Martin Heydon

Competition involves up to 300 firms saving as much CO2 as possible

Irish farmers will increasingly receive EU payments based on environmental results

Minister pledges clearance within six to eight weeks once level 5 restrictions are eased

Exports grown in last 10 years to value of €872m last year, notably dairy and pig meat

Fine Gael party meeting hears calls to allow more people attend religious services

If that’s the case, why not just move Christmas to July and have done with it?

Minister of State Martin Heydon submits proposal on idea to Taoiseach and Tánaiste

Varadkar opens scheme first to SMEs in Kildare, followed by 2,000 nationwide

New Cabinet younger on average than outgoing one, with no members older than 60

Several TDs from west get posts, but not everyone in the parties has been placated

Jack Chambers and Niall Collins appointed Ministers of State as Jim O’Callaghan and Joe McHugh turn down roles

Deal would see Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael get eight roles each with four going to Greens

Minister wants schools opened fully in September using ‘class bubbles’

Former Defence Forces commandant Cathal Berry is targeting a seat in Kildare South

Cathal Berry to run as Independent in Kildare South on pro-Defence Forces platform

Party is damaged by Dáil voting controversy and glad election is not imminent

Unsuccessful candidate said she was ‘intimidated’ at meeting to vote no confidence in TD

Kildare local election candidate pleaded guilty to fraud charges in mid-1990s

Loot boxes are like shiny lucky-dip bags that are treated as a form of early gambling in several countries

Group will ‘develop links’ with NI parties and build FG profile in North, says party chair

Parties wanted to set impossibly high targets for reducing carbon footprint so Government would not reach them, meeting heard

30,000 sport horses, excluding thoroughbreds, move across Irish Sea every year

WhatsApp group causes commotion in Cabinet as invitations to Taoiseach’s bash prove scarce

Review of confidence-and-supply agreement goes on with no immediate threat of election

A lot rests on the negotiations which are to begin in a small room in Leinster House

Parties set to begin negotiations on review of confidence-and-supply agreement

Fine Gael chairman warns of dangers of gambling addiction and some online children’s games

‘The one person who has done the most to create an aura of instability around his own Government is the Taoiseach himself’

Michael D Higgins confirms intention to seek second term and is likely to face an election

‘Newbridge or Nowhere’ one of the biggest GAA controversies to hit the organisation in recent years

Radio review: Suprisingly, the RTÉ presenter is the ideal person to pay tribute to Big Tom McBride

Fine Gael parliamentary chairman stresses stability important for voters and the economy

Catherine Noone tells party colleagues she wants to ‘get back to focusing’ on her work

Catherine Noone made claims of bullying and sexism against party colleague

National Development Plan’s launch was a matter of record in several respects

Party to examine claims by Senator Catherine Noone she was bullied by party colleague

Katherine Zappone says yes to the dress as Mattie McGrath plays the self-blame game

With a fourth night added, even Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates might not have enough to say

Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader hold one-hour meeting amid Government crisis

Fine Gael slams ‘trumped up charge’ from Opposition parties