FG now largest party in capital, while Labour has gone from 18 seats to just two or three

Many of the women elected to the 32nd Dáil have a strong political track record

AAA-PBP and Fianna Fáil candidates join Eoin Ó Broin and Frances Fitzgerald

Department of Social Protection says payouts likely to increase in coming weeks

KPMG research does not include correcting elements included in the Renua policy

Policy document says supports could help double number of affordable places to 50,000

Dublin Mid-West TD says Labour is not going to be able to retain two seats in constituency

Kenny says he instucted Minister Fitzgerald to attend crisis meeting with ‘flexible mind’

Peter McVerry Trust ‘disappointed, but not surprised’ by Joanna Tuffy’s comments

72% of CAO applicants in Longford get SUSI award compared with 46% in Dublin

Very mixed views in party on Joan Burton’s policy over job activation measure

Micheál Martin says report directly contradicts Sinn Féin claims that case had no basis

USI wants inequalities removed from grants system but seeks no move against ‘asset rich’

Legislation will require all schools to make public all criteria for admissions policies

Labour TD says having wider choice of patrons the ‘direct opposite of education being inclusive’

Varadkar says Opposition cannot say with certainty what constitutes ‘incompatible with life’

Catholic schools’ spokesman Michael Drumm says ‘amalgamation is way forward’

McDonald moves to dissociate party from suggestion victim was not raped

Concern has been expressed that some schools are dropping Civic, Social and Political Education

Deputy leader Joan Burton considered early favourite

Lyons praises report that gives recognition to people ‘airbrushed out of our society’

TD says AIB should be ‘sent packing’ by Government which has 99.8% holding

Age change brings the party in line with how everyone else defines youth, conference told

Opposition criticises lack of consultation

Fidelma Healy-Eames says claim abolition would save €20m ‘completely erroneous’

Campaigns bring out big hitters but they struggle to engage shoppers

Tánaiste signals party dissidents will not face sanction

Brian Hunt says Coalition has had to ‘cobble together arguments’ for abolition

Composition of the Upper House is the cause of a serious problem: perception

Private school ratio cuts and student grant capital assessment discussed at meeting

Four FG TDs defied whip

Ebooks and tablets being introduced to schools without consideration of their educational merit, says Oireachtas committee

TD in wide-ranging criticism of every aspect of Dáil’s operation

Enda Kenny insists party must back campaign but Labour adopts relaxed stance

Minister may face Dáil motion of no confidence and ethics probe over remarks that Wexford TD escaped getting penalty points

Labour says it is `old-fashioned’ and misses the point about a TD’s role