The work of Auguste Comte, a French philosopher from the first half of the 19th century doesn't feature very much on the bestsellers lists these days, writes Brian Keegan.

There is no agreement among eurozone finance ministers about a joint eurozone budget with different views being expressed at a meeting in Luxembourg.

Two Government ministers have failed to express confidence in Department of Health chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan after he admitted last week he knew about the damning HSE cervical cancer memos in 2016.

The Department of Justice has admitted that officials never examined any private email or mobile phones belonging to ministers or their advisors during its search for files linked to the disclosures tribunal.

At least 40% of the €300 million Brexit Loan Scheme opened by the Government this week will be available to food businesses.

The pending reopening of Stepaside Garda station will be strongly criticised by the Dáil’s spending watchdog, despite two Cabinet ministers demanding its return.

As Taoiseach Leo Varadkar eases into his first Christmas as leader, he must be counting his lucky stars that we were spared an unnecessary election, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Junior ministers have backed calls by Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor for equal pay for teachers.

Half of the Cabinet has yet to put approve a single piece of legislation almost a year after the formation of the Government, with “internal angst” in Fine Gael blamed for weak law-making.

The Taoiseach has signalled a possible reshuffle of Ministers as early as next year.

The junior minister at the centre of a row over the cardiac care service in Waterford, says consultants there have rejected plans to expand it.

A raft of special advisers are being drafted in by new ministers to stave off attack from opposition TDs and to media-manage their images.

TWELVE ministers of state are expected to be appointed by the Government at today’s cabinet meeting, writes Gerard Howlin. 

Disability Campaigners are calling for a full cabinet Minister to deal with the sector.

David Cameron faced pressure to give Eurosceptic ministers licence to campaign for Britain to leave the EU as an MP said opinion within the party was “substantially hardening” against his renegotiation effort.

Cabinet ministers are to discuss emergency funding for areas affected by flooding in the wake of Storm Desmond.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras faced open revolt from some of his own ministers as he sought support for a bailout deal that, while saving the country from financial collapse, will cause years of more pain for Greece.

Eurozone finance ministers are pushing Greece to the brink of default adjourning any decision on the latest compromise deal until tomorrow.

A split in the Coalition over how Enda Kenny packed the Oireachtas inquiry into the banking collapse with Government members has dealt a fresh blow to the credibility of the probe.

The cost of paying pensions to former ministers has fallen by almost €700,000 to just over €3.7m over the past three years.