Oireachtas

Admitting addiction issues, teacher gave fake referee phone number for subsequent job application

Candidates would have to be resident in the country for eight years and undertake language test under proposed overhaul

Social Democrats leader contacted Oireachtas about the error after she noticed failure to halt the allowance

John Brady says ‘blind eye’ turned to workers who rely on social welfare when parliament in recess

Six easy steps, plus appendix, to root out foreign intelligence assets operating in Ireland

Frances Black, who initiated legislation banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements, will ‘keep up the pressure’

Legislation will bolster garda powers and allow information-sharing with councils about crashes

Ceann Comhairle tells politicians ‘it’s very important to come back refreshed’ as proceedings end until September 16th

President signs into law Act allowing Minister for Transport to end passenger limit

Current €70.4m estimated cost of project may increase and excludes certain costs

Irish Cancer Society says underinvestment is leading to delays in accessing referrals, testing and treatment

Police in UK continue to investigate violent death of Reform MEP

Recommended approach will be ready in September, Oireachtas climate committee hears

Mary Lou McDonald told the families of the six men in the Distinguished Visitors’ Gallery ‘your dad won’

There is a lot of money to be made from prostitution. The legal twilight world we have created suits the purposes of unscrupulous figures

No enterprise could absorb an 18-year price freeze on its primary revenue stream while costs keep climbing

Institution provides education to diverse student population and is dedicated to their personal growth

Circle owns or manages more than 2,600 homes in 16 local authority areas

‘The dial has not turned at all,’ one delighted TD said after latest bid to ban bloodsport ends in defeat

European Commission ‘will have to stand up and take the lead in this’, says Burke

Government department seeking Health Service Executive report on scale of injuries, says Minister

Inside Politics: State acquisition of O’Connell Street site for Dublin transport project part of €725m pre-construction spend

Paul Murphy questions ‘elusive’ pro-coursing report, held forth by Government yet ‘shyer than the hare itself’

As the chess boom takes hold, getting official recognition as a sport will unlock funding, says the Irish Chess Union

Targets to reduce road deaths hampered by population growth and boom in road users, group tells transport committee

There was a miserable turnout for Leaders’ Questions amid the desperate crawl to the summer recess

Official says cost of project connecting city centre to airport will cost ‘well north’ of initial €9.5bn estimate

Taoiseach rejects Bill as approach that 'has failed repeatedly over past 100 years’

Senior analyst said she was penalised for testifying to the Oireachtas on errors in official homicide data

Big Jim O’Callaghan hears voices, Zelenskiy’s joke opens the Euro Lingo Bingo, laptop Lawless comes down on data centres

Minister for Justice is ‘not for turning’ when it comes to introduction of once-off €520 fee for District Court cases

Other Fianna Fáil TDs have expressed support for the practice in advance of the vote

Recommendation that legal aid be extended to other areas of civil law

Galway-based Allpro Services states it works in security, cleaning, pest control, sanitary services and landscaping

At the opening ceremony for Ireland’s EU presidency at Dublin Castle, Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivered a well-timed dig

Fine Gael’s Paula Butterly ‘happy to correct’ incident at committee

Project has experienced considerable delays and budget overruns, Oireachtas transport committee hears

Legislation will now go to Seanad; Darragh O’Brien says Opposition claims he did not meet local residents’ groups ‘simply untrue’

Dáil proceedings have summer holiday feel as Micheál Martin gets set to lean on his three pillars of EU council presidency

‘Salmonids’ decline serves as a warning that wider ecological deterioration is occurring,’ Angling Council of Ireland says