Government’s confused Covid messaging is partially due to loss of self-confidenceMicheál Martin’s address to the public on way forward follows weeks of mixed signalsMon Feb 22 2021 - 18:08
Pat Leahy: It is 12 months since Irish politics was supposedly changed foreverSinn Féin emerged as the big winner in last year’s election, and its rise pushed two old rivals togetherSat Feb 13 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Thousands to be recruited by HSE in vaccination effortsRetired healthcare workers, paramedics and others to assist at 34 centres across the StateSat Feb 13 2021 - 00:01
Government hopes to get agreement on school reopening within weeksTalks with unions to focus on Leaving Cert and phased return for all school studentsFri Feb 12 2021 - 06:02
No agreement on when economy might reopen, says VaradkarMicheál Martin warns against expectations of anything other than a limited reopening of societyThu Feb 11 2021 - 17:56
Labour Party calls for €100 million fund to support schoolchildren during pandemicAodhán Ó Ríordáin warns of ‘lost generation’ of teenagers who will not return to schoolThu Feb 11 2021 - 15:18
Expect to hear ‘cautious and conservative’ line ad nauseam over coming weeksInside Politics: The Greens continue to struggle with the realities of GovernmentThu Feb 11 2021 - 08:00
Arrivals to Ireland may have to book slot in quarantine hotelMinisters to consider proposals for mandatory facility for passengersThu Feb 11 2021 - 05:00
‘Cautious and conservative’ the mantra as Government plans reopeningVoices calling for zero-Covid get louder but strategy not seen by Government as viableThu Feb 11 2021 - 02:37
Covid-19: New restrictions to target foreign travelRevised plan for ‘living with Covid’ to be unveiled by end of month, Varadkar saysWed Feb 10 2021 - 02:13
EU handling of Covid has had lots of lows but critics ignore things it got rightPerhaps most importantly, the pandemic is a lesson to EU to stick to things it’s good atSat Feb 06 2021 - 01:01
Pat Leahy: Way forward for vaccines, quarantine and strong US relationsDecisive action needed to engineer reopening, control travel and befriend BidenSat Feb 06 2021 - 01:00
Government has no plans to buy surplus Covid-19 vaccines outside EU processCommission unclear on whether Brexit rules permit leftover UK doses being brought into StateFri Feb 05 2021 - 01:00
Sinn Féin apology sought over ‘outrageous’ Dáil communicationCeann Comhairle tells party he will not be ‘dictated to’ after row in chamberThu Feb 04 2021 - 16:09
Minor changes to North protocol may be agreed to defuse tensionsTaoiseach to meet North’s leaders but says protocol needs ‘common-sense modifications’Thu Feb 04 2021 - 02:06
No decision on visit by Taoiseach to Washington for St Patrick’s DayConsideration of all possibilities continuing, including a virtual event, officials sayWed Feb 03 2021 - 01:32
Ireland in line to get 4.47m Covid-19 vaccine doses by end of JuneLegislation required before mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers can be enforcedWed Feb 03 2021 - 01:00
Travel quarantine scheme still ‘weeks away’, ministers toldLegislation must be passed before travellers can be required by law to spend 14 days in a hotelTue Feb 02 2021 - 20:37
Crucial talks today on Leaving Cert and restarting classes for special needs studentsIf Covid-19 infections rate continues to fall, phased reopening of schools could begin early MarchMon Feb 01 2021 - 03:00
EU must learn ‘serious lessons’ from North controversy, says MinisterCommission should look closely at how they interact in Northern Ireland, says Thomas ByrneMon Feb 01 2021 - 02:00
Pat Leahy: United Irelanders need to stop talking to themselvesThose identifying as neither nationalist nor unionist are key to constitutional changeSat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Donohoe sees political trap amid rising debtsAny reduction of State supports after this pandemic will be labelled ‘austerity’Thu Jan 28 2021 - 21:04
Why is there no serious engagement on joint North-South approach to Covid?‘You’ll never get DUP to treat travel from GB as anything other than domestic’ – officialThu Jan 28 2021 - 15:08
Covid-19: State restrictions set to tighten as Nphet warns of many more deathsInside Politics: Martin confirms extension of Ireland’s third lockdown to March 5thWed Jan 27 2021 - 07:51
'Hold firm, stick to the basics': Martin urges solidarity as third lockdown extendedOfficials to examine quarantine restrictions for all inward-bound travellersWed Jan 27 2021 - 03:57
