Bill to change plastic bag levy will be 'flexible' - GormleyLEGISLATION TO change the plastic bag levy will be “flexible” and will take account of the consumer price index, according to…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Departments let go 49 staff since 2004FORTY NINE staff have been dismissed by Government departments in the past five years either for misconduct, poor performance…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Ministers give details of overseas travel expensesPARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS this week about ministerial travel expenses for the past decade have been interpreted in a variety of…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Data retention Bill triggers debate on Birmingham SixIF DATA retention legislation introduced in the Dáil yesterday had been in place when the Birmingham Six case was considered …Fri Oct 9 2009 - 01:00
Defence Forces losing personnelUNIQUE AMONG Government departments and agencies, the Defence Forces have, unexpectedly and unintentionally, hit a McCarthy report…Fri Oct 9 2009 - 01:00
Director's car fuels further round of Fás questions from KennyDÁIL SKETCH: EXPENSES, EXPENSIVE cars and the third secret of Fatima (well, the date of the budget actually) – it was a heady…Fri Oct 9 2009 - 01:00
Shortall says FF delay of expense reform casts aspersions on othersLABOUR TD Róisín Shortall has claimed Fianna Fáil backbenchers are delaying reform of the Dáil expenses system and that the Opposition…Fri Oct 9 2009 - 01:00
Taoiseach defends right to pick commissionerTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has insisted it is the Government's prerogative to appoint a new EU commissioner after Labour leader Eamon…Thu Oct 8 2009 - 01:00
Ex-minister had attic altered to hold gifts, says KennyA FORMER minister "had to have the attic in his house strengthened to hold all the gifts which were awarded to him over the years…Thu Oct 8 2009 - 01:00
Ó Cuív criticised for failing to defend his departmentTHE OPPOSITION has condemned Minister for Community, Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív, claiming he failed to defend his…Wed Oct 7 2009 - 01:00
'Your position is no longer tenable,' O'Donoghue toldLABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore directly confronted Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue and told him and a stunned Dáil that he would…Wed Oct 7 2009 - 01:00
Outcome 'will improve position' says LenihanTHE ECONOMY: IRELAND’S YES vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum “will improve our economic position”, Minister for Finance Brian…Mon Oct 5 2009 - 01:00
Vote sends positive message - LenihanIreland’s Yes vote in the Lisbon treaty referendum “sends out a very positive message to the other European countries that Ireland…Sat Oct 3 2009 - 01:00
Advance voting for nursing homesEARLY VOTING: A NUMBER of elderly voters in nursing homes across the State have already voted in the past week to 10 days.Thu Oct 1 2009 - 01:00
Group questions Lisbon fundingCampaign group Women Say No to Lisbon has called for curbs on expenditure by large corporations in referendum campaigns and sharply…Wed Sep 30 2009 - 01:00
Ryanair spent nearly €500,000 on Lisbon treaty Yes campaignRYANAIR CAMPAIGN: RYANAIR HAS emerged as the campaigning group with the biggest declared spend on the Lisbon Treaty referendum…Wed Sep 30 2009 - 01:00
Ganley asks Cowen to deny deal to sell O'Leary Aer LingusLIBERTAS: LIBERTAS LEADER Declan Ganley has called on the Taoiseach to confirm that the Government will not be doing any “grubby…Wed Sep 30 2009 - 01:00
O'Leary says Ireland 'needs Europe'Anyone with a modicum of sense will vote Yes in the Lisbon treaty referendum, Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said in…Tue Sep 29 2009 - 01:00
Coughlan keeps cool as Kenny brings colour to proceedingsDÁIL SKETCH: FASHION IS hardly a regular political topicFri Sep 25 2009 - 01:00
Minister wants to keep film board as independent bodyMINISTER FOR the Arts Martin Cullen has said the Irish Film Board should be retained as an independent body, despite the McCarthy…Fri Sep 25 2009 - 01:00
Irish tourism outperforming some rivals despite recession, says CullenIRELAND IS “holding its own” or performing better than some competitor destinations despite the downturn in overseas visitor …Fri Sep 25 2009 - 01:00
Warning on cutting back on embassiesDIFFICULT CHOICES on spending in the Department of Foreign Affairs had to be made but some services “provided through our embassies…Thu Sep 24 2009 - 01:00
Cabinet to set budget date, says CoughlanTÁNAISTE MARY Coughlan has told the Dáil that the date of the budget will be decided when the Cabinet meets next week.Thu Sep 24 2009 - 01:00
Kenny questions Tánaiste over Fás spendingTHE FORMER chief executive of State training agency Fás was given an extra 4½ years’ pensionable service to ensure his “speedy…Thu Sep 24 2009 - 01:00
Cabinet to review extra capital for Anglo bankTÁNAISTE MARY Coughlan has refused to “speculate” on reports that nationalised Anglo Irish Bank is to receive up to €10 billion…Wed Sep 23 2009 - 01:00
