Taoiseach demands review of e-scooter rules over use by children serving as drug mules for crime gangs TDs call for enforcement of legislation to seize illegal scramblers and ensure rules of road are obeyedTue May 20 2025 - 21:25
Government to change law in bid to speed up autism and disability assessmentsMinisters admit no quick fix for system estimated to have waiting list of 25,000 by end of yearTue May 20 2025 - 16:08
Minister not willing to ‘recommend’ candidate without policing experience for Garda Commissioner jobAdvert for position states applications welcomed from candidates ‘of an appropriate calibre from policing, security or civilian backgrounds’Thu May 15 2025 - 18:17
Bunk beds purchased to deal with prison overcrowdingMinister for Justice to increase community service hours allowed from 240 to 480 in bid to reduce number of people incarceratedThu May 15 2025 - 16:45
Mother of hip surgery child sent 30 emails to hospital and only received reply after solicitor got involved Sinn Féin TD says parents going abroad as CHI, Government not giving them answers over hip surgery controversyThu May 15 2025 - 15:40
Land hoarders ‘laughing’ at local authorities as €20.5m owed in unpaid derelict site levies Dáil hears that 13 local authorities applied no levy and 17 have collected ‘zero’ in fines for properties lying idleThu May 15 2025 - 13:15
Government delays Bill to ban sale of energy drinks to under 18sSenator Sharon Keogan says stalling undermines efforts to protect young people from health risks of high-caffeine, high-sugar drinksWed May 14 2025 - 20:45
TD calls for free-of-charge driving tests if applicants obliged to wait more than 10 weeks Up to 83,000 people waiting an average of 27 weeks nationally Wed May 14 2025 - 19:42
Children’s hip surgery audit report due next week, says TaoiseachMartin criticised in Dáíl amid delays to publication of review into whether operations were necessaryWed May 14 2025 - 15:55
Social welfare increases and tax reductions planned in budget to tackle cost of living, Taoiseach saysSinn Féin leader sharply criticises decision to rule out repeat of previous paymentsWed May 14 2025 - 13:37
Banks obliged to retain ATMs under legislation passed by Seanad Bill introduced after concerns that ATMs being removed following decline in cash usageWed May 14 2025 - 00:07
Families whose children had hip surgeries sent letters in advance of report publicationTaoiseach says nobody ‘ducking, diving, dodging’ on paediatric hip operation auditTue May 13 2025 - 17:46
Airlines ‘declaring they carry weapons’ through Irish airspace, claims People Before Profit TD Tánaiste says we need better understanding of what happens ‘above our skies’, Government to consider amending lawsThu May 08 2025 - 20:35
Government backbencher fails to turn up for controversial ‘Other Members’ speaking slotRed faces for Government benches in ‘no show’ for speaking rights slot that convulsed Dáil for monthsThu May 08 2025 - 16:15
Driving test ‘amnesty’ ruled out for experienced learnersMinister says not feasible under current regulations but ‘all options’ under considerationThu May 08 2025 - 12:45
Opposition parties rally around camogie players favouring shorts over skortsIssue rose in prominence after Dublin and Kilkenny forced to change into skortsWed May 07 2025 - 22:40
‘Luke’s law’ should be created to ban sharing of videos of people ‘in their final moments’TD warns that ‘sheer power of social media has destroyed social conscience’Wed May 07 2025 - 20:18
Consultants diverted public patients to private companies, earning €14.2 million in a year, Dáil toldMinister says detailed survey underway of all ‘insourcing’ across HSEWed May 07 2025 - 17:58
Learner drivers paying for internet ‘bots’ to ‘game’ driving test application systemMove follows jump in average waiting times from 24.1 weeks to 26.9 in last three weeksTue May 06 2025 - 06:59
Sunscreen required as settled conditions to continue into weekendMet Éireann forecasts highs of up to 18 degrees, above the 15 degree average for this time of yearTue May 06 2025 - 06:32
‘Despicable and unconscionable’: Tánaiste says Israeli plans to seize all of Gaza ‘alarming’Israeli authorities accused of aiming to ‘manipulate and militarise all aid to civilians’Mon May 05 2025 - 17:37
Three men charged over separate drugs-related seizuresTwo men charged over 21kg heroin seizure, with third man in court after cocaine worth €100,000 found Sun May 04 2025 - 23:32
Popemobile converted into mobile children’s health clinic in GazaPatients will get to sit in pope’s seat while being treatedSun May 04 2025 - 20:24
Girl (13) killed driving car in west Cork hot rod rally Garda investigation into incident at Cork Autograss Racing ClubSun May 04 2025 - 19:13
Camogie Association’s ‘bananas’ skorts rule an ‘own goal’, says Alan Kelly Oireachtas sport committee chairman to call in decision makers ‘to deal with issue once and for all’ Sun May 04 2025 - 18:25
Former minister for children Roderic O’Gorman defends decision not to publish Grace report last year Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness renews criticism of inquiry, telling Norma Foley: ‘You cannot walk away from this’Thu May 01 2025 - 17:45
