TD calls for end to Army security provision for paramilitary prisonersSoldiers provide 24-hour security at State’s highest security prison in Portlaoise, which cost approximately €1.9m in 2023Thu Mar 21 2024 - 21:21
Simon Harris, who can ‘dance to any tune you play’, has long been planning for such an eventualityUnder his watch as minister for health, government was slow to recognise crisis in nursing homes during pandemicThu Mar 21 2024 - 21:00
Ireland’s only arms contract with Israel is €295,000 a year for drone maintenance - MartinSF TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh says State should never have purchased equipment from IsraelThu Mar 21 2024 - 12:36
Mother and baby home redress: Taoiseach defends compensation scheme against sharp criticismIndependent TD Catherine Connolly says compensation based on business and cost and ‘absolutely nothing to do with justice or what is right’Wed Mar 20 2024 - 19:57
Who will replace Leo Varadkar as Fine Gael party leader and Taoiseach? Here are the contendersFive Ministers considered the frontrunners in what promises to be a compelling contestWed Mar 20 2024 - 19:55
Alcohol consumption, drug-taking, vaping, playing loud music among Irish Rail passenger complaintsJust one from many grievances notes ‘three men openly consuming and snorting what is clearly drugs on carriage in open view’Tue Mar 19 2024 - 06:00
More than 1,500 Defence Forces personnel bought their way out of service since 2019Recruitment and retention crisis continuesTue Mar 19 2024 - 06:00
Leo Varadkar must urge Biden to press Israel on ceasefire, Mary Robinson saysChair of Elders says Taoiseach must ‘deliver a political message in a very direct way’ while in the USFri Mar 15 2024 - 15:36
Fianna Fáil European Parliament group to decide nominee for Commission presidency next weekUrsula von der Leyen seeking second five-year term but is facing opposition backlash over support for IsraelWed Mar 13 2024 - 21:43
Legislation needed to guarantee implementation of new autism strategy, Dáil told Oireachtas committee report makes 109 recommendations which TD Pauline Tully says must be acted onThu Mar 07 2024 - 19:51
Countries should stop sending arms to Israel if they want end to conflict in Gaza, Tánaiste saysGovernment exploring possibility of contributing to multinational Gaza food aid air dropsThu Mar 07 2024 - 14:31
TD visibly upset over mental health service failures as she highlights teenager’s anorexia struggleIt’s hypocritical to talk of women’s achievements when State fails to provide most basic health facilities, says Independent Deputy Verona MurphyTue Mar 05 2024 - 21:33
Varadkar rules out reopening emergency departments in Mid-West regional hospitals to combat trolley crisis in LimerickSinn Féin leader says last month 2,247 people were treated on trolleys, ‘the highest number on record for any hospital ever’Tue Mar 05 2024 - 20:22
Eamon Ryan ‘asleep at the wheel again’ over failure at Dublin Airport to prepare for cold weatherMary Lou McDonald hits out over chaos at airport as Taoiseach highlights need to make sure airport operator prepared for de-icing and extreme weather eventsTue Dec 13 2022 - 22:08
Dáil votes confidence in Darragh O’Brien as TDs criticise ‘Harry Kane of Irish politics’ Taoiseach says Minister for Housing had taken office at a very difficult time, and was dealing with the issue ‘with great dedication and commitment’Tue Dec 13 2022 - 20:56
Hospitals ‘no place’ for protest says Taoiseach in wake of comments by Archbishop of ArmaghPrimate of all-Ireland supports protests, saying it is ‘perfectly reasonable’ to offer alternative options to women ending a pregnancyTue Dec 13 2022 - 17:51
Most learner drivers fail to hand over permits when disqualified Campaigner says ‘shame on powers that be’ after figures show that just 14.5 per cent of learners surrender their licence when put off roadTue Dec 13 2022 - 12:05
Dun Laoghaire baths will reopen after 17-year campaign but ‘shockingly’ without pool, Dáil hearsTD highlights ‘mad proposals’ activists fought against in debate to create Dublin Bay authority to protect water from Baily Lighthouse to Sorrento PointFri Dec 09 2022 - 07:06
‘When you go to the mart, it is 95 per cent men. It can be a difficult place to go’Pippa Hackett says the problem is ‘there isn’t equality on the ground’ for women farmers who own just 13% of holdingsThu Dec 08 2022 - 20:11
‘Large decrease’ in number of patients waiting more than a year for treatment, Minister tells DáilStephen Donnelly says €443 million for next year will prioritise lists in gynaecology, spina bifida, scoliosis, obesity, bariatricsThu Dec 08 2022 - 15:46
Cold snap and low wind speeds means electricity supply will be ‘tight’ for two weeks, Varadkar saysLow temperatures and low wind speeds could lead to amber alerts on national grid over coming daysThu Dec 08 2022 - 14:00
Government accused of ‘pulling a fast one’ on remote working legislation Leo Varadkar’s proposals on right to request remote working ‘pretty useless’, says Social Democrats joint leader Catherine MurphyWed Dec 07 2022 - 21:18
Patient Safety Bill to be amended to make it mandatory for clinicians to inform patients of right to reviewMinister says ‘we don’t normally legislate at that level’ but ‘there’s a particular unique context to this in Ireland’Wed Dec 07 2022 - 18:05
Minister for Education currently on a career break, Dáil hearsSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald ‘gobsmacked’ that Norma Foley’s is to cut career breaks while she is on one herselfWed Dec 07 2022 - 14:14
