Biden underlines support for Belfast Agreement as tensions riseDowning Street insists protocol period extension does not break international lawFri Mar 5 2021 - 00:25
UK’s ‘bad faith’ acting leaves Government walking a difficult tightropeNI protocol row: No Irish Government wants their commitment to the EU and promotion of peace in North to be in conflictThu Mar 4 2021 - 19:40
Dublin not happy, EU furious as UK move brings Brexit back into focusInside Politics: British government says it will unilaterally change Northern Ireland’s special arrangementsThu Mar 4 2021 - 08:21
Brexit: EU threatens legal action in Northern Ireland protocol rowBritain says it will extend grace period on North goods checks until OctoberThu Mar 4 2021 - 01:00
Adoptions and access to birth certificates: What rights do people have?Balancing the right to see your own birth records with the right to privacy is difficultWed Mar 3 2021 - 22:13
Government brands UK move to delay checks on goods entering North from Britain ‘deeply unhelpful’Northern Secretary confirms move despite checks being required by Northern Ireland protocol after BrexitWed Mar 3 2021 - 19:55
Micheál Martin describes issue of illegal adoption as ‘shocking’Adoption-tracing legislation needed, says expert, as case studies to go before CabinetWed Mar 3 2021 - 17:23
Pandemic widens gap in public finances as crisis enters second yearTax receipts for first two months of the year were €800m less than same period in 2020Wed Mar 3 2021 - 03:05
Lockdown protesters may be traced using CCTV, Ministers toldHotel quarantine should be up and running by end of next week, using private securityTue Mar 2 2021 - 22:02
Judges decline changing proposed guidelines for personal injuries awardsConcerns raised included perceived interference with independence of judiciaryTue Mar 2 2021 - 02:30
Minister for Justice to brief Cabinet on anti-lockdown protestsMinister has been assured gardaí will be ready for any future attempts at violenceMon Mar 1 2021 - 20:28
Government needs to get ready to govern againAs peak of the crisis passes a new set of questions will need answeringSat Feb 27 2021 - 01:00
Irish Times poll: Strong support for reopening society as soon as possibleCaution about easing Covid-19 restrictions vying with impatience for lifting lockdownThu Feb 25 2021 - 20:30
Public support for lockdown will nose dive once vulnerable vaccinatedPoll on Covid-19 policy reveals nuanced views and general rejection of zero-CovidThu Feb 25 2021 - 20:30
Fall in support for Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael as confidence in Covid-19 management slumps – pollMore than half of voters say Government ‘not doing a good job’ handling the pandemicWed Feb 24 2021 - 21:41
Pat Leahy: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael pay for Covid failuresThe fate of Government may rest on the vaccination programmeWed Feb 24 2021 - 20:50
Covid vaccine ramp-up to see 80% of adults get dose by June - MartinEasing of restrictions contingent on continued suppression of virus, says TaoiseachWed Feb 24 2021 - 01:00
People ‘exhausted’ by restrictions with easing some way off, Coalition leaders sayMinisters say identifying exact metrics to determine when reopening would take place not yet clearTue Feb 23 2021 - 20:25
The worst days of the third long lockdown are still aheadAnalysis: No cheering despite a better performance from the TaoiseachTue Feb 23 2021 - 20:25
Taoiseach says ‘the end is truly in sight’ as Level 5 extended until April 5th and schools to reopenIn-person education will resume on phased basis on March 1st while travel limit will be reviewed in early AprilTue Feb 23 2021 - 20:22
'Living with Covid': April 5th review to weigh potential for lockdown easingLevel 5 to be extended and easing of outdoor restrictions unlikelyTue Feb 23 2021 - 01:00
Level 5 restrictions set to be extended until April, but schools and childcare will reopenPre-school due to reopen on March 8th under revised Living with Covid planMon Feb 22 2021 - 22:10
Ructions in Government over mixed messaging on Covid-19Sources say parents are angry regarding lack of clarity about children returning to schoolMon Feb 22 2021 - 20:59
Government’s confused Covid messaging is partially due to loss of self-confidenceMicheál Martin’s address to the public on way forward follows weeks of mixed signalsMon Feb 22 2021 - 18:08
