The assault on Michael Healy-Rae highlights rising abuse of politicians in Ireland and their vulnerability to verbal and physical attack. What is being done to protect them?

Analysis leads Minister for Health to criticise hospitals unable to explain ‘consistently’ poor trolley figures

The Bill has drawn an uncomfortable binary line between Government leaders and their respective backbenchers.

Fine Gael TD for Galway East Peter Roche was one of several Coalition TDs who spoke against proposal to lift three-day wait

Tech giants will be required to verify age of users under draft proposals due this week

Cairns, who is in the third trimester of her second pregnancy, has been advised to rest at home for a number of weeks

Taoiseach will ask British prime minister to consider removing veto that allows parties to block Assembly or the Executive from functioning

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: TDs and Senators should be aware of need to stabilise national drug approval process

Eleven years after her son’s neonatal brain injury at birth, the Minister has met many women going through similar trauma

Funding for breastfeeding support positions had been promised as part of Budget 2026

Party says levy on electricity used by data centres could raise €1.5bn

Changed legal approach adopted by Tailte Éireann and the Valuation Tribunal understood to have seen not-for-profit operations sent bills of up to €7,000

Five EU states plan to send migrants to offshore centres next year

Department of Children review team undertakes audits to ensure core funding requirements are honoured

Jack Chambers, who is imposing the levy, said his department would suppress roles and cut spending on consultancy and research to find savings