Second Cabinet meeting under way as water charges to be revealedMinisters insist public concerns listened to with permanent cap set to be part of systemWed Nov 19 2014 - 08:17
Sinn Féin seeks Barrett meeting over McDonald suspensionDeputy leader ‘has no confidence in Ceann Comhairle’, says ‘matters have come to a head’Tue Nov 18 2014 - 16:32
McDonald says she does not regret decision to stage sit-inSinn Féin deputy leader confirms she will not attempt to force her way into the Chamber todayTue Nov 18 2014 - 13:34
Labour Senator Jimmy Harte continuing to make progressHarte suffered significant head injuries after a fall last year in Newmarket SquareTue Nov 18 2014 - 13:22
Ministers decry anti-water protest ‘thuggery’Cabinet members condemn Jobstown protest and say Socialist Party’s Paul Murphy has questions to answerTue Nov 18 2014 - 10:02
Cabinet to hold two ‘special meetings’ on new water chargesMeetings will take place before the announcement of new package tomorrowTue Nov 18 2014 - 09:36
Mary Lou McDonald expected to avoid trying to enter DáilSinn Féin TD’s ‘antics’ prevented Dáil debate on legislation, says Minister for HealthTue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00
Analysis: What will Mary-Lou do next?Sinn Féin did not expect to be outflanked on the Left on the issue of Irish WaterMon Nov 17 2014 - 14:20
Mary Lou McDonald ‘turning up for work as normal tomorrow’Leo Varadkar dismisses Sinn Féin ‘antics’ that saw Dublin TD suspended from DáilMon Nov 17 2014 - 14:19
Labour minister Ged Nash hits out at ‘thuggish’ water protestersMichael Noonan heckled by water charges protesters in LimerickMon Nov 17 2014 - 11:22
Sinn Féin shuts down Dáil with stand-off that became sit-inAnalysis: McDonald makes bold attempt to focus attention away from Cahill controversyThu Nov 13 2014 - 16:56
Maíria Cahill : Dáil debate exposed how Republicans dealt with abusersBelfast woman says highlighting abuse brings other victims forwardThu Nov 13 2014 - 10:06
Coalition using Trichet letter ‘to beat FF’ and not for leverageMichael McGrath says Mario Draghi or his predecessor should attend banking inquiryFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach says cutting tax payments a 'global phenomenon' affecting all countriesEnda Kenny says Ireland 'happy to participate' in addressing issue with OECDThu Nov 06 2014 - 12:44
Government claims progress on new ‘affordable’ water chargesJoan Burton confirms agreement reached at EMC on capping Irish Water billsThu Nov 06 2014 - 12:24
Fine Gael TD warns Enda Kenny not to count on his voteFG, Labour meetings discuss Irish WaterThu Nov 06 2014 - 01:00
Burton defends €200 Irish Water bill claimTánaiste confident Kenny ‘on same page’ as Labour backs FF Seanad motion on privatisation voteWed Nov 05 2014 - 19:03
Government’s handling of Irish Water a ‘shambles’ - FFEnda Kenny under fire in the Dáil during Leaders’ QuestionsWed Nov 05 2014 - 14:55
Gerry Adams alleges Coalition smear campaign over CahillSinn Féin leader rails against Government motivated by zeal to distract from problemsTue Nov 04 2014 - 17:12
Political expediency at work as Sinn Féin hardens water stanceAnalysis: Gerry Adams has been upfront about fact he changed position on paying chargesTue Nov 04 2014 - 16:05
Government must scrap water charges - AdamsSinn Féin leader accuses Coalition of arrogant bullying tacticsTue Nov 04 2014 - 13:28
Taoiseach acknowledges Irish Water mistakesEnda Kenny hopes ‘clarity and confidence’ can be brought to debacle over chargesTue Nov 04 2014 - 13:21
Gerry Adams will not resign over Maíria Cahill controversySinn Féin president ‘does not know’ if Cahill forced by IRA to confront alleged attackerMon Nov 03 2014 - 12:23
Clarity on water charges to come ‘shortly’, says KennyJohn Tierney apologises to Irish Water customers and says there is a ‘fear of the unknown’Mon Nov 03 2014 - 08:16
Radical changes to Civil Service structure under new plan, Kenny says‘Persistent under-performers’ will be dealt with under disciplinary code, Taoiseach saysFri Oct 31 2014 - 00:24