Housing ‘tsar’ salary might be lower than €430,000, say Government sourcesBrendan McDonagh might be paid less than he earns at Nama if appointed head of Housing Activation Office Thu May 01 2025 - 11:41
Dáil votes by 86 to 64 to abolish juries in defamation casesMinister who opposed the measure when a backbencher now ‘bound by compromise’ as Cabinet member Wed Apr 30 2025 - 21:55
First case of unnecessary child hip surgery confirmed, Mary Lou McDonald tells DáilSinn Féin leader asks if there are ‘hundreds or more’ cases related to hip dysplasiaWed Apr 30 2025 - 16:05
Russian oligarch might approve ‘unjustifiable housing tsar salary’ Taoiseach accused of double standards over new agency chief’s salary, potential increases for heads of 30 semi-StatesWed Apr 30 2025 - 15:35
TD tells Dáil he is ‘lucky’ to have declined surgery suggested for son by consultant under investigation Fine Gael’s Brian Brennan believes himself a ‘lucky’ father, but heart goes out to affected parentsTue Apr 29 2025 - 21:55
Coalition leaders stop short of endorsing Minister’s call for Nama boss as housing ‘tsar’Nama chief Brendan McDonagh has been identified to role, though not formally appointedTue Apr 29 2025 - 19:00
Irish motorists face up to 10 months wait for driving tests with longest in Dublin and Meath centresRoad safety group renews criticism over unaccompanied learners and those renewing permits without sitting testsSun Apr 20 2025 - 06:00
Media regulator made ‘big mistake’ in not tackling algorithms in online safety code, Dáil hearsSocial Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore warns of ‘endless, relentless toxic feeds’ to children ‘in doom loop’Thu Apr 10 2025 - 21:01
Minister knew last year of reports of unnecessary paediatric surgeries but families were only told in past week, Dáil hearsPearse Doherty claims thousands of children could be affected as parents speak of procedures a decade agoThu Apr 10 2025 - 17:04
Minister committed to enacting legislation to ban sex for rentJim O’Callaghan says ‘appalling, exploitative’ behaviour totally unacceptable as cross-party group introduces Bill with fine of up to €50,000Wed Apr 09 2025 - 22:28
Temple Street: Taoiseach says removal of CHI board ‘would not help’Labour Party calls for resignation of entire board of Children’s Health IrelandWed Apr 09 2025 - 17:25
Teenager forced to use walker, wheelchair because of endometriosis painDáil hears of women waiting nine years for diagnosis, forced to go abroad for specialised surgical treatmentWed Apr 09 2025 - 14:14
Full inquiry urged as spinal surgery report shows Temple Street did not protect children ‘from risk of harm’Scoliosis Advocacy Network and Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group say families ‘ringing the alarm bell for years’Tue Apr 08 2025 - 19:37
Temple Street spinal surgeries: Taoiseach says use of unauthorised springs ‘beyond comprehension’Hiqa says failure of controls meant children were not protected from the risk of harmTue Apr 08 2025 - 17:26
Churches should ‘do the right thing’ on mother-and-baby home redress, Norma Foley saysGovernment faces steep legal barriers to compelling orders to contribute to €800m redress scheme, say expertsTue Apr 08 2025 - 16:44
Concerns raised about implementing Bill to ban aircraft transiting weapons to IsraelMinister says Senators’ legislation puts ‘legal obligation on State to do something it can’t actually do’Thu Apr 03 2025 - 09:26
Teenager weaned off drugs was ‘held down and injected by thugs when he refused to buy from them’ More support needed for young people leaving addiction treatment services, TDs hearWed Apr 02 2025 - 21:04
Government must ‘flex legal muscle’ to force religious orders to contribute to redress schemesCongregations ‘operated as criminal networks in mother and baby homes’, Social Democrats acting leader tells DáilWed Apr 02 2025 - 19:18
Trump tariffs: Protection of Irish jobs is ‘fundamental objective’ of response, says TaoiseachScale of tariffs will be 'very, very' significant in European terms, warns MartinWed Apr 02 2025 - 13:45
Opposition walks out as new speaking time arrangements startIndependent Carol Nolan takes first ‘other members’ question to TaoiseachWed Apr 02 2025 - 13:23
Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search, Dáil hearsTDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’Wed Apr 02 2025 - 08:03
Speaking rights row may simmer down following Ceann Comhairle confidence voteA Government counter motion of confidence in Verona Murphy was comfortably passed by 96 votes to 71Wed Apr 02 2025 - 06:00
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy bears ‘no ill will’ after winning confidence motionTaoiseach accused Opposition of ‘mob politics’, while Sinn Féin leader said Verona Murphy’s role was ‘delivered’ by Michael LowryTue Apr 01 2025 - 21:35
Verona Murphy: Motion of confidence in Ceann Comhairle passed in DáilWexford TD says she bears no ill will to those who brought motion and ‘her door is always open’Tue Apr 01 2025 - 21:20
