Dáil Éireann

Taoiseach accepts ‘shortcomings’ in children’s surgery provision as Opposition goes on attack

Mary Lou McDonald raised case of the late Harvey Morrison Sherratt, saying he was failed by Government

Political theatre of the Dáil returns with budget on horizon

The Dáil returns after two months of summer break, with weeks of pre-budget leaking to come

Politicians at the Ploughing: It must be time for the return of the Inside Politics digest

Our team will have our hands full during this political term with presidential election, budget 2026 and the Occupied Territories Bill

Leo Varadkar on resignation, regret and repressing his identity: ‘Coming out was like emigrating’

The 46-year-old is enjoying retirement, even if becoming taoiseach was the pinnacle of an obsession he’d had with politics since he was seven

Where did Irish politicians go on holiday and what did they get up to?

Books aplenty on reading lists of TDs including Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin, Labour’s Ivana Bacik and Fianna Fáil Minister James Lawless

Heather Humphreys profile: Popular Fine Gael matriarch is no stranger to controversy but has broad appeal

Monaghan Presbyterian’s work as minister for rural and community development seen as her greatest strength as presidential candidate

Dáil clerk job up for grabs with a salary of just under €250,000

Overheard: Tourism bosses see upside of Norman invasion and Michael Flatley lets flute do the talking amid Áras speculation

People discarded jackets in the heat, but Princess Anne was clad in scarf and gloves

British media outlets described the visit as possibly Michael D’s last engagement with a ‘senior royal’

Verona Murphy attends Swiss conference alongside sanctioned Russian politician

Ukraine says Valentina Matviyenko’s attendance at summit of women speakers ‘disgraceful and should never have happened’

OPW spent €17,000 on consultants for committee hearings, more than any other State body

Spending data from 2021 to last month shows OPW spent over €17,000 last year as it faced rolling controversies

‘Why are there no pro-Israel voices in the Dáil?’ Your questions about politics answered

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

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...

Eager Ministers line up for their spending money as Coalition announces National Development Plan

The rejigged NDP is ‘unprecedented in scale and scope’, said the Tánaiste. It’s also a bit light on detail

Owners surrender 60 XL Bullies to authorities after move to ban breed

TD warns of breeding practices where 8,000 pups registered annually but 25,000 for sale on dog website

Budget to focus on long-term gains at cost of short-term pain

Spending on infrastructure to rise as cost-of-living measures unlikely to feature

Miriam’s Lord’s Week: The gang’s (almost) all here for the Healy-Rae hooley

Junior Minister Michael hosted a lunch in Leinster House to thank his general election team, but TD brother Danny didn’t attend

Government ‘feckless’ with public money, Social Democrats claim in budget row

Tánaiste hits out at Sinn Féin error on supermarket ownership - ‘I know who owns SuperValu’

Ireland needs ‘future generations tsar’ to enable long-term thinking, say 70 groups

Legislation is back on the Dáil agenda to support government decision-making in the interests of future generations

Irish Times poll: Steady support for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael as Sinn Féin slumps

Public has little sense the Government is getting to grips with problems

Catherine Connolly’s Áras campaign begins with a very ‘soft launch’

Independent TD got a cheer from the Gaza protesters corralled beyond Buswell’s Hotel

Battle for the Áras gets under way

The race for the presidency gathered pace on Tuesday with Fine Gael nominating former European commissioner Mairéad McGuinness to be its candidate

Minister for Health makes emergency intervention after Taoiseach’s joke ripples through the House

Danny Healy-Rae makes impassioned plea on behalf of Killorglin publicans ahead of Puck Fair

Thirteen Leinster House broadcast workers will have to sign on for dole next week

Dáil Public Accounts Committee to review contract for television and audio coverage of Oireachtas proceedings

Disabled children suffered higher rates of sexual abuse, Dáil hears during debate on historical abuse

Inquiry that led to new Commission of Investigation found ‘528 abuse allegations across 17 special schools’

One-off budget payments get the chop

Presidential election race to step up a gear as Mairéad McGuinness expected to declare

Dáil committee to scrutinise how Tusla has spent millions on ‘complex litigation’

Dáil Public Accounts Committee expected to question agency over legal cases and protected disclosure

‘Disco pants’ Niall Quinn could be just the Áras ticket for Fianna Fáil

At the Irish embassy bash in London, guests were focused on the all-consuming question of who will enter the race for the Áras

The presidential race is (finally) hotting up as one serious contender throws her hat in ring

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: The budget will not be a giveaway - whether there is an EU-Trump deal or trade war

No money yet released from €8m special needs funds despite Tanáiste’s pledges

Groups due to benefit from funds asked to reapply with no guarantee they will receive grant

Domestic violence register will not breach perpetrators’ rights, Minister for Justice says

Scheme would publicise details of people found guilty of sexual and domestic violence

Irish politics on a rollercoaster ride

Both tariffs and the Occupied Territories Bill make the main news stories this morning

Taoiseach turned tables on the Opposition when they least expected it with moment of clarity

Proposed increase in personal injury awards has been divisive, yet Micheál Martin took probing question in his stride

Proposed defamation law reforms fall short of addressing free-speech concerns, say campaigners

Thirty organisations including RTÉ, NUJ and Council for Civil Liberties urge Seanad to amend Bill

Worry about funding redress scheme for abuse in schools runs deep

Opposition has Government in a bind on college registration fees

Mary Lou seemed to have an extra pep to her step. Was that a Statement Jacket?

Micheál Martin performed a masterclass in sidestepping questions about rising costs

Government accepts ‘super junior’ Ministers are involved in decision-making at Cabinet with no constitutional basis, court hears

Four super-junior Ministers currently attend Cabinet

Garda reinforcements called after anti-immigrant protesters block entrance to Leinster House

Some protesters shouted ‘traitors’ and ‘collaborators’ to staff and visitors entering and leaving complex

Could the presidential election be about to catch fire?

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald refused to rule herself out of the race on Monday

‘Outsourcing’ RTÉ shows will put licence payers’ money in private hands, committee to hear

RTÉ group of unions to criticise ‘closure’ of religious affairs programming department

Sinn Féin TD’s legal challenge to ‘super junior’ ministers seeks ‘unprecedented’ intervention by judiciary, AG tells court

Sinn Féin’s Pa Daly taking constitutional challenge over Government’s Cabinet

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