Few have worn coverings around Leinster House despite politcians being asked to lead by example

Regulations about defining a gastropub - serving a meal, ’ not crisps and a pint’

INTO says one-metre distancing will pose challenge, especially with ‘super-size’ classes.

Coronavirus pandemic has had ‘devastating’ impact on arts sector, Dáil committee hears

Minister says PPE costs could be as high as €1bn while further funds needed for acute beds

Tánaiste believes lack of Minister from west will be ‘rectified’ during reshuffle

Leo Varadkar says need to ‘dig down’ into figures when so many building sites open

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee reiterates commitment to review of security laws

Activist Eileen Flynn applauded as FF Senator Mark Daly elected Seanad chair after surprise internal party win

Fianna Fáil leader says recession must be faced with ‘urgency and ambition’

Senator is appointed to Cabinet for the first time since the early 1980s

Traveller rights activist Eileen Flynn the only non-party figure among the nominations

Stephen Donnelly will become Minister for Health, Helen McEntee is Minister for Justice

Micheál Martin says wife Mary has been his ‘pillar of support and partner since college days’

Nine Independent TDs support new Government as Dáil sits in Convention Centre due to social distancing requirements

School leaders fear digital divide will widen achievement gap, ESRI research says

Covid committee told of children ‘destroying home, assaulting siblings’ from frustration

Death toll in Republic 1,727, total number of known cases of infection 25,405

Public health emergency team asked to review contentious issue again, says Minister

Flanagan says agencies will be obliged account for response to disturbing Traveller case

Flanagan pledges independent review of Special Criminal Court legislation

Minute’s silence observed for ‘shining star for young recruits to emulate’

€2 billion investment required to get childcare services to Scandinavian levels

No change in regulations to include coronavirus as occupationally-acquired illness

Bill to allow all third level graduates vote in Seanad election may be among first Bills debated

Programme for government not a green new deal but ‘greener business as usual’

State body says there are issues around insurance for such businesses and whether it is valid

Covid-19 circulating at ‘one in a million’ level in the community - McConkey

McConalogue says decision difficult after 100 years opposing Civil War enemy

Call for certainty on reopening of islands as 92% on Inisheer favour closure until August

Shortall says delaying funding for healthcare plan until 2022 will mean all momentum lost

Eating chicken korma, cottage pie ‘gives no extra protection’ against Covid-19, Dáil told

Minister says reproduction rate estimated at 0.7 and remains stable

Debate hears call for new Seanad to include people of colour and Travellers

Acting Irish Fiscal Advisory Council chair says ‘sizeable stimulus’ needed to help recovery

Society: Parties pledge extra powers for gardaí, directly elected mayors and hate crime law

International policy: Defence Forces commission to be set up to review pay and retention issues

‘Green new deal’ and ‘well-being indices’ are promised among other measures

Scheme introduced in 2009 in coalition with FF saw spike in first quarter on this year

Northern Ireland to be represented in Seanad under deal between parties

Appeal for legislative amendment to allow plebiscite on both Irish, English spellings

Group of 10 warns Varadkar that Government view has ‘startling consequences’

Senior figure in crime gang helped set up Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua boxing match

Harris defends phased return for services with dates to be announced by end of June

Gangland leader Daniel Kinahan brokered Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua boxing match

Taoiseach defends State approach to face coverings, Harris calls message ‘confusing’

Varadkar says he was ‘taken aback’ by video in which Tyson Fury thanked Irish crime boss

Varadkar appeals to schools, teachers, SNAs to participate in school summer programme

Former seamstress loved social occasions and was always first on to the dance floor

Boyle was blessed with that sharp eye for business and an uncanny ability to succeed

Motorcycling and angling enthusiast ‘enjoyed the simple things in life’

For many people ‘getting their hair done has a mental health element as well’, says Minister

Sinn Féin insists there are ‘other options’ for government formation if current talks fail

Agriculture Minister accuses Green party leader of doing a ‘disservice’ to rural communities

Only ‘five or six’ schools sign up compared to over 230 last year, Sinn Féin TD claims

‘Imminent’ plan to provide grants and subsidies to creches and enable parents return to work

Isme chief: State agencies ‘leave little doubt of perception that big business is good, small business is bad’

Chair of expert group says no strategy ‘utterly insulates’ Ireland from the pandemic

Management of second wave will be different from first, chair of epidemiology group says

HSE figures show 124 people with coronavirus in hospital, down from 182 a week ago

Flanagan says ‘nobody happy’ with system but housing key as 7,700 people in centres

Group say they will seek judgment unless Taoiseach agrees date for newly-elected Seanad to sit

Harris denies claim from Naughten that only about one-third of those contacts in industry were followed up

Vicious incidents because of an ongoing drugs feud in north Dublin, TD says

‘We’ve witnessed the absence of moral leadership, or words of understanding,’ Taoiseach says of US

NPHET recommends further easing of lockdown from Monday

‘Air bridges’ proposed to facilitate overseas travel as further easing of lockdown is recommended

Varadkar condemns ‘absence of moral leadership’ in US, but ‘pernicious racism’ at home

Taoiseach signals payment to be cut for some part-time workers

FF, Greens urged to keep pre-election commitments on Occupied Territories Bill

Response should be to eliminate racism and inequality everywhere, Higgins says

No timeframe set out for unrestricted flights as other EU states set clear resumption dates

Michael Ring also urges Bank of Ireland to reopen branches closed in pandemic immediately

Minister acknowledges numbers more than 1,000 below the 9,500 minimum target

Dáil observes minute’s silence as demonstration of ‘our abhorrence of and rejection of racism’

Over 6,000 Irish people have returned from abroad since start of pandemic

Total bill for three-month deal expected to be €300 million, Oireachtas committee hears

Garda stations providing most facilities with Fitzgibbon St station in Dublin alone generating €185k since 2018

President ‘a beacon’ in long Irish campaign for position allocated in June 17th vote

Party has sent five-page proposal to local authorities and other stakeholders

TDs hit out at Pat McDonagh’s comments on part-time workers as an ‘utter disgrace’

Lives Lost to Covid-19: Kildare man in London rewarded by queen for foiling robbery

Lives lost to Covid-19: OPW father of nine flew Lilywhites flag in Ballyfermot

Fianna Fáil TD says he resents claims that people on pandemic benefit ‘gaming the system’

Some 290,000 homes and businesses due to receive service between 2022 and 2026

Revenue responds amid claims those in receipt of subsidy may face surprise bill

Cabinet has ‘casually delegated too much responsibility’ to public health, Dáil hears

Taoiseach suggests the Covid-19 committee could examine the 2-metre issue

Minister tells Dáil councils are expected to be repaid early in June

Rate at which Covid-19 is transmitted is now stable at between 0.4 and 0.5 - Minister

‘Months rather than weeks’ before 14-day quarantine for passengers entering country ends

Baptisms, small weddings part of talks as Labour calls to allow 30 mourners

Two-metre social distancing rule needed to suppress Covid-19 spread, says Holohan

Varadkar reiterates benefits will continue beyond June 8th as Dáil row erupts over estimates

Some nursing homes say they had to use painter’s overalls due to lack of PPE

Department official tells Oireachtas committee Co Kerry facility now properly resourced

Private nursing homes were ‘literally outsourced and forgotten about’ - Sage director

Advertising campaign needed to alert people and to encourage them to save to pay it, says TD