Marie O'Halloran

Mary Lou McDonald hits out over chaos at airport as Taoiseach highlights need to make sure airport operator prepared for de-icing and extreme weather events

Taoiseach says Minister for Housing had taken office at a very difficult time, and was dealing with the issue ‘with great dedication and commitment’

Primate of all-Ireland supports protests, saying it is ‘perfectly reasonable’ to offer alternative options to women ending a pregnancy

Campaigner says ‘shame on powers that be’ after figures show that just 14.5 per cent of learners surrender their licence when put off road

TD highlights ‘mad proposals’ activists fought against in debate to create Dublin Bay authority to protect water from Baily Lighthouse to Sorrento Point

Pippa Hackett says the problem is ‘there isn’t equality on the ground’ for women farmers who own just 13% of holdings

Stephen Donnelly says €443 million for next year will prioritise lists in gynaecology, spina bifida, scoliosis, obesity, bariatrics

Low temperatures and low wind speeds could lead to amber alerts on national grid over coming days

Leo Varadkar’s proposals on right to request remote working ‘pretty useless’, says Social Democrats joint leader Catherine Murphy

Minister says ‘we don’t normally legislate at that level’ but ‘there’s a particular unique context to this in Ireland’

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald ‘gobsmacked’ that Norma Foley’s is to cut career breaks while she is on one herself

Richard Boyd Barrett claims hundreds of people could be living in unsafe buildings due to unrepaired defects

Minister warns of need for balance to avoid ‘unintended consequence’ of driving advertising underground

Party is understood to be planning an intervention in the Dáil on Tuesday

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