Appropriate for Watt to clarify if he is waiving €81,000 increase, says O’BrienRobert Watt was appointed role last April on a salary of €292,000Mon Jan 24 2022 - 14:03
Russian drills off Irish coast ‘not welcome’, says Simon CoveneyMinister for Foreign Affairs meets EU counterparts Brussels amid Ukraine tensionsMon Jan 24 2022 - 13:23
‘Emergency is over’: Taoiseach confirms snap removal of most Covid-19 measuresAfter almost two years of restrictions, social and economic life begins return to normalSat Jan 22 2022 - 01:00
‘Time to be ourselves again’: Taoiseach confirms end to almost all Covid-19 restrictionsMost limitations to lift from 6am Saturday as Ireland has ‘weathered the Omicron storm’Fri Jan 21 2022 - 19:49
Q&A: What pandemic restrictions will be lifted, and what will change?The 8pm curfew for pubs and restaurants almost certain to goFri Jan 21 2022 - 11:50
Politicians raise concerns that LDA plans will not deliver affordable rentsGovernment TDs defend cost-rental proposals, saying they could be ‘game-changing’Thu Jan 20 2022 - 20:18
Bonus payment for ‘pandemic heroes’ creates headache for GovernmentCost clearly a factor in restricting access to bonus as many frontline workers left outThu Jan 20 2022 - 01:00
Current booster phase of vaccine programme to last until AprilState is ‘well beyond’ peak of Omicron wave, Taoiseach saysWed Jan 19 2022 - 22:12
Information sesssions for adopted people criticised by OppositionDáil debate on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill opened by Minister for ChildrenWed Jan 19 2022 - 21:39
About three-quarters of homes to be delivered by LDA are expected to be cost rentalOrganisation’s new chairman to outline plans for over 10,000 new homesWed Jan 19 2022 - 15:55
Healthcare workers to get €1,000 bonus for work during pandemicExtra public holiday on March 18th this year to give many citizens a four-day weekendWed Jan 19 2022 - 13:46
Former justice minister criticises decision not to release politicians’ staff names‘Decision is the antithesis of openness and transparency’, says Charlie FlanaganTue Jan 18 2022 - 02:00
Women TDs call on men to ‘take stand’ against gender-based violencePoliticians express horror at killing of Offaly teacher Ashling MurphyThu Jan 13 2022 - 23:44
Thousands of illegally adopted people to have inheritance rights from two sets of parentsProposed changes to succession law seek to resolve issues around illegal adoptionsThu Jan 13 2022 - 21:12
Adoption law must contain privacy rights, says MinisterLegislation allowing access to sensitive data may be unconstitutional without legal caveatThu Jan 13 2022 - 01:00
What is in the new law on adoption information and how will it work?Q&A: Campaigners are concerned over proposed ‘information session’ for adopteesWed Jan 12 2022 - 21:34
Tracing service for adopted people and parents to be in place this yearMinister unveils ‘landmark’ law giving adoptees right to access information on parentsWed Jan 12 2022 - 19:04
Covid-19: Cabinet agrees to relax close-contact rules as death toll passes 6,000Martin defends handling of winter surge while further 20,909 cases and 88 fatalities reportedWed Jan 12 2022 - 18:31
Blair and Ahern to be asked in front of Dáil committee on Belfast Agreement‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to hear first-hand accounts from key players nearly 25 years onWed Jan 12 2022 - 04:15
Former Fine Gael TD Michael Joe Cosgrave diesPolitician remembered as ‘iconic figure on Northside of Dublin’Tue Jan 11 2022 - 20:22
Zappone’s special envoy role added ‘status’ to Ireland’s UN bidFormer minister was one of 12 diplomats working on campaign for Security Council seatTue Jan 11 2022 - 01:00
Cullinane’s rise from modest roots and car dealership job to SF successParty spokesman on his influences, why he didn’t consider joining IRA, and Patrick KieltySat Jan 8 2022 - 06:00
Tens of thousands of Covid infections not captured in official figuresAt least 380,000 Omicron cases since early December, officials are toldThu Jan 6 2022 - 10:10
Four to stand trial over alleged role in Oireachtas Golfgate eventAftermath of social occasion sparked political controversy as dinner breached Covid-19 rulesThu Jan 6 2022 - 03:00
Coveney spoke to DFA staff for 10 minutes on night of controversial celebrationMinister says he did not see breach of Covid rules shown in photograph from earlier that eveningWed Jan 5 2022 - 15:07