FG Bill aims to end 'cronyism culture'A FINE Gael Bill to prevent “the culture of cronyism” in the appointment of individuals to State agencies was introduced in the…Wed Sep 23 2009 - 01:00
Security on prison site costing €120,000THE STATE is spending more than €120,000 a year on maintenance and security for the Thornton Hall prison site, the Dáil has heard…Wed Sep 23 2009 - 01:00
Four housing related agencies to amalgamateFOUR STATE agencies are to be amalgamated following a review by Minister of State for Housing Michael Finneran.Tue Sep 22 2009 - 01:00
Number of illegal evictions growing, says ThresholdMORE THAN 1,000 people were threatened with or were illegally evicted from their homes last year, and the number is rising, according…Tue Sep 22 2009 - 01:00
63% claim to be informed on treatyREFERENDUM COMMISSION: SIXTY THREE per cent of voters now have some understanding of the Lisbon Treaty, a rise of just 3 per…Mon Sep 21 2009 - 01:00
Man (33) dies after falling from apartmentA 33-YEAR-OLD man has died after falling from the balcony of fifth floor apartment in north Dublin.Mon Sep 21 2009 - 01:00
Former PD leader calls for Yes voteSOLICITORS FOR LISBON: FORMER TÁNAISTE and Progressive Democrats leader Michael McDowell has called for a Yes vote in the Lisbon…Mon Sep 21 2009 - 01:00
McDowell lends voice to Yes sideFormer tánaiste and Progressive Democrats’ leader Michael McDowell has added his voice to the call for a Yes vote in the Lisbon…Sun Sep 20 2009 - 01:00
McCreevy makes strong appeal for ratificationYES CAMPAIGN: EU COMMISSIONER Charlie McCreevy has made a strong appeal for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, warning…Sat Sep 19 2009 - 01:00
O'Keeffe claimed €205,368 as junior ministerMINISTER FOR Education Batt O’Keeffe claimed expenses totalling €205,368 during his four years as a minister of state, the highest…Sat Sep 19 2009 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil rejects Higgins invite to public debateNO CAMPAIGNERS: THE SOCIALIST Party MEP Joe Higgins and other members of 14 left-wing and anti-militarisation organisations …Sat Sep 19 2009 - 01:00
Cowen outlines key policy hurdlesTAOISEACH'S AGENDA: PASSING THE Lisbon Treaty referendum, establishing the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and passing…Fri Sep 18 2009 - 01:00
Gilmore 'uneasy' over €54bn payoutLABOUR PARTY: LABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore has warned that with the establishment of Nama “the State will have an enormous vested…Fri Sep 18 2009 - 01:00
McGrath confirms he will vote YesTREATY DEBATE: INDEPENDENT TD Finian McGrath has confirmed he will now vote Yes in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.Fri Sep 18 2009 - 01:00
Gormley to take tough line in talks with FFGREEN PARTY: A TOUGH bargaining position in the renegotiation of the programme for government was signalled by Green Party leader…Fri Sep 18 2009 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil found wanting on key question of trust, says BurtonLABOUR: THE NAMA legislation all comes down to a question of trust, Labour finance spokeswoman Joan Burton said.Thu Sep 17 2009 - 01:00
Greens will help change banking, says RyanGREEN PARTY: THE GREEN Party “will ensure there is change in the strangely conservative and reckless banking system we have”, …Thu Sep 17 2009 - 01:00
Morgan ordered from House after two suspensions for interruptionsDÁIL BUSINESS was suspended twice yesterday in a row that delayed proceedings for almost 40 minutes as Arthur Morgan (SF, Louth…Thu Sep 17 2009 - 01:00
Heritage week launch for sporting venue databaseA PROJECT to create a database of all sporting venues built in Ireland over the last 150 years is to be launched during National…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
Women in sport still playing second fiddleCAMOGIE PLAYERS have access to “premier facilities” for the first time, by being allowed to use county venues for senior championship…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
UN poverty goals advance interests of rich at expense of poor, says reportMANY OF the policies adopted by the UN to end global poverty are “unrealistic and unattainable” because they advance the interests…Tue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Death of former Fine Gael TD, mayor and senator Joe DoyleTRIBUTES HAVE been paid to former Fine Gael TD, senator and Dublin Lord Mayor Joe Doyle, who died on Saturday at Blackrock Hospice…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Plan is still to treat swine flu in the homePLANS FOR GPs to treat people with human swine flu in the patients’ homes will continue to be implemented despite the first death…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Cancer society supports centres of excellenceTHE IRISH Cancer Society has reiterated its support for centres of excellence in the treatment of cancer so that the “highest…Sat Aug 8 2009 - 01:00
HSE accused of dismantling South Infirmary centreTHE HSE is dismantling a breast cancer centre of excellence at the South Infirmary in Cork “with no guarantee that an equal service…Sat Aug 8 2009 - 01:00