Sinéad Gibney tells of how cousin Des Bishop ‘helped me to reflect on my own drinking’
‘My drinking had always been too heavy. I had my first drink at 14,’ says Social Democrats TD
Dáil Éireann
Is it time for the Social Democrats to end Eoin Hayes’s purgatory?
Before the Dáil even sat, the Social Democrats were down a TD over questions about his shareholding in a company with close ties to the IDF
Another week, another war: Trump pivots from America first to talk of a bunker buster
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: AIB buys back all its shares, while politicians tear strips off Children’s Health Ireland representatives in front of an Oireachtas committee
‘A load of bull’ that Sinn Féin is on the side of working people, Tánaiste says
Simon Harris claims Sinn Féin is the ‘wealthiest party’ and property owner in the Dáil
Renters and politicians in pressure zone as housing Bill to be signed into law
Rent pressure zone reforms has been the political story of the week
‘Ceann Comhairle, how long is this going to continue?’: Dáil interruptions starting to wreck Taoiseach’s head
Verona Murphy is not for extending response time despite interruptions much to Martin’s annoyance
Rent Pressure Zones could be in place across country by Friday, Dáil told
Opposition hit out at rental reforms as ‘ramshackle, haphazard, back-of-the-envelope’ proposals
€100 should be added to Leap cards of anyone waiting more than 12 weeks for driving test, Dáil hears
Call made as ‘not a deadline in sight’ on any Government public transport plan
‘Nuclear option’ to close nursing homes must be used, says Taoiseach
Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald tells Dáil the Health Information and Quality Authority needs stronger powers
Will rent reform hitting holiday lets irk Coalition’s own Ministers?
Questions over electricity supply for data centres plague the Government
House not private for drowned Leinster House fox as TDs serve up groundhog day of Dáil sniping
‘It seems the last shower did damn all because they were too busy preparing for the general election, but new boy Micheál wouldn’t know anything about that’
Israel-Iran escalation may see rainy days ahead
Political figures are citing the global uncertainty as a reason for prudence in the upcoming Budget 2026
Peter McVerry Trust tells PAC it will not attend hearing
Refusal to attend not acceptable, says Fine Gael TD and PAC member James Geoghegan
Irish neutrality protest: Hundreds march through Dublin city demanding triple-lock safeguard
Sinn Féin leader says Government should seek UN reform over ‘sidestepping’ organisation
A mystery VIP Leinster House guest revealed and a visit from Charles and Camilla
Former children’s show presenter Timmy Mallett has been cycling around Ireland in memory of his late brother, and recently met Micheál Martin in Cork
Rent reforms: Coalition’s big cure for rental market somewhat diluted by mixed messages
Your essential end-of-week politics catch-up: Why did 30 party activists walk out of ‘establishment’ People Before Profit?
Central Bank’s role in approving Israeli bonds can be traced back to Brexit
Bank comes under intense political scrutiny amid second Dáil vote
Phantom cigarette puffer of Merrion Street prompts chortles in Dáil
Taoiseach Micheál Martin spots Minister – who had supposedly quit – smoking outside amid proposal to make Leinster House a tobacco-free zone
Disability activist Cara Darmody (14) calls for declaration of national health emergency
Secondary school pupil criticises Government approach as ‘all talk, no action’
Carlow gunman disclosure set to lead to scrutiny of An Garda Síochána
The case of Evan Fitzgerald has been referred to Fiosrú, the police ombudsman
Micheál pummelled from all sides over Government’s latest plan to ease rental crisis
As the Taoiseach batted away criticism of Coalition’s rent reforms, he may have asked himself, ‘what would the king of Jordan do?’
Fears over Russia being used to make ‘insincere’ argument against triple lock, Opposition group says
Left-wing and Independent politicians claim number of Oireachtas members are uncomfortable with plans to relax triple lock
Government focuses on tenants over landlords in rent crisis moves
Landlords will be classified as big or small for the first time under changes being proposed to Cabinet today
Miriam Lord’s week: Influencer Richie Herlihy’s foul-mouthed review of Dáil restaurant leaves a bad taste
Richie Herlihy met none of the TDs he wouldn’t get along with, but if he had, he would have given them a piece of his mind
Committees of the Oireachtas are back, but why can’t Irish politicians ask a good question?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Sinn Féin voting against first-stage Bill banning fox hunting ‘deeply troubling’, Social Democrats say
Sinn Féin attempting to block another Opposition party’s Bill going to second stage potentially undemocratic, says O’Callaghan
How Shane O’Farrell’s family spent 14 years searching for the truth after fatal hit-and-run
In the News podcast: Lithuanian Zigimantas Gridziuska was a repeat offender who should have been behind bars
TD apologises over remarks ‘wrongly’ comparing British army in Ireland with Israeli actions in Gaza
Tánaiste rejects claims Government not doing enough for Palestinian people
Parlous state of Defence Forces once again laid bare
Independents overboard as two Government-supporting TDs voted against Coalition over Palestine
Hacks in Montrose must be hallucinating about much greenery in their rundown newsroom
Questions about the €3.5m IT fiasco, ‘groupthink’ and that promo ad didn’t match the roasting of two years ago over Tubsgate
Taoiseach and SF leader clash over Bill to prevent Central Bank having any involvement with Israeli bonds
Martin accuses McDonald of using ‘false narrative’, and insists Central Bank ‘does not issue or sell or oversee the sale of Israeli bonds’
Pressure on Government to expand Israel opposition
About 40 people held up Palestinian flags at the Dáil and unfurled a large banner stating 'sanction Israel'
A mother who refused to take no for an answer - for 13 years, 9 months and 20 days
Nearly 14 years after Shane O’Farrell’s needless death, the Minister of Justice presents a public apology
Dáil suspended as pro-Palestine protesters disrupt proceedings
Mary Lou McDonald describes speech by Paschal Donohue dismisses as ‘utter, utter disgrace’
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