Pat Leahy: It is 12 months since Irish politics was supposedly changed foreverSinn Féin emerged as the big winner in last year’s election, and its rise pushed two old rivals togetherSat Feb 13 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19: Thousands to be recruited by HSE in vaccination effortsRetired healthcare workers, paramedics and others to assist at 34 centres across the StateSat Feb 13 2021 - 00:01
Government hopes to get agreement on school reopening within weeksTalks with unions to focus on Leaving Cert and phased return for all school studentsFri Feb 12 2021 - 06:02
No agreement on when economy might reopen, says VaradkarMicheál Martin warns against expectations of anything other than a limited reopening of societyThu Feb 11 2021 - 17:56
Labour Party calls for €100 million fund to support schoolchildren during pandemicAodhán Ó Ríordáin warns of ‘lost generation’ of teenagers who will not return to schoolThu Feb 11 2021 - 15:18
Expect to hear ‘cautious and conservative’ line ad nauseam over coming weeksInside Politics: The Greens continue to struggle with the realities of GovernmentThu Feb 11 2021 - 08:00
Arrivals to Ireland may have to book slot in quarantine hotelMinisters to consider proposals for mandatory facility for passengersThu Feb 11 2021 - 05:00
‘Cautious and conservative’ the mantra as Government plans reopeningVoices calling for zero-Covid get louder but strategy not seen by Government as viableThu Feb 11 2021 - 02:37
Covid-19: New restrictions to target foreign travelRevised plan for ‘living with Covid’ to be unveiled by end of month, Varadkar saysWed Feb 10 2021 - 02:13
EU handling of Covid has had lots of lows but critics ignore things it got rightPerhaps most importantly, the pandemic is a lesson to EU to stick to things it’s good atSat Feb 6 2021 - 01:01
Pat Leahy: Way forward for vaccines, quarantine and strong US relationsDecisive action needed to engineer reopening, control travel and befriend BidenSat Feb 6 2021 - 01:00
Government has no plans to buy surplus Covid-19 vaccines outside EU processCommission unclear on whether Brexit rules permit leftover UK doses being brought into StateFri Feb 5 2021 - 01:00
Sinn Féin apology sought over ‘outrageous’ Dáil communicationCeann Comhairle tells party he will not be ‘dictated to’ after row in chamberThu Feb 4 2021 - 16:09
Minor changes to North protocol may be agreed to defuse tensionsTaoiseach to meet North’s leaders but says protocol needs ‘common-sense modifications’Thu Feb 4 2021 - 02:06
No decision on visit by Taoiseach to Washington for St Patrick’s DayConsideration of all possibilities continuing, including a virtual event, officials sayWed Feb 3 2021 - 01:32
Ireland in line to get 4.47m Covid-19 vaccine doses by end of JuneLegislation required before mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers can be enforcedWed Feb 3 2021 - 01:00
Travel quarantine scheme still ‘weeks away’, ministers toldLegislation must be passed before travellers can be required by law to spend 14 days in a hotelTue Feb 2 2021 - 20:37
Crucial talks today on Leaving Cert and restarting classes for special needs studentsIf Covid-19 infections rate continues to fall, phased reopening of schools could begin early MarchMon Feb 1 2021 - 03:00
EU must learn ‘serious lessons’ from North controversy, says MinisterCommission should look closely at how they interact in Northern Ireland, says Thomas ByrneMon Feb 1 2021 - 02:00
Pat Leahy: United Irelanders need to stop talking to themselvesThose identifying as neither nationalist nor unionist are key to constitutional changeSat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Donohoe sees political trap amid rising debtsAny reduction of State supports after this pandemic will be labelled ‘austerity’Thu Jan 28 2021 - 21:04
Why is there no serious engagement on joint North-South approach to Covid?‘You’ll never get DUP to treat travel from GB as anything other than domestic’ – officialThu Jan 28 2021 - 15:08
Covid-19: State restrictions set to tighten as Nphet warns of many more deathsInside Politics: Martin confirms extension of Ireland’s third lockdown to March 5thWed Jan 27 2021 - 07:51
'Hold firm, stick to the basics': Martin urges solidarity as third lockdown extendedOfficials to examine quarantine restrictions for all inward-bound travellersWed Jan 27 2021 - 03:57
Coronavirus: What happens when the lockdown ends in March?Analysis: The Government does not seem to have a clear strategy for reopeningTue Jan 26 2021 - 20:18
Cabinet set to approve tighter Covid restrictions on travelIncoming travellers without negative coronavirus test face mandatory quarantineTue Jan 26 2021 - 03:12