Minister of state Paul Keogh has announced measures which he hopes will stem an exodus of personnel from the Defence Forces.

Naval officers organised a whip-around to bail out a number of recruits who have not been paid for weeks.

Naval officers organised a whip-around to bail out a number of recruits who have not been paid for weeks.

High turnover, low morale, and low pay are among the complaints of members of the Defence Forces who are to have their case put to the defence minister this week.

The planned College Green plaza in the heart of Dublin is designed to host public events for up to 15,000 people.

A new plan to create a pedestrian friendly space right in the heart of Dublin has been officially launched.

BALLYMORE Properties has not gone away.

IT’S that time of year when the annual RIAI review is published and although it feels like a familiar annual event, (it arrives at Christmas), the 150-page, fully illustrated booklet, the Review, has been in print only since 2010 — ironic really that it coincided with the lowest point in our slough of despond, but also marked the moment of recovery, perhaps.

The country's second youngest TD, Simon Harris, has been appointed as Junior Finance Minister, the position formerly held by Brian Hayes, in the Government's reshuffle.

The Taoiseach is expected to opt for a wide-ranging reshuffle of his Cabinet today in an effort to present a "new-look" coalition ahead of the next Dáil term and reverse his own party’s sagging fortunes.

The last of the Irish cousins of the famous Kennedy dynasty gathered at their ancestral homestead to remember John F Kennedy yesterday.

Independent TDs have hit back at Government chief whip Paul Keogh, who said they put their €41,000 allowance in their “back pocket” without having to account for it.

The issue of TDs having penalty points wiped from their record is back in the spotlight today after an Irish Examiner investigation reveals 76% of Dáil deputies have admitted they never had penalty points removed.

The country’s gone to the dogs, and a group of Fine Gael TDs are planning to follow the pack.

It is the badly written potboiler that everyone is talking about: Fifty Shades Of Fine Gael.

The Communications Minister should consider proposals from the independent broadcasting sector to redistribute some of the licence fee that currently goes to RTÉ.

Government Chief Whip Paul Keogh has today denied that a rift is forming between the Coalition parties, insisting that "no-one feels unloved".

THE restoration of one of the country’s oldest surviving classical buildings has led to a prestigious architectural award for excellence.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny will join Fine Gael's presidential candidate Gay Mitchell today for the official launch of his campaign.

IRELAND needs to build over 30,000 new homes per year to meet the needs of our growing population, a leading economist told a national housing conference in Dublin yesterday.

A “BONE detective” is being drafted in to help gardaí identify the remains of a man that were recovered off the Cliffs of Moher over one year ago.

THE spiritual home of Irish international sport has been given a further boost to its already glittering reputation after being short-listed as one of the country’s top architectural designs.

ERIC CONWAY’S letter of December 17th asserts that an ill defined group he termed the “liberal/feminist commentariat” were, amongst other things, “quite sanguine/blase over Bethany House”.

DÁIL guerrilla warfare was declared when Fine Gael decided to rip-up the gentleman’s club rule book and go for Brian Cowen’s political jugular – his dwindling Dáil majority.

CONSTRUCTION job numbers have more than halved since the boom, leading to calls for unemployed professionals to be given ‘placements’ in the public sector to help stop a brain drain.

WITHIN 10 years Ireland will not be capable of building major infrastructural projects like the newly completed Aviva Stadium because our skilled professionals, with no projects on which to work here, will be forced to look elsewhere for employment.

The jury in the trial of a Sligo man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that a jawbone and teeth found on the shore of a lake were belonged to the girl.

Mourners sobbed today as they sang You'll Never Walk Alone for the father of the tragic Dunne family, who are to be buried hundreds of miles apart.

Progressive Democrats candidate Colm O'Gorman is highly unlikely to win a Dáil seat in his native Wexford constituency, according to an opinion poll published today.

DURING the week Bertie Ahern made an extraordinary admission about costing the State a fortune.

The forensic dental surgeon for the State has told a murder trial that "heavily carbonised" teeth recovered from a smouldering fire at the accused man’s home were consistent with the dental records of a Donegal mother-of-four.

IRISH RAIL will decide on a range of cost-cutting plans within the next fortnight, including proposals to close or temporarily shut unprofitable freight lines.

MORE than 600 jobs will be lost and some of the country’s most needy communities will be dealt a severe blow if Iarnrod Éireann proceeds with cuts and line closures outlined in an internal report, a key union warned yesterday.

A report suggesting that Iarnrod Eireann plans to close lines in the south of the country have sparked anger.

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Dublin-based software company ANAM has secured a contract with the Brazilian mobile operator BCP.