New rules may have minor impact on drink pricesDrinks industry has power to cut prices if it cuts alcohol strengthThu Dec 17 2015 - 21:33
Leo Varadkar says dealing with drug companies brings out the socialist in himSocialist Party TD Ruth Coppinger said ordinary people were held hostage by the “profiteering of these companies under our capitalist system”Thu Dec 17 2015 - 20:51
Tánaiste calls TD Pádraig Mac Lochlainn a ‘barroom brawler’Rowdy scenes in Dáil as Mary Lou McDonald and Joan Burton have heated exchangesThu Dec 17 2015 - 14:00
Government approach to Halawa case ‘the best way’Flanagan tells Dáil ‘our contacts, experience’ means the State is best placed to succeedThu Dec 17 2015 - 12:45
Fianna Fáil Senator calls for gardaí to detain ‘undesirables’Minister for Justice says State must be very rigorous in our monitoring of the situationThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil calls for West Link toll cut to combat gridlockMinister for Transport says measures to deal with traffic include new junctions on M50Thu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach pledges citizens’ assembly on abortion issueJohn Halligan asks if Fine Gael candidates will state position on Eighth AmendmentThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Bankruptcy Bill to cut term from three years to oneWillie Penrose says people are under ‘yoke of invading hedge funds, unregulated entities’Wed Dec 16 2015 - 01:01
Single authority for Shannon not possible, Taoiseach saysGerry Adams appeals for a single authority, as the river floods land and homesWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:01
Legislation for one-year bankruptcy discussed in the DáilBankruptcy Bill also cuts duration a bankrupt person must make payments to creditorTue Dec 15 2015 - 12:45
Minister of State talks to herself in Dáil as TDs fail to attendFF justice spokesman Niall Collins afterwards defended his party’s absenceTue Dec 15 2015 - 09:17
Minister only TD in chamber for amendments to prisons BillFF spokesman Niall Collins defends party absence, claims row ‘silly buggers debate’Mon Dec 14 2015 - 17:30
Clare Daly appeal for compulsory inquests into maternal deathsBill to reform coroners’ court legislation published in 2007 but not yet acted onSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Millions for TDs and Senators ‘terminated’ at general electionProvision of €14m for politicians who retire or are unsuccessful in forthcoming 2016 pollFri Dec 11 2015 - 21:39
Flooded properties should be exempt from property tax – FF TDSeán Fleming urges Minister of State to make ‘some effort’ for people hard hit by delugeFri Dec 11 2015 - 19:20
A sudden flood of Bills increases election speculationIndependent TD Fitzmaurice says Parks and Wildlife Service is ‘the biggest villain’Fri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach dubious of UK flood schemeSF accuses Government of cutting OPW risk-management fund by 25 per centThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00
Catherine Murphy claims Government deliberately removes oversightTD says Sipo has ‘no teeth’ and calls for anti-corruption agency with genuine powersWed Dec 09 2015 - 16:54
Enda Kenny says Donald Trump remarks ‘unacceptable’US Republican presidential candidate’s call for ban on Muslims entering US denouncedWed Dec 09 2015 - 16:24
Heather Humphreys defends Department’s work assisting artistsMinister for the Arts says “we are now in a position to invest in our arts and culture”Wed Dec 09 2015 - 14:40
RTÉ programme may lead to criminal charges, Taoiseach saysKenny accepts FF offer to facilitate enactment of standards Bill before electionTue Dec 08 2015 - 22:10
Two Senators say RTÉ claimed they had not declared interest ‘as film directors’Norris condemns corruption and ‘squalid methods’ of documentary programmeTue Dec 08 2015 - 22:00
Senator warns Seanad not to stop asylum application BillJillian van Turnhout repsonds to criticism from non-governmental organisationsTue Dec 08 2015 - 16:04
St Patrick’s youth detention centre to shut its doorsInstitution once described as ‘finishing school for bullying and developing criminal skills’Mon Dec 07 2015 - 20:02
