Taoiseach and SF leader clash over Bill to prevent Central Bank having any involvement with Israeli bonds
Martin accuses McDonald of using ‘false narrative’, and insists Central Bank ‘does not issue or sell or oversee the sale of Israeli bonds’
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Pressure on Government to expand Israel opposition
About 40 people held up Palestinian flags at the Dáil and unfurled a large banner stating 'sanction Israel'
A mother who refused to take no for an answer - for 13 years, 9 months and 20 days
Nearly 14 years after Shane O’Farrell’s needless death, the Minister of Justice presents a public apology
Dáil suspended as pro-Palestine protesters disrupt proceedings
Mary Lou McDonald describes speech by Paschal Donohue dismisses as ‘utter, utter disgrace’
Dáil hears claim that driver who killed Shane O’Farrell was a Garda ‘informer’
Government to establish scholarship in memory of cyclist killed in hit-and-run by repeat offender
Ireland’s housing perma-crisis returns to centre of political agenda
Opposition plans ‘Raise the Roof’ protest on housing amid new measures
The Secret Life of Leinster House by Gavan Reilly: A survey of political life from the inside out
Author’s new guide to ‘what you really need to know about how the country runs’
Eradication of TB threat to Irish dairy exports ‘further away than ever’
Lakeland Dairies chairman urges greater efforts in protecting Irish produce and farmers
The battle of Browne vs Ó Snodaigh: Plans to mark Ireland’s Norman heritage sparks war of words
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: How a 14-year-old girl brought the plight of thousands of children to the political agenda
Drew Harris ‘deeply concerned’ over ‘erroneous’ Garda strip-search claims made in Dáil
Garda chief says women protesters arrested were treated ‘with respect at all times’ in letter to Ceann Comhairle
Numbers working on children’s hospital project dropped by third since January, politicians hear
Construction contractor BAM says site worker resources higher than expected for this stage of build
Gaza’s ‘apocalypse’ dominates Dáil discussions
Simon Harris set to bring memo to Cabinet seeking permission to draft Coalition’s replacement for the Occupied Territories Bill
‘Repulsive’; ‘obscene’; ‘genocide’: Dáil voices rise in unison over Israel’s slaughter in Gaza
Sinn Féin leader gets short shrift from Taoiseach in row over Central Bank’s Israeli war bonds issues
Equivalent of cost of national children’s hospital spent on bovine TB eradication
Sinn Féin’s Martin Kenny said an estimated €2.24bn had been spent on schemes to eliminate the disease
TD describes Israelis as ‘Nazis of the modern world’ as Dáil debates war in Gaza
EU-Israel Association Agreement should be suspended while review ongoing, Dáil hears
Government ‘all talk but no action’ on disability assessment backlog, says activist
Cara Darmody, who has started a 50-hour picket outside Leinster House, made the comments following meeting with Taoiseach
Significant shift internationally in stance towards Israel
17 EU countries have now rowed in behind the position first articulated by Dublin and Madrid
It’s a strange day in the Dáil when a schoolgirl makes the Government squirm with embarrassment
Cara Darmody made her presence felt as Taoiseach signalled intention to tackle delays for children awaiting assessment
Government to change law in bid to speed up autism and disability assessments
Ministers admit no quick fix for system estimated to have waiting list of 25,000 by end of year
Combining forces: Opposition plans to break the big two’s stranglehold on power begin to germinate
With Sinn Féin taking the lead, contact grows between parties of the left, though Labour and the Social Democrats are wary of having their identities eroded
It’s been like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds on Merrion Street since the sun started to shine
Mooney Goes Wild should do a programme from Leinster House
WHO’s treatment of Dr Mike Ryan proves to be a shocking case study
Dáil furore over unnecessary hip surgeries and Social Democrats on manoeuvres among other stories of the week
Land hoarders ‘laughing’ at local authorities as €20.5m owed in unpaid derelict site levies
Dáil hears that 13 local authorities applied no levy and 17 have collected ‘zero’ in fines for properties lying idle
Water failings the latest target in blame game over housing supply
What is going on with Irish government's will they, won’t they approach to tax giveaways?
