Maggie Doyle

The school reopening plan will be brought before Cabinet tomorrow

School reopening plan set to cost 'around €300m'

Minister for Education Norma Foley will bring the school reopening plan before Cabinet tomorrow. Government sources have confirmed it will cost "in or around" €300 million.

Coronavirus • 26 Jul 20

Podcast: FG needs needs to "flex its muscle more"

The new Chairman of the Fine Gael party Richard Bruton has said the party needs to "flex its muscle more".

Your Politics • 23 Jul 20

Catherine Connolly is the Independent TD for Galway West

Connolly 'shocked' to win Leas-Cheann Comhairle vote

Independent TD for Galway West Catherine Connolly has said she is in shock after her election as the new Leas-Cheann Comhairle or Deputy Chair of the Dáil.

Politics • 23 Jul 20

The two candidates are leader Eamon Ryan and deputy leader Catherine Martin

Voting closed, result tomorrow in Green leadership race

The deadline to vote in the Green Party leadership contest has passed and the result is to be announced tomorrow evening.

Politics • 22 Jul 20

Inclusion Ireland's Community Engagement Manager, Mark O'Connor

Some disability services may not reopen until December

The Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 has heard that the resumption of some day services for people with intellectual disabilities may not happen until December or January next year.

Coronavirus • 17 Jul 20

Screening programmes to detect cancer will have a major backlog of cases because of Covid-19

Screening postponement will lead to 'avoidable' deaths

There will be excess and avoidable deaths due to the postponement of cancer screening services, the Irish Cancer Society has told an Oireachtas committee.

Coronavirus • 17 Jul 20

Leo Varadkar told the Dáil the Government was also considering opening the scheme to seasonal workers

Govt considers extending Wage Subsidy Scheme

The Government is considering extending the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and opening it up to people who have not been covered by it such as seasonal workers.

Coronavirus • 16 Jul 20

Barry Cowen's political career and recent controversy

A look back at Barry Cowen's political career and the recent controversy over his drink-driving offence.

Politics • 14 Jul 20

Jim O'Callaghan speaking on the Your Politics podcast

FF were 'too close' to FG in last election on housing

A Fianna Fáil TD, speaking on RTÉ's Your Politics podcast, has said supporting Fine Gael's housing policy in the last government led to the party suffering in February's general election.

Politics • 09 Jul 20

Central Bank data shows there have been 158,659 payment breaks approved for Irish borrowers by Irish retail banks

Banks warned over seeking profits from mortgage breaks

If banks seek to make profit from giving people a break on their mortgages during the Covid-19 pandemic it would be viewed as a serious scandal, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil.

Ireland • 09 Jul 20