Wednesday 25 May, 2022
Leo Varadkar is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today.
The draft bill has gone down like a “lead balloon” with workers, said Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says rents are out of control.
“I did not commit any crime, I did not do anything corrupt,” the Tánaiste told reporters in California.
The issue was upgraded to a criminal investigation in March 2021.
A plan to prohibit the sale or distribution of turf will be discussed by government after Easter.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said indexing the tax bands further is needed now more than ever.
Varadkar said that the viral incident occurred last summer while he was out running.
The Tánaiste said that the Government could not fully protect from cost-of-living increases.
Varadkar confirmed that Government will bring forward new measures and “nothing is off the table”.
First-time passport applications and children’s passports, particularly for foreign-born children are seeing the longest delays.
There are mixed views in both parties about pressing ahead with the carbon tax hike next month.
The Tánaiste says Ireland’s nightlife will match other European cities.
The Tánaiste flagged concerns about potential diesel shortages and a doubling of energy prices.
The CMO has not recommended re-introducing measures to curb the spread of the virus.
The latest figures were confirmed by the Department of Health this afternoon.
Varadkar took issue with the term “airy-fairy” and called on Healy-Rae to “reflect on it”.
Micheál Martin has decided to evolve the ‘tone and theme’ of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations this week.
Varadkar said the cost of living was rising even before the war in Ukraine, and now it has only gotten worse.
Senior ministers met today to discuss how to assist Ukraine and the impacts of energy costs domestically.
The Government is facing growing calls from opposition parties to expel Yuri Filatov.
Varadkar said that he believed a third package of sanctions against Russia would be introduced by the EU.
“The lights won’t go out,” Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today.
Varadkar virtually met representatives of Facebook on 30 September.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told his party that the Covid situation is ‘stable’.
Some politicians’ stances on the tax have changed over the years.
We want to get a sense of how Irish households are coping at the moment – here’s how you can take part.
The rising cost of living is ‘hurting people in the pocket’, said Leo Varadkar.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the new protocol will also help deal with other illnesses.
Government has published the second quarterly update of the Housing for All plan.
Trade unions have taken aim at the draft legislation, which they say is stacked in favour of employers over workers.
Varadkar told RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne that he hasn’t heard from gardaí since last Apri.
‘Transparency is always useful in these matters,’ a spokesperson for the Taoiseach has said.
‘I honestly don’t think you’re living in the real world,’ Labour leader Alan Kelly told the Taoiseach today.
The new bill will also provide circumstances in which employers can refuse to offer remote working.
Leo Varadkar said the government must lead on the issue.
New law to help those laid off due to Covid restrictions receive a special payment of up to €1,860 was also approved today.
