Fine Gael TDs and Senators criticise Bill on alcohol rulesSeanad fails to meet deadline after debate on minimum unit pricing and advertisingThu Oct 27 2016 - 01:00
Sharp exchanges in Seanad on Public Health (Alcohol) BillFormer minister for health tells House men in their 20s presenting with cirrhosis of liverWed Oct 26 2016 - 15:04
Tax loopholes allow rich buy €1m homes for children, says CollinsIndependent TD claims inheritance tax being avoided and relief being abused by well-offWed Oct 26 2016 - 13:34
Dáil to sit next week after U-turn on Halloween breakFianna Fáil voted for week off in business committee, Government Chief Whip claimsWed Oct 26 2016 - 01:00
Peaceful protesters could be guilty of false imprisonment, Socialist TD claimsPaul Murphy questions how right to protest can be maintained after youth’s convictionTue Oct 25 2016 - 23:38
Abortion issue not to be answered with one word or Bill - HarrisMinister declines to give second hearing to AAA-PBP Bill on Eighth Amendment repealTue Oct 25 2016 - 22:01
Dáil to sit next week after making U-turn on mid-term breakFF had initially voted in business committee for the break before later voting againstTue Oct 25 2016 - 16:34
Micheál Martin should ‘stop taking cheap shots’, says DohertyGovernment Chief Whip says FF leader has ‘taken a pop’ at FG at every opportunityMon Oct 24 2016 - 11:47
Union warns special pay deals will trigger knock-on claimsSpecial treatment for striking gardaí and teachers ‘unacceptable’, Impact cautionsMon Oct 24 2016 - 09:13
Russia tops league for number of visas to study in IrelandSaudi Arabia in second place, followed by China and IndiaSun Oct 23 2016 - 22:11
Fianna Fáil is committed to alcohol Bill, Martin saysParty leader clarifies FF’s position on legislation following lobbying by drinks industrySun Oct 23 2016 - 21:28
Leo Varadkar accuses Martin of acting like Donald TrumpMinister responds after FF leader criticises his ‘PR-obsessed’ tenure in health portfolioSun Oct 23 2016 - 19:23
Ireland needs EU ‘direct aid’ to handle Brexit, says FF leaderMicheál Martin says British ministers have been ‘cavalier and grossly unprofessional’Sun Oct 23 2016 - 12:18
Government alcohol Bill is up against strong lobbyingObjections to advertising restrictions, label information and segregating drink in shopsFri Oct 21 2016 - 20:30
‘Rebel from within’ Halligan submits question to colleagueMinister defies Government norms by issuing parliamentary question to FitzgeraldFri Oct 21 2016 - 18:24
Varadkar and McDonald clash over TDs pay restorationMinister hits out at Sinn Féin claims TDs only take industrial wageFri Oct 21 2016 - 01:00
Golf club beside Garda College should not be closed, Lowry saysIndependent TD says the facility should not be affected by expansion at TemplemoreThu Oct 20 2016 - 21:53
Minister defends firm’s role at 1916 site on Moore StreetSinn Féin TD questions links between heritage site’s manager and retail developerThu Oct 20 2016 - 21:20
Sinn Féin to publish Bill opposing TD pay restorationMcDonald and Varadkar in sharp Dáil exchanges over €5,400 politician repaymentThu Oct 20 2016 - 13:12
Citizens’ Assembly has ‘at least six options’ on abortionBrendan Howlin introduces legislation to regulate ‘rogue crisis pregnancy agencies’Thu Oct 20 2016 - 01:00
TDs allowed to keep €5,400 pay restoration, Donohoe saysSinn Féin will introduce motion to halt ‘unfair’ increment, David Cullinane tells MinisterWed Oct 19 2016 - 19:56
Government to publish rent strategy by end of 2016, Kenny saysTaoiseach defends Budget 2017 amid claims that there is ‘nothing in it for tenants’Wed Oct 19 2016 - 14:37
Brexit threatens Irish mushroom industry with ‘economic calamity’, Dáil hearsAt least six of 60 producers have gone bust since Brexit vote, Sinn Féin TD saysWed Oct 19 2016 - 09:24
Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran makes maiden Dáil speech seven months after first sittingIndependent Alliance TD congratulates Enda Kenny on his re-election as TaoiseachWed Oct 19 2016 - 08:50
Britain in breach of Belfast Agreement duties, says FFECHR to be replaced with ‘some ambiguous unknown British Bill of Rights’ - O’CallaghanWed Oct 19 2016 - 08:37
