Ivana Bacik

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform takes it handy while deputising for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions and blands Opposition TDs pleasantly to sleep

Group established after female representatives revealed scale of abuse received in course of their work

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

Information was revealed to Labour leader, Ivana Bacik, in answer to parliamentary question last week

Miriam Lord: Ivana Bacik namedrops union leader Mick Lynch but forgets Varadkar’s day at the coronation

The junior minister has his sights firmly set on the big hitters in the grocery business

Micheline Walsh wrote of her impending eviction in The Irish Times

Leaders' Questions gets under way in the Dáil but House awaits statement from Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins

Correspondence obtained under FOI Act shows RTB had planned to issue figures weeks before they were eventually released

Recommendations for widespread changes by report chair expected to reignite debate on abortion provision in Ireland

Ms McDonald told the Dáil that Mr Varadkar appeared to ‘fail to grasp what’s actually happening out there in the real world’

Labour leader’s million houses pledge is part of bigger plan to reinvent herself and the party, writes Anne Harris

Since losing office the party appears more concerned with apologising for what it failed to do rather than claiming credit for what it achieved

Minister for Housing accuses Sinn Féin of ‘playing politics’ with the eviction ban issue and ‘continually’ changing its position on the ban

Labour Party tables motion of no confidence in Government, while Sinn Féin proposes legislation that would see eviction ban extended into 2024

From conference karaoke to housing and climate agenda, Labour Party's youth appeal is recovering

Ivana Bacik said she was in ‘extensive discussions’ over possible collaboration

Seán Canney, an Independent who backed the Government last week, declined to say how he would vote this week

Party leader addresses conference in Cork, condemning Government’s ‘catastrophic’ failure on housing

Leader arrives at this weekend’s national party conference more assertive, having laid down a no-confidence vote in the Government

Sinn Féin leader accuses Government of ‘throwing renters to the wolves’

Holly Cairns is just one of the Labour party’s problems. It has bigger issues closer to home

Labour leader Ivana Bacik is among those who raised concerns about the plans

Vote follows Citizens’ Assembly recommendation to refer specifically to gender equality in Constitution

Are women being informed about all their options - such as continuing a pregnancy or considering adoption - by State-provided services?

Private community page in Co Louth targets Cllr Michelle Hall with slurs over stance on accommodating refugees

New leader of the Social Democrats receives world-weary advice from Taoiseach on the burdens of leadership

Drug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcement

Thousands turn up to GPO and across Ireland to remember anniversary of Russian invasion

Taoiseach told Dáil people returning to Ireland from abroad were ‘unable to move back into own homes’

Leo Varadkar claims ‘we’ve had tribunals’ for less than Sinn Féin’s electoral spend ‘contradictions’

Labour leader concerned to see proposed construction of office blocks at this location amid housing crisis

Taoiseach is adamant there will be no kite-flying or leaks in the days before the big announcement

Government to bring forward ‘revised package’ of support in coming weeks

Labour Party leader calls for redress scheme for those affected by imposition of nursing home charges on medical card holders

Tánaiste responding to Labour leader Ivana Bacik who wants ‘more co-ordinated approach’

Leaders' Questions looks at issues surrounding disability allowance for vulnerable people

A complicated case about memos flying around government offices explaining how to lawfully do unfortunate divils out of their few bob becomes completely bewildering

Varadkar answers questions on disability allowance payments during Leaders' Questions

Varadkar tells Dáil he ‘must have been’ briefed about the ‘legitimate’ legal strategy