Oireachtas

Social media company X did not engage with gardaí in relation to posts by far-right agitators on the day of the Dublin riots, the Minister for Justice has said.

Helen McEntee told the Dáil on Wednesday that ‘some’ social media companies were ‘responsible’ during the events last Thursday while ‘others were not’

Louise O’Reilly holds up photograph in Dáil of man apparently intoxicated outside school where stabbing in Dublin’s north inner city took place

TDs representing Dublin have reacted to the Minister for Justice's statement to the Dáil regarding the recent Dublin riots.

The Minister for Justice has told the Dáil that anyone who "contributed to and instigated" the recent Dublin riots will be arrested and "brought to justice."

Sinn Féin calls for McEntee and Harris to resign after leaving gardaí ‘high and dry’ during recent violence in city centre

The Tánaiste has rejected suggestions from Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty that Irish military neutrality will be undermined by amending the Triple Lock mechanism.

Accumulated surplus in National Training Fund now stands at €1.37 billion, Public Accounts Committee is told

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty calls for referendum on issue of neutrality

Micheál Martin also announces commitments to greater international military co-operation and domestic security

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, speaking in the Dáil, has accused Tánaiste Micheál Martin of partaking in a "propaganda tour" on a recent visit to Israel.

International journalists’ organisations expressed concerns over ‘repeated legal actions’ by Sinn Féin against media

Thomas Hand has ‘no information’ about whether his daughter will be in initial group

Bernard Gloster set to apologise for those affected in opening statement to the Oireachtas Committee on Health

Some 74 per cent of Irish adults would prefer to die at home, but only 23 per cent will do so, the IHF said

Leo Varadkar tells Dáil Irish-Israeli girl’s release is ‘major priority’ and says EU countries can’t continue to aid Palestine and trade with Israel ‘the way we have done in the past’

Minister for Public Expenditure makes warning after reports that some RTÉ staff could be offered eight weeks pay per year under voluntary redundancy terms

Fine Gael MEP says ‘absolute focus’ is on serving as EU Commissioner, a role she was appointed to following Phil Hogan’s resignation in 2020

TDs criticise pace of delivery of flood relief schemes, and raise questions about the role of the Department of Public Expenditure

Government countermotions deploring ‘escalation of violence’ pass comfortably

Leo Varadkar tells Dáil European countries should tie trade to Israel and aid to Paelstine to cracking down on terrorism and getting serious about two-state solution

Social Democrats leader has tabled motion to withdraw diplomatic status of Israeli ambssador, while Government has put forward countermotion

Government said ongoing ICC investigation already includes current conflict and it is ‘surprised’ by motion

David Moloney defends Budget 2024 allocation to health against HSE claims it is ‘inadequate’

Oireachtas committee hears contributions from three organisations on potential changes to legislation around assisted dying

Party leader says there has been ‘moral failure’ in not standing up to Israel

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald says British Home Secretary should refrain from commenting about things of which she has a ‘very sketchy’ understanding

Minister of State says he will be raising the matter with Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien

Kevin Bakhurst offers to send ‘extensive and detailed summary’ of note on meeting to committee

Tighter laws being introduced in wake of a significant number of dog attacks in past year

Government TDs vote down attempts to amend budget legislation that will increase cap for qualifying expenditure on films to €125 million

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, responding to The Social Democrats' Holly Cairns, has called a Sinn Féin TD's decision to sue an Irish Times journalist “frightening."

The Taoiseach said the impact of international and internal travel on climate had to be taken into account

Some 40 Irish citizens remain in Gaza, Taoiseach tells Dáil, as none have been able to leave enclave since first evacuations last week

Leo Varadkar says personally suing journalists designed to ‘make them think twice about what they write’

Taoiseach tells Dáil he and other Cabinet members ‘personally affected’ by building defects

Helen McEntee has previously indicated her intention to replace laws which date back up to 200 years with the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2023

People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith was speaking as Sinn Féin put forward a motion condemning Budget 2024′s housing measures

The Fine Gael leader told the Dáil there were about 40 Irish citizens in Gaza and ‘we want them to be able to leave, if they want to leave’

Bust to be placed beside one of late John Hume and will be unveiled to coincide with 25th anniversary of awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to both men