The Government has nominated a number of senior judges to positions, though two vacancies on the Supreme Court remain outstanding. It has also nomin(...)

 Irish Rail staff picketing  at Connolly Station in Dublin on Tuesday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times.

Investment in Irish Rail must come before pay increases for staff, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil. “I think the consensus in this House is(...)

Trains sit idle on the platforms at Heuston Station, Dublin, during a second  one-day strike by Irish Rail train drivers over pay and conditions. Photograph: PA

Irish Rail management warned its parent company as early as September that it could face a five-day strike that would cost it €1.5 million in lost pas(...)

The remains of Louise and Geraldine Clancy are carried from  St Martin’s Church, Kilworth after their funerals two years ago.

Car owners who give their vehicle to an unaccompanied learner driver are to be prosecuted under new laws. Minister for Transport Shane Ross is to see(...)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un: Shane Ross, Finian McGrath and John Halligan have sought permission for a parliamentary visit to North Korea through the embassy in London. Photograph: Getty/STR/AFP

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will not be sending anyone to the airport to stop Ministers travelling to North Korea. Three Independent Alliance(...)

The eight-page pamphlet distributed across trains on Monday morning describes the Minister in such terms as “Ross the Boss” and “Rocket Ross”. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

One of the main unions involved in the Irish Rail pay dispute has published a pamphlet mocking Minister for Transport Shane Ross and describing the Na(...)

“Oh, to be a fly on the deluxe interior on the day when Sir Clive Woodward, stuck in one of those eternal traffic jams outside MacHale Park, would have rolled down the window of the Rolls-Royce to have a local steward advising him that it was ‘bananas’ on the Lawn Road.” Photograph: Dean Treml/Getty Images

Oh, they’ve done it now, those elitists of World Rugby, pouring cold water and even colder technical criticism on Ireland’s big dreams of hosting the (...)

Ministers John Halligan, Shane Ross and Finian McGrath sought permission for a parliamentary visit to North Korea through the embassy. Photograph: RollingNews.ie

Members of the Independent Alliance have been invited to visit the North Korean embassy to discuss a possible trip to the country. Minister for Trans(...)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. Photograph: KCNA / via REUTERS/File

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he does not envisage proposed visit to North Korea by members of the Independent Alliance going ahead. Minister of State (...)

Ministers gathered at Government Buildings to announce details on a new initiative on tackling white-collar crime. From left: Charlie Flanagan, Francis Fitzgerald Paschal Donohoe and Shane Ross. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

The Government will seek the removal of some directors in banks in which the State is a shareholder if the tracker mortgage controversy is not resolve(...)

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