Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Seán Ó Fearghaíl asks how OPW did not query price when cost became apparent

Seán Ó Fearghaíl says it is ‘undermining credibility in leadership’

Ceann Comhairle recalls House as ‘like being on board the Mary Celeste’ because only two parliamentarians attended final debate on important pensions Bill

Pete Taylor’s latest legal battle; Irish tech titan spashes out; and Ceann Comhairle says no to Armenian genocide tree

Michael Flatley’s famous Feet of Flames should not to be confused with that long running Dáil Éireann production: Pants on Fire

Anti-money laundering legislation presumes politicians ‘guilty until proven innocent’, Dáil told

Kildare County Council seeks more information as Ceann Comhairle joins 50 others in objecting to proposal

Seán ó Fearghaíl says three solar in one area hard to justify

Danny Healy-Rae struggled to find the right words to convey his admiration for Michael O’Regan, ‘one of the best Kerrymen that ever came out of Kerry’

Taoiseach hits out at Mayo councillors over anti-refugee motion as Opposition deputies criticise Government in Dáil over management of refugee crisis

Ceann Comhairle suspends chamber after People Before Profit TDs, calling for a debate on Gaza, fail to resume their seats

Bríd Smith accuses some TDs of echoing far-right, while Ceann Comhairle says her claims diminish ‘appalling nature’ of Nazism

Richard Boyd Barrett and Mick Barry refused to resume seats despite Ceann Comhairle’s appeals

The Irish side will, of course, raise the issue of human rights abuses in China. But will the Chinese notice?

Seán Ó Fearghaíl has not decided whether he will return to the next Dáil or ‘go home to count his cattle’

Woman, aged in her 40s, died and two children were injured in Enfield crash a day after death of father-of-two Keith Higginbotham (27)

A decision on the permanent location for a recently-unveiled portrait of Senator David Norris is also on hold pending further discussion by the working group

Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?

James Nicholl receives posthumous gold medal for bravery in attempted rescue of man from river Liffey in April this year

Seán Ó Fearghaíl did a fine job hosting a fundraising dinner at the Dáil for families of sick children - apart from mistaking compere Brendan Courtney for the other fella

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Those involved in Wednesday’s protests were ‘professional hatemongerers’ and Irish society needs to wake up to the threat

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warns against ‘going too far’ with security at Leinster House and says gardaí had dealt with ‘credible death threats’ against him

Leinster House security review under way, with increased vetting of visitors considered

McEntee says she would not like to see ‘sterile’ zone around Leinster House after some TDs required Garda escort amid protests which saw 13 arrests

Poetry Ireland made the suggestion after news emerged of discussions about appointing poet to write verse for use in Dáil, Seanad and at State events

TDs told to ‘please spend time with your family’ amid summer constituency work

Group established after female representatives revealed scale of abuse received in course of their work

Politicians prevail despite sustained and mystifying onslaught of corporate gobbledegook at the Public Accounts Committee

Old pro Biden left holding Senator Rebecca Moynihan’s two-month-old daughter after Thursday’s address to Oireachtas

Ceann Comhairle urges parliamentarians in Russia’s Duma to ‘find some courage’ and speak out

Tánaiste says Defence Forces training role does not threaten Ireland’s neutrality ‘in any shape or form’

New cross-party taskforce will also be set up to address the growing issue of intimidation

Labour leader Ivana Bacik and Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell also on list targeting Ireland

Oireachtas has ‘a lot of catching up to do’ to keep pace with demographic changes in wider society

Seán Ó Fearghaíl on beefing up security for politicians, why ‘fobgate’ reforms have stalled, and Zelenskiy’s ‘electric’ address to Oireachtas

Ó Fearghaíl says move would allow both chambers to sit simultaneously so proceedings finish earlier in the evening

Ceann Comhairle says Ukrainian resolve is a demonstration of ‘what patriotism means’

Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Mark Daly set to visit towns devastated by Russian invasion

Ukrainian president says Russia using hunger as a weapon against ‘ordinary people’

Government to back fifth EU sanctions package as Zelenskiy accuses Russia of war crimes –