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#government

Taoiseach's newspapers and embassy catering: hundreds of State contracts awarded outside official guidelines

Nov 20th 2019, 12:05 AM 26,535 44

#PROCUREMENT
Single-use plastics ban Bill aims to put biodegradable packaging on supermarket shelves

Oct 20th 2019, 7:00 AM 12,957 18

#WASTE
Revealed: Data Protection Commission's pleas for more staff and 'fit-for-purpose' office

Oct 12th 2019, 11:00 PM 18,742 28

#STRETCHED
Portugal's socialist party prepares for another term in government after general election

Oct 7th 2019, 9:34 AM 8,379 25

#FOUR MORE YEARS
Taoiseach says he'd sooner bring back wolves to Ireland than let Sinn Féin into government

Oct 6th 2019, 7:00 AM 35,059 145

#SPEECH
'We're preparing for worst-case-scenario': No-deal Brexit planning to be ramped-up by Government

Updated Sep 4th 2019, 1:28 PM 17,458 43

#DARK CLOUDS
Talks underway between HSE and labs that could carry out drug-testing at festivals

Aug 13th 2019, 6:15 AM 11,315 18

#DRUGS
Italy's Matteo Salvini calls for snap elections amid coalition crisis

Aug 9th 2019, 7:52 AM 8,682 17

#LEAGUE PARTY
Irish government says it will follow expert guidance after Austria approves ban of controversial weedkiller

Jul 7th 2019, 7:30 AM 95,268 58

#GLYPHOSATE
Varadkar says 'better enforcement' is needed to tackle scrambler bikes, but no new law

Jul 3rd 2019, 2:08 PM 10,644 53

#GARDAí
'Action was taken and our fears were conquered': Varadkar inspired by his generation's acid rain and ozone layer threats

Jun 17th 2019, 5:48 PM 19,909 66

#ACTION PLAN
Varadkar's popularity continues to slide as satisfaction with him and government at lowest level in years

May 11th 2019, 9:12 AM 26,171 110

#OPINION POLL
The Explainer: Can Ireland grow its own medicinal cannabis?

May 7th 2019, 6:10 AM 11,013 12

#CANNABIS
A national memorial and health supports: Zappone offers new measures for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes

Apr 16th 2019, 4:21 PM 6,140 25

#FORMER RESIDENTS
Airbnb says new laws are 'unenforceable' but minister says locals know the short-term let on their street

Apr 12th 2019, 8:30 PM 32,472 52

#SHORT-TERM LET
To avoid 'traumatic' extractions, government set to expand dental care for kids under 6

Apr 3rd 2019, 12:05 AM 13,507 17

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

Feb 27th 2019, 5:03 PM 12,782 51

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

Feb 23rd 2019, 8:54 PM 20,568 158

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

Updated Feb 11th 2019, 5:00 PM 43,306 113

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

Feb 3rd 2019, 7:05 AM 12,821 66

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

Feb 2nd 2019, 7:30 AM 8,547 24

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

Jan 29th 2019, 2:52 PM 24,947 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 28,114 121

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

Jan 19th 2019, 8:00 AM 7,315 30

#TICK TOCK
Government shutdown becomes longest in US history

Jan 12th 2019, 7:53 AM 11,432 43

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

Updated Jan 4th 2019, 2:42 PM 27,681 56

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

Jan 3rd 2019, 4:13 PM 14,303 54

#APPROVED
Leo hints at a Cabinet reshuffle in the summer

Jan 1st 2019, 12:19 PM 13,513 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 18,252 62

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

Dec 31st 2018, 9:47 AM 26,957 65

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

Dec 27th 2018, 7:30 AM 6,717 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 58,433 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 17,539 78
Redress Board work cost €1.1bn, while abused residents in industrial schools get €970m

Nov 20th 2018, 8:55 PM 9,458 18

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

Nov 19th 2018, 6:15 AM 9,483 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 10,069 43

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

Nov 16th 2018, 7:50 PM 14,170 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 59,366 40

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

Oct 16th 2018, 7:45 AM 18,656 63

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

Oct 4th 2018, 3:39 PM 33,931 110

#NEW POLITICS