Coronavirus: What happens when the lockdown ends in March?Analysis: The Government does not seem to have a clear strategy for reopeningTue Jan 26 2021 - 20:18
Cabinet set to approve tighter Covid restrictions on travelIncoming travellers without negative coronavirus test face mandatory quarantineTue Jan 26 2021 - 03:12
Level 5 restrictions set to be extended until March 5th with clamp-down on travelCabinet subcommittee recommends mandatory quarantine for arrivals from Brazil and South AfricaMon Jan 25 2021 - 22:37
What are the challenges Government faces around quarantine and travel?Ministers consider tightening restrictions but Border with North creates difficultiesMon Jan 25 2021 - 16:37
Covid-19 and travel: Quarantine and increased Garda checks near Dublin airport on cardsPublic health team says lockdown should continue until at least end of February Tighter restrictions on international travel under considerationSat Jan 23 2021 - 03:00
School reopening the first of many tough choices as Covid-19 numbers fallGovernment will have to make an early decision on the Leaving CertificateSat Jan 23 2021 - 01:00
Taoiseach downplays scope for ‘two-island solution’ to Covid-19Government was in ‘exploratory and embryonic’ talks with BritainFri Jan 22 2021 - 19:26
Greens to hold online meetings over EU-Canada trade dealParty leadership to apply whip and ensure TDs support agreementFri Jan 22 2021 - 04:45
Sinn Féin says Varadkar’s excuse for leak is ‘in tatters’Tánaiste says Doherty is trying to ‘reheat an old political controversy’Fri Jan 22 2021 - 03:01
SF accuses Varadkar of changing his story over GP agreement leakTánaiste says Pearse Doherty is trying to reheat an old political controversyThu Jan 21 2021 - 13:59
Sinn Féin leader seeks answers from Taoiseach about Varadkar GP contract leakMcDonald claims new information ‘further undermines’ the Tánaiste’s defenceThu Jan 21 2021 - 01:00
Leo Varadkar and the leak: New questions for Tánaiste about GP contractRelease of departmental emails renews focus on then taoiseach’s actions in April 2019Wed Jan 20 2021 - 21:00
Labour publishes Bill to enable adopted people access their birth certsOireachtas committee to ask chair of mother and baby homes commission to appear before itWed Jan 20 2021 - 01:00
Varadkar leaked GP contract while Harris urgently sought copyRival doctors’ group to IMO already sharing document before minister for health got later draftWed Jan 20 2021 - 01:00
Plans to resume classes this week for students with additional needs abandonedCovid-19: Government defends cost of vaccine contract with GPs and pharmacistsWed Jan 20 2021 - 01:00
Government abandons plans to reopen special schools this weekUnions ‘refused to accept advice provided by public health specialists’, says Norma FoleyTue Jan 19 2021 - 22:49
High levels of public investment to be maintained for coming years, Donohoe saysMinister says EU states can expect to borrow heavily for at least another 12 monthsMon Jan 18 2021 - 05:56
State can and should legislate to allow adopted people access birth certsPat Leahy: Attorney General Paul Gallagher understood to believe a referendum can be avoidedSat Jan 16 2021 - 01:00
Officials designing mother and baby homes redress will not want past to be repeatedDetermining level of redress for mother and baby homes survivors will be difficultFri Jan 15 2021 - 04:26
Religious congregations asked to contribute to mother and baby redress fundRoderic O’Gorman seeks meeting with Catholic and Church of Ireland leaders amid reportFri Jan 15 2021 - 00:04
Mother and baby homes: Government does not promise access to birth certsLegislation based on GDPR being devised to help survivors of mother and baby homesThu Jan 14 2021 - 01:03
Mother and baby Q&A: What does the Government do now?There are two issues to be considered around compensation: what level should be paid to whom, and who should foot the bill for it?Wed Jan 13 2021 - 19:32
Mother and Baby Homes report: Ireland confronted with another dark chapter of pastInside Politics: Government is likely to be pressed on how it intends to persuade religious orders to contribute to compensation fundWed Jan 13 2021 - 07:42
Mother and Baby Homes report: A ‘shameful chapter of recent Irish history’Investigation tells of cruelty, emotional abuse and soaring infant death ratesWed Jan 13 2021 - 01:00
Mother and Baby Homes report describes ‘shameful chapter’ of Irish historyTaoiseach says report presents ‘all of Irish society with profound questions’Tue Jan 12 2021 - 20:05
