Dáil hears concerns over people-trafficking through IrelandFianna Fáil deputy leader says country cannot be allowed become an easy targetWed Oct 23 2019 - 12:31
Group to consider enforcement of child maintenance paymentsRegina Doherty announces €150,000 in funding for establishment of judge-led groupWed Oct 23 2019 - 06:36
Woman (74) on trolley ‘assaulted by drunk’ in hospitalWoman found on floor ‘screaming in pain’ with broken hip at University Hospital GalwayTue Oct 22 2019 - 20:34
Taoiseach intends to call four byelections for November 29thLeo Varadkar’s signal dampens intense speculation of imminent general electionTue Oct 22 2019 - 17:31
Resignation of senior official from children’s hospital a ‘personal decision’Taoiseach insists progress being made amid claims of further spiralling costsTue Oct 22 2019 - 17:02
‘Humiliation, disrespect, deceit’: Taoiseach apologises for CervicalCheck controversyVicky Phelan hears State apology delivered in Dáil to women and families affectedTue Oct 22 2019 - 16:43
Dáil voting rules to be tightened as ‘votegate’ controversy deepens‘Very grave’ revelations ‘go to the heart of the credibility of our parliamentary process’Tue Oct 22 2019 - 15:02
Lift the Garda overtime ban for Halloween, say TDsCouncil workers need security to remove toxic materials used in bonfires, Dáil hearsMon Oct 21 2019 - 12:02
Micheál Martin indicates spring preference for electionFianna Fáil leader closer to accepting Varadkar’s signals for general election dateSun Oct 20 2019 - 23:33
Risk of no-deal Brexit is low, but preparation must continue – VaradkarTaoiseach’s remarks come as British government triggers no-deal preparationsSun Oct 20 2019 - 22:11
Varadkar ‘not aware’ of any Government TDs voting for each other in DáilCeann Comhairle asks for inquiry after FF’s Niall Collins says he voted for Timmy DooleySun Oct 20 2019 - 19:46
All you need to know about Dáil electronic votingExpenses are not contingent on being present for votes as an allowance is paid for attendanceSun Oct 20 2019 - 19:08
Tánaiste ‘angry’ at sight of homeless boy (5) eating dinner on streetCoveney responds in Dáil to calls for stronger measures to tackle ‘national shame’ of child homelessnessThu Oct 17 2019 - 20:54
Most political parties side with Government against FF e-scooter BillProposed law delayed for three months to allow completion of public consultationThu Oct 17 2019 - 18:50
EU deal means a different ‘backstop’, Tánaiste tells DáilSimon Coveney urges caution but says the deal is significant and worth supportingThu Oct 17 2019 - 13:23
Traveller history to be ‘obligatory’ in schools if new Bill passedMinister expresses concerns over the draft legislation as Seanad votes to pass itThu Oct 17 2019 - 00:00
Senators report separate cases of identity theft and ‘death threat’Gerard Craughwell (Ind) and Catherine Noone (FG) were speaking during a Seanad debateWed Oct 16 2019 - 22:10
MLAs should not have to identify as ‘unionist, nationalist or other’Taoiseach says ’petition of concern’ giving veto to one community needs to changeWed Oct 16 2019 - 20:49
Dilution of Bill to teach Traveller history in schools criticisedMinister says legislation unaltered would mean subject having status above Irish or MathsWed Oct 16 2019 - 18:34
Varadkar and Martin row over disability servicesMartin claims agencies in fear of speaking out because ‘it will be taken out on them’Wed Oct 16 2019 - 13:32
Taoiseach says Government following commission advice on minimum wageIncrease of 30c will only be introducted in event of orderly Brexit, Dáil hearsWed Oct 16 2019 - 06:36
Stanton pledges new law so opposite-sex couples can choose who takes adoptive leaveDail considers law for new parental leave measure in addition to existing provisionsTue Oct 15 2019 - 23:44
Derry woman considers UN complaint over UK citizenship rulingTaoiseach backs Emma DeSouza’s case: British law ‘out of step’ with NI peace treatyTue Oct 15 2019 - 20:20
Varadkar invokes St John Henry Newman in conscience debateTaoiseach was responding to Labour leader’s call for end to clerics ‘instructing’ politiciansTue Oct 15 2019 - 19:48
Homeless man killed in Cork had been offered apartment, says TaoiseachFianna Fáil leader criticises Leo Varadkar for giving ‘personal details’ about Timothy HourihaneTue Oct 15 2019 - 19:16
