The Tánaiste made clear that he does not believe Ireland will face energy supply issues this winter

The chairperson of the Federation of Early Childhood Providers said a cap on fees would see them ‘go bust’.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that while the Government does not have any plans for interventions prior to Budget Day, he could not “definitively rule out” any action.

Ireland owes Austin Currie ‘a great debt’ for his persistence in pursuing peace, the Taoiseach told the Dáil

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said a welfare package of more than €5 a week on the pension will be needed in October’s Budget.

The Tánaiste said he believed the country would get through the summer wave of infections without the need for new mask rules.

The finance minister says he has unfinished business in Irish politics.   'I am a long way away yet from having to make the case about my legacy', he tells Daniel McConnell, Political Editor

Fine Gael is down two points to 23%, Fianna Fáil up two to 19% and the Green party down one point on 3%

Former justice minister Alan Shatter blasts lack of action on Bill to protect surrogate families

The Foreign Affairs Minister said that 'between now and the end of the year', Ireland wants to agree a position to settle it 'once and for all'

Majority of companies will not be impacted, taoiseach  Micheál Martin said

Our special Spotlight report revealed, many people in their 20s and early 30s are fearful for their futures

Unvaccinated people are particularly at risk, Leo Varadkar said, adding that Ireland has had 200 people in ICU in the past two months, 199 of which are not fully vaccinated

Leo Varadkar sent letters to Facebook, Twitter, Google, and TikTok in the wake of violent protests on the streets of Dublin earlier this year.

Appeal of the greener grass of nations that value their young looming larger

Leo Varadkar said the EU digital green cert will be in place in June and that member states will have six weeks to adopt it

No “cliff edge” to the wage supports for businesses at the end of June, says Tánaiste

Minister Heather Humphreys has moved to strongly defend the Tánaiste, claiming his actions were in the public interest and he has fully explained himself to the Dáil.

While greater restrictions around foreign travel, including hotel quarantining, will be introduced before any easing of guidelines, Mr Varadkar said people will be able to holiday in Ireland this summer.

Tánaiste says it has fallen to the Government to explain the report, even though 'it was not the Government's report'.

The general election took place one year ago today, delivering seismic change that transformed Ireland from a two-party system to a three-party one.

Leo Varadkar says there is still hope of having 'beers outdoors with friends' and the target of 70%-80% of all adults being vaccinated by September 'is still doable'

Congratulating Micheál Martin (Irish Examiner editorial, January 26) for surviving 10 years as Fianna Fáil leader is akin to damning him with faint praise.

Writing on Twitter, the minister said he was 'looking forward to signing the same for AstraZeneca soon'.

Mr Varadkar also said it is the 'firm intention' to re-open the country’s schools on January 11

Inoculations get underway at four hospitals.

Leo Varadkar’s comments that we have our lost our way in the decade of centenaries will, no doubt, add more charge to an already emotive and contested subject.

Leo Varadkar described Mary Lou McDonald's response to date as 'woefully inadequate'

A flawed process, but the right and defendable outcome. That was Justice Minister Helen McEntee's summation of the appointment of Seamus Woulfe to the Supreme Court.

A third 'enhanced' lockdown in January could well be necessary, Leo Varadkar has warned, as many sectors of Irish society are to re-open next Wednesday.

All that tumbled out during the week would suggest that this government has turned a deaf ear to that which is being carried on the changing political winds, writes Michael Clifford

Geraldine Feeney has previously lobbied the government on behalf of the now-defunct National Association of GPs. 

Without real, mutual trust, a relationship cannot survive. Trust might be stretched to breaking point but if it is well-anchored then almost any storm can be weathered.

Social Democrats TD Roisin Shortall said the deaths are among a total of 86 premature deaths among Air Corps personnel.

The Tánaiste will face a motion of no-confidence as Sinn Féin and the opposition continue to question his reasons for passing of a confidential document to a GPs' union

The motion is to be debated in Dáil Éireann on Tuesday.

The motion will be debated in the Dáil next Tuesday.

 Marc MacSharry says the controversy around Leo Varadkar's passing of a confidential document is "a distraction" and  Micheál Martin should "reflect on his own performance".

Heated exchanges at Fianna Fáil party meeting

In a country that has seen seismic changes in recent years, 90 minutes in Dáil Éireann last night confirmed to most in Irish society that nothing has really changed.

Martin has asked his department to examine what correspondence exists between it and the now-defunct National Association of General Practitioners

The Tánaiste told the former head of a GPs union that a contract he had supplied him with could not be taken as final, it was revealed in the Dáil this evening.

The opposition will also ask Mr Varadkar whether or not the former Taoiseach has engaged in such activity before

While the Taoiseach has said that he believes Mr Varadkar's accounts and his motives, questions remain over the incident.