It’s been like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds on Merrion Street since the sun started to shine
Mooney Goes Wild should do a programme from Leinster House
Carol Nolan
Miriam Lord: The drama of the Opposition’s walkout lost its potency when government backbenchers also bailed
A few Government buckeroos squawked their disapproval as Mary Lou and her boys made for the double doors to the right of Verona
Opposition walks out as new speaking time arrangements start
Independent Carol Nolan takes first ‘other members’ question to Taoiseach
Government plan to push through changes to Dáil speaking rights criticised as ‘brazen’ and ‘outrageous’
Long-running dispute centres on efforts to carve out speaking time for a small group of Independents involved in Government-formation talks
Just how big is the Government’s majority? TDs from Lowry group muddy the waters
Coalition may be about to find out there are limits to the usefulness of ambiguity
Offaly: Carol Nolan (Ind)
Candidate took Dáil seat in 2016 for Sinn Féin, but was suspended from party in 2018 when she voted against repeal of Eighth Amendment
Offaly constituency candidates list: Even without a Cowen in the race, it would be big upset if Fianna Fáil lost out
Election 2024: Former Sinn Féin member Carol Nolan says there are no safe seats in newly recast three-seater
Laois constituency candidates list: All eyes on Sinn Féin and their former party colleague Brian Stanley
Election 2024: Former Fine Gael minister for justice Charlie Flanagan has decided not to contest the election
Jordan set to become country with the highest number of asylum applicants in State
Only 150 applications received from Nigeria in June, compared with an average of 650 per month in first quarter of 2024
Nearly 100 gardaí and prison staff are currently suspended, new official figures show
Ministers reveal personnel at Department of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Office of Public Works also facing disciplinary investigations
Numbers seeking asylum in Ireland would rise if EU migration pact rejected, McEntee says
Rural Independents say Ireland now effectively a ‘colonial outpost of an EU regulatory empire’ as Minister stands over 80% border crossing figure
One in five TDs are landlords as Michael Healy-Rae boosts property portfolio to 25
Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property
Heated Dáil debate on Rural Independent Group’s motion calling for cap on ‘influx of asylum seekers’
Dáil told that the total cost for people in IPAS accommodation between 2016 and 2022 is in excess of €1 billion
Welfare hikes, music lessons and €1.9bn for roads: Rural Independents’ draft budget wish-list
The Rural Independent Group’s draft pre-budget submission was released in error
‘It feels like we’re being bullied’ - farmer on rewetting peatland ahead of next EU vote
Farmers - for and against the rewetting of peat farmland - talk about their hopes and fears on the eve of the next vote on the nature restoration law at the European Parliament on Tuesday
Fuel tax reduction costs exchequer more than €1bn
State forced to reduce fuel tax last year due to rising prices caused by war in Ukraine but will reverse cuts in June
Return to ‘normal’ rate of refugees may take years, McGrath says
Deputy Bríd Smith claims some TDs are feeding into a ‘racist, ugly narrative’ about refugees
Minister ‘finger wagging’ over Dáil question on services for refugees, McGrath says
Independent TD accuses Darragh O’Brien of being ‘condescending’ and attempting to ‘demonise’ Carol Nolan
Central Bank doubles gold reserves holdings in 12 months
Financial regulator increased store of gold reserves to 12 metric tonnes
Carbon budgets to help halve emissions passed in Dáil without a vote
Emissions ceilings to be decided for economic sectors once budgets come into effect
Dáil suspended after row breaks out during cost of living debate
Rural Independent TDs put forward motion calling for ‘urgent mini-budget’
Stephen Donnelly may be having his own Zappone moment
Appointment of chair of abortion legislation review receives almost no scrutiny
Women TDs call on men to ‘take stand’ against gender-based violence
Politicians express horror at killing of Offaly teacher Ashling Murphy
Dáil rejects abortion Bill from Rural Independent TDs
Issues such as foetal pain relief can be raised within review, Minister for Health says
Breda O’Brien: Cooling-off period for everything but abortion
Vital decisions need time yet many want to remove any delay impeding abortion
Spike in domestic violence reports in direct provision centres
Increase in reports of domestic violence and harassment of asylum-seekers
Tax move decried as ‘shameful to legacy of our 1916 leaders’ by Independent TD
Move on corporate tax ‘appeased our EU masters’, and is ‘just the beginning’, says Nolan
Rural TDs criticise legislation on indoor dining as discriminatory
Independents warn Government that new hospitality regime will face legal challenge
Breda O'Brien: Media not doing its job properly when covering abortion
BAI upheld some complaints about radio coverage but there is a systemic problem
Climate Action Bill adopted in the Dáil by majority of 129 votes to 10
All political parties backed legislation, as 10 independents oppose
Minister defends ‘just transition’ measures in Climate Bill
More than 30 Opposition amendments to landmark legislation fall or rejected
Breda O’Brien: Foetus’s pain should be a focus for both sides of abortion debate
People of goodwill must agree to relieving foetal pain with anaesthesia
Bill proposes pain relief for foetus during late-term abortions
Carol Nolan introduces Bill which was co-sponsored by 10 other TDs in Dáil
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