Measures to offset carbon tax rise to be introduced before May, Varadkar saysTánaiste asserts VAT cut on energy is not currently possible amid SF criticismThu Apr 07 2022 - 16:16
Minister for Public Expenditure ‘not satisfied’ with handling of Holohan secondmentVaradkar says it would have been ‘far preferable’ if details were released from outsetThu Apr 07 2022 - 14:09
Carbon budgets to help halve emissions passed in Dáil without a voteEmissions ceilings to be decided for economic sectors once budgets come into effectThu Apr 07 2022 - 10:09
Stephen Donnelly described as ‘patronising and frankly embarrassing’ in DáilIndependent TD Marc MacSharry made comments following interview by MinisterWed Apr 06 2022 - 16:19
Some families hosting Ukrainian refugees reporting financial challenges, Dáil toldLouth TD says people do not regret helping but face rising costs with no State supportWed Apr 06 2022 - 15:20
Opposition calls for expulsion of Russian ambassador to IrelandYury Filatov and embassy have acted as ‘unapologetic propagandists’, says McDonaldWed Apr 06 2022 - 14:11
North Dublin home turned into ‘HQ for drug cartel’ as local community intimidatedHomes are being petrol bombed and threats issued by gangs on social media, says TDWed Apr 06 2022 - 07:44
‘You have not remained neutral’ - Volodymr Zelenskiy thanks Ireland in Oireachtas addressUkrainian president says Russia using hunger as a weapon against ‘ordinary people’Wed Apr 06 2022 - 05:30
Spread of online disinformation ‘serious threat to Irish electoral system’, says MinisterDarragh O’Brien and Opposition TDs debate Electoral Reform Bill 2022 in the DáilTue Apr 05 2022 - 22:33
Taoiseach had ‘no hand, act or part’ in Tony Holohan job moveChief Medical Officer’s secondment to TCD criticised in Dáil as ‘evidence of a cosy cartel’Tue Apr 05 2022 - 20:30
Carbon tax rise to be offset to stop households facing extra costs, Taoiseach saysTánaiste notes changes to healthcare, childcare, transport and housing costs as possible solutionsTue Apr 05 2022 - 15:30
Potential and value of diasporas extolled at conferenceColm Brophy says 3.6% of world’s population live outside their countries of birthMon Apr 04 2022 - 20:09
More than 15,000 people have fled Ukraine to Ireland, Minister saysState’s response to housing Ukrainian refugees will ‘get more challenging’Wed Mar 30 2022 - 18:26
Proposed neutrality Bill would likely curtail Irish efforts on international peace, Coveney saysBill proposed by People Before Profit seeks to insert military neutrality into ConstitutionWed Mar 30 2022 - 12:44
List of 500 ‘significant’ properties identified as possible housing for Ukrainian refugeesBill for refugee accommodation, health and education may hit €1.7bn for 2022Wed Mar 30 2022 - 01:00
Energy and food prices will continue to increase for rest of year - Taoiseach‘Without action, low- and middle-income households face squeeze,’ says Sinn Féin leaderTue Mar 29 2022 - 16:00
Four senior Russian diplomats expelled from State following ‘security advice’Russian embassy rejects asssertion that activities of staff ‘not in accordance with international standards’Tue Mar 29 2022 - 15:16
Minister to engage with Dublin Airport over passenger delaysTaoiseach indicates Ryan and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton to tackle problemTue Mar 29 2022 - 13:54
Wonka bars health warning issued over counterfeit riskFake chocolate bars may be unsafe to eat due to production concerns, FSAI saysMon Mar 28 2022 - 19:04
Dublin Airport passengers report missing flights due to long delays at securityStaff training coupled with high volume of passengers impacting waiting timesSun Mar 27 2022 - 13:43
Diplomat Jim Kelly a ‘great family man’ and ‘consummate professional’President among mourners at funeral of UN representative, who died suddenly last weekFri Mar 25 2022 - 13:17
Bill on anonymous online defamation passes first stage in DáilProposal would make social media firms more accountable for users’ postsThu Mar 24 2022 - 15:55
Passport applications ‘off the charts’ in last three months, Coveney saysMore staff to be employed at Passport Office as system comes under pressureThu Mar 24 2022 - 12:16
Paul Murphy speaks of ‘huge burden’ IVF treatment has placed on his partnerTD tells Dáil of personal experience as House debates assisted reproduction BillWed Mar 23 2022 - 22:20
No Border checks for non-Irish entering NI, says Brandon LewisCoveney says proposed immigration changes not yet finalised as far as Dublin is concernedWed Mar 23 2022 - 17:30
