Tánaiste urges Palestinians not to be distracted from peace talks with IsraelRegrettable tests not carried out on Arafat at time of his death, says GilmoreWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Reilly says most people retaining some level of health cover despite recessionMinister for Health gives details of Bill to implement risk equalisationWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
‘Vast majority’ retain some level of health insurance - ReillyHealth Insurance Bill to give companies time to regulate product for the New YearTue Nov 19 2013 - 21:06
Taoiseach criticises top-up allowances for hospital executivesFF leader says it beggars belief that allowances were retainedTue Nov 19 2013 - 16:53
Home loan costs up in Dublin area but stable elsewhereScheme for holders of distressed AIB mortgages comes into operation today with Irish Mortgage Holders’ OrganisationMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:01
Campaign highlights abuse of mixed-race Irish in institutional care‘I was in a class all of my own, beneath everybody else along with the dogs and the pigs’Mon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Egyptian foreign minister to review case of boy abducted from Ireland in 2009Independent TD criticises lack of urgency on case and lack of information to familyFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:16
Accountancy bodies let ‘off the hook’ over crisis‘Are the big four accountancy firms beyond rebuke?’ asks Senator Seán BarrettFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:01
Nicotine patches may be made freely available to pregnant womenOne in five pregnant women smoke, Minister tells DáilThu Nov 14 2013 - 22:46
Martin heckled after calling bailout announcement ‘political stunt’FF leader says Kenny refused to give the pros and cons of whether Ireland should have a precautionary credit lineThu Nov 14 2013 - 17:54
Preliminary report on data breach being considered, says GilmoreFF leader warns confidence in online banking could be shatteredThu Nov 14 2013 - 14:38
Government has one vote majority in Seanad after Labour Senators abstain in pylons rowMotion called for legislation to high voltage lines underground but was rejectedThu Nov 14 2013 - 12:06
Narrow Water bridge cost row may not be sorted on time to keep EU funding, says Kenny‘If the Taoiseach decided to make this happen, it would happen’ - AdamsThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Minister orders investigation into reported delays in treating children with cancerSinn Féin highlights warning by hospital chief executives of serious threats to patient servicesThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Indian doctors ‘quit hospital’ in row over training registerDáil told medics qualified to bridge gaps but ‘we don’t want them long-term’Wed Nov 13 2013 - 13:18
AIB and Bank of Ireland will have 70 per cent of market, says Fianna FáilMinister for Finance confident of new market entrants after withdrawal of ACC and Danske BankWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Twenty out of 392 credit unions have less than legal minimum of 10 per cent of assetsAverage credit union loan €7,764 but 26 Newbridge loans averaged €550,000Wed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Local authority losses in Anglo liquidation were ‘unavoidable cost’, says NoonanLocal authorities face ‘impossible choice’ on unfinished housing estates, FF claimsWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
TDs question the legality of jobseeker’s allowance cut under the Equal Status ActMeasures will affect 14,000 people under 26, says Joan BurtonSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Social welfare Bill passes in Dáil by 74 votes to 46Legality of cut to under-26 jobseeker’s allowance questionedFri Oct 25 2013 - 18:25
Preliminary discussions with Children’s Ombudsman over Roma investigationGardaí and HSE will co-operate fully with Ombudsman, Minister for Justice saysFri Oct 25 2013 - 01:01
Row about electricity pylons turns into insults about dogs and cows in Dáil rowRabbitte says overhead pylons still EU norm in EU and underground costs 3½ times moreThu Oct 24 2013 - 22:16
Child removed after remarks by ‘bigoted busybody’, says Higgins‘Good faith based on bigoted assumptions is a mandate for injustice against minorities’Thu Oct 24 2013 - 15:04
