Helen McEntee says 20th package of sanctions under discussion over Ukraine war; Limerick plant under pressure over weaponry links

Opposition says Government’s €250m package aimed at reducing conflict’s effect on fuel prices and cost of living is one of ‘half measures’

Householders encouraged to conserve energy as €250m in cost-of-living supports unveiled by Government

Government unveils €250m package of supports which Opposition criticise as ‘timid, anaemic’ and ‘pathetic’

Evidence of Limerick-produced alumina entering Russian military supply chain ‘horrific and shocking’, says Labour’s Ivana Bacik

Last month 5,356 people were on list, an ‘extraordinary number’, says local TD

Iran crisis leads to surge in requests for assistance from Department of Foreign Affairs

Regulations to ban scramblers in public places to be called Grace’s Law, due to be signed this month in wake of death of Grace Lynch (16)

Minister Martin Heydon rejects claims of animal cruelty as ‘dreadful slight’ on thousands of dog loving owners

Officials meeting 12-week timeline for ‘safe-country’ cases and those with less than 20 per cent acceptance rate

‘That’s part of my history’, Richard Boyd-Barrett tells demonstration outside Dáil

TDs discuss toxic influence of ‘manosphere’ and rise of domestic violence in Dáil debate 10 days after International Women’s Day

Tánaiste Simon Harris told the Dáil it would be agreed at the next Cabinet meeting, likely on Tuesday

Minister acknowledges 35km route from Arklow to Shillelagh ‘might be unique’ in having general public support

‘Little or no action’ in recent years says Eileen Flynn, who questioned failures on helping women in addiction or homelessness