Minister for Housing defends controversial planning Bill as ‘in no way … rushed’Proposed legislation consolidates existing law and raises threshold for taking judicial reviews against developmentsWed Jul 17 2024 - 19:26
Chinese ambassador complains to Oireachtas about Taiwan visit by five SenatorsTwo Fianna Fáil, one Fine Gael and two Independent representatives spending five days in countryWed Jul 17 2024 - 16:37
Schools warned it is ‘completely unacceptable’ to ask parents to pay to secure summer programme places Minister confirms case where school asked for contribution for child’s participation in activities’ camp for pupils with special needsTue Jul 16 2024 - 20:21
Planning Bill criticised as being like ‘tablets of 10 commandments descending from Mount Sinai’ Senator describes 747-page Bill as ‘telephone directory’ and a ‘massive supertanker coming to dock in a very small port’Tue Jul 16 2024 - 19:36
Minister for Enterprise ‘alarmed’ at low levels of digitalisation by SMEs, pledges budget supportPeter Burke confirms two thirds of eligible businesses have applied for increased cost of business grantMon Jul 15 2024 - 20:04
Planning regulator will have ‘unchecked power’ under controversial legislation, Seanad hearsLabour Senator warns of ‘fundamental flaw’ as Upper House debates third largest Bill in history of StateMon Jul 15 2024 - 19:25
Opposition TDs say Dáil has passed a ‘liquorice allsorts’ criminal justice Bill that will end up in courtsTDs criticise end-of-term push to pass legislation on knife crime, revoking citizenship and increasing the retirement age for emergency staffFri Jul 12 2024 - 07:58
‘Wrongdoers’ in mica defective block scandal have not been pursued, says DohertySinn Féin’s finance spokesman claims effort ‘at the very heart of Government’ to limit support for homeowners in redress schemeThu Jul 11 2024 - 15:49
‘Over the moon’: Tori Towey hopes to return to Ireland on Thursday after charges dropped in DubaiTaoiseach describes Irishwoman’s case as ‘horrific nightmare scenario that no Irish citizen should have to experience’Wed Jul 10 2024 - 21:23
Government’s zero-tolerance approach to gender violence more like ‘zero effort’, says Holly Cairns Social Democrats leader introduces Dáil motion on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and calls for regulation of ‘wild west’ counselling sectorWed Jul 10 2024 - 20:02
Total of 33 children missing from State care, Dáil hearsMinister tells Dáil nine of the 33 children currently missing disappeared last year and 22 are separated children seeking international protectionWed Jul 10 2024 - 19:35
Students urged to examine leases ahead of signing of Bill allowing academic term-only tenanciesMalcolm Noonan advises caution ahead of law to be passed on Thursday providing for 41-week agreementsTue Jul 09 2024 - 21:39
Taoiseach to appoint Donegal disability campaigner to SeanadNikki Bradley, a cancer survivor, is a motivational speaker who works with disability organisationsTue Jul 09 2024 - 18:49
Michael Healy-Rae denounces ‘derogatory, political’ abuse of late mother onlineTaoiseach says establishment of regulator and safety code will hold social media platforms to accountTue Jul 09 2024 - 18:04
Taoiseach promises to intervene to help Irish woman detained in Dubai for ‘attempted suicide’Dáil hears Tori Towey has been prevented from leaving country as a result of chargesTue Jul 09 2024 - 16:42
Minimum smoking age to rise to 21 in new Bill as Opposition warns more action needed on vapingMinister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’Thu Jul 04 2024 - 20:09
Legislation preventing protests and ‘incidents of intimidation’ outside homes of politicians passed by SeanadMcEntee says there is right to peaceful protest but protests outside homes ‘has moved into a more sinister and worrying route’Thu Jul 04 2024 - 17:28
Chambers accused of ‘cock-and-bull story’ after insisting budget date change not election-related Jack Chambers accused of telling a ‘cock-and-bull story’ after he insisted change of date is not election relatedThu Jul 04 2024 - 14:54
Opposition criticises Donnelly over use of €19m earmarked for spinal surgeriesFunds not used in intended manner and waiting lists remain ‘unacceptably long’, says Minister for HealthThu Jul 04 2024 - 14:11
‘Historic’ pension Bill passes with only Minister for Social Protection and Ceann Comhairle in Dáil chamberSeán Ó Fearghaíl says he is disappointed at level of attendance as fundamentally important auto-enrolment pension legislation approvedThu Jul 04 2024 - 06:23
‘What planet are you on?’ Tánaiste in angry outburst at left-wing TDs over neutrality and Middle EastMicheál Martin says ‘self-righteousness of the far left in this country really frustrates me’Wed Jul 03 2024 - 22:02
Every time ‘men see or hear misogynistic behaviour or talk, we need to call it out’ - Simon Harris NTA as taxi regulator needs to ‘wake up’ and review all drivers after driver who raped two women found to have had previous sexual assault convictionsWed Jul 03 2024 - 16:53
Dublin city centre ‘scourged with anti-social behaviour, drug-dealing, gang intimidation’Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and servicesWed Jul 03 2024 - 15:29
Harris criticised for exempting TU Dublin land from law requiring ‘social’ housingSinn Féin leader describes the decision as ‘nothing short of madness’ but Taoiseach accuses her of ‘faux outrage’Tue Jul 02 2024 - 22:04
Junior minister accused of ‘Fine Gael dog whistling’ over Dublin transport planIvana Bacik accuses Emer Higgins of trying to ‘derail’ council plan but Taoiseach defends colleague’s interventionTue Jul 02 2024 - 19:38
