Taoiseach Enda Kenny has pledged to support moves by world leaders to overhaul the rules of business taxation, an iniative designed to stamp out aggre(...)

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore rowed in behind Enda Kenny yesterday as the Taoiseach argued that the Seanad was an outmoded and ineffective institution. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill

The Government has fired the opening shots in the referendum campaign to scrap the Seanad, pledging Dáil reforms to strengthen the oversight of new la(...)

The troika is pressing behind the scenes for further structural reforms to tackle rising health service costs. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

The EU-IMF troika is growing increasingly concerned about the slow pace of key health reforms as the Government enters the final phase of the bailout(...)

People walk past the Apple logo near an Apple Store at a shopping area in central Beijing. Photograph: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

The tax inquiry by a powerful US Senate subcommittee into computer giant Apple and the financial advantages it enjoys in Ireland comes as bad n(...)

Germany calling: Enda Kenny at a press conference in Berlin. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty

A senior Fine Gael figure smiles as he muses on Enda Kenny’s reluctance to fill the vacancy for junior agriculture minister, a post that has be(...)

Miche
ál Martin: allies say his support for the fiscal treaty was astute, likewise the decision not to contest the presidential election. Photograph: Alan Betson

Fianna Fáil’s ardfheis opens tonight in Dublin, the second since the party’s abject defeat in the 2011 election. The gathering comes amid resur(...)

Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Niall Collins said the insolvency regime would give little comfort to insolvent borrowers. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

The two main Opposition parties attacked the new insolvency plan for giving too much power to banks and other lenders as they (...)

 Siptu president  Jack O’Connor speaking at Liberty Hall yesterday, following the ballot on Croke Park II. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

The rejection by trade unions of the pay cut package in the second Croke Park deal presents an acute new problem for the Government. This is ex(...)

Taoiseach Enda Kenny: has been asked to consider a ’sunset clause’ to review abortion legislation at a later date. Photograph: Donall Farmer

The Dáil resumes today after a two-week recess for Easter, with attention centred on the outcome of trade union votes on the “Croke Park II” pay cu(...)

Minister for Health James Reilly is preparing legislation to give effect to the X-case ruling of the Supreme Court. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Further tension between the Government parties over abortion is in prospect as Minister for Health James Reilly prepares legis(...)

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