Irish Water should not pay bonuses, Brendan Howlin saysMinister says semi-State company needs to win confidence of peopleThu Oct 30 2014 - 15:32
Fitzgerald disappointed in failure to find justice secretary generalFianna Fáil to raise issue in Dáil next week as Minister confirms job will be re-advertisedWed Oct 29 2014 - 18:01
O’Donnell a seasoned media performer free from links to CoalitionAnalysis: nomination follows application to little-known ‘Board Diversity Initiative’Wed Oct 29 2014 - 15:03
Laying the tracks to liberation: The original contraceptive trainIn 1971 some 49 women took a train from Belfast to Dublin and made news all over the worldTue Oct 28 2014 - 22:20
Pro-choice activists swallow abortion pills after rail journeyDemonstration modelled on ‘contraceptive train’ of 1971, Socialist TD Ruth Coppinger saysTue Oct 28 2014 - 17:16
David Hall confirms talks on new parties with Creighton, DonnellyMortgage campaigner says people outside political establishment are losing patienceTue Oct 28 2014 - 13:58
ECB hints Brian Lenihan letter will be releasedFF finance spokesman Michael McGrath says withholding of document ‘unsustainable’Tue Oct 28 2014 - 10:20
Has the Maíria Cahill controversy damaged Sinn Féin?Cahill claims child sex abusers were moved by republicans from the North to locations south of the BorderSat Oct 25 2014 - 07:21
Video: Maíria Cahill meets ‘compassionate’ TaoiseachBelfast rape victim says she told Kenny she ‘wasn’t discussing teddybears’ in meeting with Gerry AdamsWed Oct 22 2014 - 20:58
‘We weren’t discussing his teddybears’Analysis: Adams becoming a problem for his successor in Sinn FéinWed Oct 22 2014 - 14:04
Maíria Cahill to meet Taoiseach tomorrow morningCahill willing to meet Sinn Féin, but only if meeting recordedTue Oct 21 2014 - 21:27
Taoiseach has ‘every confidence’ in Irish Water chief John TierneyCabinet agrees a communications revamp at Irish Water was necessaryTue Oct 21 2014 - 14:50
Noonan ‘not aware’ of plans to change Irish Water managementIrish Water managing director John Tierney faces crucial board meeting todayTue Oct 21 2014 - 08:31
Maíria Cahill wouldn’t be the first badly treated woman to derail republicanismThe heroic sisters of Robert McCartney humbled both the IRA and Sinn FéinMon Oct 20 2014 - 12:19
Party backs Gerry Adams over Maíria Cahill allegationsLeading Sinn Féin figures deny claim of abuse cover-upMon Oct 20 2014 - 12:19
Gerry Adams says abuse victims failed by IRA actionsSF leader says shooting alleged sex offenders was wrong policyMon Oct 20 2014 - 08:20
Celtic Tiger immigrants made us better-looking, says MitchellFine Gael TD says immigration has been good for IrelandMon Oct 20 2014 - 01:00
Gerry Adams ‘personally horrified’ by Cahill allegationsGrandniece of Joe Cahill told ‘Spotlight’ programme of abuse by IRA member and subsequent meetings with Sinn Féin leaderThu Oct 16 2014 - 17:28
What have politicians got against older people?RTÉ radio listeners grill Noonan and Howlin over Budget 2015Wed Oct 15 2014 - 13:26
Noonan: Cigarette hike was only tax increase in Budget 2015Tánaiste and Labour Party leader insists Budget will help to create jobsWed Oct 15 2014 - 12:54
Gerard Craughwell served in Royal Irish Rangers second battalion for five yearsProfile of the new Independent Senator from GalwaySat Oct 11 2014 - 17:49
Peter McVerry brands cuts to top rate of tax ‘outrageous’Social campaigner accuses Government of planning ‘conjuring trick’ in BudgetSat Oct 11 2014 - 08:18
Signs of relief at the scene of defeatThey may have lost but the Coalition would gladly swap a seat for closureSat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
Craughwell beats FG’s McNulty to win Seanad byelectionIndependent beats controversial FG appointee, SF’s Catherine Seeley thirdFri Oct 10 2014 - 14:02
Varadkar rules out Ebola screening at Irish airportsCoveney to brief Ministers on Irish preparations for outbreak of diseaseFri Oct 10 2014 - 11:34
