‘It’s been difficult trying to juggle being a new parent and a first-time TD’For deputies such as Ciarán Ahern and Naoise Ó Cearúil being at home is vital, but missing work is complicatedMon Jan 05 2026 - 06:00
Abuse, frustrations and visits to Legoland: new Oireachtas members adapt to political lifeAfter a ‘whirlwind’ year in office, five new TDs and a Senator reflect on their experiencesSun Jan 04 2026 - 18:00
Former Fianna Fáil senator Tony McKenna dies aged 86Soloed a sliotar 140 miles (224 km) in 1982 from Borrisokane to Dublin to raise funds for day care centre for town’s elderlySat Dec 27 2025 - 14:17
‘It’s clogging up the whole system’: Record number of ‘no shows’ for driving testsAbsences are worsening the problem of long waits at testing centres, campaigners saySat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Irish public urged to check their passports are in date before making travel plans 93% of Irish passport applications were made using the Passport Online service this yearSat Dec 27 2025 - 00:01
112,000 home hunters availed of relief from Help to Buy since 2016, but criticism remainsInitiative has been labelled not fit for purpose, but Tánaiste says it has helped people realise their dreamMon Dec 22 2025 - 06:00
Office of Public Works ‘missing’ 37 artworks from State collectionPieces valued at between €100 and €1,150, with majority worth less than €500Sun Dec 21 2025 - 18:16
Amid festive goodwill, Dáil reminded of 5,247 children facing homeless Christmas British ambassador in attendance reminded of Irish position on Palestine protesters at final Dáil sitting Thu Dec 18 2025 - 18:56
Negotiations under way to keep Oireachtas TV broadcasting next yearNo response to tender for new contract, current provider opted not to seek renewalThu Dec 18 2025 - 11:00
Dáil votes by narrow margin not to restore abortion Bill that ends three-day wait for termination Legislation passed second stage in previous Dáil but TDs decided by 73 to 71 to reject BillWed Dec 17 2025 - 22:15
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin oppose Bill to ban fox huntingRéada Cronin says she will continue trying to persuade Sinn Féin ardfheis to ban ‘abhorrent, cruel, barbaric’ activityWed Dec 17 2025 - 21:52
Government U-turn on reforming Road Safety Authority criticised in Dáil Ireland is one of the few European countries where road deaths are increasingWed Dec 17 2025 - 15:37
Minister says ‘some pharmacies’ wrongly claiming State fees for blister-pack dispensing Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said ‘there has never been a State-funded scheme’ for monitored dosage systemsTue Dec 16 2025 - 22:06
Jewish community in Ireland must be protected from anti-Semitism, Taoiseach saysMartin ‘acutely conscious’ of how attack like Bondi can impact `our own small Jewish community’Tue Dec 16 2025 - 20:12
Heated row in Dáil as Sinn Féin TD calls Labour Deputy a ‘muppet’TDs clash after 'muppet' remark and mounting anger over potential €20-€50 pharmacy fees for vulnerable patientsThu Dec 11 2025 - 16:44
Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in Dublin ‘quite some time’ before drones deployed - TaoiseachNo member state has disabled or downed such aerial devices with recent exception of France, Dáil hearsWed Dec 10 2025 - 20:20
Patients face €20 charge for blister pack medication previously covered by State, says DohertyTaoiseach says ‘we will go back and discuss this with the HSE’ but it was never agreed the State should payWed Dec 10 2025 - 20:09
Europe’s failure to agree online child protection laws a ‘collective shame’, says MinisterSocial media ban on under-16s a ‘sticking plaster on gaping wound’, Dáil hearsWed Dec 10 2025 - 15:02
Ireland’s ‘shameful reputation’ as puppy farm capital of Europe raised in DáilDog breeding ‘a profit model gone absolutely mad’, TD says when introducing Bill to regulate €200 million industry Wed Dec 10 2025 - 14:02
Video advising young people how to move back in with parents is ‘tone deaf’, TD saysDepartment of Housing says video was developed by young people and is based on their experiencesTue Dec 09 2025 - 22:28
Driving test waiting times climb again - with the longest wait in west Dublin‘Reaching 10-week target is one thing. Road Safety Authority must now show it can sustain it’ says TDSun Dec 07 2025 - 06:00
Coast guard rescue crews working 24-hour shifts but only 16.5 hours recorded, TD claimsSinn Féin’s David Cullinane warns safety being put at risk as practice breaches EU working time directivesThu Dec 04 2025 - 20:46
Security for former Garda commissioner’s Phoenix Park rental home cost €212,000Drew Harris waived ‘considerable financial gain’ on pension options and paid benefit-in-kind on acccommodationThu Dec 04 2025 - 18:42
Seanad suspended in row over extended vote deadline to enable Coalition Senators reach chamber Doors should have been locked at usual deadline time, says Independent Lynn Ruane Wed Dec 03 2025 - 21:29
Ireland worst in EU for transgender healthcare with four-year wait times, Dáil hearsLabour’s Marie Sherlock says young people ‘self-medicating on the black market’Wed Dec 03 2025 - 19:17
