dáil votes by 93 to 35 against increasing €150m bank levyHike in charge on banks increases chances of legal challenge, says MinisterTue Oct 08 2019 - 23:28
Carbon tax increase approved by 97 votes to 36 in DáilIncreasing charge a ‘moment of truth’ for TDs, Minister saysTue Oct 08 2019 - 22:30
Budget excludes most vulnerable to hard Brexit - Joan BurtonBudget would mean frustration in many homes as there is ‘absolutely nothing for them’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 20:45
Budget has failed to ease pressure on working families – Pearse DohertySinn Féin says Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil represent ‘cosseted, privileged class’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 20:45
Government dependence on corporation tax ‘unhealthy’, McGrath warns‘Party of prudence has become party of recklessness,’ claims Fianna Fáil’s CowenTue Oct 08 2019 - 15:34
More than six million phones, devices lying idle in Irish homes - surveyResearch indicates 2.3 million cars on Irish roads up 200,000 since 2017Mon Oct 07 2019 - 06:00
Government to extend maternity, paternity leave by two weeksUp to 60,000 parents could benefit from new leave paid at same rate as current benefitMon Oct 07 2019 - 00:01
Two killed in Co Wexford plane crashIncident involving light aircraft occurred at Duncormick in an open fieldSun Oct 06 2019 - 22:11
‘Leave wildlife alone’: DSPCA warns public against selfies with deerPeople feeding deer unsafe food, and are at risk of injury as rutting season beginsSun Oct 06 2019 - 19:28
Free transport and USC near-abolition called for by People Before ProfitParty’s alternative €8bn budget seeks to tax plane fuel, bank profits and transactionsFri Oct 04 2019 - 18:51
Greyhound racing promotion stopped due to ‘disgusting behaviour’ in sector – RossTourism bodies suspended promotion after report found 6,000 dogs culled annuallyThu Oct 03 2019 - 20:15
Brexit: Ireland will not ‘countenance’ deal involving customs checks – VaradkarJohnson’s proposals create ‘major obstacles’ to deal, says TaoiseachThu Oct 03 2019 - 18:15
There will be no Brexit deal if UK paper is final proposal, Tánaiste warns‘There are a number of fundamental problems with that proposal,’ Coveney saysThu Oct 03 2019 - 14:29
Asylum applications up 53 per cent as direct provision centres reach capacityA clear Government plan on asylum needed to prevent spread of ‘populist, racist agenda’Thu Oct 03 2019 - 12:30
Review of fatal foetal abnormality case yet to begin, Dáil hearsTóibín claims woman who had pregnancy terminated denied input into review processWed Oct 02 2019 - 20:41
Changes to be made to housing fast-track planning schemePeople Before Profit TD says scheme a ‘licence to hoard land, flip land, print money’Wed Oct 02 2019 - 18:47
Varadkar expresses support for banker pay capIn revealing Dáil exchange Taoiseach says €500,000 salary limit should remain in placeWed Oct 02 2019 - 17:36
Minister says it is ‘disturbing’ that 36,000 UK driving licences still not exchangedRoss appeals to motorists to act before October 31st Brexit deadlineWed Oct 02 2019 - 13:54
Catherine Day appointed to chair citizens’ assembly on gender equalityDelayed forum to be up and running by end of year following selection of 99 votersTue Oct 01 2019 - 21:17
Taoiseach to join call for Communicorp to reverse ban on journalistsVaradkar says no one should be banned from airwaves unless for reasons like hate speechTue Oct 01 2019 - 21:16
Alternative to direct provision is ‘camps, containers’ Varadkar warnsWorry in Dáil about message Oughterard decision sends out after Rooskey, MovilleTue Oct 01 2019 - 18:36
Taoiseach apologises to patients, staff for hospital overcrowding problemsSF’s McDonald says last month worst September on record for people left on trolleysTue Oct 01 2019 - 16:05
Taoiseach welcomes Johnson’s comments on Border customs postsUK government promised Ireland, EU in 2017 that there would be no hard border – VaradkarTue Oct 01 2019 - 15:20
Ireland has ‘worrying pattern’ of racism, head of EU agency warnsA third of those surveyed in Ireland reported discrimination because of skin colourFri Sept 27 2019 - 20:05
Two TDs clash in Dáil debate about relationships and sexual educationCoppinger says religious groups targeting sex education; Tóibín claims it is ‘massive mistake’ to remove parental choice on values and ethosThu Sept 26 2019 - 22:17
Minister moves to re-assure Dáil on commitment to air ambulanceWarnings service under threat because of staff retention problemsThu Sept 26 2019 - 18:21
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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 26 2019 - 13:24
