Róisín Shortall

Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall says ‘not a hope in hell’ of reform Bill being passed before general election

Recent polls are promising but the party has big decisions to make on three key questions

One in five smaller private homes closed in two-year period, as private equity funded hubs take larger chunk of market

Question arises as Labour leader Ivana Bacik says merger is ‘possible’

Róisín Shortall says opening of first elective hospital on existing hospital grounds will take at least 10 years

Tensions have bubbled up inside - and outside - Government and among senior civil servants in the fallout from a new budget that did not budget for massive health spending overruns

HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’

Budget allocation will have ‘catastrophic implications’ for patients and those who work on the front line of health service, says Sinn Féin

Stephen Donnelly denies that defeat of Opposition amendment will delay ban on sale of vapes to children

There was far less interest in the minutiae of Sinn Féin’s budget proposals from other parties, who may have had coalition in mind

The party also said it would spend an additional €1.1 billion on housing while it would take much of the surplus of corporation tax receipts to deal with energy costs and fund a ‘climate transformation’

Health committee also hears of plans to set up new medical school in capital operated by TU Dublin which is being looked at ‘very favourably’

Government to push ahead with new refugee accommodation centres in Santry, Clondalkin and Dún Laoghaire

Government to place people who have arrived into the country at an industrial premises, a former college and a converted office building

Ministers urged to compel release of reports setting out costs of company’s administration

Social Democrats TD Roisin Shortall was among the objectors to the development citing “poor tenure mix”

Incoming HSE chief Bernard Gloster emphasises ‘significant improvement’ in mortality rates from heart attacks, strokes and cancers

No information provided as to why the application has been withdrawn

New Social Democrats leader on how the 2018 abortion referendum was her introduction to political activism, and the electoral challenge posed by Sinn Féin

Inside Politics: Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall enjoy a rare privilege in politics – stepping down at a time of their choosing

New leader of the Social Democrats receives world-weary advice from Taoiseach on the burdens of leadership

Cairns will today attempt to reach out to disengaged voters, and will take her first Leaders’ Questions slot in the Dáil

Róisín Shortall cites grid capacity problems but developers have said they will not connect to grid until those issues are resolved

Prospective candidates Cian O’Callaghan and Jennifer Whitmore to support Cork TD

Drug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcement

Duo have backing of at least two local representatives each, while Jennifer Whitmore has one endorsement so far

Holly Cairns declines to comment on report she is expected to be the next leader unopposed

Party enters uncharted territory as it faces decision over possible coalition partners

Leo Varadkar claims ‘we’ve had tribunals’ for less than Sinn Féin’s electoral spend ‘contradictions’

Catherine Murphy of the Social Democrats says red flags had been raised about the scheme for millionaire investors since 2019

Chinese-manufactured surveillance cameras come sharply into focus in the Leinster House of Flying Daggers

Sylvia Chambers says she is routinely abused and threatened by parents, with trouble sometimes starting at reception desk

Leaders' Questions underway in Dáil

Social Democrats co-leader calls for a special sitting of the Oireachtas health committee

Analysis: A line of attack from the Opposition has been the value that has been ascribed by Donohoe to the postering services provided by Stone and by Designer Group

Minister for Public Expenditure accused of ‘concocting a story that does not stack up’ by SF’s Pearse Doherty

Involvement of anti-immigration National Party and Irish Freedom Party widely condemned

Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath warned Mary Lou McDonald’s policies could ‘further drive landlords out’ of Irish market

Minister for Finance challenged over changes for institutions soon after tracker mortgage scandal

Dr Gabriel Scally said treatment of 221+ group ‘completely unacceptable’ as one affected women complained about being ‘treated like a leper’