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# Government

All time
Irish government says it will follow expert guidance after Austria approves ban of controversial weedkiller
7 Jul 2019
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Varadkar says 'better enforcement' is needed to tackle scrambler bikes, but no new law
3 Jul 2019
11.0k
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'Action was taken and our fears were conquered': Varadkar inspired by his generation's acid rain and ozone layer threats
17 Jun 2019
20.0k
67
Varadkar's popularity continues to slide as satisfaction with him and government at lowest level in years
11 May 2019
26.5k
110
The Explainer: Can Ireland grow its own medicinal cannabis?
7 May 2019
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12
A national memorial and health supports: Zappone offers new measures for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes
16 Apr 2019
6.3k
25
Airbnb says new laws are 'unenforceable' but minister says locals know the short-term let on their street
12 Apr 2019
33.0k
52
To avoid 'traumatic' extractions, government set to expand dental care for kids under 6
3 Apr 2019
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18
'A national trauma': There are now 9,987 people living in homeless accommodation in Ireland
27 Feb 2019
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51
Micheál Martin calls out Fine Gael as an 'out-of-touch and arrogant government'
23 Feb 2019
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158
The Labour Court is intervening in the nurses' strike
Updated 11 Feb 2019
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113
Government fortifying IT systems for 'fear of Russian interference' in European elections
3 Feb 2019
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The Rainy Day Fund will not be used for Brexit
2 Feb 2019
8.6k
24
Divorce referendum: Voters will be asked whether to delete 'living apart period' from Constitution
29 Jan 2019
25.1k
60
Nurses' strike: HSE releases info on which health services will and will not operate on the day
27 Jan 2019
28.3k
119
Varadkar to brief party leaders on possibility of a no-deal Brexit scenario
19 Jan 2019
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30
Government shutdown becomes longest in US history
12 Jan 2019
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Government and schools will no longer buy single-use plastic cups, cutlery and straws
Updated 4 Jan 2019
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56
'White collar crimes will not be tolerated': Cabinet backing for new anti-money laundering laws
3 Jan 2019
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Leo hints at a Cabinet reshuffle in the summer
1 Jan 2019
13.6k
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The government is paying €88m to rent private properties - but it also owns almost 100 empty buildings
31 Dec 2018
18.4k
61
The government is declaring war in 2019 (on single-use plastics)
31 Dec 2018
27.4k
64
Future Irish elections and referendums will be overseen by a new Electoral Commission
27 Dec 2018
6.8k
22
The government wants to know if you're okay with it using your PPS number to clean up the electoral register
17 Dec 2018
58.7k
82
Trouble in the ranks: 'We've a health and housing crisis and our solution is to keep Fine Gael running the show'
14 Dec 2018
17.7k
78
Redress Board work cost €1.1bn, while abused residents in industrial schools get €970m
20 Nov 2018
10.5k
19
'We are way off target': All-government plan to be drawn up on climate action
19 Nov 2018
9.6k
92
'It is not going to happen': FG rule change to copper-fasten promise not to enter coalition with SF
17 Nov 2018
10.2k
43
Varadkar says FG can look proudly to its record in 'caring for families'
16 Nov 2018
14.3k
89
State has covered the cost of 5,000 funerals and burials over two years
4 Nov 2018
60.5k
40
Support for Fine Gael remains strong ... but 44% of voters in favour of general election
16 Oct 2018
18.7k
63
Government loses in Dáil as opposition votes to declare national housing emergency
4 Oct 2018
34.1k
110
Taoiseach meets with former Fine Gaeler Fitzpatrick after he said party has become 'style over substance'
Updated 2 Oct 2018
20.8k
43
TDs get a pay rise totalling nearly €1k today
1 Oct 2018
41.5k
131
Here are just some of the government's priorities for the months ahead
29 Sep 2018
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After a 68-day break, the Dáil is back. Here's what's on the agenda
18 Sep 2018
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37
'Trump's mood and tone on his Irish visit will be shaped by what happens the week before'
Larry Donnelly
6 Sep 2018
13.8k
35
Mixed reaction to step back from gender quotas for local elections
30 Aug 2018
8.9k
44
National Broadband Plan 'hanging on a thread' as SSE pulls out of National Broadband Plan
29 Jul 2018
15.0k
76
'Putting our shameful past behind us': Mother and baby home forum meets for the first time
26 Jul 2018
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67
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