Ministers have just two days to cut budgets by 2½%MINISTERS HAVE just two days to finalise spending plans for next year before Wednesday's crucial Cabinet meeting, in the face…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
PDs hope Grealish does not defect to FFSENIOR PROGRESSIVE Democrat figures are hopeful that the party will not suffer the defection of Galway TD, Noel Grealish, despite…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
Govt has reneged on child referendum - FGThe Government has reneged from a solemn promise to bring in statutory rape laws and improve children's rights under the Constitution…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
FG to unveil children's rights referendum planFIANNA FÁIL'S failure to honour promises to have a children's right referendum will be criticised today by Fine Gael.Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
TD suggests lump sum for jobless foreignersFOREIGN UNEMPLOYED workers in Ireland could be given a lump sum payment of up to six months' worth of unemployment benefit if…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Government plans clampdown on pirate DVD salesTHE GOVERNMENT is set to introduce tougher powers to curb sales of counterfeit DVDs, which are costing the entertainment industry…Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Irish media now more Eurosceptic, warns EC reportIRELAND'S MEDIA have become more Eurosceptic and more tabloid in their reporting in the years between the second Nice Treaty …Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Tensions rise over issue of children's rightsTENSIONS HAVE increased between the Government and Fine Gael over ever-strengthening signals from the Government that a children…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Latest pay talks likely for ThursdayINVITATIONS FROM Taoiseach Brian Cowen to trade union leaders and employers to meet to agree on a new round of social partnership…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Loans to Ahern 'did not warrant' investigationTHE PAYMENTS received by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Manchester and Dublin in the early 1990s "did not warrant" investigation…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Rule changes would facilitate inquiries, says ethics bodyETHICS LEGISLATION should be changed to make it easier for politicians and officials to be investigated, the Standards in Public…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Ethics watchdog will not examine Ahern paymentsBertie Ahern will not face an ethics inquiry over loans and gifts he received in the early 1990s from Manchester businessmen …Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Checks between North and rest of UK on wayPEOPLE TRAVELLING between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom will be subjected to stiffer identity checks before…Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
O'Malley to stand for PDs in byelectionTHE PROGRESSIVE Democrat Senator Fiona O’Malley has given party colleagues a guarantee that she will contest the Dublin South…Sat Jul 26 2008 - 01:00
Polluters to be hit with costs of clean-upMAJOR POLLUTERS will be forced to pay millions in clean-up costs in addition to existing penalties under tough new legislation…Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
Majority are happy with Lisbon result - pollTHE MAJORITY of the public are happy with the result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum, including one in 10 of those who voted …Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
TDs and Senators to participate in aid workTDS AND Senators from all parties and one member of the Stormont Assembly are to spend some of their summer holidays on volunteer…Thu Jul 24 2008 - 01:00
Minister to consider new controls on parties' poster campaignsELECTION AND referendum posters could be the subject of tougher regulations under measures to be considered by Minister for the…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Reprieve for Labour members denied vote in Europe selectionHUNDREDS OF Labour Party supporters from Kerry who had been denied votes in this weekend's selection of the party's European …Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Sarkozy's controversial visit cut to just four hoursFRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy's controversial visit to Dublin on Monday, which will include a private meeting with Yes and…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Sarkozy 'forum' with No side scrappedPLANS FOR French president Nicolas Sarkozy to meet in public with anti-Lisbon Treaty campaigners have been scrapped, following…Thu Jul 17 2008 - 01:00
Ireland will have to vote again on Lisbon, says SarkozyFRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy’s declaration that Ireland will have to hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty has caused…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Ahern refuses to guarantee ban on betting machinesMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has refused to give the Labour Party a guarantee that controversial betting machines will be…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Public servants 'lack knowledge' of disability issuesREPORT: PUBLIC SERVANTS are suffering from "a serious lack of knowledge" about their responsibilities to the disabled under …Thu Jul 10 2008 - 01:00
Bill will allow inspectors to evaluate more institutionsNEW LEGISLATION: THE OMBUDSMAN is to be given powers to investigate the treatment of members of the public by the National Treatment…Thu Jul 10 2008 - 01:00
