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#government

'A national trauma': There are now 9,987 people living in homeless accommodation in Ireland

Feb 27th 2019, 5:03 PM 11,687 51

#HOMELESSNESS
Micheál Martin calls out Fine Gael as an 'out-of-touch and arrogant government'

Feb 23rd 2019, 8:54 PM 20,472 158

#FIANNA FáIL ARD FHEIS
The Labour Court is intervening in the nurses' strike

Updated Feb 11th 2019, 5:00 PM 43,101 113

#STRIKE
Government fortifying IT systems for 'fear of Russian interference' in European elections

Feb 3rd 2019, 7:05 AM 12,709 66

#INTERFERENCE
The Rainy Day Fund will not be used for Brexit

Feb 2nd 2019, 7:30 AM 8,498 24

#PIGGY BANK SAVINGS
Divorce referendum: Voters will be asked whether to delete 'living apart period' from Constitution

Jan 29th 2019, 2:52 PM 23,978 60

#CONSTITUTION
Nurses' strike: HSE releases info on which health services will and will not operate on the day

Jan 27th 2019, 11:30 AM 27,942 119

#INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Varadkar to brief party leaders on possibility of a no-deal Brexit scenario

Jan 19th 2019, 8:00 AM 7,313 30

#TICK TOCK
Government shutdown becomes longest in US history

Jan 12th 2019, 7:53 AM 11,413 43

#BORDER WALL
Government and schools will no longer buy single-use plastic cups, cutlery and straws

Updated Jan 4th 2019, 2:42 PM 26,696 56

#ENVIRONMENT
'White collar crimes will not be tolerated': Cabinet backing for new anti-money laundering laws

Jan 3rd 2019, 4:13 PM 14,035 54

#APPROVED
Leo hints at a Cabinet reshuffle in the summer

Jan 1st 2019, 12:19 PM 13,472 53

#RESHUFFLE
The government is paying €88m to rent private properties - but it also owns almost 100 empty buildings

Dec 31st 2018, 1:02 PM 18,202 61

#LANDLORDS
The government is declaring war in 2019 (on single-use plastics)

Dec 31st 2018, 9:47 AM 25,381 64

#MICROBEADS
Future Irish elections and referendums will be overseen by a new Electoral Commission

Dec 27th 2018, 7:30 AM 6,532 22

#A LONG TIME COMING
The government wants to know if you're okay with it using your PPS number to clean up the electoral register

Dec 17th 2018, 12:05 AM 58,162 82

#ELECTORAL REFORM
Trouble in the ranks: 'We've a health and housing crisis and our solution is to keep Fine Gael running the show'

Dec 14th 2018, 6:05 AM 17,486 80
Redress Board work cost €1.1bn, while abused residents in industrial schools get €970m

Nov 20th 2018, 8:55 PM 9,080 17

#PAY OUTS
'We are way off target': All-government plan to be drawn up on climate action

Nov 19th 2018, 6:15 AM 9,401 92

#BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
'It is not going to happen': FG rule change to copper-fasten promise not to enter coalition with SF

Nov 17th 2018, 7:00 AM 10,020 43

#FINE GAEL ARD FHEIS
Varadkar says FG can look proudly to its record in 'caring for families'

Nov 16th 2018, 7:50 PM 14,119 88

#FINE GAEL ARD FHEIS
State has covered the cost of 5,000 funerals and burials over two years

Nov 4th 2018, 12:05 AM 58,646 40

#EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS
Support for Fine Gael remains strong ... but 44% of voters in favour of general election

Oct 16th 2018, 7:45 AM 18,619 63

#OPINION POLL
Government loses in Dáil as opposition votes to declare national housing emergency

Oct 4th 2018, 3:39 PM 33,801 110

#NEW POLITICS
Taoiseach meets with former Fine Gaeler Fitzpatrick after he said party has become 'style over substance'

Updated Oct 2nd 2018, 7:00 PM 20,618 45

#A FINE MESS
TDs get a pay rise totalling nearly €1k today

Oct 1st 2018, 4:31 PM 39,985 129

#WAGE PACKET
Here are just some of the government's priorities for the months ahead

Sep 29th 2018, 10:00 PM 21,711 0

#NEW LAWS
After a 68-day break, the Dáil is back. Here's what's on the agenda

Sep 18th 2018, 6:15 AM 9,159 37

#BACK TO WORK
'Trump's mood and tone on his Irish visit will be shaped by what happens the week before'

Sep 6th 2018, 7:00 AM 13,628 35

#OPINION
Mixed reaction to step back from gender quotas for local elections

Aug 30th 2018, 5:54 PM 8,365 44

#WOMEN FOR ELECTION
National Broadband Plan 'hanging on a thread' as SSE pulls out of National Broadband Plan

Jul 29th 2018, 12:31 PM 14,917 76

#ONLY BIDDER
'Putting our shameful past behind us': Mother and baby home forum meets for the first time

Jul 26th 2018, 4:50 PM 9,523 67

#TUAM SITE
Government to fund US and Canadian students to come here to learn Irish

Jul 9th 2018, 6:10 AM 12,998 26

#AG CAINT AS GAEILGE
Tuam: Ex-residents and families want further excavation and DNA analysis

Jul 6th 2018, 3:49 PM 8,619 27

#PUBLIC CONSULTATION
Motion seeking redress for victims abused as children passes despite government opposition

Updated Jul 5th 2018, 1:49 PM 16,708 28

#JUSTICE
'Completely misjudged' or necessary investment? Private companies offer mortgage-to-rent scheme

Jul 5th 2018, 12:05 AM 26,610 28

#MORTGAGE TO RENT SCHEME
Government announces 800 additional SNAs in schools for next term

May 18th 2018, 6:15 AM 16,359 17

#EDUCATION
Children's rights groups angry at Dáil vote setting digital age of consent at 16 (they wanted it to be 13)

May 16th 2018, 7:04 PM 18,226 15

#CHILD PROTECTION
Sean Canney quits the Independent Alliance

May 4th 2018, 9:54 AM 15,143 36

#STEPPING DOWN
Government approves plans to give 14,000 carers free GP cards

Apr 12th 2018, 7:51 AM 10,229 56

#FREE GP CARE