Department of the Taoiseach

It will be, according to a Government source, “a battle of the spreadsheets”. For weeks now, teams in at least three Government departments have been(...)

Information is the currency in Government, and news travels fast. Within hours of its conclusion on Wednesday, word was swirling around official circl(...)

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has withdrawn a memo for Cabinet seeking to curtail the circumstances in which people can gather to drink alcohol(...)

Government and Northern Ireland officials have discussed the possibility of joining up new North-South cycle “greenways”, an Oireachtas committee has (...)

The chairman of the Future of Media Commission, Brian MacCraith, has promised to hold “extensive engagement with stakeholder groups” before making its(...)

If Ireland wants to comply fully with its Paris Agreement obligations it should be cutting its carbon emissions by more than 12 per cent a year, accor(...)

Garda powers to police Covid-19 measures in pubs and restaurants are to be extended until the middle of next year. The Cabinet is due to meet on Tues(...)

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan, according to a person who has worked with him, is not someone who accepts rejection with equanimity. If he does(...)

The National Health Emergency Team has tonight recommended the State be moved to Level 5 restrictions for a period of four weeks to curb a sharp rise (...)

The Labour Party has called on the Government to clarify why the so-called travel “green list” has not been updated in more than a month. Two Governm(...)