Alan Kelly

Committee stops short of under-16 social media ban but wants end to ‘harmful’ algorithms

Platforms should have to disable recommender algorithms entirely for children and by default for people over 18, committee says

Ireland’s renewable energy is benefiting data centres, not households, says Social Democrat

Jennifer Whitmore accuses Government of allowing data centres get all the benefits of renewable energy

Alan Kelly to Jim O’Callaghan ... I will look for you, I will find you...

If TDs return to milder spring weather after the recess, then they might be spared a roasting from Opposition over fuel cost interventions

Detention of children ‘who have done nothing wrong’ should not be legislated for, Dáil hears

TDs criticise International Protection Bill provision to detain children ‘as last resort’

Social media groups cannot catch all harmful posts, TikTok tells Oireachtas committee

X criticised by rival social media groups over snub to Oireachtas committee after controversy over Grok nudification feature

Meta’s AI tools are trained not to undress people, Oireachtas committee to hear

Refusal of X to appear labelled ‘deeply disappointing’ by media committee chairman

Malachy Clerkin: Sport Ireland must avoid Rowing Ireland’s Oireachtas committee woes

Dáil hearings useful in holding sporting bodies’ feet to the fire, but they do not get to the nitty-gritty

Department of Justice accused of ‘laziness’ in slow passage of nitrous oxide Bill

Delay to Bill regulating ‘laughing gas’ will make problem use worse, Dáil hears

Three more Trump years? For God’s sake, Holly, don’t remind us of Ol’ Fanta Face

US president’s increasingly disturbing behaviour dominates Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil

‘Concerns remain’ around Grok despite X’s assurances, says Minister

Coco’s Law bans sharing of intimate images but does not appear to criminalise generating them

X will face ‘full rigours of the law’, says Minister for AI

European rapporteur on AI law is to lobby for ‘nudification’ app ban

The Dáil’s floodgates have opened and led to some Michael Collins cussin’

The Independent Ireland leader seemed to momentarily forget where he was during a watery Uisce Éireann debate

Politicians cheer RTÉ ‘downsizing’ but miss bigger point

‘No one is immune from downsizing’ at broadcaster, Kevin Bakhurst tells committee

RTÉ will outsource Lotto draws in cost-saving drive, Kevin Bakhurst tells media committee

Director general says he expects 100 employee exits this year, with broadcaster on course to reduce staff by 400 in next five years

TV licence sales set to slump to record low this year

Almost 20,000 fewer licences purchased in year to end of November compared with same period in 2024

Ivan Yates is right: podcasts are not the same as broadcasts

There is no logical reason why a podcast episode should be regulated any more than a Substack post

Hardly a dry seat in the house as Paschal Donohoe makes his exit

Outgoing minister for finance effusive in his praise for party leader and ministerial successor Simon Harris at Fine Gael gathering

Ivan Yates praised for agreeing to answer questions about his media training work

The pundit and former politician is due to appear at the Oireachtas Media Committee on Wednesday evening

From Housing for All to Rebuilding Ireland: How did other housing plans perform?

New housing plan has promised the building of tens of thousands of homes

Media regulator, PR experts invited to address Oireachtas committee on transparency issues

Move follows controversy over former minister Ivan Yates providing coaching to Jim Gavin while broadcasting on political matters

TDs back Bill to appoint 21 additional judges

Figures show recruitment of 24 extra members of judiciary by previous government brought significant rise in court sittings

Immigration debate: Dáil hears ‘Ireland of the welcomes’ in danger of being lost forever

Sinn Féin accuses Government of making a ‘mess of system that continues to operate in crisis mode’

The GAA and cocaine: ‘I saw the wildness that got into them after using this drug’

Society’s drug issue poses a different challenge for the GAA than for other sporting bodies because it has always seen itself almost as a secular church

FAI decline to attend Oireachtas hearing without ‘assurances’ around Garda investigation

Former Ireland football manager Eileen Gleeson was also asked to attend Wednesday meeting

Contentious ‘Netflix levy’ on streamers should go ahead, committee says

Committee calls on Coalition to introduce ‘Netflix levy’ despite minister’s stance

Party think-ins have been dominated by one thing, and it’s not policy

With the major parties reconvening for the next Dáil term, the cut and thrust of the presidential race takes centre stage

Ivana Bacik’s Labour Party conclave almost derailed by off-message TD Alan Kelly

Tipperary representative revels in McCarthy Cup manoeuvres at party think-in despite leader’s ire at refusal to back Catherine Connolly’s Áras run

Labour accuses Sinn Féin of ‘dithering’ on approach to presidential election campaign

Party leader Ivana Bacik says conversations with Alan Kelly private after TD indicates reluctance to back Catherine Connolly’s candidacy

Catherine Connolly’s remarks on not trusting ‘US, UK, France’ were in ‘context of Gaza genocide’, she says

Independent TD’s bid for presidency won unanimous backing of People Before Profit party on Sunday

A decade ago homelessness was branded a ‘crisis’, so why are numbers still climbing?

For the first time, the number of homeless children has climbed above 5,000

Labour’s Alan Kelly tells colleagues of ‘regret’ over radio interview

Tipperary TD addresses ‘elephant in the room’ regarding criticism of party and Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly

Growing expectation in Fianna Fáil of Jim Gavin contesting presidential election

Former Dublin football manager ‘ticks a lot of party’s boxes’ and ‘there is a sense he could win’, say sources

Alan Kelly criticises Labour’s decision to back Catherine Connolly for president

Academic Deirdre Heenan says ‘watch this space’ when asked about presidential ambitions

Garda ‘very unlikely’ to hit target of 5,000 more officers

Gardaí managing complex and serious investigations while ‘relying primarily on manual spreadsheets or paper-based systems’

Miriam Lord’s Dáil end-of-term awards: from cute hoors to rookie errors and good operators

Big Jim is best in class, although sluggish start means new intake of TDs are yet to get much of a look-in - and as for Tipperary’s kingmaker...

Police ombudsman investigating circumstances of Evan Fitzgerald’s death

Wicklow man (22) took his own life after discharging a firearm in Carlow shopping centre

Carlow gunman Evan Fitzgerald had other weapons, Garda investigation found

Investigators concerned about inability to determine source of items, which may have been from burglary or online

‘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’

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