Dáil suspended twice during debate over rewetting of agricultural land Green Party TD Brian Leddin accuses Fine Gael and Sinn Féin of being like ‘tweedledum and tweedledee’Wed May 31 2023 - 18:35
Catholic Church’s ‘near monopoly control’ of primary schools should end, Holly Cairns saysSocial Democrats leader criticises slow process made in divesting schools from religious patronageWed May 31 2023 - 14:03
‘No agreed figure’ on final cost of new national children’s hospital, says DonnellyMinster for Health says it was known for some time the cost of the hospital would go above €1.4 billionTue May 30 2023 - 16:19
Varadkar says 400 people buying first home every week while acknowledging ownership has fallenTaoiseach tells Dáil housing prices in Dublin had been failing for ‘several months’ and had peakedTue May 30 2023 - 15:34
Government not putting review of abortion law on ‘long finger’, Dáil told Immediate priority must be to expand availability of termination in hospitals and tackling ‘uneven geographic spread’ of GPs providing services, Tánaiste saysThu May 25 2023 - 21:31
‘Strange decision’ gardaí would be sent to Disneyland France to help Irish tourists, Dáil hearsSocial Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore ‘really perplexed’ to see reports gardaí being sent to theme park ‘to police these tourist hotspots’Thu May 25 2023 - 14:38
Budget row: Ryan calls on FF and FG to stop public arguments over tax cuts Budget negotiations are best done behind closed doors and by not promising everybody everything, says Green Party leaderThu May 25 2023 - 13:06
Burning of asylum seekers’ tents ‘reprehensible and vile’, says HarrisGardaí are taking threat of the far-right in Ireland ‘extraordinarily seriously’, Minister tells DáilThu May 25 2023 - 12:54
Meta to cut almost 500 jobs in move linked to global rather than ‘Irish’ factorsTaoiseach says State will offer job search and training support to impacted workers ‘if they need it’Thu May 25 2023 - 05:00
Tánaiste says Fine Gael junior ministers ‘undermined the budgetary process’ as war of words deepensParty meeting sees Fine Gael members turn on Fianna Fáil partners who ‘crashed the economy’Wed May 24 2023 - 21:29
McGrath dismisses suggestion of being ‘bullied’ over tax breaks in next budgetVaradkar pledges inflation-proofing tax measure as FG TDs call for tax reliefs of €1,000 for middle-income earnersWed May 24 2023 - 14:21
Dáil told of family whose child will not get assessment of need appointment until 2028Taoiseach says Government will consider reimbursing families who have to pay for private assessmentWed May 24 2023 - 14:18
Meta to cut almost 500 jobs at its Irish operationRedundancies will affect about 18% of roles in Ireland at Facebook, Instagram and WhatsappWed May 24 2023 - 13:56
Coalition plans tenders for floating accommodation to house asylum seekersSeveral sites under consideration for berthing ‘floatels’ in Dublin and CorkWed May 24 2023 - 05:17
Some migrant accommodation providers have faced threats and arson, says MinisterRefugee accommodation statements expected to dominate afternoon in OireachtasTue May 23 2023 - 19:47
Taoiseach and British PM to do all they can to get Northern Executive ‘up and running’Varadkar says he discussed matter with Sunak last week in Iceland and leaders will meet again next week at Chișinău summitTue May 23 2023 - 17:17
Further increase in old age pension in next Budget, Taoiseach pledgesExact amount has not been decided but there will ‘certainly’ be a rise, Leo Varadkar tells DáilTue May 23 2023 - 16:01
New agri-food watchdog chief unveiled by Minister for Agriculture Agency scheduled to implement and monitor regulation in key industry will be headed by Niamh LenehanMon May 22 2023 - 05:07
Man arrested after cannabis worth €2.84 million seized at Dublin PortRevenue officers seized about 142kgs of drug following search of vehicle from FranceSun May 21 2023 - 21:48
Boy (13) dies in Co Mayo after tractor he was driving overturnsIncident occurred on road at Scarduane near ClaremorrisSun May 21 2023 - 21:20
Martin questions if triple lock neutrality policy for Defence Forces is ‘fit for purpose’Currently, any major foreign deployment for peacekeeping requires approval of Government, Dáil and backing of a UN resolutionThu May 18 2023 - 19:32
Navan assault: Taoiseach to contact family of boy (14) and calls on attackers’ parents to ‘take responsibility’Minister condemns ‘unacceptable co-ordinated attack’ in which teenager suffered concussion and extensive bruisingThu May 18 2023 - 19:03
Government did not offer to help pay for Katie Taylor homecoming fight, Dáil toldTaylor takes on England’s Chantelle Cameron in a bid to become an undisputed two-weight world champion at the 3Arena on Saturday nightThu May 18 2023 - 12:35
Cost of Dublin hotel room during busy sporting weekend reaches €400Industry body says high prices due to major demand but Fáilte Ireland says costs damaging sector’s reputationWed May 17 2023 - 19:00
Government must set ‘clear timeline’ for scheme that will overturn criminal records for homosexuality, Seanad told At least 941 men were convicted of ‘homosexual acts’, records released to The Irish Times under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act last year showedWed May 17 2023 - 16:53
Elderly woman used savings for late husband’s headstone to pay electricity bill, Sinn Féin TD tells Dáil Woman ‘distraught’ with one-year anniversary of husband’s death approachingWed May 17 2023 - 12:51
