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Level 3
Level 3 enforcement: Taoiseach declines to give timeline on when fines could be introduced but says options will be discussed this week
climate action
'The impact of our actions on the planet is undeniable': Government launches Climate Action Bill
short and sharp
Varadkar says circuit break can't be ruled out to control Covid as sources say plans 'need to be worked up'
Coronavirus
Concern that relationship between NPHET and government is 'changed forever' after yesterday's meeting
Taking Stock
'Try again. Fail again. Fail better': The mantra of the FF-FG-Green government 100 days in
rural ireland
Green Party 'must keep fighting' for green change around the Cabinet table, says Catherine Martin
Interview
Jim O'Callaghan: 'There's a danger in a political system that blindly follows everything NPHET says'
Leaving Cert
Leaving Cert: Polymetrika was paid €91,500 above agreed cost for work after daily rate kicked in at end of contract
Leaving Cert
'There are penalties, absolutely': Minister says there are sanctions associated with Polymetrika calculated grade contract
Leaving Cert
Taoiseach told Varadkar and Ryan about Leaving Cert error six days after it was discovered
political accountability
Ethics watchdog with teeth: Taoiseach says sanctions and penalties should be part of Sipo review
Students
1,600 drivers, more buses and 650 bus escorts: €137m spend gets green light so school transport can run at 50% capacity
Dying with dignity
Government seeks to delay Dying with Dignity Bill and send issue to special Oireachtas committee
Colleges
Colleges did not investigate majority of sexual assault and harassment cases reported by students in 2018/19
level three
Health Minister contacts HSE to make clear that window visits in nursing homes are not suspended under Level 3
change tack
Let virus spread among under 60s and stop 'crude' restrictions, experts tell Covid committee
Sick Leave
Government agree to sick pay reform, but Labour says six month delay will hinder fight against the pandemic
Interview
Taoiseach: Changes allowing people to do some work without losing PUP could form part of Budget
social visits
Dubliners advised they can meet up with up to six people from another household in a public park
restrictions
'We're taking action early': Varadkar says EU capitals have not imposed the kind of restrictions Dublin is facing
Outbreak
Varadkar: 'If public health teams recommend that a meat plant should close, it should close. Full stop'
parliamentary party meeting
'I want Micheál Martin to succeed as Taoiseach' says Jim O'Callaghan after bruising FF meeting
Gangland Crime
Gangland criminals targeted: New law seeks to impose life imprisonment for conspiracy to murder
restrictions
'Dublin situation not looking good': Ministers concerns grow over capital moving to Level Three
new roadmap
Mary Lou McDonald: 'Either we get testing and tracing right or we'll be in a yo-yo effect of further restrictions'
new roadmap
National 'Living with Covid' plan to be announced this morning, but Dublin pubs reopening to be paused again
Dying with dignity
'What I am asking is to be given a choice': Vicky Phelan urges politicians to support Dying with Dignity Bill
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