Cabinet set to back vote on same-sex unionGovernment parties likely to push out referendum on marriage until 2015Tue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Kenny and Gilmore at odds over handling of property tax paymentTánaiste asks Revenue to reconsider approach while Taoiseach backs its strategyMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Kenny insists nobody has to pay property tax until 2014Joan Burton says Revenue must communicate to homeowners that payment is not due immediatelySun Nov 03 2013 - 13:37
Kenny must move carefully through bailout exitThe Taoiseach’s optimism may be blinding him to the dangers aheadSun Nov 03 2013 - 00:01
Bailout exit is ‘Labour’s way’, says GilmoreTánaiste looks forward to distance from Frankfurt and stresses his overseas roleSat Nov 02 2013 - 01:01
Tánaiste says he will stick with tasks aheadLabour leader says he won’t be deflected after three councillors quit in three daysFri Nov 01 2013 - 01:00
Jobless total at lowest for four yearsNumber on the Live Register drops below 400,000 for first time since May 2009Thu Oct 31 2013 - 06:34
Enda Kenny to consult Fine Gael on issue of same-sex marriageTaoiseach’s decision welcomed by parliamentary party chairman Charlie FlanaganThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Government postpones decision on same sex marriage voteCabinet defers talks on subject for a week to allow Kenny consult FG backbenchersWed Oct 30 2013 - 14:05
Same-sex union referendum to pose problems for Fine GaelLabour is driving the agenda but Fine Gael backing for it would anger conservative votersWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:00
Opportunity missed for real debate on Upper HouseGovernment made a huge error in pandering to anti-politician moodSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Minimum alcohol pricing on way in bid to fight abuseProposed ban on sports sponsorship by drinks companies is postponedWed Oct 23 2013 - 07:20
Minimum price for alcohol to be introducedCabinet decides to proceed with range of measures but proposed sports sponsorship ban kicked to touchTue Oct 22 2013 - 16:20
Scale of health cuts intensifies pressure on ReillyFianna Fáil leader claims figures produced in the budget had been shown to be dishonestMon Oct 21 2013 - 13:28
Varadkar to give transport committee more input into formulation of statutory instrumentsMinister for Transport says he believes in having a close relationship with the committeeMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Coalition needs to watch its step as public reaches limits of capacity to absorb painOpinion: Cut in tax relief for health insurance has gone down badly with Fine Gael supportersSat Oct 19 2013 - 00:01
Coalition looks to bailout exit as Ministers defend tough budgetSenior figures from both parties believe budget is turning point for GovernmentThu Oct 17 2013 - 09:05
2014 is last of the difficult budgets, Gilmore saysTánaiste says plan focuses on increasing jobsWed Oct 16 2013 - 13:17
Budget’s blend of austerity and stimulus no surpriseStephen Collins: Good dollop of luck every bit as important as various elements of packageWed Oct 16 2013 - 11:02
Tough budget tempered by €500m jobs stimulus planEligibility limits for medical cards, cut in maternity benefit most likely to cause political difficultiesWed Oct 16 2013 - 09:37
Expelled Fine Gael TDs and Senators form allianceBid for Dáil speaking rights as group insist they are not forming a new political partySat Sept 14 2013 - 01:01
Signs of Coalition losing nerve as winning post loomsLabour under pressure from those who opposed participation in government in the first placeFri Sept 13 2013 - 17:09
Dáil reform plan has potential for significant changeWeakness has been on legislative sideFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
Dail to sit earlier and on more Fridays as part of reformsKey elements to come into force if electorate votes to abolish Seanad on October 4thThu Sept 12 2013 - 13:57
Taoiseach confirms citizens will have role in legislationDáil reform package to be announced todayThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:02
TD refuses to join Fine Gael dissidentsWalsh says group may have ‘ulterior agenda’Thu Sept 12 2013 - 01:02
FG Protestant councillors fear for future of their schoolsClaim ‘intransigence’ of Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn’s policy will lead to closuresWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Key change on drafting laws to be put before CabinetMembers of the public to be involved in debate preceding drafting of legislationWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Roscommon Senator Terry Leyden cancels pub opening after embarrassing rowOireachtas envelopes used for invitationsMon Sept 09 2013 - 18:55
Seanad is a ‘rigged, elitist’ body with no purpose, says Fine Gael bookletPublication to be used at meetingsMon Sept 09 2013 - 01:02
Winning the Seanad referendum could damage Kenny more than losing itOpinion: A house condemned to abolition could spell trouble for the GovernmentSat Sept 07 2013 - 00:01
No key decisions on budget made yet, says BrutonNo change in basic rates of social welfare or tax expectedMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Debate heats up ahead of Seanad referendum‘No’ side calls for ‘real reform’ of Houses, saying proposal started as political stuntMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Proposals to abolish Seanad a ’simple choice’, Bruton saysVoters can have fewer politician and save €20m or retain outmoded system, minister saysSun Sept 01 2013 - 12:58
Recommendation that multi-seat system should stay will stymie political reformOpinion: Constituency work will continue to take precedence over scrutiny of legislationSat Aug 31 2013 - 00:01
Two politicians narrowly missed by falling tree at Leinster HouseJunior Minister Joe Costello and senator chatting at gates when branch blew downFri Aug 30 2013 - 15:35
‘No one more sorry than I about what happened,’ says CowenFormer taoiseach insists that he had expressed regret on a number of occasionsFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:02
Department denies welfare system has work disincentivesSpokesman says three-quarters of those claiming jobseekers’ allowance receive a personal payment of just €188 a weekWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:01
Senators’ expenses report a distortion’‘What Senators are simply trying to do is have a properly vouched system’Mon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
RIC should be afforded an honourable place in this decade of remembranceOpinion: Huge level of public interest shows folly of decision to downgrade school historySat Aug 24 2013 - 00:01
Mount Argus event to mark 1916-1922 deaths of RIC and DMP membersOfficial representative of the Garda Commissioner to attend eventThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Any foolish attempt to cut pensions will be attended by the shade of Ernest BlytheOpinion: Elderly are well organised and get a more sympathetic hearing than do some other groupsSat Aug 17 2013 - 00:01
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin press for Dáil recall to debate organ donationCeann Comhairle Seán Barrett has 10 days in which to decide on recallWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin urge Dáil recall on organs debateParties join forces to press for recall to debate donation issueTue Aug 13 2013 - 19:06
Fianna Fáil joins Labour in call for easier budgetSavings of €3.1 bn not needed says Michael McGrathTue Aug 13 2013 - 01:07
US dismissive about summit between Haughey and Gorbachev‘Soviets skilfully and subtly underlined the benefits to Ireland of neutrality’Mon Aug 12 2013 - 01:02
Cables express surprise at excitement over first Irish-Soviet summitUS envoy said little was achieved but economic ties were given a boostMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Expelled FG TDs want Dáil speaking timeCreighton denies move to establish new partyMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
