Dáil Éireann

For Trump, everything is a victory - even a resounding defeat

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Is Eoin Hayes a Social Democrats TD, or is he not?

Media regulator made ‘big mistake’ in not tackling algorithms in online safety code, Dáil hears

Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore warns of ‘endless, relentless toxic feeds’ to children ‘in doom loop’

Minister knew last year of reports of unnecessary paediatric surgeries but families were only told in past week, Dáil hears

Pearse Doherty claims thousands of children could be affected as parents speak of procedures a decade ago

Trump blinks, but what does it mean?

On the home front, draft laws on short term lettings stalled as they were due to go to Cabinet on Tuesday

Soc Dems win bid to have Eoin Hayes named party TD as they seek committee chair roles

Party successfully pushes for representation based on election result rather than current Dáil numbers

When is a Soc Dem TD not a Soc Dem TD?

Kerfuffle over the exact status of Eoin Hayes provided light relief on a doomy day of worry about tariffs and the economy

Mothers Against Genocide plan to lodge complaint over treatment by gardaí

Mothers Against Genocide plan to lodge complaint over treatment by gardaí

What are the Garda rules of conduct for policing protests?

Garda policy is to consider non-physical means before using force to resolve public order incidents

Teenager forced to use walker, wheelchair because of endometriosis pain

Dáil hears of women waiting nine years for diagnosis, forced to go abroad for specialised surgical treatment

Temple Street report provides major challenge for new Minister for Health

Elsewhere, Simon Harris is in DC to meet the man who has dubbed Ireland his 'favourite tax scam'

Harris and Martin squirmed as Sinn Féin found an emotive way to expose Government duplicity

It’s a real turn-off for voters when critical issues such as housing crisis and looming trade war have been overshadowed by aggressive and chaotic Dáil scenes

Oireachtas committees due to be operational in a month

New term also indicates a special committee to be convened on artificial intelligence

Miriam Lord: Normal hostilities set aside as colleagues wish Richard Boyd Barrett well

A rare stillness fell on the chamber as TDs and Ministers wished Richard Boyd Barrett well following his cancer diagnosis

Trump tariffs mean volatility and threat of further escalation are the new normal

The Government knows it is in the teeth, already, of the first big thing that will define its term

Shades of an Oasis love-in as Lucinda rolls with Fine Gael’s Gallagher brothers

Quite the occasion for Christine Lagarde, as Paschal Donohoe reacts to Trump’s tough tariffs wondering ‘what we can do that can unite us’

Strip-search of protesters is a scandal of unadulterated hypocrisy

Oonagh Peters says she was led to a cell by a woman garda, told to remove her jeans, pull down her knickers and lift up her bra

Labour and the Social Democrats are now firmly in the orbit of Sinn Féin

Last week’s shouting down of the Ceann Comhairle by Opposition parties have set a dangerous new tone for Irish politics

From ‘damned Englishman’ to ‘f**king a**hole’: A history of Ireland in 25 Dáil insults

The language has become coarser but it is striking how fuelled by testosterone the Dáil has always been

Concerns raised about implementing Bill to ban aircraft transiting weapons to Israel

Minister says Senators’ legislation puts ‘legal obligation on State to do something it can’t actually do’

Ireland on alert after Trump imposes tariffs but relieved over pharma exclusion

No specific tariffs for Ireland but fears over loss of competitiveness with the UK and New Zealand on agricultural, food and drink exports.

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