Kildare South constituency candidates list: Fianna Fáil senator may benefit from Sinn Féin in-fighting
Election 2024: Fine Gael junior minister Martin Heydon seeking re-election and should get over the line handily enough
Election 2024: Fine Gael junior minister Martin Heydon seeking re-election and should get over the line handily enough
Retiring TDs clear out their offices as Micheál Martin and Bríd Smith get into head-to-head over alternative government and both their fathers being ‘busmen’
Access to the inner circle of government is often a lesser prize for Russia than the opportunity to shift public opinion and policies, and Irish defences against such infiltration are weak
Former press officers Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley quit party at weekend after controversy over Michael McMonagle arose
What’s a copper-roofed security hut or a gold-plated bike shed? Symbols of a political class which is increasingly out of touch
Like Britain, we suffer from advanced administrative sclerosis, but we’re in complete denial
Oireachtas Commission hears civil servant employed at principal officer level can sign off on up to €500,000 worth of spending
Taoiseach Simon Harris surprises Paschal Donohoe with chocolate gateau as youthful Minister for Public Expenditure celebrates milestone 50th birthday
Seán Ó Fearghaíl asks how OPW did not query price when cost became apparent
Seán Ó Fearghaíl says it is ‘undermining credibility in leadership’
Ceann Comhairle recalls House as ‘like being on board the Mary Celeste’ because only two parliamentarians attended final debate on important pensions Bill
Pete Taylor’s latest legal battle; Irish tech titan spashes out; and Ceann Comhairle says no to Armenian genocide tree
Michael Flatley’s famous Feet of Flames should not to be confused with that long running Dáil Éireann production: Pants on Fire
Anti-money laundering legislation presumes politicians ‘guilty until proven innocent’, Dáil told
Kildare County Council seeks more information as Ceann Comhairle joins 50 others in objecting to proposal
Seán ó Fearghaíl says three solar in one area hard to justify
Danny Healy-Rae struggled to find the right words to convey his admiration for Michael O’Regan, ‘one of the best Kerrymen that ever came out of Kerry’
Taoiseach hits out at Mayo councillors over anti-refugee motion as Opposition deputies criticise Government in Dáil over management of refugee crisis
Ceann Comhairle suspends chamber after People Before Profit TDs, calling for a debate on Gaza, fail to resume their seats
Bríd Smith accuses some TDs of echoing far-right, while Ceann Comhairle says her claims diminish ‘appalling nature’ of Nazism
Richard Boyd Barrett and Mick Barry refused to resume seats despite Ceann Comhairle’s appeals
The Irish side will, of course, raise the issue of human rights abuses in China. But will the Chinese notice?
Seán Ó Fearghaíl has not decided whether he will return to the next Dáil or ‘go home to count his cattle’
Woman, aged in her 40s, died and two children were injured in Enfield crash a day after death of father-of-two Keith Higginbotham (27)
A decision on the permanent location for a recently-unveiled portrait of Senator David Norris is also on hold pending further discussion by the working group
Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?
James Nicholl receives posthumous gold medal for bravery in attempted rescue of man from river Liffey in April this year
Seán Ó Fearghaíl did a fine job hosting a fundraising dinner at the Dáil for families of sick children - apart from mistaking compere Brendan Courtney for the other fella
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Those involved in Wednesday’s protests were ‘professional hatemongerers’ and Irish society needs to wake up to the threat
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warns against ‘going too far’ with security at Leinster House and says gardaí had dealt with ‘credible death threats’ against him
Leinster House security review under way, with increased vetting of visitors considered
McEntee says she would not like to see ‘sterile’ zone around Leinster House after some TDs required Garda escort amid protests which saw 13 arrests
Poetry Ireland made the suggestion after news emerged of discussions about appointing poet to write verse for use in Dáil, Seanad and at State events
TDs told to ‘please spend time with your family’ amid summer constituency work
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