Schools brace for Covid-19 outbreaks following reopening green light‘Inevitable’ that more children will pick up virus, chief medical officer saysWed Jan 5 2022 - 03:30
Tributes paid to late academic and political pundit Richard Sinnott‘He played a pioneering role in the development of political science in Ireland’Tue Jan 4 2022 - 19:57
Farmers and environmentalists must get away from ‘butting heads’ on climate actionMinister for Agriculture denies any suggestion that productive farming and lowering emissions are opposite goalsSat Jan 1 2022 - 01:00
Coronavirus: New rules aim to free up half of PCR testing capacityInfectious Diseases Society says changes will confuse and public may not complyFri Dec 31 2021 - 01:04
Taoiseach defends mother and baby homes redress schemeNot for Government to repudiate commission’s report, Martin saysFri Dec 31 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: Young people told to only get PCR test if antigen test positiveThose aged 4-39 who have symptoms advised to use rapid tests first in effort to ease demandThu Dec 30 2021 - 22:09
Senator calls for former foreign affairs head to be brought before OireachtasProposal to question Niall Burgess over June 2020 celebration to be considered in new yearThu Dec 30 2021 - 20:40
Covid-19: Record 20,554 cases as isolation reduced to seven days for those with boosterHolohan says level of hospitalisation ‘not sustainable’ as figures rise to 619 peopleThu Dec 30 2021 - 19:48
Chris Wall, ‘great friend’ and adviser to Bertie Ahern, dies after long illnessFormer taoiseach says the Fianna Fáil veteran was a ‘phenomenal organiser’Thu Dec 30 2021 - 18:23
‘Absolutely fair’ to use public funds for larger mica-damaged homesEven owners of houses bigger than average must be ‘fully supported’, says McConalogueWed Dec 29 2021 - 01:00
Post-Christmas demand for Covid-19 tests ‘extremely high’Boosters for over-30s to be available from Wednesday as vaccination centres reopenMon Dec 27 2021 - 08:28
Cyberthreat healthcare alert came months before HSE hit by hackersMalicious file opened on March 18th triggered shutdown of HSE’s computer systemsMon Dec 27 2021 - 00:10
Expert advice needed on gender declaration law, says TaoiseachGovernment considers changes to law surrounding age to self-declare genderMon Dec 27 2021 - 00:00
Senior civil servants to decide on Covid rules for key workersDerogations already in place within health service for key staff who are close contactsSun Dec 26 2021 - 20:38
Healy-Rae firm turns profit while in receipt of Covid-19 supportsData for Black Cap & Company Ltd show TD and wife paid over €100,000 in last two yearsSun Dec 26 2021 - 16:08
Dr Tony Holohan urges people to avoid crowded retail environments as 10,404 cases recordedTesting centres are ‘very busy’ due to high incidence of CovidSun Dec 26 2021 - 13:46
Cyber criminals ‘don’t take a holiday’ over Christmas, Minister warnsBusinesses, other organisations must take precautions, says Ossian SmythThu Dec 23 2021 - 01:00
Twenty politicians returned party donations last yearOthers returned sums to companies that had made donations, Sipo report showsThu Dec 16 2021 - 22:07
Watt refuses to say if he is still waiving €81,000 salary increaseDepartment of Health secretary general asked about salary at Public Accounts CommitteeThu Dec 16 2021 - 14:28
Children’s hospital: ‘Fair assumption’ construction will cost more than €1.7bn estimateWatt criticised at PAC as he refuses to provide estimates for final cost of projectThu Dec 16 2021 - 12:26
Nphet to discuss restrictions on large sporting events and social gatheringsMinisters warned ICU numbers could be worse than January due to Omicron spreadThu Dec 16 2021 - 07:55
National Children’s Hospital: €873m to be drawn down by end of 2021Sum amounts to 60% of approved cost of project hit by spiralling costs and delaysThu Dec 16 2021 - 06:58
Sinn Féin TD would seek to convince unionists on all-island health cooperationDavid Cullinane said cross border care ‘makes sense’Wed Dec 15 2021 - 21:25
Boosters: Vaccine centre opening hours extended and 15-minute post-jab wait shelvedOlder and more vulnerable patients remain prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinationWed Dec 15 2021 - 19:24
Gerry Adams video: Former SF leader has nothing to apologise for, Michelle O’Neill says‘The party position is Gerry Adams did not set out to cause any offence’ – David CullinaneWed Dec 15 2021 - 19:00