‘Hang out’ spaces for teenagers prioritised in new play policyA review found that ‘there is little recognition of the differing play and recreation needs of adolescent girls, who are even more underserved than adolescent boys’Mon May 05 2025 - 06:00
Little evidence of post-Covid ‘scarring’ to Irish labour market, new paper findsCovid-19 study finds when restrictions were lifted there was a sharp increase in spending as consumers spent their accumulated pandemic-era savingsMon May 05 2025 - 06:00
State agencies including Enterprise Ireland and IDA summoned to talks with Minister for Enterprise Some 19 agencies operating under the Department of Enterprise will attend meeting with Peter BurkeMon May 05 2025 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil says salary for head of Housing Activation Office will not be ‘anywhere near’ €430,000Party TD Seamus McGrath does not accept the appointment has been ‘botched’ Sun May 04 2025 - 15:39
Housing tsar row: FF and FG continue to snipe after collapse of Brendan McDonagh appointment planFine Gael blocked appointment this week over concerns it was kept in dark about processFri May 02 2025 - 20:55
Housing ‘tsar’ salary might be lower than €430,000, say Government sourcesBrendan McDonagh might be paid less than he earns at Nama if appointed head of Housing Activation Office Thu May 01 2025 - 11:41
How a housing ‘tsar’ in waiting became a PR problem for the GovernmentFine Gael is confused as to how exactly Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh was chosen, and his salary will remain a sore point for someThu May 01 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ confirms €3.6m write down on partly abandoned IT projectBroadcaster says problem with project to revamp finance and HR systems ‘an outlier’ in context of operationsWed Apr 30 2025 - 22:26
Coalition leaders stop short of endorsing Minister’s call for Nama boss as housing ‘tsar’Nama chief Brendan McDonagh has been identified to role, though not formally appointedTue Apr 29 2025 - 19:00
Bosses of commercial State bodies in line for huge pay rises following remuneration reportBosses of commercial State bodies in line for huge pay rises following remuneration reportTue Apr 29 2025 - 18:03
International protection overhaul an ‘important step’ in wider reform, Minister saysProposal to reduce appeal time part of draft law to give effect to EU pactTue Apr 29 2025 - 17:49
Housing crisis: Proposals to boost LDA’s remit under consideration to boost housing outputGovernment considering steps to allow Land Development Agency to build more private housing at its projectsMon Apr 28 2025 - 06:00
Proposed ‘housing tsar’ salary receives sharp criticism from OppositionBrendan McDonagh tipped to head Strategic Housing Activation OfficeSun Apr 27 2025 - 19:32
Further delay to auto-enrolment pension plan Government to push back start date for compulsory workplace scheme to beginning of 2026Sun Apr 27 2025 - 19:00
Three arrested for public order offences at Dublin anti-immigration protestTaoiseach Micheál Martin said he rejects ‘negativity’ of protestersSun Apr 27 2025 - 15:53
Martin and Harris: how is the Coalition working? The Government faces a big challenge with trade and the economy, but the bigger fears are around chronic problems – most acutely, in housingSat Apr 26 2025 - 06:00
New Public Accounts Committee chairman to be Sinn Féin TD John Brady High-profile PAC oversees public spending in State bodies and convenes hearings into expenditure controversies Fri Apr 25 2025 - 14:26
Oireachtas committee chair appointments under way ahead of Dáil return next weekDispute over speaking time for Independent TDs had held up decisions to hand out key roles with €10,880 salary top-upThu Apr 24 2025 - 17:59
Five Fine Gael representatives sign cross-party letter sent by Sinn Féin to housing ministerCross-party letter asks James Browne to increase funding for a scheme aimed at preventing homelessnessThu Apr 24 2025 - 16:59
RTÉ’s €62m redundancy plan subject to annual targetsGovernment has approved €15m for this year to finance voluntary redundancy programme, which is now openThu Apr 24 2025 - 06:00
Intel to announce plans this week to cut over 20% of staff IDA Ireland engaging with Leixlip-based company following reports Wed Apr 23 2025 - 07:24
Frances Fitzgerald rules out seeking nomination to run for presidencySimon Harris spoke to the former minister and MEP about possibility of being Fine Gael’s candidateWed Apr 23 2025 - 06:00
Pope Francis: Thousands of Catholics to pay tribute as pontiff lies in statePontiff to lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica for next three days, where thousands of Catholics expected to pay respectsTue Apr 22 2025 - 22:52
Pope Francis funeral: Level of State commemoration trails that afforded John Paul II in 2005Government confirms public flags to be flown at half-mast on Saturday to mark pontiff’s funeralTue Apr 22 2025 - 21:05
Sinn Féin to chair Oireachtas justice and defence committeesGovernment parties take lead positions on housing and infrastructure panelsThu Apr 10 2025 - 12:42
Trump blinks, but what does it mean?On the home front, draft laws on short term lettings stalled as they were due to go to Cabinet on TuesdayThu Apr 10 2025 - 07:23
