Minister Simon Coveney to discuss supermarket sector in meeting with Competition and Consumer Protection CommissionMary Lou McDonald told the Dáil that a meeting between the Minister of State Neale Richmond and retailers last week was ‘talked up by Government, but appears to have amounted to nothing’Tue May 16 2023 - 16:05
‘Significant’ additional accommodation for asylum seekers to be announced by Government this weekMinister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has said the situation the State was facing was ‘unprecedented’, with over 100,000 people having arrived from Ukraine and elsewhere over the last yearTue May 16 2023 - 15:39
Dara Quigley’s mother tells Citizens’ Assembly of tragic effects of drug use Aileen Malone says her daughter’s death affected her family ‘on so many levels’ and led to another daughter developing drug dependencySat May 13 2023 - 16:18
More than 830,000 patients on hospital waiting lists last month, figures show‘Higher-than-projected additions’ to waiting lists due to post-pandemic pent-up demand among other reasons, says departmentSat May 13 2023 - 13:48
Evicted family of four left ‘sitting in car, traumatised’ and ‘in shock’, Dáil toldPeople Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett says family were ‘cruelly and ruthlessly evicted by force’ from rented south Dublin homeThu May 11 2023 - 16:52
Upgrade of A5 connecting Dublin and Donegal ‘well overdue’, McGrath tells DáilLast month three members of same family died in collision on road, Pearse Doherty saysThu May 11 2023 - 14:31
Ireland’s RAF defence deals treated like ‘third secret of Fatima’, TD saysFormer Defence Forces member Cathal Berry calls on State to be more honest about ‘completely reasonable’ relationshipsWed May 10 2023 - 21:29
Micheál Martin criticises ‘creeping paywallism’ in relation to GAA eventsTánaiste said he was personally opposed to the current GAAGO streaming arrangement for many championship gamesWed May 10 2023 - 21:00
Virgin Media the latest to enter GAAGO debate questioning if RTÉ paid ‘anything’‘Did RTÉ pay anything for these rights or did they just agree to keep them behind a paywall to drive incremental revenues for both partners in GAAGO?’Tue May 09 2023 - 18:42
Solution must be found for woman (78) on brink of homelessness, Varadkar saysMicheline Walsh wrote of her impending eviction in The Irish TimesTue May 09 2023 - 16:08
Government to send ‘clear message’ supermarket prices must fall faster, Varadkar saysMinister Neale Richmond to meet with retailers’ forum on Wednesday to pass on concernsTue May 09 2023 - 15:14
Varadkar asks TDs to ‘respect’ monarchy after RTÉ's planned coverage of king’s coronation criticisedOpposition TDs Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett critical of State broadcaster’s plan to air four-hour ceremonyWed May 03 2023 - 19:19
Varadkar comments criticised as ‘scandalous’ in clash with Opposition over Niall Collins controversyMurphy calls for answers from Collins after ‘unsatisfactory statement’ last week during sharp Dáil exchangesWed May 03 2023 - 17:15
Health service ‘on its knees’ McDonald tells Dáil as INMO conference gets under wayVaradkar says State has ‘chronic problem of ED overcrowding’ but there were ‘many very good things about service too’Wed May 03 2023 - 15:59
‘Don’t Dig up the Green’: Satirical palm oil protest held in DublinDemonstration against fictitious plantation was ‘tongue-in-cheek stunt’ aiming to raise issueTue May 02 2023 - 13:12
Elon Musk and Donald Trump jnr criticise proposed Irish hate crime legislationBill, currently going through Seanad, will legislate against hate crimes for first timeTue May 02 2023 - 12:52
‘We will fight them all the way’: Hundreds protest in Dublin against abortion liberalisationAontú leader Peadar Tóibín urged attendees to ‘get organised’ to ‘fight them all the way’Mon May 01 2023 - 17:39
Two prisoners sharing a cell in Mountjoy Prison shows the system is under ‘huge pressure’, says bishop Bishop Hayes concerned appointment of 50 new circuit court judges ‘will result in more committals to prisons’Mon May 01 2023 - 13:13
Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland calls for Jameson boycott over Russia tradeThe whiskey brand resumed sales in Russia, sparking accusations of financing the ‘war machine’Sun Apr 30 2023 - 16:16
Web Summit funding of €1m for The Ditch as editor rejects ‘anti-government’ tagEoghan McNeill described Micheál Martin’s intervention on investigative website as ‘mix of ignorance and arrogance’Sun Apr 30 2023 - 14:56
Collins says ‘no law was broken’ in relation to wife’s purchase of propertyMinister of State says that in hindsight it would have been better if he had not participated in a local area committee meetingThu Apr 27 2023 - 23:02
‘No law was broken,’ junior minister Niall Collins insists as he addresses Dáil Minister of State for Skills and Further Education was defending role in wife’s purchase of property from Limerick County Council in 2008Thu Apr 27 2023 - 16:02
Tánaiste takes aim at The Ditch website, describing it as ‘political organisation’Micheál Martin claims news site is not an ‘independent media platform at all’ and questions who is funding itThu Apr 27 2023 - 15:31
Niall Collins statement as it happened: Limerick TD says actions around land sale were ‘legally correct’Leaders' Questions gets under way in the Dáil but House awaits statement from Fianna Fáil TD Niall CollinsThu Apr 27 2023 - 14:39
Almost 350,000 passports issued so far this yearApplication backlogs cleared while turnaround times at target level, Micheál Martin tells DáilThu Apr 27 2023 - 14:31
