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Programme for Government

late night opening hours

Laws allowing nightclubs to stay open later put on the long finger by government

18 Feb

14.6k

The Morning Lead

'Nowhere else was getting money like Cork was under the last government'

How much money does each county get for major capital projects? We may be about to find out.

Eoghan Dalton

13 Feb

25.5k

high court action

Paul Murphy pushes back on Super Juniors: 'No more snouts at the Leinster House trough'

Paul Murphy

12 Feb

14.9k

It's done

Fine Gael parliamentary party and members vote in favour of Programme for Government

20 Jan

7.2k

Palestine

Occupied Territories Bill to be replaced by new legislation, Martin confirms

19 Jan

26.7k

another review

Incoming Government kicks National Security Strategy can further down the road

18 Jan

9.8k

aesthetic medicine

'Risky' dermal fillers will only be administered by professionals under new coalition's plans

18 Jan

10.1k

PodcastThe Candidate

A dash of Healy Rae won't liven up the government's dry five-year plan

Our team examine the 162-page document.

27m

Gino Kenny

Cautious optimism on future of assisted dying despite omission from Programme for Government

16 Jan

5.7k

Analysis

Analysis: Vague plans and no setting out of 'first 100 days' priorities in new Programme for Government

There are no promises to achieve anything in the first 100 days of office, unlike programme for government documents of the past.

Christina Finn

16 Jan

13.3k

Public Transport

Helen McEntee says powers of arrest for public transport police yet to be 'explored’

16 Jan

13.2k

5 year priorities

The most surprising and eyebrow-raising commitments in the Programme for Government

15 Jan

32.5k

107

Political roadmap

Programme for Govt: Transport security, cheaper childcare and 'open the Children’s Hospital’

The programme for government sets out the roadmap for Irish political decisions over the next five years.

15 Jan

46.9k

126

Programme for Government

Simon Harris likely to take beefed up Foreign Affairs role as PfG details revealed

The VAT rate for the food-led hospitality sector, entertainment and hairdressing is also set to be cut to 9%.

Updated 15 Jan

29.9k

108

Kerry

Michael Healy-Rae confirms he will be a junior minister, likely in Department of Agriculture

Updated 15 Jan

45.2k

152

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

'That's not my fault': Minister pushes back on suggestion she could insist on gender-balanced Cabinet

15 Jan

18.4k

Programme for Government

Next government wants to create dedicated public transport police

15 Jan

8.7k

snail's pace

Getting a government up and running by 22 January increasingly viewed as unrealistic

Taoiseach Simon Harris says a government should be in place by the end of the month.

Updated 7 Jan

19.7k

126

As it happened

Varadkar says he has a ‘burning desire’ to bring hope as he's elected Taoiseach

17 Dec 2022

74.6k

113

hospital parking

Govt won't oppose hospital parking bill, but department 'working on plans' to cap daily charge

16 Feb 2022

17.0k

Trans

Taoiseach admits Government needs to 'work harder' to increase supports for transgender teens

27 Dec 2021

26.4k

Moyross

'My beef is the road not going ahead': A Limerick road is causing division lines between Fianna Fáil and the Greens

5 Feb 2021

33.8k

United Ireland

Principle or pragmatism: Ambiguity surrounds the Shared Island Unit, months after launch

12 Oct 2020

25.4k

Opinion

Our family law courts are not fit for purpose and we owe it to children to address this now

Karen Kiernan

6 Jul 2020

22.1k

Changes

Explainer: What's in the FF-FG-Green programme for government?

26 Jun 2020

24.6k

129

Explainer

Explainer: What happens if the Programme for Government is rejected by one of the three parties?

25 Jun 2020

13.8k

draft deal

Eamon Ryan: No one has 'discussed or agreed' alternative approach if PfG rejected

24 Jun 2020

12.9k

ruffalo few feathers

Mark Ruffalo says fossil fuel companies want to 'junk Ireland up' with fracked gas

Updated 22 Jun 2020

47.1k

Opinion

Opinion: We should have tackled climate change 20 years ago but the second best time is now

John Gibbons

22 Jun 2020

11.7k

Fine Gael

Coveney says 'we can't rule out' another general election

22 Jun 2020

37.4k

118

The Daily Poll

Poll: Do you support the draft programme for government?

21 Jun 2020

60.8k

151

Crunch time

'That's the Green way': Catherine Martin says party will accept if members vote against government deal

19 Jun 2020

21.6k

ge2020

Ciarán Cuffe: There's an extraordinary opportunity here for the Greens in government

Ciarán Cuffe

18 Jun 2020

11.3k

ge2020

Paul Murphy: Green members shouldn't back the deal with FF and FG - it's just not worth it

Paul Murphy

18 Jun 2020

17.1k

YFG

Youth wing of Fine Gael to vote against coalition as Varadkar warns of 'political crisis' if deal doesn't go through

17 Jun 2020

28.6k

117

neasa hourigan

Green TD who helped negotiate programme for government says she can't fully endorse it

17 Jun 2020

38.6k

147

ubi

Universal basic income: Next government commits to a pilot programme to trial it

16 Jun 2020

70.7k

107

Coalition

Éamon Ó Cuív and Saoirse McHugh say they won't back programme for government

16 Jun 2020

32.4k

135

occupied territories

Criticism over lack of reference to Occupied Territories Bill in draft programme for government

15 Jun 2020

17.1k

Transport

Draft government agreement commits to spending €360m a year on cycling and pedestrian projects

15 Jun 2020

18.4k

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