Coalition cancelled energy credits despite warning of greater need this year than lastEnergy officials find bills higher than 2024 and households requiring €321 extra without creditsWed Dec 03 2025 - 17:19
Zelenskiy tells Oireachtas it cannot be ‘business as usual, not appeasement of killers’Ukrainian leader urges Ireland to play an active role in making Russia accountable for its aggressionTue Dec 02 2025 - 20:39
Zelenskiy appeals for support from ‘community of nations’ during Irish visit Ireland and Ukraine sign roadmap for bilateral relations including a further €125 million in fundingTue Dec 02 2025 - 20:32
Medical professionals suggested teens have baby to ‘sort your endometriosis’, Dáil hears Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill urges doctors not to make such recommendations in futureThu Nov 20 2025 - 20:25
Right to flexible working needed to resolve three-hour commutes on ‘car park motorways’ Dáil also hears call for emergency response unit on M7 to handle minor incidents and prevent ‘standstill’ rush-hour traffic Thu Nov 20 2025 - 17:48
Paschal Donohoe uses final Dáil speech to appeal for continued support for librariesTánaiste says he never thought he would see the day when former finance minister would ‘ask me to spend more money’Thu Nov 20 2025 - 15:03
‘Great frustration’ only 19 children treated abroad for spinal surgeries, Dáil hears Minister for Health says over €16m is available in funding for international treatment in EU and USWed Nov 19 2025 - 20:05
Taoiseach criticises Dublin local authorities over lack of sporting facilitiesGary Gannon highlights lack of amenities in north inner-city despite number of top-level athletes from areaWed Nov 19 2025 - 16:17
Occupied Territories Bill: Three EU countries have passed Bills sanctioning Israel, Dáil toldLabour TD asks why Government is ‘dancing to tune’ of 5% of US Congress when no multinational says it is pulling out of Ireland Wed Nov 19 2025 - 13:01
Mistreated horses being stabled in vacant Limerick properties, says TD‘Why must those who live in working-class communities ... endure what would not be tolerated’ elsewhere?’ asks Maurice Quinlivan Tue Nov 18 2025 - 06:00
Laughing gas worth €8.6m seized by Revenue since 2020 as recreational use risesYouth workers told Department of Health that children as young as 10 are experimenting with nitrous oxide Tue Nov 18 2025 - 06:00
Tourism strategy will aim to turn Ireland into a ‘foodie’ holiday destinationTourism added Minister for Enterprise’s portfolio, with key plans to benefit 46,000 small and medium enterprisesMon Nov 17 2025 - 10:00
‘Veil of deep sadness’: Five people killed in Co Louth crash named Crash happened on L3168 in Gibstown in Dundalk shortly after 9pm on SaturdaySun Nov 16 2025 - 20:33
New housing plan was written for ‘big developers’, Opposition saysWorkers and families ‘have once again been ignored’, says Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin, with all parties critical of decision to abolish annual targetsThu Nov 13 2025 - 17:03
Man living in Ireland for 19 years to be deported in ‘absolutely cruel’ case, TD tells DáilPeople Before Profit leader Richard Boyd Barrett says Government bowing to groups ‘screaming for mass deportations’Thu Nov 13 2025 - 16:27
Long-awaited housing plan to be unveiled against backdrop of fall in new commencementsPlans for additional €400m support from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for developersThu Nov 13 2025 - 06:00
Statutory public inquiry into spinal care to be recommended by MinistersMinister for Health ‘had no knowledge of Harvey Morrison Sherratt whistleblower report’, Dáil hearsWed Nov 12 2025 - 21:47
Who attended President Connolly’s inauguration and who didn’t? From family to campaign rivalsFormer taoiseach Enda Kenny abroad, presidential candidate Heather Humphreys on holidaysTue Nov 11 2025 - 19:44
Courts still allowing drivers to avoid penalty pointsRoad-safety campaign group says use of court poor box ‘trivialises what are serious offences’Tue Nov 11 2025 - 06:00
TDs back Bill to appoint 21 additional judgesFigures show recruitment of 24 extra members of judiciary by previous government brought significant rise in court sittingsThu Nov 06 2025 - 20:47
Dublin Zoo strongly rejects TD’s claims of animal mistreatment, sexual harassment of staffPaul Murphy puts forward Bill for emergency inspection of attraction and demands tougher oversightThu Nov 06 2025 - 20:02
Dáil cost of living clash as Doherty claims Government has ‘magic money tree’ for ‘big boys’Tánaiste Simon Harris accused SF finance spokesman of using his ‘single transferrable speech’Thu Nov 06 2025 - 16:39
Immigration debate: Dáil hears ‘Ireland of the welcomes’ in danger of being lost foreverSinn Féin accuses Government of making a ‘mess of system that continues to operate in crisis mode’ Wed Nov 05 2025 - 20:25
Richard Boyd Barrett appeals for more oncology machines that have ‘given me my life back’In first Dáil contribution since successful cancer treatment, TD says €23m is outsourced to private sector each year Wed Nov 05 2025 - 16:37
Learner drivers will have to sit test after four years to renew permit Some 38,000 learner drivers have never taken a driving test, Minister of State Neale Richmond told the DáilWed Nov 05 2025 - 12:14
