Tribute paid to retiring TDs as Dáil completes final rush of legislation
Questions raised about ‘unaccountable’ €2m funding for Secret Service in €104bn Appropriations Bill
Questions raised about ‘unaccountable’ €2m funding for Secret Service in €104bn Appropriations Bill
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
Local and European elections: Canvassing with People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, you can sense a cooler atmosphere, and Sinn Féin is certainly no longer flavour of the month
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Seán Fleming subsequently withdrew remark in case anyone ‘felt the comments were directed at them’
Bríd Smyth asks Martin ‘what exactly is it that you want to do that you can’t already do with our Defence Forces inside the triple lock?’
Rural Independents say Ireland now effectively a ‘colonial outpost of an EU regulatory empire’ as Minister stands over 80% border crossing figure
Opposition accuses Government in Dáil of abandoning neutrality
Opposition accuses Government of delaying on proposals, but Ministers reluctant to bring in legislative change before next election
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says women still being treated as criminals for accessing reproductive healthcare
Sinn Féin accuses Coalition of adopting London-style congestion charges in the absence of adequate public transport
How the Government lost - and the No side won - the care and family referendums
Taoiseach hits out at Mayo councillors over anti-refugee motion as Opposition deputies criticise Government in Dáil over management of refugee crisis
Ceann Comhairle suspends chamber after People Before Profit TDs, calling for a debate on Gaza, fail to resume their seats
Bríd Smith accuses some TDs of echoing far-right, while Ceann Comhairle says her claims diminish ‘appalling nature’ of Nazism
Tanáiste says Government giving ‘very serious consideration’ to proposals to amend abortion laws
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says woman will be forced to travel to UK for abortion
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith was speaking as Sinn Féin put forward a motion condemning Budget 2024′s housing measures
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says it would not be appropriate for him to be involved in regulating Garda operational matters
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith won’t contest the next election because she believes it’s time to make way for younger politicians
Ms Smith (61) is a former trade unionist and veteran of many campaigns ran by People Before Profit and the Socialist Workers Party over the past three decades,
Radio: The current affairs host faces his toughest Radio 1 test yet as he fills in for Joe Duffy
Minister for Health one of a number of Government members who abstained from Dáil vote
Immediate priority must be to expand availability of termination in hospitals and tackling ‘uneven geographic spread’ of GPs providing services, Tánaiste says
Government seeks to stall progression on legislation People Before Profit TD is due to table in Dáil this week
Split in Cabinet among Ministers around some of the recommendations made by Marie O’Shea in her review of the State’s abortion law
Recommendations for widespread changes by report chair expected to reignite debate on abortion provision in Ireland
Eliminating fares for buses and trains would result in just 1% reduction in car travel, Ernst and Young tells NTA
Taoiseach said free public transport would create ‘genuine problems’ after Minister Ryan raised objections
Dublin City Council has a regeneration plan for the flats but it could take up to 15 years to complete; meanwhile, mould and damp are making many children ill
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says residents of Emmet Buildings and Oliver Bond flat complexes in Dublin living in ‘disgracefully damp and mouldy conditions’
Ukrainian refugees billeted at Mourne Road school over Christmas, leaving before start of the new term
Deputy Bríd Smith claims some TDs are feeding into a ‘racist, ugly narrative’ about refugees
Labour leader Ivana Bacik and PBP TD Bríd Smith highlighted unauthorised accommodation after Irish Times report
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices