Number of State employees up by nearly 3,000THE NUMBER of State employees, including those working in the health service, rose by nearly 3,000, but cuts have been made in…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
US immigration reform to be put to SenateMajor immigration reform in the United States will be put to the US Senate before the summer, a leading US Congresswoman haas…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Cut all social welfare, says expert groupALL SOCIAL welfare payments, including pensions and disability benefits, should be cut, according to an independent experts’ …Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Parties received almost €14m for day-to-day spend - reportPOLITICAL PARTIES received nearly €14 million last year from the State to fund their day-to-day operations, but not elections…Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Cabinet to decide date of Lisbon Treaty poll todayTHE CABINET is today expected to decide to hold the Lisbon Treaty referendum on October 2nd.Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Shooting claims may have affected voteSINN FEIN: SINN Féin has suffered significant losses on Dublin City Council and elsewhere, but made strategic gains on some …Mon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
Cowen asks FF voters to stay loyalFIANNA FÁIL: VOTERS WHO have supported Fianna Fáil in the past should “stick with the party” in tomorrow’s elections, Taoiseach…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Government will serve term - CowenThe Government will serve its full term in office, regardless of the result of Friday’s local, by-election and European elections…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Religious orders must reveal extent of assets to GovernmentEIGHTEEN RELIGIOUS orders criticised in the Ryan commission child abuse report will have to fully detail their assets to the …Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
'Substantial' payments sought from ordersGOVERNMENT RESPONSE: THE GOVERNMENT has accepted all of the childcare ecommendations made by Judge Seán Ryan, Taoiseach Brian…Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
Pressure for increased payments expectedCOMPENSATION DEAL: THE GOVERNMENT is expected to increase pressure upon the 18 religious organisations indemnified against child…Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Former FF mayor tells of abuse painAN ABUSE victim and former Fianna Fáil mayor last night told Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey that the Government had not “…Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
EU source of less than 30% of Irish laws - FGMANIFESTO LAUNCH: THE EUROPEAN Union is the source of less than 30 per cent of Irish laws and regulation – not the 80 per cent…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Fine Gael continues its attacks on Nessa ChildersDOYLE CRITICISM: FINE GAEL has intensified its attacks upon Labour’s European Parliament candidate for the East Nessa Childers…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Ganley mix of reserve and reason has some success on a quiet dayON THE CANVASS with DECLAN GANLEY: ON BALLINASLOE’S Main Street on Saturday afternoon, two points strike home quickly: firstly…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Garda uniforms to be made outside IrelandNO ITEM of clothing or equipment will be manufactured by an Irish company to fill a three-year €12 million contract to supply…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil promises to cut council levies on buildersMANIFESTO LAUNCH: DEVELOPMENT levies charged by local authorities to builders to supply services will be cut in half for two…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
FG forecasts 300 council seatsFine Gael will win over 300 seats on councils around the State in the June 5th local elections and get 100 women elected, the…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
FG and Labour accused of revisionismTAOISEACH'S VIEW: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has rounded on Fine Gael and Labour, insisting that they have rewritten the political…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Government pledges to pay all suppliers within 15 daysTHE GOVERNMENT will pay all its bills to suppliers within 15 days of their invoicing in a bid to help ease the cash flow crisis…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Libertas posters cost €430,000ELECTION BUDGET: LIBERTAS HAS spent nearly €430,000 in just five weeks on a billboard and poster campaign backing its three …Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Ryan welcomes Taoiseach's decision on programme reviewTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen’s decision to agree to a formal review of the programme for government with the Green Party after the June…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Parties trying to 're-write history'Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said Fine Gael and Labour want voters to concentrate on national rather than local issues in the June…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Department raises concern at Libertas use of gold harpEMBLEM CONTROVERSY: THE DEPARTMENT of Enterprise has expressed concern about the use of a gold harp in election literature circulated…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
