Hazel Chu insists there is ‘no squabble’ with Eamon Ryan, the Green Party leader, but time and the next general election will tell

Offshore wind farms could create abundant renewable energy as well as generating significant revenue for Ireland — but planning and other issues must be surmounted first

Move comes as a blow to state-owned Gas Networks Ireland, which had hoped to extend its operations

Tánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs that the government needs to borrow more money to pay for further extensions to the pandemic supports

Minister for Health fears new variants of Covid-19 could threaten vaccination rollout as hotel group requested to increase capacity

The tax authority is carrying out checks at postal depots to seize untaxed wine, with the industry concerned over the impact on trade

The Minister for Transport is also going to cut the grant for plug in hybrid electric cars from €5,000 to €2,500

The Minister for Education seems to be telling teachers that she sympathises with their plight, even though she signed off on the decision for vaccination priority to be based largely on age

Travel within county to be allowed from April 12 but few other changes this month as Taoiseach urges public to stick with restrictions for now

The projected low take-up of the €245 payment threatens its aim of sharing parental leave between both parents

The public’s impatience with a slow vaccine rollout and a sustained lockdown has seen Fianna Fáil record its second-poorest result since Red C’s polling began

The well-known financial adviser has responded to Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy who criticised his company for selling social housing ‘as a financial product’

Red C poll also shows that 67 per cent of people think the government is not doing a good job in handling the vaccine rollout

The head of Tourism Ireland has said the best the sector can hope for is a recovery in the second half of the year

Some of the carriages have been in use since the late 1960s and are currently stored at various railway yards

Dozens of workers with high-risk health conditions at intellectual disability centres are told they cannot go back to work until the HSE gives guidelines on the issue

The 5km limit is likely to be relaxed, while outdoor sports for children and house building may resume. It is hoped that more restrictions may be eased after the May Bank Holiday weekend

Fine Gael is up by one point to 30 per cent, putting it slightly ahead of Sinn Féin.

Social Democrats co-leader uses Eddie Hobbs website to raise concerns about potential growth in the state’s use of long-term leasing instead of building homes

School admission rules still favour the ‘old Irish’ but with growing populations in urban areas, politicians will have to find new policies to level the playing field. They could start by looking at what happened in Boston almost 50 years ago