New Castlebar-Westport road to cost more than €200 millionPrice tag of road has escalated by €70m in 10 months, says Labour senatorTue Oct 15 2019 - 16:25
Varadkar says he will raise Emma DeSouza ruling with JohnsonBritish citizenship laws out of step with Belfast Agreement - TaoiseachTue Oct 15 2019 - 15:08
Inquiry into acquisition of government offices site in WexfordOPW examining files over the transfer of properties after 15-year row over title deedsMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:27
Bill banning sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s goes to CabinetAnti-vaping legislation sought as 19 deaths and over 1,000 lung injuries reported in USMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:05
Tánaiste may call in Turkish ambassador, following incursion in northern SyriaCoveney warns Islamic State could ‘fill vacuum’ of instability in regionThu Oct 10 2019 - 21:35
Women to have access to free contraception from 2021 – MinisterHarris receives working group report, but legislation, regulation, negotiation neededThu Oct 10 2019 - 17:32
Cross border healthcare in ‘farcical’ situationHSE and NHS patients are crossing border for same treatments, Oireachtas toldThu Oct 10 2019 - 17:30
Investigation to be held into official knowledge of extortion claimsHousing department informed of Dublin protection money operation in 2017Thu Oct 10 2019 - 17:18
Referendum in North on EU risks becoming divisive border poll - TaoiseachVaradkar stresses no change in EU position despite UK ‘anonymous briefings’Wed Oct 09 2019 - 22:45
Flanagan ‘greatly disturbed’ over reports of council paying protection money‘We’re trying to get to the bottom of this,’ Eoghan Murphy saysWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:47
‘Youse just really don’t give a f***’, TD tells Government in DáilJoan Collins later withdraws remark made during ongoing debate on Budget 2020Wed Oct 09 2019 - 18:56
Taoiseach accused of being ‘green poseur’ in carbon tax Dáil rowVaradkar accuses SF, left-wing parties of being out of touch with facts and scienceWed Oct 09 2019 - 15:14
Micheál Martin calls for vaping ban for under 18sTaoiseach agrees more urgency needed to tackle issue but says he must ‘look at the science’Wed Oct 09 2019 - 13:14
Sinn Féin says budget favours bankers, insurance firms and other vested interestsLabour claims it is a ‘sham budget’ for health that will do nothing to deal with year-round winter conditions in hospitalsWed Oct 09 2019 - 01:00
Dáil votes by 93 to 35 against increasing €150m bank levyHike in charge on banks increases chances of legal challenge, says MinisterTue Oct 08 2019 - 23:28
Carbon tax increase approved by 97 votes to 36 in DáilIncreasing charge a ‘moment of truth’ for TDs, Minister saysTue Oct 08 2019 - 22:30
Budget excludes most vulnerable to hard Brexit - Joan BurtonBudget would mean frustration in many homes as there is ‘absolutely nothing for them’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 20:45
Budget has failed to ease pressure on working families – Pearse DohertySinn Féin says Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil represent ‘cosseted, privileged class’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 20:45
Government dependence on corporation tax ‘unhealthy’, McGrath warns‘Party of prudence has become party of recklessness,’ claims Fianna Fáil’s CowenTue Oct 08 2019 - 15:34
More than six million phones, devices lying idle in Irish homes - surveyResearch indicates 2.3 million cars on Irish roads up 200,000 since 2017Mon Oct 07 2019 - 06:00
Government to extend maternity, paternity leave by two weeksUp to 60,000 parents could benefit from new leave paid at same rate as current benefitMon Oct 07 2019 - 00:01
Two killed in Co Wexford plane crashIncident involving light aircraft occurred at Duncormick in an open fieldSun Oct 06 2019 - 22:11
‘Leave wildlife alone’: DSPCA warns public against selfies with deerPeople feeding deer unsafe food, and are at risk of injury as rutting season beginsSun Oct 06 2019 - 19:28
Free transport and USC near-abolition called for by People Before ProfitParty’s alternative €8bn budget seeks to tax plane fuel, bank profits and transactionsFri Oct 04 2019 - 18:51
Greyhound racing promotion stopped due to ‘disgusting behaviour’ in sector – RossTourism bodies suspended promotion after report found 6,000 dogs culled annuallyThu Oct 03 2019 - 20:15
