# legislation - Tuesday 26 January, 2021
# Limerick
# Limerick
Limerick is the first city that will have a directly-elected mayor after locals voted for the move in 2019.
# legislation - Monday 26 October, 2020
# Legislation
# Legislation
President Michael D Higgins yesterday signed the Bill into law.
# Legislation
# Legislation
The President pointed out that his decision to sign the legislation “leaves it open to any citizens to challenge the provisions of the bill”.
# legislation - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Database
# Database
The minister has defended the legislation but said he regrets poorly communicating what it intends to do.
# Sealed
# Sealed
The Bill allows the transfer of a database of 60,000 records compiled by the commission to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
# legislation - Monday 7 September, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Political leaders have described the reported plans as a “treacherous betrayal” by “charlatans”.
# legislation - Friday 28 August, 2020
# House Parties
# House Parties
The government want gardaí to be given powers to interrupt and prevent house parties and social gatherings in breach of the guidelines.
# legislation - Wednesday 19 August, 2020
# Legislation
# Legislation
Gardaí will be given greater ability to police new public health measures.
# legislation - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Pay Day
# Pay Day
Martin will be paid almost €1,500 more than Varadkar was in the last government, despite a 10% cut to the official level of pay.
# legislation - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
# Law
# Law
Eleven seats in the Seanad are vacant as a new Taoiseach has not yet been elected.
# legislation - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
# Regulation
# Regulation
The minister said he would like this requirement backed up by the law.
# legislation - Thursday 9 April, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Rationing of critical care during any coronavirus surge must not happen at the expense of the most vulnerable, writes Clonan.
# legislation - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The government included a sunset clause for the legislation to be review in November after concerns were raised by TDs.
# legislation - Saturday 18 January, 2020
# Waiting Staff
# Waiting Staff
The claim was criticised by Sinn Féin who called it “false and misleading”.
# legislation - Friday 20 December, 2019
# Let's Get Together
# Let's Get Together
Leo Varadkar says he will reply to the Fianna Fail leader’s letter next week.
# legislation - Thursday 19 December, 2019
# General Election
# General Election
Martin says a legislative priority programme must be agreed for after Christmas.
# legislation - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Transparency
# Transparency
The move comes amid an international debate about how social media platforms handle political ads.
# legislation - Thursday 26 September, 2019
# Exclusion Zones
# Exclusion Zones
In July, Minister Simon Harris said exclusion zones outside hospitals and GP surgeries will be a “major priority”.
# legislation - Wednesday 5 June, 2019
# Law Reform
# Law Reform
Reviews are also set to be carried out in areas of law concerning hotel liability and privacy in the digital era.
# legislation - Monday 13 May, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Law Reform Commission says stalking should be defined as a crime and the introduction of stalking laws in the UK resulted in an increase in prosecutions, writes Catherine O’Sullivan.
# legislation - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
# Cannabis
# Cannabis
This will make it significantly less of a grey area in Irish law – and it could also herald the start of the Irish cannabis industry.
# legislation - Tuesday 9 April, 2019
# Pay Equality
# Pay Equality
The EU Commission recommended that member states introduce the measures five years ago.
# Licencing
# Licencing
Such operators will in future be subject to training standards and a licencing regime, if the legislation is amended.
# legislation - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Legislation
# Legislation
Measures first mooted in the Gambling Control Bill (2013) are finally set to be enacted by government.
# legislation - Friday 1 February, 2019
# Abortion
# Abortion
Health Minister Simon Harris has said he is very concerned about the alleged case, and has launched an investigation.
# legislation - Thursday 31 January, 2019
# Great Irish Sell Off
# Great Irish Sell Off
The Bill puts into law what already exists at the moment as a voluntary Central Bank code
# legislation - Friday 25 January, 2019
# Concert Tickets
# Concert Tickets
The proposed legislation would ban the above-face-value resale of tickets for sporting and entertainment events.
# legislation - Friday 11 January, 2019
# Parenting
# Parenting
The changes will resolve a number of difficulties in the registration of donor assisted births.
# legislation - Monday 31 December, 2018
# Microbeads
# Microbeads
Unnecessary use of the plastics will be completely banned in the public sector.
# legislation - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# Forensics
# Forensics
The government must first pass legislation allowing it to carry out excavations.
# legislation - Sunday 23 December, 2018
# No Debate
# No Debate
The Taoiseach said he would like all Brexit legislation to be included in one big Bill.
# legislation - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Now is the time for a mature and sensible discussion about sex and porn. We really need mandatory modern sex education introduced in schools too, writes Caroline West.
# legislation - Wednesday 5 December, 2018
# Before The Break
# Before The Break
Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy confirmed that the Bill will be brought to Cabinet next Tuesday.
# legislation - Saturday 1 December, 2018
# Edging Closer
# Edging Closer
It is likely the landmark bill to regulate abortion services in Ireland will pass in the Dáil at the earliest next week.
# legislation - Friday 30 November, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
The ‘yes’ side contained a wide range of views about when abortion should be permitted – the government can’t please them all, writes Professor Dermot Cox.
# legislation - Thursday 15 November, 2018
# Banned
# Banned
The Bill has been brought forward by Fianna Fáil public health spokesperson Mary Butler TD.
# legislation - Saturday 29 September, 2018
# New Laws
# New Laws
Renting, judge’s appointments, microbeads and noise at the airport – just some of the issues the government plan to tackle.
# legislation - Thursday 27 September, 2018
# Abortion Law
# Abortion Law
The abortion legislation will be introduced in the Dáil next week
# legislation - Friday 21 September, 2018
# New Alcohol Laws
# New Alcohol Laws
Political parties are under pressure to weaken some aspects of the legislation.
# legislation - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
# Lifting The Veil
# Lifting The Veil
The office of presidency spends about €7m per year, but the breakdown of that spending is kept under wraps.
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