Dáil Éireann

Is there an identity crisis in Fine Gael?

Grassroots motion calling for party to affirm its centre-right credentials rejected as Democrats’ US midterm victory creates fresh questions for Ireland

Jim O’Callaghan returns to legal aid talks after High Court judge rules his changes ‘unfair’

Judge Mary Rose Gearty upheld a challenge by solicitor, finding Minister acted in excess of his powers

Ó Snodaigh seeks Dáil time to make statement on Liberty Recycling

Ó Snodaigh, who is not under investigation himself, is the chairman of the charity that is the subject of a Garda money-laundering inquiry

World awaits ‘the most critical midterms in modern US history’ - and Trump’s reaction

Inside Politics: Meanwhile, negotiators representing more than 300,000 public sector workers have rejected a pay offer worth 7.75 per cent across 2.5 years.

How fraught are the public sector pay talks?

Unions have warned of a second day of industrial action unless a credible offer is forthcoming from Government

The Irish Times view on the triple lock debate: more heat than light

The amendment will pass but a calmer debate would be welcome

Disquiet on political front amid legal aid row, triple lock debate and ‘demeaning’ advert

Inside Politics: Jim O’Callaghan objects to ‘inappropriate and demeaning’ video by Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Spinal surgeon who said he would not practise in Ireland now working in US

Dr Connor Green, who was on leave for three years, resigned from Temple Street children’s hospital this year

No link between healthcare staff recruitment and hospital performance, says Minister

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill compares Cork to Beaumont, where fewer patients are on trolleys

Government rows back on promise to hold tribunal into scoliosis and spinal surgery scandal

Issues include unauthorised springs implanted in children, alleged waiting list irregularities and unnecessary hip surgeries

Irish politics is in a fragile holding pattern, with serious stress tests ahead

Inside Politics: From triple lock to public sector strikes, the mood is ill-tempered

Supreme Court appeal opens in row over super junior ministers attending at cabinet

Constitutional challenge by Opposition TDs Pa Daly and Paul Murphy had been dismissed by High Court in December

Triple lock Bill passes Dáil vote amid Opposition anger

Government narrowly wins vote on proposed legislation removing need for UN approval of Irish troop deployments

Family of IRA victim Brian Stack get State apology for flawed Garda inquiry but still seek ‘full truth’

‘It hurts every time you see Sinn Féin representatives at a memorial for IRA men,’ says prison officer’s son

Government working on ‘very serious case’ of sexually exploited teen, Taoiseach tells Dáil

Martin says fundamental issue is staffing shortages, insisting it is ‘not for the want of funding’

All sides primed for a fight in Dáil over plans to scrap the triple lock

Inside Politics: Uproar in chamber as debate dredges up old wounds, while Jim O’Callaghan’s long war rumbles on

The triple lock: What is it and why is the Government trying to change it?

Opposition argues that removing the legal provision will compromise the State’s neutrality

Legal aid dispute escalates as rhetoric ramps up

Inside Politics: Jim O’Callaghan’s latest comments were no slip of the tongue and will doubtlessly further rile the solicitors

New battery-electric trains due to arrive next year in bid to relieve overcrowding on services

French-built units planned for use on Dublin-Drogheda line will allow for reallocation of other trains to different routes

Second public sector strike is off, but legal-payment dispute rumbles on

Inside Politics: Criminal defence solicitors withdrew all services for the day this morning

State apology to be delivered to family of late chief prison officer Brian Stack

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will deliver the apology on Wednesday in the Dáil

Irish health service exceeded agency staff budget by over €250m

Employees hired via agencies can cost about 40 per cent more than directly employed staff, HSE tells PAC

Conversations on a Homecoming: Frank McNally on returning to the Dáil after a 20-year absence

A return to the Dáil press gallery reveals new security arrangements, familiar political rituals and an enduring dress code

Another EU summit overshadowed by Ukraine

Inside Politics: Another public scolding from belligerent Trump for Volodymyr Zelenskiy; and 15 years for Donaldson

Ministers and TDs afraid to pass a picket line

Why is the Dáil essentially at the behest of unelected trade union bosses?

Jack Chambers ‘hopeful’ of ‘way forward’ to prevent further public sector strike

Stoppage next week ‘absolutely’ still on as things stand, union leader Kevin Callinan says

Academic and lawyer Maeve O’Rourke to run for Seanad

Byelection will be decided solely by TDs and Senators, suggesting she will likely need support from Government parties

Could the public sector strike be a one-off?

Inside Politics: A second day of action is planned for next week but there is some hope it could be averted

OPW to assess implications of withdrawing from proposed National Children’s Science Centre

Minister to meet charity behind plans in a bid to identify a way forward for the project while minimising cost to the State

Deaths in Waterford attack put focus on increase in drug-related intimidation

Inside Politics: Public sector workers strike, with Government and unions yet to agree on talks process

Micheál Martin’s feathers ruffled by claims he is ‘playing chicken’ with striking workers

‘Enhanced social dialogue’ offered by Taoiseach more suited to AI summit than public sector unions’ pickets

Public sector strike almost certain as pay row continues

Inside Politics: Healthcare workers, teachers, courts staff and many others are now set to mount pickets outside their workplaces on Wednesday

Cancelling Wednesday’s Dáil sitting is step in wrong direction

Parliamentary principles are important and should not be set aside so readily

Winter of discontent looms as public sector workers prepare for stoppage

Inside Politics: Unions want shortfalls in pay to be addressed up front and a guarantee that wages will not slip behind inflation during any new deal period

Dáil sitting next Wednesday cancelled due public sector workers’ strike

Government had provisionally scheduled a full day of Dáil business but this was contingent on staff at Leinster House being available

Budget 2027 continues extraordinary rise in State spending

Inside Politics: Hard to know who’ll blink first in standoff between Government and public sector unions

Opposition parties ‘will not’ cross picket lines if Leinster House staff strike next week

Government Chief Whip says Dáil ‘must’ sit on Wednesday, the day earmarked for public sector strike

Most skirmishes before and after the budget featured Patrick O’Donovan

Inside Politics: Minister has central role in row over the ‘culture card’ and his decision to cut State subvention to RTÉ by €20 million

Public sector pay dispute ‘unwarranted given our willingness to talk’, Taoiseach says

Martin defends budget, citing need to ‘judge between restraint and real impact of cost-of-living increases’

A flat tyre that’s also about to blow out from over-inflation – welcome to Budget 2027

Inside Politics: A notable absence from the budget leaves Patrick O’Donovan feeling rebuffed

Budget 2027 has become worst-kept secret in Irish politics – and that’s saying something

Simon Harris’s first budget is expected to bring reductions in tax for middle-income earners

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