FF tensions and FG cheer visible in Dublin SouthCONSTITUENCY PROFILE: DUBLIN SOUTH : FOR MONTHS Labour’s Senator Alex White has toiled in the often ungrateful vineyard that…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Nama must not buy bondholders' unsecured debts, warns BrutonBILLIONS OF euro in bank losses must be incurred by international investors who helped to fund hundreds of risky property loans…Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
Bruton says Nama plan will failInternational investors who bought bonds sold by Irish banks must share in the pain of sorting out Ireland’s banking crisis, …Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Dail 'should choose McCreevy's successor'CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: IRELAND’S NEXT European commissioner should be chosen by the Dáil after it publicly interviews candidates, …Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Gilmore predicts four European seatsThe Labour Party will win four European Parliament seats in the Republic, party leader, Eamon Gilmore said today.Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
McGuinness told to honour vote dealFINE GAEL RIVALRY: SITTING FINE Gael MEP Maireád McGuinness has been ordered by her party to honour an agreement to split the…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Ganley urges electorate to back party in protest at political establishmentEU: LIBERTAS: LIBERTAS FOUNDER Declan Ganley yesterday urged voters to back him in next month's European Parliament elections…Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
Christy Burke to run for Sinn FeinDUBLIN CENTRAL: SINN FÉIN has chosen its longest-serving councillor, Christy Burke, to run in the Dublin Central byelection …Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
500 million in 27 countries entitled to voteEUROPEAN ELECTIONS: NOMINATIONS CLOSE today for the European Parliament elections on June 5th.Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
Redundancies for top officials in Fine Gael local reform planTOP LOCAL authority officials would be offered redundancy and scores of local bodies abolished if Fine Gael’s local government…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Warm welcome for Lee on the streetGEORGE LEE, Fine Gael’s newly-unveiled Dublin South byelection candidate, went out to meet the people yesterday.Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Shay Brennan selected as FF candidate for Dublin SouthTHE SON of late Cabinet minister Seamus Brennan was last night selected to run for Fianna Fáil in the June 5th Dublin South byelection…Thu May 07 2009 - 01:00
Former ally urges party not to support Brennan's sonFF CONTROVERSY: FORMER CABINET minister Séamus Brennan’s closest political ally has called on fellow Fianna Fáil members in …Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Claim of most visited website questionedDECLAN GANLEY’S claim Libertas has the most popular political party website in the European Union is undermined by data from …Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
Decision to withhold tax relief criticisedTHE REVENUE Commissioners’ decision to withhold mortgage interest tax relief from nearly 60,000 homeowners until it gets its …Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
Partnership talks look set to collapseSOCIAL PARTNERSHIP talks are set to collapse next week unless last-minute concessions from the Government are made to guarantee…Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
Labour candidate in Euro poll tops list for donorsLABOUR’S EUROPEAN Parliament candidate in the South constituency, Senator Alan Kelly, topped the list last year for disclosable…Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Ganley critical of former aide who now backs LisbonLIBERTAS FOUNDER Declan Ganley has sharply criticised a former aide who helped to mastermind his organisation’s campaign against…Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
FF Ministers meeting arrives at surprise byelection decisionTHE SURPRISE decision by the Government to hold the two Dublin byelections on June 5th was taken following a meeting yesterday…Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Government seeks to defeat FG byelection motion in DailTHE GOVERNMENT has ordered a near-full attendance of TDs in the Dáil tonight to vote down a Fine Gael move to force it to hold…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Ex-Libertas director now backs LisbonIRELAND DOES not have the luxury of a second No vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum and voters should vote Yes, one of the architects…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Jobless rate may rise above 50% in poverty blackspotsUNEMPLOYMENT IN the State’s worst poverty blackspots will rise above 50 per cent during the recession, a new umbrella group representing…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Socialist Party leader urges voters to 'annihilate' FF in European elections HomeNewsSOCIALIST PARTY leader Joe Higgins, who is running for a European Parliament seat in Dublin, has launched a forceful attack on…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Accountants say retrospective income levy is unfairTHE GOVERNMENT is unfairly targeting workers whose income will drop as 2009 continues because of the mounting recession, the …Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
20 junior ministers set to resign at midnightTWENTY MINISTERS of State will resign at midnight tonight, and Taoiseach Brian Cowen will nominate just 15 names for tomorrow…Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
FF TDs may reject plan to give up incrementsSENIOR FIANNA Fáil TDs are expected to reject Green Party leader John Gormley’s proposal that TDs should voluntarily give up …Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