No food and fuel shortages predicted but Government expects higher pricesSF leader says Government should do more to ‘cushion people’ from rise in cost of livingWed Mar 23 2022 - 12:35
Government will not oppose legislation to make sex for rent criminal offenceBill requires further consideration as to how it interacts with other legislation, says MinisterWed Mar 23 2022 - 12:22
There should be open competitions for ambassador roles, FF Senator saysRecruits often ‘come through Department of Foreign Affairs ranks’, says Malcolm ByrneTue Mar 22 2022 - 20:50
Government to consider further action to help with rising energy costs – TánaisteThere are many other demands for funding, says Varadkar in response to Sinn FéinTue Mar 22 2022 - 16:07
Covid: Ireland lifted controls too ‘brutally’, says WHO, as case numbers hit near-recordMandatory mask-wearing should be reintroduced, Prof Luke O’Neill and INMO sayTue Mar 22 2022 - 08:09
GAA players more likely to suffer from hip osteoarthritis in later life – studyIncrease of hip and groin pain in those playing in recent times compared to players in 1970s and 1980sThu Mar 17 2022 - 09:56
Difficulty accessing gated complexes hinders delivery of census formsCSO calls on residents and management companies to allow enumerators to enterWed Mar 16 2022 - 17:16
Five men arrested in Lyra McKee investigation releasedJournalist shot dead in Derry in 2019Wed Mar 16 2022 - 00:35
‘We pay a heavy price in the field’: Pierre Zakrzewski wrote in 2004‘I’ve many friends and colleagues who have died so the world can be better informed,’ Irish journalist wroteTue Mar 15 2022 - 22:14
Irish journalist Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Ukraine after vehicle hit by Russian shelling‘He just never stopped being astonishing with how brave he was,’ says former Dublin classmateTue Mar 15 2022 - 16:37
Neutrality referendum not the ‘immediate challenge’ for Government - CoveneyMinister for Foreign Affairs says he is in discussion with EU counterparts in relation to Russia’s diplomatic presenceSun Mar 13 2022 - 15:14
Workplace injuries among migrant fishermen ‘excessively high’Representations made to Minister for Justice to alter working scheme for exposed workersFri Mar 11 2022 - 16:49
Petrol stations free to individually raise prices, says consumer watchdogProviders say much of the petrol and diesel being sold bought before excise duty cutThu Mar 10 2022 - 13:56
‘Simply astonishing’: Almost 12,000 accommodation offers for Ukraine refugeesUp to six million people seeking to escape war could arrive into EU, Coveney tells DáilThu Mar 10 2022 - 11:27
Dublin south inner city residents ‘being held hostage’ by street violenceTeenager (13) stabbed in City Quay area less than two weeks ago, Dáil hearsThu Mar 10 2022 - 08:17
Sinn Féin says Government’s fuel cuts do not ‘go far enough’McDonald says financial resolution has to get petrol and diesel down to €1.75 per litreWed Mar 09 2022 - 17:43
Proposed legislation on right to request remote work ‘should be scrapped’Proposed Bill ‘the flimsiest piece of workers’ rights legislation brought before Dáil’Wed Mar 09 2022 - 12:18
Still ‘too many barriers’ for women entering politics, says McEnteeTaoiseach says Government is ‘serious about further reducing the gender pay gap’Tue Mar 08 2022 - 20:06
Bill making ‘sex for rent’ propositions a criminal offence introduced in DáilMinister for Housing recently said he had received advice from Attorney General on issueTue Mar 08 2022 - 19:12
SF calls for ‘financial resolution’ to immediately reduce excise duty on fuelMcDonald says measures need to be introduced now ‘as a matter of urgency’Tue Mar 08 2022 - 15:44
Ireland ‘won’t shut Border’ over British concerns about Ukranian refugees - RyanDonnelly ‘regrets’ British government’s position and ‘would love to see UK in line with Europe’Tue Mar 08 2022 - 13:56
Freedom of Galway city awarded to women for work relating to Magdalene laundriesEna McEntee and playwright Patricia Burke Brogan are ‘richly deserving’, mayor saysMon Mar 07 2022 - 18:55
Eileen Flynn becomes first Traveller to address the DáilIndependent Senator calls for national Traveller accommodation authorityThu Mar 03 2022 - 20:58
Tackling practice of reduced rent for sex a ‘priority matter’ for GovernmentMinister for Housing says he wants to make sure ‘criminal charges are brought to bear’Thu Mar 03 2022 - 16:33
Priority Alan Kelly attached to women’s health issues acknowledged by VaradkarLegislation on disclosure of patient safety issues delayed too long, admits TánaisteThu Mar 03 2022 - 16:22