Temple Street: Taoiseach says removal of CHI board ‘would not help’Labour Party calls for resignation of entire board of Children’s Health IrelandWed Apr 09 2025 - 17:25
Planned ban on Airbnb-type lettings in rural communities prompts concernTourism sector critical to jobs and economic growth in many rural regions, department notesWed Apr 09 2025 - 17:09
Temple Street report provides major challenge for new Minister for Health Elsewhere, Simon Harris is in DC to meet the man who has dubbed Ireland his 'favourite tax scam'Wed Apr 09 2025 - 08:35
Oireachtas committees due to be operational in a month New term also indicates a special committee to be convened on artificial intelligence Wed Apr 09 2025 - 06:00
Plan for reforms of Airbnb-type lettings dropped from Cabinet agendaIt is understood disagreement arose between Department of Housing and Department of EnterpriseTue Apr 08 2025 - 19:22
Plans to increase paid sick leave for workers to be stalled under Cabinet proposalRetail, accommodation and food services sectors would be more affected should the statutory sick leave entitlement increase from five days to sevenTue Apr 08 2025 - 10:36
Trump tariffs mean volatility and threat of further escalation are the new normalThe Government knows it is in the teeth, already, of the first big thing that will define its termTue Apr 08 2025 - 08:28
Planning permissions for Airbnb-type lettings may be curtailed in some areasMinisters to brief Cabinet on plans to progress legislation governing sector Tue Apr 08 2025 - 06:00
Businesses unlikely to receive Covid-style support schemes to counter Trump tariffsPlanning under way for Tánaiste Simon Harris to travel to Washington to meet US Secretary of Commerce Howard LutnickSat Apr 05 2025 - 06:00
Nama chief is Government’s preferred option for ‘housing tsar’New role will head up the Strategic Housing Activation Office, which is being established in the Department of the Taoiseach in the coming weeksFri Apr 04 2025 - 21:01
Workers face reduced hours from this weekend at firms impacted by US tariffs, Ibec claimsIt’s understood that planning is underway for Tánaiste and Minister for Trade Simon Harris to travel to Washington to meet US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik Fri Apr 04 2025 - 17:47
Trump tariffs: Taoiseach urges caution amid signs of EU divisionGovernment has been privately urging the bloc not to escalate the brewing trade warThu Apr 03 2025 - 22:00
Verona Murphy: Motion of confidence in Ceann Comhairle passed in DáilWexford TD says she bears no ill will to those who brought motion and ‘her door is always open’Tue Apr 01 2025 - 21:20
Legislation being examined as way to deal with Dublin Airport cap ‘once and for all’Potential for EU-US trade war has added to need for action on passenger capMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
People convicted of killing their spouse face losing guardianship rightsMinister for Justice to seek Cabinet approval for Bill known as ‘Valerie’s Law’ this weekMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
Just 47 homes purchased so far under €150m State fund to buy vacant and derelict propertiesMany local authorities have spent tiny amounts of their fund allocation, with under €7.5m spent across State so farMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
US tariffs: Ireland to bolster competitiveness ahead of looming trade warUS president Donald Trump expected to announce tariffs on a swathe of EU exports in AprilMon Mar 31 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach says Ireland will protect food, pharma sectors in call with EU CommissionIrish economy needs to ‘sharpen up’ in face of looming threat of trade war - says Peter BurkeSun Mar 30 2025 - 18:36
Ceann Comhairle no confidence motion ‘a bit rich’ given Opposition’s behaviour in Dáil, says TaoiseachOpposition has objected to inclusion of controversial new speaking time slots for coalition-supporting Independents and Government backbenchers on Dáil scheduleThu Mar 27 2025 - 14:43
‘I at all times followed correct procedures’: Verona Murphy to resist Opposition no-confidence motionDebate and vote scheduled to oust Ceann Comhairle who has ‘impartially adhered to my solemn undertakings ... through the House to the Irish people’ Thu Mar 27 2025 - 06:00
Cost of accommodating asylum seekers could be cut by 60% under new rules, suggests Government Indicative future cost could fall from €123,000 per applicant to under €50,000, contingent on cutting processing times from 29 months to nine Tue Mar 25 2025 - 19:41
‘Shame, shame, shame’: Opposition leaders accuse Coalition of giving ‘two fingers’ to democracy in row over speaking rightsCombined Opposition leaders have accused the Coalition of giving “two fingers” to democracyTue Mar 25 2025 - 17:03
US secretary of commerce says Ireland’s ‘tax scam’ has ‘gotta end’Loans and business advice planned if trade war begins next monthSat Mar 22 2025 - 06:00
How official Ireland is preparing for a possible US-EU trade warThe working assumption had been that Trump would use the threat of tariffs to get people around the table, but that has changedSat Mar 22 2025 - 06:00
