Social welfare Bill passes in Dáil by 74 votes to 46Legality of cut to under-26 jobseeker’s allowance questionedFri Oct 25 2013 - 18:25
Preliminary discussions with Children’s Ombudsman over Roma investigationGardaí and HSE will co-operate fully with Ombudsman, Minister for Justice saysFri Oct 25 2013 - 01:01
Row about electricity pylons turns into insults about dogs and cows in Dáil rowRabbitte says overhead pylons still EU norm in EU and underground costs 3½ times moreThu Oct 24 2013 - 22:16
Child removed after remarks by ‘bigoted busybody’, says Higgins‘Good faith based on bigoted assumptions is a mandate for injustice against minorities’Thu Oct 24 2013 - 15:04
Concern voiced in Dáil over removal of childrenFianna Fáil asks if same ‘extreme actions’ would be allowed if the children were Irish nationalsThu Oct 24 2013 - 12:35
‘Discount’ for corporate debtors criticisedIndependent TD criticises use of PricewaterhouseCoopers as advisersThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Deasy criticises Government over approach to commercial ratesCoalition out of touch with commercial realities, says FG TDThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Shatter to request report on removal of two children‘I understand that the two children concerned are children of the families concerned’Wed Oct 23 2013 - 22:44
Concerns on identity of two children groundless - ShatterMinister for Justice to ask Garda Commissioner for reportWed Oct 23 2013 - 19:46
Symphysiotomy controversy still not resolved, Dáil hearsMinister for Health will bring proposals to Government ‘in the coming weeks’Wed Oct 23 2013 - 13:28
Taoiseach 'ignoring' Northern IrelandNorth-South agenda has been progressively undermined, says MartinMon Oct 21 2013 - 10:42
Martin calls for Reilly to be sackedFF leader accuses Government of misleading Dáil on health figures in budgetMon Oct 21 2013 - 10:24
Reilly should be removed from office, Martin saysHealth minister’s position not tenable Fianna Fáil leader says at BodenstownSun Oct 20 2013 - 15:49
‘Nothing to hide’ in decision not to publish Lariam reportShatter confirms 24 current and former soldiers suing State over anti-malarial drugFri Oct 18 2013 - 14:42
County council official acts for the authority in the purchase of his own home, Dáil hearsDessie Ellis says local authority bought 18 houses, two of them from their staffFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Sound of silence in the Dáil to highlight campaign for profoundly deaf childrenMinister says difficult choices but hearing implants are a priority for himFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore defends cut to youth doleGovernment accused of introducing measure ‘to pauperise the young unemployed’Thu Oct 17 2013 - 12:41
Travel tax could be re-introduced if airlines don’t increase passenger traffic - VaradkarUnemployment will be below 400,000 next week, says BurtonThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:01
TD queries 9% VAT rate on lap-dancingMaureen O’Sullivan asks why ‘hospitality’ tax break has been granted to clubsThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:01
Kenny denies ‘witch-hunt’ of medical card holdersFianna Fáil leader accuses Government of targetting older peopleWed Oct 16 2013 - 13:26
‘Even the dead aren’t safe from this Government’ - Michael McGrathFianna Fáil claims 35,000 people will lose medical card after this year’s budgetTue Oct 15 2013 - 23:44
Amount of Government debt is ‘elephant in the room’Inequality in Ireland is four times OECD average, Technical Group TD tells DáilTue Oct 15 2013 - 20:20
Budget measures echo 1913 Lockout, says DohertyBudget delivers another ‘almighty wallop’ to Irish people, says McDonaldTue Oct 15 2013 - 17:51
Dáil debates Bill to give parents information about sex offendersLegislation is similar to Sarah’s Law in Britain where information is given in 7% of casesFri Oct 11 2013 - 13:26
Increased gender equality in legal profession says ShatterDáil debates recommendation to change Constitution on role of women in the homeFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:32
Government engaged in “social vandalism” on fuel support schemes - Independent TD250,000 homes retrofitted and €50 million investment for 25,000 more - TánaisteFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:14