Irish prisons to release 104 sex offenders in 2016Independent TD warns of risk since half of prisoners were not in treatment programmesMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Paul O’Connell wins at the People of the Year awardsReferendum campaigners Yes Equality named Community Group of the YearSun Dec 06 2015 - 10:54
Joan Burton rejects claim Labour has ‘rolled over’ for Fine GaelTánaiste responds to SF criticism, accuses Fine Gael of trying to ’shrink the State’Sat Dec 05 2015 - 17:43
Adams says Garda needs to have ‘operational independence’Sinn Féin leader says blueprint of PSNI should be followed after report criticises forceSat Dec 05 2015 - 15:44
Minister tells GPs they cannot charge medical card holders for blood testsKathleen Lynch responds to question about GP practice charging €15Fri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Seanad leader criticises Department of Justice over amendmentsLegislation on asylum published last week, 90 amendments introduced this weekThu Dec 03 2015 - 22:37
White Paper to address concerns over wind power – MinisterAlex White denies ministerial rift with Alan Kelly over wind turbine regulationsThu Dec 03 2015 - 22:22
Alex White denies rift with Alan Kelly over wind turbine rulesTDs must balance local concerns with ‘bigger picture’ of renewable energy, says MinisterThu Dec 03 2015 - 14:10
Independent TD accuses Taoiseach of not doing enough for western countiesEnda Kenny rejects Dáil claims by Roscommon-South Leitrim deputy Michael FitzmauriceWed Dec 02 2015 - 22:05
Senator claims ‘lion’ Bill on legal services reform ended up as ‘little lamb’Minister for Justice had 105 amendments for single page of legislationWed Dec 02 2015 - 21:45
Not possible to meet everyone, says Leo VaradkarMinister will not be meeting parents of baby who died in botched delivery in 1992Wed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Government’s commitment to climate goals questionedIrish role on hunger hypocritical without climate change action, says Independent TDWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin: ‘Truly demented’ to restore €1,700 to Cowen’s pensionHowever, Howlin says it is unconstitutional to penalise certain public service recipientsFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
‘Shut up and listen,’ Tánaiste tells Fianna Fáil in Dáil rowBurton ‘very competent’ at ’spin and empathy’, claims CowenThu Nov 19 2015 - 15:22
Restoration of former ministers’ pensions ‘disgraceful’Brian Cowen on €134,000, Charlie McCreevy on €108,000, Ivor Callely on €62,000Thu Nov 19 2015 - 11:41
Ruling out of questions to Noonan on IBRC inquiry a ‘farce’, says DohertyMinister for Finance says he did not rule questions out of order on investigationWed Nov 18 2015 - 22:08
Property market ‘looked a little scary’ with fears of property bubble – NoonanFianna Fáil calls for Central Bank 20 per cent mortgage deposit rules to be halvedWed Nov 18 2015 - 22:03
Taoiseach urges businesses to seek bank charge checkIndependent TD Michael Fitzmaurice claims banks are engaging in a “con job” by moving small enterprises from chequebooks to business debit cardsWed Nov 18 2015 - 21:39
Mick Wallace says arms industry shares up 4% in three daysFrance selling armaments to both sides in Syria and Iraq and ‘feeding IS’Wed Nov 18 2015 - 01:03
Absent parents should not be ‘off the hook’ because of payment changeO’Dea draws attention to anomaly that has arisen after change in benefit eligibilityWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Housing assistance payment has helped 4,700 families stay in homesSome 1,570 children now living in emergency accommodationWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Minute’s silence in Dáil and Seanad for fallen of Paris attacksDeepest condolences extended in wake of sustained applause for French ambassadorTue Nov 17 2015 - 17:09
Government rejects Bill on passport-free Ryanair travelRenua TD proposed new rules for common travel area between Ireland and BritainFri Nov 13 2015 - 17:47
Residents are paying unnecessary management bills, TD saysSocial Democrat Catherine Murphy wants change to law on multi-unit developmentsFri Nov 13 2015 - 17:42
Paschal Mooney critical of RTÉ sports bulletinsBulletins start with result of ‘English Premier League matches’ instead of Irish sportsFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:05
