Calls for gardaí to use DNA spray that tags scrambler riders, bikes for future prosecution
UK practice uses drones to track offenders and avoid ‘high speed chase dangers’, TD says
Dessie Ellis
Death of Grace Lynch jolts Micheál Martin into promise of prompt action
Taoiseach vows to ban scramblers from public roads following death of 16 year old in Dublin
Greyhound industry ‘greed’ to blame for ‘barbaric’ and ‘highly unethical’ surgery on dogs, says TD
Sinn Féin’s Dessie Ellis has called for a ban on surgical artificial insemination
Traveller and Roma culture to be included in school curriculum, says Department of Education
Educating student teachers on Traveller history, promoting pride in culture and dealing with school attendance issues discussed at Oireachtas committee
Dublin North-West: Dessie Ellis (SF)
Sinn Féin veteran is one of party’s longest-serving Dublin representatives
Dublin North-West constituency candidates list: Dessie Ellis vote may drop but it’s hard to see seat in danger
Election 2024: Rory Hearne of the Social Democrats hopes to hold Róisín Shortall seat as parachute candidate
A Broad Church: Lifting the lid on the Provisional IRA in the South
Gearóid Ó Faoleán makes a compelling case that public support was wider than often acknowledged
Miriam Lord’s Week: Hallucinatory scenes give way to realpolitik in the Dáil
Drug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcement
Cocaine now seen everywhere, ‘even in Dáil Éireann’, says Sinn Féin TD
Dublin North-West TD Dessie Ellis speaking as statements were being heard on the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use
Dublin North-West results: Shortall wins for Soc Dems as Dessie Ellis tops poll
Shortall says party ‘will be speaking to everybody over the coming days’
Why are Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil refusing to go into coalition with Sinn Féin?
Explainer: Recent opinion polls show three parties are closely bunched together
Boris Johnson visit: Small protest takes place outside Leinster House
‘Ireland will not be collateral damage. We are not going to be dragged out of the EU’
Bruised Sinn Féin looks inward as it takes a dive in the May elections
Some believe SF must not only point to Government's failings but also to solutions
How will votes in the local elections influence next Dáil?
Parties will pore over results in the coming weeks to discern trends for the next general election
The life and crimes of Dessie O’Hare, Border Fox
‘Dessie O’Hare's reputation alone would be enough to terrify most people’
Calls for decriminalisation of personal drug use
By treating drug addiction as a health issue, crime would be reduced, say supporters
DUP leader attacks Sinn Féin reaction to John Downey arrest
Downey facing possible extradition to face charges in relation to the killings of two UDR soldiers in IRA bombing
Miriam Lord: Scrappy anniversary for Leo’s first year in office
No cakewalk for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions as TDs queue to burst his balloon
Tánaiste pledges ‘very extensive investigation’ of hotel fire
Coveney thanks emergency services, praises ‘professionalism that resulted in no loss of life’
Sinn Féin members told to stop airing their grievances in public
SF chair warns representatives they will face disciplinary action if they continue to do so
Alan Farrell did not abuse Dáil privilege, committee finds
Fine Gael TD cleared over naming of Sinn Féin TDs in relation to Brian Stack’s murder
Legal question over Farrell’s naming of Sinn Féin TDs in Stack query
FG TD asked Dessie Ellis and Martin Ferris for statements about killing of Brian Stack
Dublin council urged to explain €6.6m loan to building company
Authority gave interest-free loan to firm to fund Ballymun project and litigation
Murdered prison officer’s family urge questioning of Gerry Adams
Taoiseach and Tánaiste tell Brian Stack’s family nothing would hamper investigation
Decision on complaint against FG TD from two Sinn Féin TDs due in new year
Alan Farrell called on Dessie Ellis and Martin Ferris to make statement on Stack murder
Brian Stack: Committee to audit complaints over Alan Farrell
Fine Gael TD told Dáil two Sinn Féin TDs had details on 1983 murder of prison officer
TDs knew details of Gerry Adams’s email on Stack case
Several Deputies knew Sinn Féin TDs had been named in connection with IRA murder
Adams: I found out in 2013 that IRA killed Brian Stack
Sinn Féin leader under pressure of killing of prison officer in 1983
What is in dispute between Adams and the Stack family?
Sides agree the murder should never have happened, there was a meeting with an IRA man and there was a confidentiality agreement
Party rallies around Gerry Adams but controversies taking their toll
Sinn Féin knows legacy issues will continue to dog party
Son of Brian Stack confronts Gerry Adams over murder
Austin Stack says Sinn Féin leader has lied about his knowledge over his father’s death
Who was Brian Stack and why is his killing back in the news again?
Gerry Adams at odds with Stack family about names
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach who goes on . . . and on
Inside Politics: Irish Times poll shows Fine Gael leader’s rating at highest in four years
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