Sarah Burns

Immediate priority must be to expand availability of termination in hospitals and tackling ‘uneven geographic spread’ of GPs providing services, Tánaiste says

Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore ‘really perplexed’ to see reports gardaí being sent to theme park ‘to police these tourist hotspots’

Budget negotiations are best done behind closed doors and by not promising everybody everything, says Green Party leader

Gardaí are taking threat of the far-right in Ireland ‘extraordinarily seriously’, Minister tells Dáil

Taoiseach says State will offer job search and training support to impacted workers ‘if they need it’

Party meeting sees Fine Gael members turn on Fianna Fáil partners who ‘crashed the economy’

Varadkar pledges inflation-proofing tax measure as FG TDs call for tax reliefs of €1,000 for middle-income earners

Taoiseach says Government will consider reimbursing families who have to pay for private assessment

Redundancies will affect about 18% of roles in Ireland at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp

Several sites under consideration for berthing ‘floatels’ in Dublin and Cork

Refugee accommodation statements expected to dominate afternoon in Oireachtas

Varadkar says he discussed matter with Sunak last week in Iceland and leaders will meet again next week at Chișinău summit

Exact amount has not been decided but there will ‘certainly’ be a rise, Leo Varadkar tells Dáil

Agency scheduled to implement and monitor regulation in key industry will be headed by Niamh Lenehan

Revenue officers seized about 142kgs of drug following search of vehicle from France