Minister asks cabinet to review underused stay and spend offer
The €250 million tax relief scheme designed to save tourism jobs during the pandemic has seen only €1.6 million worth of potential refunds being claimed
Analysis: How the government can fix its communications problem
Weeks of mixed messages and leaks about Covid-19 strategy have eroded the public’s trust in our leaders and it is crucial that they regain it
Taoiseach willing to have an inquiry into nursing home deaths
Micheál Martin has previously indicated his opposition to a full-blown state inquiry into Covid-19 deaths
Analysis: Weary public unlikely to be inspired by the latest call to persevere
After the week of bungled communications the government endured, asking people to put their faith in such a detail-free plan may strike some as asking a lot
Comment: Time to build a new coalition of democracies from the ground up
Joe Biden plans to organise a summit for democracy early in his presidency – but has the standing of the US been too damaged by Trump for the superpower to lead in this way?
Disability group expressed concerns to council about Sandymount cycle lane
Dublin City Council to carry out a new study on the planned cycling track at Strand Road
House of cards: the changing political fortunes of a taoiseach
There have been murmurings within Fianna Fáil for the past year about replacing Micheál Martin as taoiseach – but doing so is a more complex prospect than it seems, especially given his recent recovery
FG fears new environmental test for proposed roads could ‘strangle’ projects
Fine Gael believes 42 road projects in National Development Plan are protected from being axed or delayed under the Transport Minister’s assessment process
Cruz’s flight of shame meets a blizzard of condemnation
Using a crisis that includes an imploding power grid and a brutal snow storm as a reason to embark on a five-star holiday is not one of the optional responses outlined in any political manual, as Texas Senator Ted Cruz found out last week
Taoiseach calls for all sides to ‘dial down the rhetoric’ on NI protocol
The plea comes after former UUP leader David Trimble accuses the Irish government and others of ‘escalating tensions’ in the North
McEntee moots extending pubs and nightclubs’ hours after pandemic
The Minister for Justice is examining staggered closing times to put an end to all licenced premises having to shut doors at same time
New permit to allow foreign workers bring families in straight away
Government reforming ‘critical skills’ permit system in bid to attract more skilled workers from outside the EU
Analysis: How Sinn Féin will seek to undermine LDA launch with its own unofficial website
‘Non-partisan’ site will be modelled on Nama Wine Lake project which gained a considerable following and led to questions in the Dáil
Member states ‘partly to blame for delays in EU recovery fund rollout’
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says Brussels is waiting for countries to submit their spending plans
Canada claims Ceta respects government’s rights to regulate in the interests of its citizens
Trade deal will ‘strengthen economic recovery and benefit workers and businesses in both of our countries,’ according to Canadian government
Analysis: How Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will try to outmanoeuvre Eamon Ryan in ‘road wars’
Big two coalition parties will point towards a specific sentence in the Programme for Government, while the Greens can counter by highlighting commitments to prioritise spending on public transport, cycling and walking
O’Brien caught between Irish Water and a hard place
The Minister for Housing’s past criticism of the company has come back to bite him as council workers refuse to change employer