Concern voiced in Dáil over removal of childrenFianna Fáil asks if same ‘extreme actions’ would be allowed if the children were Irish nationalsThu Oct 24 2013 - 12:35
Deasy criticises Government over approach to commercial ratesCoalition out of touch with commercial realities, says FG TDThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
‘Discount’ for corporate debtors criticisedIndependent TD criticises use of PricewaterhouseCoopers as advisersThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Shatter to request report on removal of two children‘I understand that the two children concerned are children of the families concerned’Wed Oct 23 2013 - 22:44
Concerns on identity of two children groundless - ShatterMinister for Justice to ask Garda Commissioner for reportWed Oct 23 2013 - 19:46
Symphysiotomy controversy still not resolved, Dáil hearsMinister for Health will bring proposals to Government ‘in the coming weeks’Wed Oct 23 2013 - 13:28
Taoiseach 'ignoring' Northern IrelandNorth-South agenda has been progressively undermined, says MartinMon Oct 21 2013 - 10:42
Martin calls for Reilly to be sackedFF leader accuses Government of misleading Dáil on health figures in budgetMon Oct 21 2013 - 10:24
Reilly should be removed from office, Martin saysHealth minister’s position not tenable Fianna Fáil leader says at BodenstownSun Oct 20 2013 - 15:49
‘Nothing to hide’ in decision not to publish Lariam reportShatter confirms 24 current and former soldiers suing State over anti-malarial drugFri Oct 18 2013 - 14:42
County council official acts for the authority in the purchase of his own home, Dáil hearsDessie Ellis says local authority bought 18 houses, two of them from their staffFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Sound of silence in the Dáil to highlight campaign for profoundly deaf childrenMinister says difficult choices but hearing implants are a priority for himFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore defends cut to youth doleGovernment accused of introducing measure ‘to pauperise the young unemployed’Thu Oct 17 2013 - 12:41
Travel tax could be re-introduced if airlines don’t increase passenger traffic - VaradkarUnemployment will be below 400,000 next week, says BurtonThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:01
TD queries 9% VAT rate on lap-dancingMaureen O’Sullivan asks why ‘hospitality’ tax break has been granted to clubsThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:01
Kenny denies ‘witch-hunt’ of medical card holdersFianna Fáil leader accuses Government of targetting older peopleWed Oct 16 2013 - 13:26
‘Even the dead aren’t safe from this Government’ - Michael McGrathFianna Fáil claims 35,000 people will lose medical card after this year’s budgetTue Oct 15 2013 - 23:44
Amount of Government debt is ‘elephant in the room’Inequality in Ireland is four times OECD average, Technical Group TD tells DáilTue Oct 15 2013 - 20:20
Budget measures echo 1913 Lockout, says DohertyBudget delivers another ‘almighty wallop’ to Irish people, says McDonaldTue Oct 15 2013 - 17:51
Dáil debates Bill to give parents information about sex offendersLegislation is similar to Sarah’s Law in Britain where information is given in 7% of casesFri Oct 11 2013 - 13:26
Increased gender equality in legal profession says ShatterDáil debates recommendation to change Constitution on role of women in the homeFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:32
Government engaged in “social vandalism” on fuel support schemes - Independent TD250,000 homes retrofitted and €50 million investment for 25,000 more - TánaisteFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:14
Fianna Fáil makes hay over Labour’s internal dispute‘We don’t want to send him off to the Gulag somewhere,’ says Billy Kelleher of Colm KeaveneyFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:01
Dáil row over Keaveney’s replacement on committeeGovernment will not object to FF nominating Keaveney to a committee - GilmoreThu Oct 10 2013 - 15:15
Shatter introduces ‘landmark’ DNA database BillConcerns raised over proper privacy and civil rights safeguardsWed Oct 09 2013 - 22:32
Adoption files still not available two years after Government promiseWoman finds adopted daughter after 30 year-search, despite official resistanceWed Oct 09 2013 - 22:24
Kenny and Adams clash over budget proposalsTaoiseach claims Sinn Fein has done nothing substantial to help the economyWed Oct 09 2013 - 12:02
