Department of the Taoiseach

The gap in productivity between Northern Ireland and the Republic, a core feature of the island’s two economies, is to be examined as part of joint re(...)

A new book tells the inside story of the Government handling of the pandemic. This extract recalls the early fear and uncertainty as details unfold(...)

Taoiseach Micheál Martin put “misleading commentary” to the Dáil on efforts by the Oireachtas finance committee to secure testimony from the top civil(...)

The country’s most senior civil servant has said he was supportive of the now-abandoned secondment of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan to a(...)

It was a “mistake” for the Government not to include a nursing and midwifery representative on the newly formed Covid Advisory Group (CAG), the Irish (...)

The outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan is to chair the newly formed Covid Advisory Group (CAG) announced on Friday evening. The 20-person(...)

Before the end of the month – possibly as early as next week – a delicate dance between negotiating teams from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ict(...)

The Oireachtas finance committee is to raise a series of questions over the appointment of the new secretary general to the Government – but has stopp(...)

The Cabinet has approved the appointment of John Callinan as secretary general of the Department of the Taoiseach and secretary general to the Governm(...)

The Government-appointed commission of investigation into the sale by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) of its Northern Ireland portfolio ha(...)