Nine music festivals cancelled this year, more affected next year without State intervention, Dáil hearsTD and festival organiser says Taylor Swift gigs and ‘Swiftmania’ give false impression that Irish music festival scene is ‘booming’Thu Jun 27 2024 - 20:54
Legislation introduced to allow comedians access to Arts Council fundingSinn Féin’s Aengus Ó Snodaigh says ‘comedians are recognised and have the support of the relevant arts councils’ in other countriesThu Jun 27 2024 - 19:05
More than 25,000 passport applications in system ‘require action’ from individuals, says MartinTánaiste says Passport Service issues 2,500 emails a week reminding applicants to submit supporting documentation to approve passportThu Jun 27 2024 - 17:02
Department of Foreign Affairs planning for possible evacuation of Irish citizens from LebanonTánaiste says Ireland working closely with EU and UK amid growing fear of war between Israel and Hizbullah militantsThu Jun 27 2024 - 14:39
More than €15m in unpaid court fines including just over €8m for motoring offencesMinister says review carried out to streamline system and prevent offenders ‘kicking the can down the road’Thu Jun 27 2024 - 05:00
Dáil accepts controversial EU Migration Pact by 79 votes to 72Accord comes into effect in two years with aim of processing asylum applications within 12 weeksWed Jun 26 2024 - 21:15
Groundbreaking legislation to regulate surrogacy and fertility clinics passed almost 20 years after first mootedBill will license and regulate fertility clinics for the first time and allow for domestic and international surrogacyWed Jun 26 2024 - 20:23
Jack Chambers becomes youngest Minister for Finance since Michael Collins in 1919Tánaiste says 33-year-old’s experience is ‘already well beyond that of many who have held post in the past’Wed Jun 26 2024 - 18:27
Former minister suggests cocaine being used in Leinster HouseTD calls for Government to lead campaign challenging ‘so-called middle-class narrative’ that cocaine is acceptableWed Jun 26 2024 - 15:42
Directing an illegal organisation should be permanently classed as a crime, Dáil told Currently, offence is dealt with via emergency terrorism and criminal gang law, which must be renewed annuallyTue Jun 25 2024 - 21:03
Standing ovation in Dáil for Natasha O’Brien for bravery in ‘speaking up’ Taoiseach says it is ‘utterly unacceptable’ he does not know how many Defence Forces personnel have criminal convictionsTue Jun 25 2024 - 17:44
Minister questions ownership of of XL Bully dog ‘bred to be aggressive’ Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys consulting Attorney General on regulation and legislation regarding ban on breedTue Jun 25 2024 - 01:00
Minister and Senator trade insults over landmark fertility and surrogacy lawStephen Donnelly accuses Rónán Mullen of ‘obsession’ with controlling women’s sexuality, while Mullen claims Donnelly may be ‘worst minister we have ever had’Thu Jun 20 2024 - 20:57
Cycle of ‘brutal violence’ by children groomed by criminal gang in Dublin 15, Dáil hearsTD appeals for urgent intervention and ‘influx’ of community gardaí as people forced to move from the area because of threats and intimidationThu Jun 20 2024 - 18:12
‘Get back in a room and sort this out’: Taoiseach calls on Aer Lingus pilots to return to talksTánaiste Micheál Martin dismisses calls for interventionThu Jun 20 2024 - 13:18
Legislation to create an authority to regulate fertility treatments, surrogacy to become law today Ireland one of only two EU member states not to have a regulatory system in placeThu Jun 20 2024 - 12:54
Three gay men ‘hunted’ in Phoenix Park by six men with knives in ‘shocking’ incidentFine Gael Senator says far too many attacks on people because of sexuality by those who ‘do not accept’ equalityWed Jun 19 2024 - 22:04
Dáil debate on EU migrant and asylum pact extended with vote delayed until next weekMove coincides with High Court application by senior counsel Una McGurk to delay vote until referendum takes placeWed Jun 19 2024 - 21:16
Almost 50,000 Irish passports lost or stolen over past 18 monthsFigures emerge as Passport Service faces peak demand for renewals and new applications, while concerns over ‘bad actors’ also raisedWed Jun 19 2024 - 17:45
Dublin Zoo says claims raised by TD about shooting of zebra ‘completely false’Striker, a 26 year old male zebra, was euthanised ‘humanely’, zoo says, after Paul Murphy claims involvement of unlicensed staff memberTue Jun 18 2024 - 22:11
Migration pact a ‘united effort of Europe’ and ‘essential’ for Ireland, says Taoiseach Tánaiste hits out at ‘little Englander’ mentality of those aspiring to ‘some mythical purity’ in IrelandTue Jun 18 2024 - 19:54
Nine counties have no refuge for women, children suffering domestic violence - SF leaderTaoiseach says domestic abuse has become ‘absolute priority’ since Minister for Justice Helen McEntee addressed issueTue Jun 18 2024 - 18:10
Minister for Education urged to save music school in BlackrockNewpark Academy of Music ceased trading in May without noticeThu Jun 13 2024 - 19:19
Department of Agriculture investigation to examine the supply of horses for slaughterRTÉ Investigates programme into the Irish equine industry is raised in the DáilThu Jun 13 2024 - 13:47
World may have no more than six years to act on climate change, says Mary RobinsonFormer president Mary Robinson warns of climate change ‘tipping point’ that will make world unlivable for future generationsWed Jun 12 2024 - 21:51
