Taoiseach calls for greater consultation on erection of pylonsFF leader repeats demand for independent international assessmentThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:10
Kenny calls for ‘rational’ debate in pylon controversyFF leader repeats call for independent international assessmentWed Dec 11 2013 - 13:20
Cost of school uniforms remains ‘a bugbear for many families’John Whelan calls for Seanad debate on issues relating to school uniformsWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:01
Kenny challenges Adams on IRA pastAdams claims FG leader dodging question of inquiry into health service salary top-upsWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach rules out public inquiry into health executive salariesAdams challenges Kenny to public debate on historical role of respective partiesTue Dec 10 2013 - 16:30
FF to resist return of former top figuresEx-office holders standing for election an ’appalling vista’, says party sourceMon Dec 09 2013 - 11:55
Contingency plans ‘in place’ should ESB strike occurMinister for Education says measures taken to safeguard security of electricity supplyThu Dec 05 2013 - 15:59
Gilmore ‘appalled and saddened’ by Smithwick findingsTánaiste says he has contacted British counterpart about an inquiry into Pat Finucane killingWed Dec 04 2013 - 13:21
Bill proposes ban on strikes by staff at critical utilitiesGovernment will oppose legislation brought forward by Independent Senator Feargal QuinnWed Dec 04 2013 - 13:01
Call for cold-weather shelter for rough sleepersHomeless people should be provided with information to secure accommodation, says NorrisWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
Opposition TDs talk tough on homelessness crisisStatistics give expression to terrible sight of people sleeping in doorways in capital cityWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
No public inquiry into top-up payments for senior health executives, says GilmoreAdams says payments grossly unacceptableWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
Labour senator calls for mandatory jail sentences for burglarsLorraine Higgins says it would act as deterrentFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore critical of banks sending alarming letters on mortgage debtBilly Kelleher said almost 32,000 homeowners were 720 days or more in arrearsFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Professional fees should be advertised, says CallearyFF TD also says need to train judges in company lawFri Nov 29 2013 - 00:49
Threatening bank letters no solution on mortgages - GilmoreKelleher highlights plight of those with long-term mortgage arrearsThu Nov 28 2013 - 13:52
Government aims to end homelessness by 2016Enda Kenny says a budget of €45m has been allocated to deal with the problem this yearThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Revenue gets 70,000 calls about property taxAccess hampered by technical problems, says MinisterThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Kenny: There is a solution to every distressed mortgageBut owners have to engage with banks, Taoiseach tells DáilWed Nov 27 2013 - 14:22
Marie Fleming case a 'lesson for HSE'Kenny says Minister for Health has three weeks to consider plan for health servicesWed Nov 27 2013 - 12:23
Cute and canny candidates needed for local electionsA young man in Waterford fits the bill perfectlyWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
HSE has lesson to learn in Fleming medical card case, says TaoiseachKenny says there should be simple and effective way of dealing with case of terminal illnessTue Nov 26 2013 - 16:33
Former union chief Christy Kirwan diesITGWU general secretary served in Seanad between 1983 and 1987Tue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Survey reveals majority of students feel they do not know enough about suicideOver 56 per cent of students had witnessed online bullyingTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
‘Child’s voice’ will be central to new agency, says MinisterÓ Caoláin fails to have wording of Bill amendedFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Dáil should address assisted suicide issue, says GilmoreIndependent TD calls for DPP guidelinesFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Cabinet may set up expert group on assisted suicide, Gilmore saysStephen Donnelly tells Dáil of constituent Marie Fleming’s worsening conditionThu Nov 21 2013 - 14:22
Whitefish fleet in crisis with boats tied up over quotas, says O’DonovanFrench entitled to take 24,000 tons of monkfish from Irish waters last year, while Ireland could take 2,300 tonsThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:01
Taoiseach says advice of North’s Attorney General difficult for families to followKenny was reacting to question in Dáil on remarks by John Larkin QC, suggesting an end to prosecutions arising from the TroublesThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Kenny again denies change in medical card policyFianna Fáil leader says sick people losing entitlementsWed Nov 20 2013 - 12:55
Top-up payments to senior health managers criticised by TaoiseachMinister for Health promises Government action following HSE reportWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore rules out change to Ireland’s corporation tax rateCreighton says alarming statements emerging from Berlin recentlyWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
‘Vast majority’ retain some level of health insurance - ReillyHealth Insurance Bill to give companies time to regulate product for the New YearTue Nov 19 2013 - 21:06
Taoiseach criticises top-up allowances for hospital executivesFF leader says it beggars belief that allowances were retainedTue Nov 19 2013 - 16:53
Gilmore pledges Government action on data breachFF leader says faceless criminals can rob hundreds of thousands of peopleFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:11
Preliminary report on data breach being considered, says GilmoreFF leader warns confidence in online banking could be shatteredThu Nov 14 2013 - 14:38
Martin invokes Yeats in attack over health insurance costsFianna Fáil leader says Coalition making life unbearable for hard-pressed familiesThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Thousands of people cancelling private health insurance, says MartinTaoiseach says interests of elderly must be protectedThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
‘Up to 6,000’ people cancelling health insurance monthlyFF leader tells Dáil that Government policies are making people give up their coverWed Nov 13 2013 - 13:14
Gilmore ignores question on leaked youth initiative documentSF leader says initiative encouraging emigrationWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
AIB and Bank of Ireland will have 70 per cent of market, says Fianna FáilMinister for Finance confident of new market entrants after withdrawal of ACC and Danske BankWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Seanad report: Seán Sherlock notes low interest in scienceCatherine Noone says there is need to examine why five women active in politics are opting out after one termWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Home Rule exhibition in Dublin symbol of length of road travelled, says DeenihanMinister hails north-south co-operation on commemorationsMon Nov 11 2013 - 22:48
President leads large attendance at Remembrance Day ceremonyDUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson among those presentMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
Proposal to end water fluoridation on health grounds rejected in DáilHealth Minister insists no evidence to suggest it could damage healthSat Nov 09 2013 - 08:50
Health reforms long overdue, Gilmore saysPatient care Government’s priority, Tánaiste saysFri Nov 08 2013 - 01:00
Troika exit fails to cheer baffled and bewildered TDsDáil Sketch: euphoria thin on the ground as Finance Bill is debatedFri Nov 08 2013 - 01:00
Fine Gael TD repeats call for bigger cutbacksRecent budgets were about ‘fiscal correction’, says Eoghan MurphyFri Nov 08 2013 - 01:00
Tánaiste concerned at level of vacant local authority housesSinn Féin TD says families continuing to languish on waiting listThu Nov 07 2013 - 13:48
