Smokers ‘hammered’ with punitive legislation, TD claimsFinian McGrath says those with nicotine habit are hit unfairly compared to those with other addictionsThu Jul 03 2014 - 15:55
Ten-year-olds dabbling in drugs, deaths rise 50 per cent in Dublin, TD tells DáilGardaí helpless to act on ‘zimmos’ and other pills because legislation delayedThu Jul 03 2014 - 01:07
US perceives need for immigration reform, says TánaisteDeportations at the rate of 1,200 dailyThu Jul 03 2014 - 01:00
Government can’t afford €500,000 embassy in Iran - TánaisteEamon Gilmore says he is conscious of political and economic factors in opening new diplomatic missionsWed Jul 02 2014 - 18:07
Ceann Comhairle pays tribute to Tánaiste on last question time as Labour leaderGuffaws in chamber as Gilmore asks ‘is it’ his final foreign affairs Dáil slot for questionsWed Jul 02 2014 - 11:56
State treatment of asylum seekers creates ‘legacy’ of mental illnessSinn Féin health spokesman Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin introduces Private Members’ motion on mental healthTue Jul 01 2014 - 22:43
Don’t-Turn-Up Thursdays all the rageThe Ceann Comhairle is unhappy about disregard shown to voters and the DáilFri Jun 27 2014 - 01:00
Labour accused of passing ‘right-wing’ Fine Gael legislationOpposition condemns Minister’s plan to put housing pledge in regulation not legislationFri Jun 27 2014 - 01:00
Minister rejects Feargal Quinn Bill to reform VHI and ‘cut the apron strings’Dr James Reilly says State health insurer does not get preferential treatmentThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach to contact employment rights body about row at GreyhoundIndependent TD claims practices at company like an episode of ‘The Sopranos’Thu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Health Minister says cigarette smuggling will be ‘extremely difficult’ with plain packagingJames Reilly says 13 % of cigarette trade illegal but only 1 % of those are counterfeitWed Jun 25 2014 - 01:00
Ó Cuív says representations for manslaughter prisoner ’reasonable and proportionate’FF TD not writing letters for votes as prison missives ‘likely to lose you votes’Mon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
Resources not an issue in mental health service, Lynch insistsNine psychiatrists withdraw confidence in Carlow/Kilkenny/South Tipperary serviceMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
Brewing industry has lost €40m with 400,000 kegs stolenGovernment rejects Bill to regulate scrap metal industry for second time in two yearsSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:08
Dáil votes to renew anti-terrorism legislation introduced after OmaghFitzgerald says 68 murders linked to organised crime since 2009Fri Jun 20 2014 - 01:08
Quinn presents legislation to radically reform health insurance sectorSenator says his Bill also clarifies VHI’s regulatory statusFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:05
Costs for mother and baby home inquiry must not come ‘from children who are alive’Government gets F grade for treatment of migrant children in direct provisionFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:04
Dáil to debate Bill on regulation of scrap metalLegislative proposal follows high-profile robberies of metal from railway tracks and buildingsThu Jun 19 2014 - 21:46
Minister says Army has no responsibility for searching foreign aircraft at ShannonTD claims US jet used in rendition flights seen at Shannon, hoping to pick up SnowdenThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:05
Defence officials to meet family of soldier killed in 1981 Lebanon attack on UN postMinister says department wants ‘clear understanding’ of family’s concernsThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:02
Restoring 13,300 discretionary medical cards will cost €13m, Taoiseach tells DáilKenny apologises for ‘great stress’ caused to many people in HSE reviewWed Jun 18 2014 - 22:48
Minister hits out at description of GAA as ‘Grab All Association’Independent TD Clare Daly asks how much organisation pays to rent former barracksWed Jun 18 2014 - 16:32
Government warned over lack of regulations around Moore Street 1916 monumentIndependent TD says Moore Street’s architectural heritage is not being protecedWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:05
Bill to remove ‘nakedly political’ top ranking Garda appointments rejectedMinister says legislation ignores role of forthcoming independent Garda authorityWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Justice offers to meet local community over shooting of six-year-oldFrances Fitzgerald says the Garda will do ‘everything possible’ to support the community and ensure justice is doneWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach says restoring medical cards will cost €13 millionEnda Kenny says he is ‘very sorry’ for stress caused in many cases where cards were withdrawnTue Jun 17 2014 - 18:07
