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
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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 22 2019 - 20:32
Rain to continue but temperature to remain normalPower restored to 2,000 homes in Munster areaSun Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 19 2019 - 18:19
Euro 2020 ban ‘most distressing’ for Merrion Square artistsFianna Fáil TD criticises ‘unacceptable’ level of payment for artists and performersThu Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 19 2019 - 01:00
Dublin tenant propositioned by landlord ‘felt like a sex object’Landlords seeking ‘sex for rent’ from tenants, Dáil hearsWed Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 17 2019 - 14:23
International students have ‘eye opening’ experience in Leinster HouseMeeting the Taoiseach, Brexit, bus stops and ’violence’ of French education systemMon Sept 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 09 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 09 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 09 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 08 2019 - 13:46
