Brendan Howlin to discuss Childline funding crisis with colleagueSeán Ó Fearghaíl asks will a woman or child have to be ‘brutalised to death’ before action is takenThu Dec 11 2014 - 13:52
Homeless crisis an ‘autopsy of our national life’, says Enda KennyTaoiseach signals shift in focus from exclusively economic to include societal needsThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Questions raised about awarding of water meter contractIndependent TD Catherine Murphy asks if procurement process satisfies EU rulesThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Boil water notices to continue in Roscommon until 2017Under Irish Water Services Bill, residents will pay €130 a year for undrinkable waterWed Dec 10 2014 - 06:47
Government defends Seanad reform working group with no SenatorsMaurice Cummins says group will work on recommendations of previous reportsWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Coalition has lost trust of people, Michéal Martin tells DáilAdams says FG and Labour frightened of debating SF motion and are ‘not fit’ for officeWed Dec 10 2014 - 00:01
Mary Harney lodges complaint over naming in DáilMary Lou McDonald claimed former Tánaiste shut down tax evasion inquiryTue Dec 09 2014 - 22:56
Government wins Dáil confidence motion by 86 to 55Coveney says Sinn Féin motion of no confidence was latest ‘kangaroo court’Tue Dec 09 2014 - 19:50
Irish Water has had more than €1 billion spent on it to date, says Lucinda CreightonIrish Water got €490m from local government fund, says Reform Alliance TDSat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
Michael Ring says no hidden agenda in FAI sports grant to club in WestportMinister of State for Sport says FAI received €1.2m and it selected six projects, including club in his home townFri Dec 05 2014 - 01:05
Varadkar insists he has been ‘honest and upfront’ about 2015 health budgetMinister asks for ‘patience’ in improving discretionary medical card schemeThu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Finance does not rule out repaying IBRC junior bondholdersUnsecured lenders may get paid at same time water bills dropping through letterboxes, says Sinn Féin TDWed Dec 03 2014 - 11:50
HSE could start 2015 with €85m deficit, Fianna Fail claimsHealth service will have €635m more to spend next year, Minister saysWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
More than 160 people sleep ‘rough ’ in shadow of Leinster House’Minister for Environment will lead Seanad debate on homelessnessWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
Garda domestic violence programme axed due to lack of fundingResponsibility should be on police to press charges not to ask victim if they want toSat Nov 22 2014 - 16:18
Noel Coonan say water protesters ‘act like parasites and live off country people’Tipperary North TD says protesting ‘needs to be nipped in the bud’Fri Nov 21 2014 - 01:02
Irish Water the right structure but its implementation was a ‘mess’ – Simon CoveneyFianna Fáil TD says he will get €2 every Saturday night ‘for my bath’ while 700 are homeless in DublinFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water could be unreformable ‘Goliath’ like HSE, Fine Gael backbencher warnsEconomic Management Council refused to listen to TDs, says MurphyFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
State faces ‘potential Isis situation’ over water protestsNoel Coonan TD receives death threat over Islamic State/water protests comparisonThu Nov 20 2014 - 19:27
1916 commemoration plans ‘shambolic’ and symbolic of ‘cynical indifference’ - AdamsTaoiseach tells SF leader 1916 Proclamation calls to ‘cherish all the children’ equallyThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00
Kelly accused of leaving Dáil to sell ‘snake oil trickery’ to mediaIndependent expert needed to detail exact cost of proper water system, says Fianna FáilWed Nov 19 2014 - 21:44
Dáil hears 600,000 school attendance letters replicatedDepartment of Social Protection duplicates work in ‘bizarre process’, says Denis NaughtenWed Nov 19 2014 - 15:03
People not ‘brainwashed’ by Government announcement on water charges - TDTaoiseach hints at ’people’s forum’ to deal with Irish Water directlyWed Nov 19 2014 - 13:52
Leaks about prisoners ‘will not be tolerated’, says Frances FitzgeraldPrison Service preparing report on leak to reporter about TD’s visit to prisonerWed Nov 19 2014 - 01:00
Hammers, hot water and fake guns used on water workersProtesters have sought contractors’ home addresses through social media - MinisterTue Nov 18 2014 - 21:42