Number of Irish evacuated from Sudan reaches 122, department saysSome 100 Irish citizens are still believed to be in the country, where situation is ‘very volatile and dangerous’Thu Apr 27 2023 - 11:56
Sinn Féin TDs will not be given a free vote on abortion law changesFine Gael and Fianna Fáil to allow politicians a conscience vote if committee recommends changesWed Apr 26 2023 - 20:24
Government ‘reluctant’ to introduce price controls for food, Taoiseach saysCountry has passed ‘another depressing milestone’ amid increasing prices, Dáil hearsWed Apr 26 2023 - 19:23
Sex lives of young people affected by skyrocketing rents, Dáil hearsBeing forced to live with parents until late 20s and 30s ‘cramping their style’, says Solidarity TD, as PBP puts forward Rent Reduction BillWed Apr 26 2023 - 18:56
Staff member attacked in Kildare constituency office, says Sinn Féin TDPatricia Ryan told Dáil a 999 call was made but difficulties experienced by dispatchers to obtain local assistance ‘very concerning’Wed Apr 26 2023 - 16:36
Unacceptable only 11 of country’s 19 maternity units providing abortion services, says DonnellyVaradkar says no decisions made on abortion law review proposals but FG TDs will have ‘free vote’ on any changesWed Apr 26 2023 - 15:40
Dáil live: Niall Collins expected to make statement to Dáil on land deal controversy on Thursday In Leader’s Questions, Sinn Féin says more evidence emerges every day of consequences of housing emergency while Taoiseach defends Government recordWed Apr 26 2023 - 13:51
Taoiseach pledges to immediately address gaps in abortion services around countryCabinet Ministers are split on proposals to change Ireland’s abortion law with Green Party Ministers backing removal of three-day waiting period to access termination medicationWed Apr 26 2023 - 05:00
Claims that Gsoc member attended Hutch party a ‘very serious matter’, Taoiseach saysLabour leader calls for independent investigation led by a senior counsel or retired judgeTue Apr 25 2023 - 17:33
Council asked evicted mother of two if she had a car to sleep in, McDonald tells DáilSF leader says the Government’s ‘big idea’ was to ‘hand private developers €1 billion of public money with absolutely no detail’Tue Apr 25 2023 - 16:08
Niall Collins should have absented himself from council meeting over land sale, Taoiseach saysJunior minister says he was not on council when land was sold, so had no ‘pecuniary or beneficial interest’ in property at timeTue Apr 25 2023 - 15:14
‘A heinous crime’: Human trafficking and pimping network operating in Ireland and Romania ‘dismantled’Properties in south and west of Ireland searched as part of international ‘joint action day’ this weekFri Apr 21 2023 - 13:01
‘Many serious questions’ unanswered by SF leader Mary Lou McDonald, Dáil toldMs McDonald said her party stands 100 per cent with law abiding citizens with ‘the members of An Garda Síochana, the courts system, all of it, including the Special Criminal Court’Thu Apr 20 2023 - 18:46
Important Robert Watt continues in position due to ‘bigger issues’ facing health, Martin says Tánaiste defends secretary general in Dáil after criticism by Social Democrats leader Holly CairnsThu Apr 20 2023 - 13:50
Absence of abortion services in eight maternity hospitals ‘totally and utterly unacceptable’Stephen Donnelly tells Dáil findings of review into system will be presented to Government ‘very soon’Thu Apr 20 2023 - 11:27
Family facing eviction next month tells of ‘nightmare’ trying to find new homeCouple living in west Dublin have five children under the age of fiveWed Apr 19 2023 - 19:34
Government needs to make sure survivors of mother and baby homes not ‘left behind’FG leader in the Seanad Regina Doherty said she did not see ‘any logical reason’ why 24,000 survivors were being excluded from redress schemeWed Apr 19 2023 - 18:01
State’s relationship with multinational companies has ‘never been stronger’, Coveney saysSocial Democrats leader Holly Cairns says multinationals don’t ‘believe your assurances on housing anymore’Wed Apr 19 2023 - 13:37
Government’s vacant homes tax ‘so low it is actually laughable’ - Holly CairnsSocial Democrats leader describes tax as ‘tokenistic’ and claims it is intended to maintain ‘status quo’Wed Apr 19 2023 - 12:06
Holohan raised issues about report into TCD post during drafting stageWatt strongly objected to conclusions regarding politicians not being informed, report showsWed Apr 19 2023 - 03:45
Sinn Féin leader accuses Taoiseach of being in a ‘state of denial’ regarding the housing crisisMs McDonald told the Dáil that Mr Varadkar appeared to ‘fail to grasp what’s actually happening out there in the real world’Tue Apr 18 2023 - 15:44
‘Significant increase’ in rates of young women taking cocaine, HSE’s clinical lead warnsProf Eamon Keenan said there has been ‘tripling’ in number of people presenting for cocaine treatment in last six yearsSun Apr 16 2023 - 13:12
‘Tá mé sa bhaile’: Biden tells Houses of Oireachtas he is ‘at home’US president says he believes UK should be working closer with Republic to support people of Northern IrelandThu Apr 13 2023 - 20:31
Headford crash: Garda hopes analysis of phones will yield information about circumstances Funerals details announced for Lukas Joyce and Kirsty Bohan as specialist gardaí plan to speak to other boy and girl who survived crashThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
Disability centre resident’s involvement in furniture purchase queried by HiqaHiqa inspection criticises purchase of ‘enhanced quality’ furniture at extra costWed Apr 12 2023 - 14:46
