Michael Fitzmaurice

Social Democrats leader describes tax as ‘tokenistic’ and claims it is intended to maintain ‘status quo’

Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice says blood sent to England for analysis but family received no results

Regulations will have to be introduced in the autumn for smokey coal, Minister tells Dáil

Emissions ceilings to be decided for economic sectors once budgets come into effect

Reductions would be offset by a rise in VAT income, FFI tells Minister

TDs and Senators pose with their pets and Howlin marks a special anniversary

Outbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it down

Move on corporate tax ‘appeased our EU masters’, and is ‘just the beginning’, says Nolan

Some services continue to operate at 50% capacity due to Covid-19 health advice

Transition cannot be denied, as 80% of its operations now focus on renewable energy

More than 8,000 people have been through system since March, with 376 positive tests

Bord na Móna plans to rewet 31,000 hectares of bog to be used as carbon sinks

One nurse and one carer working 13-hour shifts looking after 24 residents, says director

Independent TDs Fitzmaurice and McNamara appeal for marts to be allowed to remain open

‘It is vital we do everything in our power now to arrest the current trajectory,’ says CMO

Dáil hears claims children being left ‘on the side of the road’ over lack of school transport

€500m fund established to invest in projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over next decade

Leo Varadkar said reopening depends on Covid-19 numbers as he faced angry TDs

Journalist who was due to travel from England to Roscommon says Covid-19 not the Black Death

Brid Smith says new mothers had been left ‘isolated’ from support services

Taoiseach makes offer at meeting attended by leaders of Fianna Fáil and Green Party

Greens’ internal issues have made Labour a more attractive option as coalition partners

Members of the group reluctant to enter coalition with the two larger parties without another small party

Roscommon-Galway – deputy elected on first count

Sinn Féin’s Claire Kerrane (27) becomes first woman elected in constituency since 1981

FF TD Eugene Murphy has a rival in Orla Leyden for Roscommon-Galway votes

Contest for final seat may be between two Fianna Fáil candidates

Surviving a no-confidence motion was one thing. Tougher challenges – and a general election – await in the new year

Minister facing second motion of no confidence in his time at Department of Housing

Cuisle centre in Roscommon due to close next Friday over lack of funds to upgrade it

‘We are not so much selling the family silver as paying someone to take it off our hands’

Midnight commuter services needed to better link rural towns and urban centres

‘It’s all about money,’ says family of one resident regarding closure of facility

An Irishman's Diary by Frank McNally on a community’s good deed

‘It is beyond the means of many people to retrofit their homes,’ says Solidarity- PBP TD

Dáil hears Honohan did the State ‘a hell of a service’

Taoiseach’s comments on eating less meat draw ire from farming industry but he has science on his side

Independent TD told Dáil last week that Irish people need to ‘wake up’over evictions

Independent TD claims officers blocked road in Co Roscommon while group ‘pegged people out’

Sinn Féin TD faces suspension for second time from party over vote against legislation