HSE should halt plan to move people with disabilities - SenatorFG’s Paul Coghlan calls for ‘more humanity’ over proposal for residents of Kerry facilityTue Oct 18 2016 - 21:19
Minister says 60,000 patients miss appointments every year15% non-attendance rate ‘costs health service a great deal’ and increases waiting listsTue Oct 18 2016 - 20:31
Kenny says NI Executive and Assembly need Brexit consensusAll 15 secretaries general in London last week for talks with British counterpartsTue Oct 18 2016 - 20:03
Brendan Howlin against plan to use Garda ReserveDeploying reservists with no ‘power of arrest’ will not reassure public, says Labour leaderTue Oct 18 2016 - 19:36
Enda Kenny defends Tánaiste over Garda strikeTaoiseach says Frances Fitzgerald is taking ‘a very responsible view’ of the situationTue Oct 18 2016 - 16:01
Housing Minister rebuts reports of post-budget price hikesEstate agents and builders say rises of up to €45,000 unrelated to first-time buyer rebateSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:04
Cabinet Minister could still receive €5,400 TD pay riseAll TDs and Ministers ’should take the hit’ and forgo rises, says Finian McGrathSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:00
Call for Dáil debate before EU trade deal with Canada is signedMinister calls on Catherine Connolly to ‘suspend judgment’ for final documentFri Oct 14 2016 - 01:00
Green TD accused of playing ‘political football’ with ASTI disputeCatherine Martin says there should be ‘plan B’ for Junior Cert markingThu Oct 13 2016 - 21:53
Ministers to forgo pay rise, Richard Bruton tells DáilNo clarity yet on whether all TDs and Senators will refuse restoration of salaryThu Oct 13 2016 - 20:19
Ministers will not take €12,000 raise due under pay dealSinn Féin calls on Government to ‘put a stop’ to pay increase of over €5,000 for TDsThu Oct 13 2016 - 13:42
Children with special needs denied education rights, says FF leaderMicheál Martin says legislation passed 11 years ago has still not been fully implementedWed Oct 12 2016 - 21:52
Mattie McGrath calls for tax to prevent ‘land-grabbing’Independent TD accuses horse industry of ‘gobbling up’ huge tracts of landsWed Oct 12 2016 - 21:22
GAA accused of discriminating against Senators over All-IrelandFG members claim the Seanad was not given the chance to buy final ticketsWed Oct 12 2016 - 20:44
Shane Ross and Micheál Martin clash over Minister’s performanceRoss claims FF leader known as ‘minister for reports’ when in health portfolioWed Oct 12 2016 - 19:58
Social welfare payment increases may be staggered across MarchTaoiseach asked if Government to make ’St Patrick’s day gift’ to welfare recipientsWed Oct 12 2016 - 13:38
Cigarettes to rise by 50 cent to €11 for packet of 20Kenny moves to implement measure to help ‘us achieve a tobacco-free Ireland by 2025’Wed Oct 12 2016 - 00:10
Paschal Donohoe: ‘Ireland on path to just and fair society’Minister for Public Expenditure says there will be €1.2bn for Housing Action PlanTue Oct 11 2016 - 19:36
Budget 2017: Fianna Fáil influence noticeable, says McGrathParty’s finance spokesman warns first-time buyer’s grant could increase house pricesTue Oct 11 2016 - 15:00
Michael McCoy had a ‘strong sense of right and wrong’Hundreds attend the funeral of the conservationist who died after being attacked on the Dublin MountainsSun Oct 09 2016 - 13:36
Irishman in Philippines in fear for his life from vigilante militiasMinister says case complicated by severe counter-drugs actions of president DuterteSun Oct 09 2016 - 13:26
Jobseeker payment ‘not good’ for teenagers living with parentsLeo Varadkar refuses to commit to reversing cuts in €188-a-week allowanceThu Oct 06 2016 - 22:20
People sheltering in libraries as they cannot afford fuel, says O’DeaVaradkar hopes to increase fuel allowance in budget but ‘cannot guarantee it at this stage’Thu Oct 06 2016 - 22:14
Protest over Aleppo bombings held at Dublin’s Russian EmbassyMinister rules out expulsion of Russian ambassador to Ireland as a response to atrocitiesThu Oct 06 2016 - 21:08
FG Senator claims SF opposes Seanad role in health committeeSinn Féin indicates contentious issue a matter for Committee on Procedure and PrivilegesThu Oct 06 2016 - 20:08
