The Taoiseach says next week’s meeting of the European Council probably won’t make any immediate concrete decisions.
Talks to try and form a techocrat government are abandoned after a two-hour meeting of the five main leaders.
An assistant secretary-general at the Department of Agriculture retired in 2010, but will stay on until October at least.
Facebook had previously planned on selling shares at between $28-$35, but is now going for a price between $34 and $38.
Three men and a woman, all aged in their 20s, are arrested in connection with a robbery in Dublin 7 earlier this year.
Modest growth in the likes of Germany is offset by falls in other large countries like Italy; France is also perfectly flat.
Also, in case you needed to know, Azerbaijan has been renamed ‘Ed-zerbai-john’. Got that?
“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark,” says the justice minister, responding to calls from independent TDs to put it off.
The banks include the country’s two largest banks, with one third of the market – while 10 banks are now ‘junk’.
Ryanair charges €60 per passenger if they haven’t checked in already – but the website will be offline for some time this weekend.
Attending a summit in Brussels, Michael Noonan says it is “very important that the eurozone stays intact”.
Both an internal investigation and external review have been completed, with Michael Noonan now left to seek government approval.
Figures compiled by Eurostat show that passenger numbers in Ireland fell by a greater proportion than those of any other.
The Union of Students in Ireland will ballot its members nationwide on whether to change their ‘free fees’ policy.
The former Quinn Healthcare will create the positions over three years as part of a renewed investment.
Based on the average industrial wage, that works out at free work which would otherwise have cost €9.2 million.
A working paper commissioned by the IMF says previous trends in oil prices point to a major surge in costs by 2022.
The 44th plenary session of the group, which includes members from Britain, Ireland and crown dependencies, is being held in the Seanad chamber for the first time.
Scott Thompson had only been in the job for six months before someone noticed he couldn’t have earned the degree he said he had.
Leo Varadkar says the Road Safety Authority will consider mandatory rules when the country’s car fleet becomes more modern.
Government critics and supporters alike are amused at the suggestion of a pundit on a state-run TV station.
17-year-old Ashleigh Butler and her six-year-old cross Pudsey took the £500,000 prize and will perform for the Queen.
Court appointments should be independent, says a report by the European judges’ association launched by Justice Susan Denham.
Victims of institutional abuse oppose plans to establish a trust fund for abuse victims, instead of simply giving cash payments.
The State-controlled body which runs the National Sports Campus tried to sue Dublin Waterworld over a VAT bill that wasn’t due.
Meetings between the country’s president and its three main party leaders fail to end the political stalemate in Greece.
Arsala Rahmani – a former minister in the Taliban administration – is killed, in a major blow to Hamid Karzai’s efforts for peace.
Drugs worth an estimated €80,000 were recovered from an house in Tallow; a man is being held at Dungarvan.
Declan Ganley’s back in the fray, as Michael Noonan fears election fatigue. How do you feel so far?
The veteran of the Lisbon campaigns has revived Libertas to oppose the treaty – but Simon Coveney has already accused him of showing “flawed thinking”.
He might not have worn the same fuschia boots in Manchester, Madrid or Milan – but Golden Balls is still putting them away.
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Jan O’Sullivan says over 2,000 properties have been appraised for their suitability – and only half are fit for use as social housing.
The government has spent over €1.5 million installing security in ministers’ houses and offices – but nothing since 2009.
Sinn Féin’s Caoimhghín Ó Caoláín says the Stability Treaty guide being sent to homes understates the loss of sovereignty.
If Alexis Tsipras and Evangelos Venizelos can’t agree a common platform, a second election will be almost certain.
Your local council needs to receive your form by Monday – meaning today is your last chance to get it posted off.
The female driver of a car is killed, while a 9-year-old girl is uninjured, after the collision at Reas Cross this morning.
The government says proposals by Fianna Fail’s John McGuinness would hamper the government’s own plan for reforms.
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