Minister Simon Coveney to discuss supermarket sector in meeting with Competition and Consumer Protection CommissionMary Lou McDonald told the Dáil that a meeting between the Minister of State Neale Richmond and retailers last week was ‘talked up by Government, but appears to have amounted to nothing’Tue May 16 2023 - 16:05
‘Significant’ additional accommodation for asylum seekers to be announced by Government this weekMinister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has said the situation the State was facing was ‘unprecedented’, with over 100,000 people having arrived from Ukraine and elsewhere over the last yearTue May 16 2023 - 15:39
Dara Quigley’s mother tells Citizens’ Assembly of tragic effects of drug use Aileen Malone says her daughter’s death affected her family ‘on so many levels’ and led to another daughter developing drug dependencySat May 13 2023 - 16:18
More than 830,000 patients on hospital waiting lists last month, figures show‘Higher-than-projected additions’ to waiting lists due to post-pandemic pent-up demand among other reasons, says departmentSat May 13 2023 - 13:48
Evicted family of four left ‘sitting in car, traumatised’ and ‘in shock’, Dáil toldPeople Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett says family were ‘cruelly and ruthlessly evicted by force’ from rented south Dublin homeThu May 11 2023 - 16:52
Upgrade of A5 connecting Dublin and Donegal ‘well overdue’, McGrath tells DáilLast month three members of same family died in collision on road, Pearse Doherty saysThu May 11 2023 - 14:31
Ireland’s RAF defence deals treated like ‘third secret of Fatima’, TD saysFormer Defence Forces member Cathal Berry calls on State to be more honest about ‘completely reasonable’ relationshipsWed May 10 2023 - 21:29
Micheál Martin criticises ‘creeping paywallism’ in relation to GAA eventsTánaiste said he was personally opposed to the current GAAGO streaming arrangement for many championship gamesWed May 10 2023 - 21:00
Virgin Media the latest to enter GAAGO debate questioning if RTÉ paid ‘anything’‘Did RTÉ pay anything for these rights or did they just agree to keep them behind a paywall to drive incremental revenues for both partners in GAAGO?’Tue May 09 2023 - 18:42
Solution must be found for woman (78) on brink of homelessness, Varadkar saysMicheline Walsh wrote of her impending eviction in The Irish TimesTue May 09 2023 - 16:08
Government to send ‘clear message’ supermarket prices must fall faster, Varadkar saysMinister Neale Richmond to meet with retailers’ forum on Wednesday to pass on concernsTue May 09 2023 - 15:14
Varadkar asks TDs to ‘respect’ monarchy after RTÉ's planned coverage of king’s coronation criticisedOpposition TDs Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett critical of State broadcaster’s plan to air four-hour ceremonyWed May 03 2023 - 19:19
Varadkar comments criticised as ‘scandalous’ in clash with Opposition over Niall Collins controversyMurphy calls for answers from Collins after ‘unsatisfactory statement’ last week during sharp Dáil exchangesWed May 03 2023 - 17:15
Health service ‘on its knees’ McDonald tells Dáil as INMO conference gets under wayVaradkar says State has ‘chronic problem of ED overcrowding’ but there were ‘many very good things about service too’Wed May 03 2023 - 15:59
‘Don’t Dig up the Green’: Satirical palm oil protest held in DublinDemonstration against fictitious plantation was ‘tongue-in-cheek stunt’ aiming to raise issueTue May 02 2023 - 13:12
Elon Musk and Donald Trump jnr criticise proposed Irish hate crime legislationBill, currently going through Seanad, will legislate against hate crimes for first timeTue May 02 2023 - 12:52
‘We will fight them all the way’: Hundreds protest in Dublin against abortion liberalisationAontú leader Peadar Tóibín urged attendees to ‘get organised’ to ‘fight them all the way’Mon May 01 2023 - 17:39
Two prisoners sharing a cell in Mountjoy Prison shows the system is under ‘huge pressure’, says bishop Bishop Hayes concerned appointment of 50 new circuit court judges ‘will result in more committals to prisons’Mon May 01 2023 - 13:13
Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland calls for Jameson boycott over Russia tradeThe whiskey brand resumed sales in Russia, sparking accusations of financing the ‘war machine’Sun Apr 30 2023 - 16:16
Web Summit funding of €1m for The Ditch as editor rejects ‘anti-government’ tagEoghan McNeill described Micheál Martin’s intervention on investigative website as ‘mix of ignorance and arrogance’Sun Apr 30 2023 - 14:56
Collins says ‘no law was broken’ in relation to wife’s purchase of propertyMinister of State says that in hindsight it would have been better if he had not participated in a local area committee meetingThu Apr 27 2023 - 23:02
‘No law was broken,’ junior minister Niall Collins insists as he addresses Dáil Minister of State for Skills and Further Education was defending role in wife’s purchase of property from Limerick County Council in 2008Thu Apr 27 2023 - 16:02
Tánaiste takes aim at The Ditch website, describing it as ‘political organisation’Micheál Martin claims news site is not an ‘independent media platform at all’ and questions who is funding itThu Apr 27 2023 - 15:31
Niall Collins statement as it happened: Limerick TD says actions around land sale were ‘legally correct’Leaders' Questions gets under way in the Dáil but House awaits statement from Fianna Fáil TD Niall CollinsThu Apr 27 2023 - 14:39