Single visa will allow travel for Chinese, Indian visitors to Ireland and BritainNew visa scheme to start in autumn expected to increase tourismTue Jun 17 2014 - 01:00
Cyclist seriously injured in collision with car in Dublin32-year-old driver arrested in connection with the incident in Tallaght this afternoonSun Jun 15 2014 - 20:41
Seanad leader contradicts Tánaiste’s claim of parliamentary ‘stroke’ by OppositionMaurice Cummins says selection of two non-Government Senators a ‘democratic decision’Fri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Council of Europe says AG should address Oireachtas every year on case lawIreland needs to ratify seven European conventions including on child sexual abuseFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Emergency legislation needed to stop senior executives’ top-up paymentsGovernment swift with legislation to ‘drastically cut’ wages of low paid public servantsFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Government accused of ‘skulduggery’ over banking committeeLabour whip forced to withdraw claim that selection committee was ‘ambushed’Thu Jun 12 2014 - 13:53
Government adds two members to banking inquiry committeeAlex White says move is kind of behaviour that ‘gives politics a bad name’Thu Jun 12 2014 - 13:17
Kenny accused of ‘tampering’ in committee rowFine Gael urges Fianna Fáil to ‘rest easy’ and matter would be resolved ‘in due course’Thu Jun 12 2014 - 01:14
Taoiseach rejects claims he lied about CallinanHeated Dáil exchanges over White’s claim Kenny sacked former Garda commissionerThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:07
Only 20% of Minister’s 311 board appointments used the public advertising processBill to stop payments to board members rejected by GovernmentThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:05
Taoiseach defends appointment of privatisation advocate to top public postSF claims ‘clear conflict of interest’ in appointment to West/Northwest Hospital groupThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:02
Taoiseach rejects claims he lied about Callinan departureHeated exchanges in Dáil over White’s assertion Kenny sacked Garda commissionerWed Jun 11 2014 - 13:35
Coalition majority on bank inquiry needed, says KennyMartin says Taoiseach undermining impartiality of committeeWed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
Babies scandal ‘an abomination’, says KennyCommission of investigation will look at all mother and baby homes including BethanyWed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
Government ‘must have majority on banking inquiry’Dáil suspended in heated row over membership of committeeTue Jun 10 2014 - 17:58
Taoiseach says Bethany home will be part of inquiryTreatment of Mná na hÉireann and their babies an ‘abomination’, Kenny saysTue Jun 10 2014 - 17:47
Patronage key to judicial appointments, claims Shane RossFine Gael appoints as judges those who have served party well over the years, claims TDFri Jun 06 2014 - 21:03
Dublin ‘the most expensive location in Europe in which to be buried’A ‘premium space’ in Glasnevin cemetery costs up to €20,000 while plot in Offaly costs €400Fri Jun 06 2014 - 14:57
Seanad row over unexpected majority for Opposition on banking inquirySenator claims then withdraws allegation Mac Sharry ‘might have’ conflict of interestFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Howlin says he has ‘full confidence’ in Reilly amid medical cards rowDara Calleary claims Health Minister is blaming Minister for Public ExpenditureFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Medical card proposals within two weeks, Minister for Finance tells DáilUnclear if legislation necessary to restore medical cards to those lost in reviewThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:40
No pay for State board members under new legislationGovernment expected to support the Bill introduced by Independent Senator Feargal QuinnFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Review of discretionary medical cards halted, say Alex WhiteNew card system to be developed on medical circumstancesFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
NI Secretary of State, Justice Minister ’escalating dissident activity’ - Dáil claimThreats to prisoner officers from ’enemies of the peace process’ must stop - TánaisteThu May 29 2014 - 09:13
