Unprecedented absence of seven TDs from question time in DáilFive AAA-PBP TDs among those who failed to attend for questions to Minister for ChildrenWed Dec 14 2016 - 20:49
Taoiseach rebuts Oxfam claim that Ireland is a tax havenEnda Kenny tells the Dáil: ‘We have not been and never will be a brass plate location’Wed Dec 14 2016 - 20:03
Enda Kenny corrects Dáil record over Gerry Adams claimsTaoiseach had accused Sinn Féin leader of driving Stack brothers in blacked-out vanWed Dec 14 2016 - 15:31
Spending on flood defences will more than double to €100 millionFianna Fáil says the €480 million pledged for next five years must be fully usedWed Dec 14 2016 - 11:55
Amendment on pension schemes ruled out of order in SeanadIndependent Senator says Independent News & Media issue is ‘shocking betrayal of trust’Wed Dec 14 2016 - 11:25
Taoiseach admits he uses personal email account for official businessEnda Kenny says email address does not receive sensitive Government dataTue Dec 13 2016 - 20:50
Major plan announced by Government-appointed group to dredge ShannonAction needs to be taken to avoid clogging river despite possible EU opposition, says MinisterFri Dec 09 2016 - 19:20
Embarrassing pensions motion defeat for GovernmentSF motion aimed to end practice of 65-year-olds going on jobseeker’s benefit for yearThu Dec 08 2016 - 21:08
Government committed to low-carbon economy by 2050, says Denis NaughtenPeople have to be persuaded, not lectured, on climate change, Minister tells Eamon RyanThu Dec 08 2016 - 20:30
Number of homeless in Dublin has dropped, Minister claimsSimon Coveney says figures show a decrease in homelessness ‘for first time in a long time’Thu Dec 08 2016 - 15:36
Bill for State housing project will intensify crisis, says TDConnolly criticises legislation to fast-track planning on large-scale applicationsThu Dec 08 2016 - 09:02
Coveney accused of taking ‘€100,000 selfie’ over PR strategyFF’s Barry Cowen hits out at cost of Rebuilding Ireland communications planThu Dec 08 2016 - 08:58
Making 65-year-olds go on benefit a joke, says Sinn FéinMinister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar says party’s changes would cost €150m a yearWed Dec 07 2016 - 20:33
TD criticises Government’s slow progress on disability rightsFailure to ratify UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities ‘disgraceful carry-on’Wed Dec 07 2016 - 19:41
Pension schemes a matter for trustees, says TaoiseachCatherine Murphy calls for urgent legislation to deal with defined benefit shutdownWed Dec 07 2016 - 01:01
Government has no intention of buying 1916 letter, says KennyPatrick Pearse surrender note: Price too high says Taoiseach after Adams appeals decisionTue Dec 06 2016 - 19:37
80% of Garda vetting applications dealt with in five daysTánaiste insists e-vetting has sped up process, after TD complains of six-week delaysMon Dec 05 2016 - 01:00
More than 10,000 attend hospice ‘Light Up a Life’ eventGuest of honour Christy Moore performs at gathering and turns on Christmas tree lightsSun Dec 04 2016 - 20:34
Ireland to miss target for ratifying UN disabilities conventionFinian McGrath says ‘blockages’ in legislative system to blame for nine-year delaySun Dec 04 2016 - 17:53
GP Michael Harty claims Bill aims to legalise recreational cannabisSinn Féin TD hits out at doctor for alleging legislation a ‘Trojan horse’Fri Dec 02 2016 - 01:00
State spends twice as much on fighting maternity claims as on recruiting nursesFirst maternity strategy to be implemented in same way as successful cancer strategyThu Dec 01 2016 - 21:47
Paper on extending vote to Irish abroad to be published by CoveneySinn Féin accuses Fine Gael, Fianna Fail of offering ’tea and sympathy’ but failing to actThu Dec 01 2016 - 13:35
FF ‘hiding and snuggling behind comfort blanket of confidence and supply deal’Simon Coveney says strategy, to be published on December 12th, will offer rent certaintyWed Nov 30 2016 - 20:56
State is pushing for badger TB vaccination, Dáil hearsClare Daly says vaccination talks ongoing for 25 years, as 6,000 badgers culled annuallyWed Nov 30 2016 - 20:27
Bruton says no attempt to talk down cystic fibrosis drugMicheál Martin says drug is ‘effective in terms of lung function, weight gain, quality of life and independence’Wed Nov 30 2016 - 20:10
