The tests had been due to take place between next Monday, March 23, and April 3

The Government is facing mounting calls for a moratorium on evictions as part of the response to the growing coronavirus crisis.

Funds have been made available so that “decisions can be made up front” if and when they are needed, he added.

The position taken by the trade unions was a technical detail and there was no evidence of any unions using the virus to gain the upper hand, the Minister told Newstalk Breakfast.

The Minister said he had signed a statutory instrument, a piece of secondary legislation, a week and a half ago.

People who want to work beyond the age of 65 should be able to do so, Willie O'Dea told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has accused broadcaster Séan O’Rourke of making a political point about posters in the vicinity of the area where a homeless man suffered life-changing injuries earlier this week when his tent was lifted by a mechanical digger.

UEFA and Minister for Sport Shane Ross both issued upbeat appraisals of their meeting in Leinster House today but further crunch talks are still required – not least with the Bank of Ireland – to ensure the FAI’s remains afloat.

The Minister acknowledged the difficulties in 2019 for the beef sector.

Half of the creches given a last-minute emergency payment as an insurance crisis threatened providers across the sector with closure, received less than €1,000.

Inner City Helping Homeless is calling for the government to immediately tell the public how many people will be homeless this Christmas.

Simon Harris has received Cabinet approval for the new model of fertility care which will have three components.

Paschal Donohoe said Mr Murphy still has questions to answer after it was revealed that the former Cork North-Central TD claimed full Dáil expenses while also working in Brussels. However, as he is no longer a sitting TD, the Oireachtas Ethics Committee does not have any power to look into the matter.

Latest: Senator Michael McDowell has accused the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross of “misleading the public” with the Judicial Appointments Bill.

As 597 admitted patients waited for a bed in the country's public acute hospitals this morning, Health Minister Simon Harris announced that up to 190 beds will be opened in the coming weeks.

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said that the Bon Secours order has an “ethical responsibility” to provide more funding for the exhumation and reburial of the remains of babies at the Tuam Mother and Baby home.

Scouting Ireland bosses have been slammed over their recent Oireachtas appearance.

The High Court will decide later this month whether it will endorse a warrant seeking Ian Bailey’s extradition to France for the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

It comes as the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) warned that up to €6bn, or 60% of the corporation tax take may be "temporary" which leaves this country extremely exposed financially.

The chair of the board tasked with overseeing the building of the new national children’s hospital will tell a committee tomorrow that contractor claims “have not had a material impact to date”

Legal threats from coal firms have stopped the Government from introducing a nationwide ban on smoky coal which environmental activists and opposition parties are demanding.

A High Court judge has said a deportation order for a Nigerian man who seems to be the primary carer of his two biological children and a "father figure" to his partner's Irish citizen son, gave "cause for offence" to fathers in such positions.

A new refugee resettlement scheme which has seen Irish communities open their arms to welcome those fleeing war and persecution is to be rolled out nationwide.

Charlie Flanagan says policing the border region has long been challenging as criminals have always sought to exploit the border - but adds there will be no hiding place for criminals.

A group has been established to welcome asylum-seekers to the town and they are holding a meeting in Ballinamore tonight.

An investigation has been launched following the sudden death of a man in Dublin.

Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty has announced details of the €21.2bn to be spent on Social Welfare in 2020.

Anglers in the north-east say they are 'terrified' that a mysterious virus could wipe out salmonid stocks across the country.