Marie O’Halloran

Marie O’Halloran

Parliamentary Correspondent

Marie O’Halloran is Parliamentary Correspondent of The Irish Times

Dáil roof repairs form part of €600,000 Leinster House summer works

Work is underway in one committee room to make it fully accessible

Concern raised as Sinn Féin code of conduct warns members not to publicly criticise party

Party member described new rule as ‘a chilling effort to quell internal dissent’

Raheny driving test centre closure is a temporary measure for ‘six months to two years’

All test appointments, applications to move to Killester but RSA could not say how many learners affected

Sale of vapes and cigarettes to young people could be banned

Government considering ban for anyone born after certain date

Vape tax increase being considered after it raises €22m in nine months

Increase likely to be announced in Budget 2027

Former Labour TD and lord mayor of Dublin Michael Conaghan dies aged 81

Former college vice-principal found life as Dáil backbencher ‘disappointing’, saying council ‘where you get local things done’

Bill proposes to close mandatory charges ‘loophole’ in student rents

Legislation geared to prevent college landlords using higher service fees to circumvent 2% rent-control limit, says Labour Senator Laura Harmon

Pharmacists’ powers to prescribe contraception expected to be in place by year end

Women will be able to get monthly repeat prescriptions at chemists after initial GP consultation

US warns Government not to push Occupied Territories Bill type action in Europe

Embassy cites risk to hundreds of thousands of Irish jobs with US companies from ‘symbolic measures’

Calls for Government to send observer to German ‘show trial’ of Daniel Tatlow-Devally

Politicians criticise conduct of Dubliner’s trial over trespass and criminal damage to Israeli-owned arms factory

Minister seeks to include Defence Forces in EU victims’ rights directive

Helen McEntee seeks ‘greater accountability’ following woman’s claims of abuse by officer and lack of information

Limerick mayor calls for intensive Irish lobbying against EU sanctions on Aughinish Alumina

Mayor of Limerick insists ‘we need to fight for the jobs’ as report on exports to Russia expected to go to EU Commission

New Occupied Territories Bill including trade in services to be introduced in September

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

Minister faces criticism after ‘crucial’ road safety Bill delayed until Dáil returns

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

Aughinish Alumina warned Michael McGrath about sanctioning exports to Russia

Rusal-owned Limerick plant lobbied politicians in Brussels and Dublin about impact of EU sanctions, documents show

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