Almost 2,000 new influenza cases were reported in the week ending November 29th, double the previous week

Cabinet also briefed on 55c per week fee for employees that participate in My Future Fund

Irish businessman attended Christmas party in Nashville alongside figures from US right and celebrities

Extension of exemption follows extensive lobbying by Government in Brussels

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan says drones off Dublin Bay were not controlled by ‘back garden enthusiast’

Move comes amid wider plans to stem legal actions that can hold up projects as part of accelerating infrastructure plan

President is due to meet Taoiseach and may deliver an address to the Houses of the Oireachtas

Dublin city councillors proposed to strip former Israeli president’s name from Rathgar park

Government criticised for ‘delays and delays and delays’ on legislation banning trade with illegal settlements

OPW says €21,000 annual rent for refurbished state property was never reviewed between 2018 and 2025

The Office of Public Works - which is under a legal obligation to deliver a building for the project - appeared before the Dáil’s spending watchdog

Latest steps include new restrictions both on family reunifications and citizenship grants

Victims of convicted sex offender hopeful excercise will lead to more formal inquiry

Government was supposed to update medium-term expenditure plan last summer but still hasn’t done so

PAC chair criticises ‘failures’ at Department of Culture as findings recommends stronger oversight