Fianna Fáil makes hay over Labour’s internal dispute‘We don’t want to send him off to the Gulag somewhere,’ says Billy Kelleher of Colm KeaveneyFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:01
Dáil row over Keaveney’s replacement on committeeGovernment will not object to FF nominating Keaveney to a committee - GilmoreThu Oct 10 2013 - 15:15
Shatter introduces ‘landmark’ DNA database BillConcerns raised over proper privacy and civil rights safeguardsWed Oct 09 2013 - 22:32
Adoption files still not available two years after Government promiseWoman finds adopted daughter after 30 year-search, despite official resistanceWed Oct 09 2013 - 22:24
Kenny and Adams clash over budget proposalsTaoiseach claims Sinn Fein has done nothing substantial to help the economyWed Oct 09 2013 - 12:02
Taoiseach should bring reform proposals to Seanad ‘within a month’, says ZapponeLeader of the House, Maurice Cummins, appeals for no recriminations on referendum outcomeWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Calls for 'reflection' as returning Senators contain jubilationNorris describes as ‘cloud cuckoo land’ calls for Senators to be paid nothingTue Oct 08 2013 - 18:46
Dublin says No to abolition while highest Yes vote in Taoiseach’s Mayo constituencyPeople swallow the party line more in rural areas - Fine Gael TDMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:15
Yes campaign reflected the advice of the ‘spinmeisters’ - John CrownYou’ve got to actually do the test - not send someone else in to sit your exam - BarrettMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:10
Fine Gael TD blames legal jargon for spoiled ballots‘Reform’, ‘No but reform’ and ‘A plague on both your Houses’ all ruled invalidMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
Martin says vote defeat a ‘great day for democracy’Voters prevented the ‘largest constitutional amendement’Sat Oct 05 2013 - 21:01
Senator calls on Taoiseach to resign over ‘€20m ego trip’Fine Gael is urged to see result as ‘clear message for fundamental political reform’Sat Oct 05 2013 - 18:03
Dublin city constituencies say No to Seanad removalClosest margin was Dublin North West which voted 54.7% to 45.3 % against abolitionSat Oct 05 2013 - 16:40
Noonan intends to come in below 5.1% deficit target set by troikaA drop from 5.1 per cent to 5 per cent worth about €160 million, Minister tells DáilFri Oct 04 2013 - 07:34
State needs contrary people to challenge groupthink in reform - HayesFOI legislation could be “incredibly damaging” to genealogical research - TDFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
FOI charges will continue a Fianna Fáil “closed culture” – Sinn FéinMinister says new legislation will restore substance of original 1997 ActThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:11
Savings of €135m if child benefit linked to school attendance - TDOne in six secondary students miss more than 20 days, Dáil toldWed Oct 02 2013 - 21:47
Limit of six penalty points for new driversNew legislation to allow blood tests for alcohol from unconscious driversWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach ‘not interested in debating societies’Kenny challenge by Healy-Rae over TV appearanceWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach promises full State support for Athlone sex attack victimsFF leader says there is understandable concern across every communityTue Oct 01 2013 - 17:42
Eamon Gilmore reacts angrily to Micheál Martin’s comments on bank guaranteeTánaiste says the guarantee put the State in the ‘eye of the storm’ that caused the crisis in the State’s financesSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Michéal Martin: bank guarantee was least worst optionFF leader says party’s mistakes were to lower taxes and increase spendingFri Sept 27 2013 - 14:54
Man injured in Co Louth shooting fired on up to five timesWounded man’s injuries serious but not life-threateningFri Sept 27 2013 - 14:30
Major hospital reports ‘exceptional’ number of drink-related admissionsGardaí say there were no serious incidents in wake of Arthur’s DayFri Sept 27 2013 - 12:43
