Miriam Lord: Colour coding is key as canvassing nears conclusion
Eamon Ryan looks to a glowing green future as Soc Dems parade in purple
Donegal poll finds Sinn Féin may take seat from Independent or Fianna Fáil
Retiring Independents predict election will be difficult for non-aligned candidates
Independent TD Tommy Broughan announces retirement from Dáil
Former Labour deputy joins Finian McGrath in exiting Dublin Bay North election contest
Critical role of homecare: ‘I don’t want to go into a home’
Vincent Deeley is ailing and the ‘longer I live’ the more hours he needs – but less is on offer
Why have thousands of archaeological sites ‘disappeared’?
While the archaeologists have been busy finding new monuments of interest, the State has been busy facilitating their systematic removal
Disability organisations threatened by rising insurance costs and staff shortages
Lobbying coalition says €20m in additional annual funding would cover shortfalls
New HSE staff ‘not allowed’ to work due to recruitment ban, TDs claim
Taoiseach denies ban in place but says HSE cannot hire staff it has ‘no budget for’
Numbers on hospital trolleys reach highest level this year, say nurses
INMO reports 679 patients queuing for a bed across the State on Tuesday
Donohoe says funding to be above €2.8bn Budget package if no-deal Brexit
Additional resources will mean ‘temporary deficit’ where surplus otherwise expected
Insurance fraudsters face ‘super raids’ in Garda crackdown
Solicitors’ and accountants’ offices to be targeted as part of days of action on bogus claims
Two thirds of speeding convictions may not have resulted in penalty points
Figures show majority of motorists convicted of speeding did not present licence in court
Bill to be introduced with rising scale of speeding penalties
Minister will also consider requiring car manufacturers to put instal ’speed limiters’
Bill on judicial misconduct and sentencing guidelines passes Dáil
Landmark legislation first proposed 20 years ago, dealt with by Dáil in less than two hours
How will votes in the local elections influence next Dáil?
Parties will pore over results in the coming weeks to discern trends for the next general election
Gardaí to target areas with ‘acute instances’ of banned drivers on the roads
Licences should be taken off motorists ‘there and then in court’, says Independent TD
Unaccompanied learner drivers going under the Garda radar
Pulse system does not allow gardaí to record reasons why a vehicle has been seized
Scale of bicycle theft in Dublin ‘putting people off’ cycling
More than 10 bikes are reported stolen daily; true number may be three times higher
Drink-driving arrests in February up 22.8% on last year
Wider use of Garda checkpoints seen as a factor in higher number of drivers caught
A ban on sale of pups online considered under review of Bill
Minister says ’a lot of things not right’ in animal welfare
Controversial legislation to deal with noise levels at Dublin airport passes in Dáil
Clare Dalys says it does not ‘bode well’ that local authority will act as airport noise regulator
North Dublin development will be frozen by ‘monster sewage plant’
Hotel next to plant used for homeless families
Public transport on St Patrick’s Day: A riot of green flags, shamrocks and alcohol
Overburdened transport systems are increasingly grappling with anti-social behaviour
State can afford to borrow for Brexit if necessary - Taoiseach
Government ‘will have to find a lot of money to save people’s jobs’ with no deal, Varadkar tells Dáil
Ireland’s reputation as ‘puppy farm capital of EU’ informs UK Bill
TD says alleged dog smuggling from State highlighted for post-Brexit legislation
Drug-driving testing levels vary dramatically across the State
New figures show large discrepancies in how often Garda divisions test motorists
Housing crisis: Government pilloried for developer-led approach
Budget: Mick Wallace says cutting developers out would save vast amounts of public money
Number of under-26s in long-term unemployment nears 8,000
Youth council seeks €22m State investment as it aims to halve figure in coming year
Government to send just one observer to US to monitor mid-term elections
Department of Foreign Affairs received 395 applications for new overseas election roster
Pat Leahy: Labour must fight back to position of power
Time for Labour to march from oppositional sidelines to gain seats and political influence
Taoiseach defends decision not to publicly advertise top justice job
Leo Varadkar says gardaí may have to do anti-social rosters as crime figures rise again
Drink-driving Bill disruption adds to grief of victims’ families
Filibustering and attempts to delay the legislation by some rural TDs left a bitter taste
Number of gardaí trained to drive with sirens on set to fall
GRA says lack of adequate driver training is a serious problem for rank and file members
Taoiseach wooing Healy-Rae and smaller parties as he looks to the future
Varadkar adopts benign Dáil approach to possible post-election supporters
Tánaiste pledges provision of up to 10,000 social houses annually
Tommy Broughan says Government relying on developers and landlords to ease crisis
Relatives of Stardust victims want new inquiry
Relatives of the 48 young people who died in 1981 fire say AG notified of plan to apply for fresh inquest
Gardaí conducted 612 roadside ’drug-driving’ tests last year
New regime introduced in April allows drivers to be tested for illegal drugs
Alcohol abuse costs Irish economy €2.3bn a year, Dáil hears
Fianna Fáil TD John Brassil says drinks should carry general health warning labels
Just 58 drivers test positive for ‘drug-driving’ in eight months
Garda expresses concern about low detection figures and issues with testing devices
Motorists getting ‘wrong message’ from courts, says Shane Ross
‘Judges should be given guidelines in terms of sentences. They take too much discretion’
Less than half of drink-driving cases before District Courts resulted in a conviction
Chances of conviction substantially lower in some District Courts than in others
Legal issues delay unaccompanied learner driver rules, says Minister
Ross rejects claim he is ‘not doing his job’ on measure passed 10 months ago
More than 16,500 calls to animal cruelty helpline this year
Minister defends implementation of legislation saying ‘Government does not tolerate cruelty’
Penalty points constant as drivers continue illegal use of phones
Fixed-notice fines issued for driving while using a mobile consistent for past 2½ years
Road safety: behaviour and compliance
Research for the Road Safety Authority found 10 per cent of motorists said they had driven after drinking alcohol
Just 11 drivers have tested positive for drugs at new checkpoints
TD calls for increase in Garda resources over ‘low’ drug-driving detection rate
Prison site bought by State has cost €660,000 to maintain
Thornton Hall site bought for €29.9m to replace Mountjoy was a ‘Celtic Tiger mistake’
Intoxicated driving arrests on rise since breath test scandal
More people were arrested for driving under influence in April than any month since 2012
Fees charged to crash victim families should be repaid - Parc
Failure on waiver directive from Garda HQ ‘an astonishing anomaly’ - Tommy Broughan
State pays €15.2m in six years to settle claims over Garda crashes
Figures provided to Tommy Broughan show gardaí on official business in some 600 collisions a year
Call for ‘white list’ of countries for export of Irish greyhounds
Government warned of ‘untracked, untraceable’ exports to deplorable animal welfare regimes
Broughan shocked at new figures for self-harm in Dublin
11,500 people attended hospital for self-harm in the four-year period to 2015 in Dublin northeast region
New rule lets motorists avoid court if they pay triple the fine
Tánaiste expects payment rates to increase from 73 per cent
Traffic laws: a failure of enforcement
Road users must accept that traffic laws are intended to save lives
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