Reason for hare deaths differ at coursing meeting

TD calls for ‘transparency, truthfulness’ and questions role of monitoring committee

‘It’s a dying trade’: Dublin’s horse-drawn carriage drivers stage protest

Drivers claim Dublin City Council and Garda are failing to tackle rogue operators

Ireland not paying for votes to sit on UN Security Council, Taoiseach insists

TD claims cost of seat involves risk of losing respected ‘non-aligned, impartial’ voice

Iran and Ireland’s common histories recalled

Events for 1979 Islamic Revolution refer to famine and sanctions imposed by foreigners

Minister defends coursing against claims regulation not working

Maureen O’Sullivan renews call for ban – Ireland one of three EU states to allow meets

‘Huge concern’ location disclosures will push sex offenders underground

Risk linked to sex offenders ‘escalate’ when individuals go under the radar, committee hears

Government told to move quickly on expanding Magdalene compensation

Ombudsman issues warning over redress for women who worked but did not live in laundries

Social media ‘distorts’ efforts to deal with animal cruelty, Minister says

Hundreds of horses in Dublin area; council issued only 15 legally required licences

No EU agreement to make Israel pay for destroying EU projects in Palestine

Tánaiste exploring possibility of bringing some European and Arab ministers to Dublin for ‘conversation’ on peace process

Pope has not yet replied to mother-and-baby home memo, Zappone says

Minister says memo to Government ‘in coming weeks’ on what do next about Tuam site

New rules to tackle Ireland’s reputation as puppy farm capital of Europe

Minister wants to see ‘highest standards achieved by dog-breeding establishments’

GP and HSE apologise for part played in lead up to death of Cork mother of four

Woman’s husband settles High Court action over blood test showing low levels of potassium for €850,000

Dublin Central report: lowest turnout but among strongest support for repeal

Just 51.5% voted in a constituency regularly described as one of the most deprived

The Irish footballer who left his family to manage FC Barcelona

I was beguiled by my husband’s tales of the grandfather he had never met, so I wrote a book about him

Regenerating Dublin’s north inner city: 'IFSC led to ethnic cleansing'

Mulvey report may be the last chance for an area repeatedly left behind, locals believe

Boy died of asphyxia after becoming entangled in blind cord

17-month-old child was in his cot with his grandmother downstairs

Salary for new teachers ‘very competitive’ - says Bruton

Minister for Education says 75% of pay difference for new teachers has been restored

TD expresses concern over Brexit impact on crime prevention

Number of murders in inner city Dublin would not be tolerated in ‘leafy suburbs’

Inquest welcomes changes at St John of God school since boy’s death

‘I miss him. Every single day,’ says Tristan Neiland’s mother after inquest verdict

Over 3,000 unqualified teachers employed to plug gaps in schools

Individuals provided 32,000 days of cover in schools during 2016/17

Record number of retired teachers plugging school gaps

Some schools forced to divert support teachers from special needs pupils due to shortages

Government suffers embarrassment of two Dáil defeats in a day

Rough day as pensions anomaly, Cork boundary and votes defeated

Irish missionary priest calls for foreign travel ban on paedophiles

Nobel Peace Prize nominee says ‘international and Irish sex tourists... coming here raping our children’

More than 16,500 calls to animal cruelty helpline this year

Minister defends implementation of legislation saying ‘Government does not tolerate cruelty’

Scout death inquest: Crew had not winched two from sea before

Aoife Winterlich died days after slipping from helicopter harness and falling back into sea

New constituencies: winners and losers

The circumstances in which the next election takes place and the campaign itself could alter the political landscape

Who will win and who will lose in the constituency changes?

The reforms in four bellwether regions could have a significant political impact

Far left’s high profile contrasts sharply with modest electoral reach

Factionalism has long relegated fractious hard left to margins of Irish politics

Varadkar may have smaller majority as taoiseach than Kenny

Michael Fitzmaurice says he will vote against Varadkar while others are undecided

Ireland is ‘puppy farm capital’ of Europe

‘Industrial-scale dog-breeding’ is damaging Ireland’s reputation, says Clare Daly TD

Our politicians will have to get better at saying no

Standing up to vested interests necessary for political system to work

Long delays at passport control a ‘recurring problem’ at Dublin Airport

Call for additional resources to deal with growing number of passengers

Behind Maghaberry’s walls: the prison left behind by peace

Tensions in the Northern Irish jail are high despite paramilitaries being in the minority

Committee hears of Michael Dwyer’s mother’s struggle for answers

Oireachtas members to see what can be done to help family of 24-year-old killed in Bolivia

Funeral of ‘innocent man’ who was latest gangland victim

Noel Kirwan (62) ‘had a great way with young people’, says Maureen O’Sullivan

Over 100 unaccompanied child asylum seekers received

Numbers in State to rise in 2017 after commitment to take young from Jungle camp

Miriam Lord: The year the recovery kept going . . . for some

All the ‘New Politics’ comes down to is installing ‘abstain’ buttons in the Dáil

Maureen O’Sullivan ‘stands over’ letter about Donal Ó Coisdealbha

TD wrote letter questioning length of time Ó Coisdealbha had spent in custody

Man jailed over explosives find before Prince Charles’s visit

Gardai found Semtex in house and components in Maynooth University locker

TDs lobby NI Minister on dissident treatment in Maghaberry Prison

Strip-search complaint: Politicians urge Claire Sugden to implement 2010 agreements

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