TD claims Housing Agency has suspended payments to mortgage to rent operatorRichard Boyd Barrett claims hundreds of people could be living in unsafe buildings due to unrepaired defectsWed Dec 07 2022 - 08:12
Gambling Bill will not include ‘outright ban on advertising or sponsorship’Minister warns of need for balance to avoid ‘unintended consequence’ of driving advertising undergroundTue Dec 06 2022 - 21:00
Sinn Féin expresses ‘concern, disappointment and alarm’ at Government legislation for Cervical Check legacyParty is understood to be planning an intervention in the Dáil on TuesdayTue Dec 06 2022 - 19:55
Government ‘telling fairy tales’ about housing crisis, Sinn Féin leader claimsFianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath warned Mary Lou McDonald’s policies could ‘further drive landlords out’ of Irish marketTue Dec 06 2022 - 16:27
Ireland shows ‘Europe’s best face’, Ursula von der Leyen tells OireachtasEuropean Commission president tells Oireachtas ‘there can be no hard Border on the island of Ireland’Thu Dec 01 2022 - 18:50
Paschal Donohoe defends banker pay changes as necessary for Irish-owned banks to competeMinister for Finance challenged over changes for institutions soon after tracker mortgage scandalThu Dec 01 2022 - 14:51
HSE ‘bureaucratic madness’ stops boy getting post-surgery physio at school - DohertyDáil told nine-year-old with cerebral palsy refused access to services because he does not live in the catchment areaThu Dec 01 2022 - 13:14
Taoiseach refuses to withdraw remark that three TDs acted like ‘puppets’ for Putin’s regimePaul Murphy says Micheál Martin making very serious allegation TDs were ‘agents of a foreign state, particularly a state like Russia’Wed Nov 30 2022 - 21:15
Garda pulled man’s trousers down in drugs search on busy street in Dublin city centreTD highlights incident as Dáil debates Labour motion calling for decriminalisation of drugs for personal useWed Nov 30 2022 - 20:23
State must act against landlords ‘exploiting housing crisis’ with unsafe rentals, Dáil toldLabour leader Ivana Bacik and PBP TD Bríd Smith highlighted unauthorised accommodation after Irish Times reportWed Nov 30 2022 - 17:54
Taoiseach questions ‘need’ to own dangerous dog breeds after Wexford attackNine-year-old Alejandro Miszan was left seriously injured by a pit bull terrierWed Nov 30 2022 - 17:38
‘No issue’ with creating Oireachtas committee on immigration and asylum, Taoiseach saysRural Independent TD says State cannot sustain numbers seeking international protections from StateWed Nov 30 2022 - 14:52
A ‘mistake’ to estimate final cost of children’s hospital, Taoiseach says Sinn Féin leader hits out at ‘debacle’ of ballooning costs and asks final price for building that started six years agoWed Nov 30 2022 - 13:46
Donohoe rules out removing 89% banker bonus super taxMinister’s move to allow bonuses criticised by Opposition figures and Coalition party TDWed Nov 30 2022 - 05:00
‘Ukraine is not the only war on our planet’: Minister defends asylum accommodation processRoderic O’Gorman says Ireland offers protection to men as well as to women and children who suffer ‘torture and persecution’Tue Nov 29 2022 - 21:07
Safety regulations on use of e-scooters could be in place by end of year – TaoiseachSinn Féin’s Brian Stanley urges parents not to buy scooters, warning they are not toys but ‘very dangerous’ vehiclesTue Nov 29 2022 - 20:43
One person dies every 36 seconds of starvation, Dáil told TDs stand for a minute’s silence to commemorate 90th anniversary of famine in UkraineTue Nov 29 2022 - 15:21
Women now make up more than 50% of State boards of national cultural institutionsMinister for Arts Catherine Martin tells Green Party conference women are in top role in six of seven cultural bodies under her remitSun Nov 27 2022 - 10:40
Farmers need honesty on climate change not ‘miracle solutions’, Green Party hearsCampaigner says limits must be put on dairy cattle numbers as Irish Rural Association protests outside eventSat Nov 26 2022 - 15:50
Gardaí contacted by 32 more people over abuse at Spiritan-run schools, Dáil toldNorma Foley to bring proposals to Government ‘shortly’ about final shape of Government response to historical abuseThu Nov 24 2022 - 20:31
Tánaiste stands over ‘grass looks greener’ comments but admits Dublin rents may be worst in EuropeVaradkar accused of being out of touch by Social Democrats joint leader Catherine MurphyThu Nov 24 2022 - 17:06
Varadkar rules out ‘cast-iron commitment’ to stop road toll increasesTánaiste says work under way to see if possible to ‘mitigate or defer’ hike due on January 1stThu Nov 24 2022 - 13:35
Creation of ‘all-island entity’ in next 15-20 years means end of Defence Forces and Garda, Senator predictsSenator Tom Clonan tells Seanad ‘we have to tease out Northern Ireland’s membership of Nato’Thu Nov 24 2022 - 01:05
Landlords moving to evict families via ‘legal loophole’, says Labour leader Ivana BacikBoyd Barrett urges Taoiseach to use €500m housing-budget surplus to buy properties and secure tenants’ rightsWed Nov 23 2022 - 21:04
Ireland watching events in Iran before ‘finalising’ decision on re-opening embassyGoing ahead with plan would be an ‘appalling slap in face’ for citizens risking their lives in protest against regime’s behaviour, Minister toldWed Nov 23 2022 - 19:31
People seeking to exploit concerns of East Wall locals to ‘target’ vulnerable groups, Coveney saysMinister believes creating tension and testing EU unity part of Russia’s thinking in Ukraine warWed Nov 23 2022 - 18:40