Clare Daly says 78 hares ‘butchered’ before coursing meetingIndependents4Change TD claims industry ‘out of control . . . derogatory to call it a sport’Tue Nov 29 2016 - 22:00
Call to end tax relief for public representatives’ archivesSinn Féin TD queries tax relief to well pensioned former politicians on work they did in officeTue Nov 29 2016 - 20:47
Dáil business committee sidelines tributes to Fidel CastroFF chief Micheál Martin calls for protocols on the deaths of foreign leaders to be checkedTue Nov 29 2016 - 16:13
Scotland ‘unequivocally’ supports open border for Ireland – Nicola SturgeonFirst minister says Scotland is exploring options that would respect people’s Brexit voteTue Nov 29 2016 - 14:02
Minister says further 23 ‘staffless’ libraries to open extra hoursExtended ‘My Open Library’ scheme operating in 20 counties expected to cost €1.94mMon Nov 28 2016 - 15:04
Acts of yore: The outdated laws that have been repealedBan on criticism of Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn is one of 60,000 laws repealedMon Nov 28 2016 - 07:33
Government’s world record . . . for abolishing obsolete lawsOverhaul of archaic legislation to be paused to progress other priorities, says MinisterMon Nov 28 2016 - 01:00
SF TD accuses Government of ‘running scared’ on neutrality referendumPaul Kehoe says Ireland’s neutrality as strong as it was during second World WarFri Nov 25 2016 - 01:01
TD accuses IPT, Mercer, Irish Life of pension scheme mismanagementClare Daly calls for inquiry into ‘cabal at top of pensions industry’Thu Nov 24 2016 - 19:53
Senator criticises suggestion ‘Oireachtas Report’ may move online‘Unacceptable’ that RTÉ director did not tell committee about youth programming decisionThu Nov 24 2016 - 18:46
Dáil suspended in heated row over water charges committeeIndependent senator confirmed as chair but AAA-PBP TD accuses Government of ‘stitch-up’Thu Nov 24 2016 - 14:50
Call for Taoiseach to act by Friday to secure Halawa releaseIbrahim Halawa imprisoned for three years without trial after arrest for protest in CairoWed Nov 23 2016 - 21:39
Taoiseach defends tweet about Mike Pence talksRichard Boyd Barrett attacks US vice-president-elect over his ‘disgusting bigotry’Wed Nov 23 2016 - 21:08
Government accused of rejecting Green pollution Bill for FF legislationCoveney to write to European Commission on intent to ban microbeads in cosmeticsWed Nov 23 2016 - 20:40
Many Irish women have faced violence since age of 15, Dáil toldRuth Coppinger questions Government commitment to tackling domestic violenceWed Nov 23 2016 - 19:16
Taoiseach tells Dáil domestic violence ‘shames manhood’Kenny reacts to strident Coppinger questions on helplines and ‘systematic cuts’ to fundingWed Nov 23 2016 - 15:30
Senator Rose Conway-Walsh leads Seanad tributes to William TrevorLate writer commended for ‘wonderful contribution to literature and Ireland’Tue Nov 22 2016 - 22:10
Bill to introduce directly elected Dublin mayor progressesDamien English indicates support for move but says Fianna Fáil Bill lacks specificsTue Nov 22 2016 - 22:01
Adams describes water charges situation as ‘comedy of errors’Pádraig Ó Céidigh appointment ‘beyond remit’ of Simon Coveney, Sinn Féin saysTue Nov 22 2016 - 20:56
Cost of running referendums adds up to €135mThis year’s general election cost the State €26.8m and the Lisbon Treaty poll cost €22mSat Nov 19 2016 - 01:00
Independent audit of house-build costs on way, says Coveney‘We need to benchmark against cost of building houses in other parts of Europe’Thu Nov 17 2016 - 20:56
Report of €280,000 water commission due at end of monthCoveney defends cost of group looking at €5bn investment programme for Irish WaterThu Nov 17 2016 - 20:27
Twenty Nama staff may have been involved in ‘serious malpractice’, alleges WallaceTD alleges businessman thanked Frank Cushnahan for information on ‘acquisition success fees’Thu Nov 17 2016 - 14:01
Waiting lists for scoliosis surgery ‘unacceptable,’ Minister saysSpine curvature in child went from 40 to over 100 degrees while waiting for surgeryThu Nov 17 2016 - 09:10
Just three TDs in Dáil for debate on school admissionsFianna Fáil’s education spokesman calls quorum saying ‘the attendance here is pitiful’Thu Nov 17 2016 - 08:34