Joan Burton protesters like ‘hounds after a fox’, Kenny tells DáilSocialist Paul Murphy should have ‘courage and gumption’ to apologise, says TaoiseachTue Nov 18 2014 - 17:44
Chanting ‘peaceful protest’ does not hide actions of protestorsNo bricks thrown at any demonstrations in Tallaght, Socialist TD Ruth Coppinger claimsTue Nov 18 2014 - 15:56
Taoiseach Enda Kenny runs gauntlet of water protestersTánaiste Joan Burton rounds on Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy over demonstrationMon Nov 17 2014 - 10:18
‘Phenomenal’ history of Irish art and architecture publishedTaoiseach launches 3,000-page ‘gospels of Ireland’ in five volumes at €95 eachMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:00
‘Scattergun’ Irish peacekeeping role needs review, says Clare DalySocialist TD claims UN mission in Chad ‘more about furthering French economic interests’Fri Nov 14 2014 - 16:18
Forces use drug to prevent malaria, not for legal reasons, says MinisterUS forces no longer use Lariam, Ireland should follow suit, says Sinn Féin TDFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:00
Round two of McDonald Dáil suspension row set for TuesdaySF deputy chief falls foul of Ceann Comhairle over Burton’s refusal to answer water queryThu Nov 13 2014 - 20:05
Dáil Sketch: Mary Lou McDonald keeps Dáil in suspenseSinn Féin deputy leader packs media gallery with sit-in protestThu Nov 13 2014 - 19:51
Gerry Adams rejects claims of SF cover-up on sex abuseSinn Féin leader claims in Dáil Maíria Cahill’s abuser ‘seems to have been forgotten about’Thu Nov 13 2014 - 10:04
Tusla got ‘non-specific’ details on sex abuse, says James ReillyFianna Fáil rejects claim party trying to secure ‘cheap political advantage’ in debateWed Nov 12 2014 - 22:06
Kenny attacks Sinn Féin and tells Dáil IRA covered up abuse and protected ‘untouchables’Taoiseach launches attack on Gerry Adams in wake of Maíria Cahill claimsWed Nov 12 2014 - 19:51
Enda Kenny rejects claim Richard Bruton obstructed tax investigationProgressive Democrats among alleged tax evaders, Mary Lou McDonald tells DáilWed Nov 12 2014 - 16:50
Concert group met three months after Garth Brooks gigs cancelledReview group will issue recommendations by year end, says Enda KennyWed Nov 12 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach denies need for Garda protection from water protestersEnda Kenny refutes claims by Socialist Joe Higgins over need for water tax securityTue Nov 11 2014 - 19:10
Marriage equality referendum ballot paper must be in plain English, says Ó SnodaighLanguage used in last year’s Seanad vote was ‘gobbledegook’Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Malignant Paddyism to compare Ireland to UK, says Willie O’DeaDramatic and unprecedented rise in social welfare appeals between 2008 and 2013Fri Nov 07 2014 - 15:01
’Very solid, very good progress’ made on Irish Water - Joan BurtonOnly progress report public wants is the abolition of water charges - Sinn FéinFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
Burton fails to confirm €200 water charges for family of fourOnly progress report people interested in is abolishment of Irish Water, says McDonaldThu Nov 06 2014 - 14:21
Trichet letters will allow witnesses to the banking inquiry to ‘speak more freely’Ireland took 43 per cent burden of Europe’s banking debt ‘without asking for write down’Thu Nov 06 2014 - 14:14
Collective bargaining legislation a ‘political whim’ for Labour’s CV, Fine Gael TD claims‘Governing on the basis of marking a commemoration to Jim Larkin is absurd’Thu Nov 06 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach Enda Kenny plays down differences with Joan Burton on water chargesCSO and Eurostat will adjudicate on what Irish Water must charge to stay off booksThu Nov 06 2014 - 01:00
Kelly refuses to rule out vote on Irish Water ownershipGovernment loses vote in Seanad as Labour side with FF on privatisation referendumWed Nov 05 2014 - 17:58
Noonan does not rule out role for Revenue in collecting water chargesMinister for Finance says all options are being looked atWed Nov 05 2014 - 10:21
Dáil told of surge in home repossession cases before courtsIncrease in eviction cases ‘belies rhetoric’ that repossession of family home a last resortWed Nov 05 2014 - 06:39
No referendum on keeping Irish Water in public ownership, Taoiseach tells DáilAny party that favours privatisation should put it in its election manifesto, Kenny saysWed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00