Sinn Féin’s ‘Mr Angry’ meets immovable object that is Micheál
Martin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgery
Budget giveaway promises absent as Ireland’s economic model faces unprecedented threat
Trump practices art of the deal in Saudi Arabia as HSE seeks new boss
Hip operations uproar leaves Taoiseach in a bind
Micheál Martin was concerned enough about impending draft report to say ‘the implications are disturbing’
Ruth Coppinger apologises for calling journalists ‘very pathetic’ in late night tweet
People Before Profit TD says she will continue to refuse questions from right-wing news outlet Gript
Good and bad news for Ireland from Trump’s UK deal
Row brewing over Leaving Cert reforms; Martin trades barbs with Orban
Dragons denied: Niall O’Farrell becomes the latest TV entrepreneur to face money woes
Plus: former Mary Lavin home back on market; John Collison’s castle life; and Declan Ganley’s conservative Roman party
Ministers receive pay increases in new Cabinet under public sector deal
Government says ministers will ‘gift back a portion of their salary’ to the State
Never mind the new pope, who’s going to replace Liveline’s spiritual leader, Joe Duffy?
Michael McDowell coy at book launch, Bertie gives state-of-the-world address and Mark Daly feels the heat
‘Bob’ emerges from Vatican conclave while TDs join shorts protest
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Government backbencher fails to turn up for controversial ‘Other Members’ speaking slot
Red faces for Government benches in ‘no show’ for speaking rights slot that convulsed Dáil for months
Government remains extremely nervous about Occupied Territories Bill
Back at home, Government likely to come under pressure over Occupied Territories Bill
Miriam Lord: The cardinals wore frousers. Sure why can’t the girleens wear skorts?
The outcry over the camogie skorts rule made its way from the pitch to the plinth, and ultimately on to the floor of the Dáil
The cost for Ireland of Trump’s tariffs
Department of Finance report to EU Commission lays bare the impact of tariffs for Ireland’s economy
Ireland to follow new UK law with ban on face coverings at protests
WHO’s Mike Ryan describes Israel’s continuous onslaught of Gaza as an ‘abomination’
Miriam Lord’s week: A tsar has not been born and they need to get this tshitshow off the road
James Browne talks up his A-Team, TDs watch the pros in action while Pa Daly delights in saying nothing
Micheál Martin’s first 100 days: Coalition has achieved little amid delivery gaps and Dáil discord
Trump heads a list of challenges for the Taoiseach that includes housing, childcare, pensions and a raucous Dáil. He could hardly be said to have hit the ground running
Housing tsar row brings a strike-out before the first innings
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Mandatory alcohol warning labels could be reconsidered due to tariff impact on industry - Harris
Timeline ‘under consideration’ with eye on US tax impact on drinks industry
Multi-trillion dollar question is - will Trump blink when time is up on tariff pause?
Gabriel Makhlouf warns Trump’s tariffs pose ‘major downside risk’ to Ireland’s economy
Tsar Brendan the Terrible Big Salary, that mild-mannered banker set to pulverise those planners
Only one man can ruthlessly deliver and scale up like a mutant amphibious accountant in the country’s drains
Russian oligarch might approve ‘unjustifiable housing tsar salary’
Taoiseach accused of double standards over new agency chief’s salary, potential increases for heads of 30 semi-States
‘Housing tsar’ salary causing a mounting headache for the Coalition
James Browne’s intervention on appointment has already led to a thinly veiled rebuke from a spokesman for Simon Harris
Independent Ireland ‘open to nominating presidential candidate’
Party yet to decide if it will put forward one of its own members or join with others in backing an independent
The 34th Dáil is finally set to get to work. But what’s on the agenda?
Government is already facing a brewing political row over mooted salary for ‘housing tsar’
Martin and Harris: how is the Coalition working?
The Government faces a big challenge with trade and the economy, but the bigger fears are around chronic problems – most acutely, in housing
Oireachtas committee chair appointments under way ahead of Dáil return next week
Dispute over speaking time for Independent TDs had held up decisions to hand out key roles with €10,880 salary top-up
Miriam Lord’s Easter awards: Best Varadkar tribute act, Jemser balance respected and outstanding Dáil dust-up
From the Burke family to Mattie McGrath and Michael Lowry, here are the winners of Miriam Lord's Easter awards
Garda Commissioner insists protesters arrested in Dublin were not strip-searched, and no cavity search
TDs alleged members of Mothers Against Genocide group faced ‘strip searches, degrading treatment and cavity search’
For Trump, everything is a victory - even a resounding defeat
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Is Eoin Hayes a Social Democrats TD, or is he not?
Media regulator made ‘big mistake’ in not tackling algorithms in online safety code, Dáil hears
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore warns of ‘endless, relentless toxic feeds’ to children ‘in doom loop’
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