The Irish Thalidomide Association has said it is "really disappointed" with the incoming coalition's Programme for Government ...

The incoming coalition’s programme for government contains a lot of reheated economic measures carried over from the outgoing ...

Incoming junior ministers will receive thousands in new expenses as part of a deal to form the new government.

Increased investment in Northern Ireland is contained among policy pledges agreed by the groups hoping to form the Republic ...

The previous commitment to a referendum on voting rights for Irish citizens abroad is not mentioned in the new draft programme for Government.

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The Programme for Government lacks “big ideas”, Sinn Féin has claimed. Yesterday, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and various ...

The Killaloe Municipal District’s Fianna Fáil councillors have been accused of “railroading” their Fine Gael counterparts ...

John Manley has spent the vast bulk of his 25 year-plus journalistic career with The Irish News. He has been the paper's ...

While Ministers and Government spokespeople insisted there were no special constituency deals agreed and the programme included wide-ranging pledges on health, childcare and housing, Independent TDs ...

The draft programme for government will be debated by members of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over the coming days.