Minister for Justice Alan Shatter. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has denied he was cautioned by gardaí at a checkpoint just prior to becoming Minister in 2011 but has admitte(...)

Brian Walsh TD: has indicated he will break with Fine Gael over abortion

The first Fine Gael Deputy to indicate publicly he will not support the Government’s proposed abortion legislation has said he(...)

 Taoiseach Enda Kenny: said he did not accept that arrangements for communication had been withdrawn.

The Attorney General had written to the Chief Justice on matters relating to communications with the judiciary last month, Tao(...)

New TD Helen McEntee. Photograph: Alan Betson

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter smiled broadly. There was not a judge in sight. The recipient was the new TD for Meath East, Helen McEn(...)

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte:   “They have gone through the criteria and decided that 421 developments do not comply with the standards”

The property tax is being imposed on some houses in unfinished estates on the basis of certain criteria, Minister for Communications, Energy an(...)

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has defended the inclusion of people living in unfinished housing estates in the property tax. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/Irish Times

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has defended the inclusion of people living in unfinished housing estates in the property tax regime. (...)

Simon Coveney insisted today that Irish savings are safe and will not be targeted. Photograph:  Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Under no circumstances will deposits in Irish banks be targeted for a Cypriot-style tax, the Government has insisted. Minister for Agricu(...)

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett noted the pope’s choice of the name Francis. St Francis, he said, was the son of a wealthy merchant who repudiated wealth, and the Government should take a leaf out of his book.  Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times

The Meath East byelection is in full swing in Leinster House. Canvassing is intense, whether by way of measured contribution or heckle. (...)

The chamber at Leinster House

The Central Bank will have independent oversight of arrangements made between banks and those with mortgage difficulties, Taoiseach Enda Kenny(...)

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