Alan Kelly

‘Up to 400 post offices could shut’ unless State increases subsidy to keep them running, TDs told

Payments for provision of Government services are too low, says postmasters’ union

If our Geraldine can thrive in Trump’s Washington, she might be a worthy winner of the race for the Áras

Plus: tragic fox news, a Rose county by any other name and AK-47 reloads and opens fire

TD first to tell Justice Minister gardaí supplied guns to Carlow gunman

Alan Kelly questions why Garda Commissioner did not tell Jim O’Callaghan about ‘major issue’

Virgin Media received ‘nothing’ after requesting €30m from State

Television company chief Áine Ní Chaoindealbháin gave evidence to Oireachtas committee on Wednesday

Potential new names for the Department of Arts: Smacc, Cacs, Scam and – my favourite – DoSac

Rebrand to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is an artless move that speaks volumes

Undercover gardaí supplied Carlow gunman with firearms and ammunition, Oireachtas hears

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was questioned by politicians about Evan Fitzgerald’s case

RTÉ appearance at Oireachtas committee a drab sequel to firework show of two years ago starring Ryan Tubridy

Ghost of man long gone from station lingers as management faces questions from TDs, senators about fresh controversies

Ryan Tubridy has not repaid RTÉ €150,000 he received for Renault deal, Bakhurst tells media committee

Controversial RTÉ newsroom advert ‘cost less than €100,000’, committee hears

Dismay among RTÉ staffers as broadcaster hires actors to play journalists in ‘make-believe’ ad campaign

For God’s sake don’t tell Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan about this

‘No quick fix’ for autism crisis as teenager’s protest pushes issue to top of political agenda

Cara Darmody’s campaign was sparked by the huge delays in providing assessments of need for children with autisim

Rebellion against ‘outdated’ camogie skorts rule gathering pace

Cork planning to defy regulation and wear shorts in Saturday’s Munster final, with players ready to forfeit the game if instructed to change

Camogie Association’s ‘bananas’ skorts rule an ‘own goal’, says Alan Kelly

Oireachtas sport committee chairman to call in decision makers ‘to deal with issue once and for all’

Garda whistleblower sues force over arrest by armed officers during football match with friends

Emergency Response Unit officers detained man as he played football match in Dublin park with friends

No sheepishness as Katie Hannon decries bleating TDs

Radio: Liveline guest host adoitly covers Dáil speaking-time fiasco as political divisions are laid bare on Drivetime

‘Dangerously defective’ gun holsters still freely available, Dáil told

TD says 8kg of cocaine was found in Garda locker that was ‘mistakenly dumped’

Dáil speaking rights: FF/FG use committee majority to push through change

Opposition describe talks as a ‘sham’ as row is set to return to Dáil for vote

Criminals obtained shotgun after it went missing from ‘skip-like container’ at Garda Headquarters

Labour TD Alan Kelly calls on Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to provide statement to Dáil

Labour TD predicts new Children’s Hospital will not fully open until 2027

Tánaiste says State will ‘robustly push back’ against builder’s reported wish for further €853 million

Tipperary North constituency candidates list: Michael Lowry will probably top the poll for the seventh election in a row

Election 2024: Local elections results suggest Labour is in reasonably good health here and Alan Kelly is a big beast

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil attacks on Sinn Féin move into a higher gear

Election 2024: While manifestos should be taken with a large pinch of salt by the electorate, they are the raw ingredients for government formation talks

RIP FF-FG-Green Coalition, 2020-2024 - Miriam Lord’s look back at the Government

Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other

PR firm warned Road Safety Authority about ‘tricky’ Public Accounts Committee members

Dublin public relations agency Drury provided short biographical notes on each TD

Former minister suggests cocaine being used in Leinster House

TD calls for Government to lead campaign challenging ‘so-called middle-class narrative’ that cocaine is acceptable

Labour and the Social Democrats: is it time for a conscious coupling?

Fergus Finlay, an adviser to former Labour leader Dick Spring, said he was surprised at the ‘animosity’ to the idea of merging from the Social Democrats

Children’s hospital costs: Failure to inform official appearing at PAC about extra €107m ‘undermines public confidence’

Labour Party TD Alan Kelly said the move was ‘completely undermining of the Public Accounts Committee

One in five TDs are landlords as Michael Healy-Rae boosts property portfolio to 25

Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property

National children’s hospital may not receive patients until 2026, PAC hears

Construction firm BAM will need ‘significant improvement’ to meet October 2024 completion date, while final bill could exceed €2bn

RTÉ financial crisis: Kevin Bakhurst says broadcaster will be insolvent without bailout of tens of millions

Complete sale of Montrose campus ‘unlikely’, RTÉ's director general tells Public Accounts Committee

Miriam Lord’s Week: TDs and Senators eager for their close-ups in The Tubridy Show

Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence

RTÉ crisis: The week that saw battlelines drawn between broadcaster and Ryan Tubridy

RTÉ, led by new director general Kevin Bakhurst, and its top star saw battle lines drawn this week as their differences over Ryan Tubridy's hidden payments were exposed in three more stormy Oireachtas committee hearings

RTÉ crisis: Nine key moments from this week’s contentious Oireachtas hearings

RTÉ executives push back on assertions made by Tubridy and Kelly; DG says he was surprised to hear former chief financial officer had availed of exit package

Analysis: Is the Labour Party ready to face up to the past?

It is going to be interesting to see how Labour reacts to the review of its last stint in power

State expects to pay €58m on bringing Ryder Cup to Ireland in 2027

Government officials could not tell Dáil’s public spending watchdog how much Adare Manor is paying to hold event

Revenue yields €37.6m from investigations into ‘high wealth individuals’

Total came from 459 compliance investigations closed in 2022

Prosecution of garda over 2021 motorway crash is ‘disgraceful’, says Kelly

Three men were killed driving down wrong side of a motorway while being pursued by garda

Labour regroup in Cork with evidence of green shoots among younger voters

From conference karaoke to housing and climate agenda, Labour Party's youth appeal is recovering

Labour conference arrives amid signs party is finally over hangover of last time in government

Leader arrives at this weekend’s national party conference more assertive, having laid down a no-confidence vote in the Government

Almost a year after Ivana Bacik’s election as leader, Labour is in disarray

Holly Cairns is just one of the Labour party’s problems. It has bigger issues closer to home

SEAI plays down need for hundreds of thousands of public chargers for electric vehicles

Public Accounts Committee told 80 per cent of charging will take place at home

Frank McDonald: New Planning Bill empowers developers and weakens citizens

Local authorities’ role will be reduced to giving effect to national policy, and decisions will be harder to challenge in court

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