5,000 State jobs could go without replacementsPUBLIC SERVICE PAYROLL: UP TO 5,000 State-employed workers will have to quit and not be replaced if the Government is to meet…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
'Lack of knowledge' in State bodies - OmbudsmanStaff in State organisations and departments are suffering "from a serious lack of knowledge" about their obligations to the …Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
State has already bought offices or sites for transfersDECENTRALISATION: THE GOVERNMENT'S move to delay further spending on offices needed to move civil servants out of Dublin may…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Recruitment ban to loom large in plan for severe cutbacksTHE CABINET will today agree cutbacks that will save €400 million this year, and €1 billion next year to cope with the exchequer…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Ministers seek to save €500m in budget cutsMINISTERS WILL tomorrow agree major cuts in the running costs of Government departments and State agencies, including a ban on…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Areas of Haulbowline closed off pending health risk inquiriesTHE NAVAL Service has closed off part of its lands on Haulbowline while an investigation is carried out into the environmental…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Ahern website extols work for peaceFORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern is expected to join the international political lectures touring circuit, following the creation…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Apprentices may finish training in UKIRISH APPRENTICES may be able to finish their training while working in the UK because of growing construction unemployment, …Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Fás executive under inquiry got bonus of €10,000ENTERPRISE, TRADE EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE: A FÁS executive was paid a €10,000 bonus for "exceptional" performance while his actions…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
FF Senator leads move to deny gay couples right to registerA GROUP of Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators is seeking to reverse a Government decision to allow gay and lesbian couples register…Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Government scraps plan to abolish 'early house' pubsTHE GOVERNMENT has scrapped plans to abolish the country's remaining "early house" pubs, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has…Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
Collective bargaining rights soughtThe Government must concede collective bargaining rights to all workers if their opposition to the proposals in the Lisbon Treaty…Mon Jun 23 2008 - 01:00
SF wants move on commissionersSINN FÉIN: EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS should be elected by national parliaments, which should also be allowed to sack them, Sinn…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Newstalk broke rights to privacy, watchdog rulesNEWSTALK RADIO station breached the rights to privacy of civil servants by putting them live on air without their permission, …Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Ministers to meet ahead of vital EU summitBRUSSELS SUMMIT: SENIOR CABINET Ministers are to hold a special meeting of the Cabinet's European Union committee before the…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Government given mandate it does not want, says AdamsSINN FÉIN: THE GOVERNMENT has been given a mandate by the Irish people after last week's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty that…Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
McCreevy says Ireland will not be bullied by rest of EUEU COMMISSIONER: IRELAND WILL not be bullied by other European Union member states following the Lisbon Treaty rejection, Ireland…Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
EU countries anxiously await today's outcome of referendumTHE RESULT of the Lisbon Treaty referendum will be declared this afternoon amid considerable concern in other European Union …Fri Jun 13 2008 - 01:00
Kenny describes treaty vote as 'a moment of truth'FINE GAEL LEADERS: FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny and four of his predecessors expressed confidence yesterday that the treaty referendum…Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
IFA president urges members to vote YesIRISH FARMERS' Association president Padraig Walshe has told members of the organisation that he believes they can strengthen…Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
Kenny says vote a 'moment of truth'Past and present Fine Gael leaders gathered in Dublin this morning to urge the Irish people to vote Yes in Thursday's referendum…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
Gormley warns of poorer deal for Irish if No side winsGREEN PARTY: IRELAND COULD end up being faced with a poorer deal if it rejects the Lisbon Treaty in Thursday's referendum, Green…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
Government effort to entice arguing companiesIRELAND IS to make an effort to host the out-of-court settlement of major commercial disputes, which deal with billions worth…Mon Jun 09 2008 - 01:00
No vote will take Ireland 'down uncertain route'COWEN SPEECH: A REJECTION of the Lisbon Treaty would take Ireland "down a new and more uncertain route", the Taoiseach said…Mon Jun 09 2008 - 01:00
Gilmore says claims over loss of neutrality 'groundless, baseless'LABOUR REACTION: A CLAIM by campaigners against the Lisbon Treaty that Ireland's neutrality would be compromised by a Yes vote…Mon Jun 09 2008 - 01:00
