Does Jim O’Callaghan’s reform of solicitors’ legal aid fees have support within Government?
Minister for Justice has faced backlash from legal profession, with lawyers refusing work and cases adjourned
Holly Cairns
Jack Chambers of Commerce stands tall in the Dáil for Big Jim as legal aid row rumbles on
There was a miserable turnout for Leaders’ Questions amid the desperate crawl to the summer recess
Ten of 12 rape trials adjourned in solicitors’ fees row, Social Democrats leader claims
Two went ahead only because defendants were minors, with legal services not withdrawn for children
Party van steals show at Leinster House as Taoiseach prepares to be Emperor of Europe
Dáil proceedings have summer holiday feel as Micheál Martin gets set to lean on his three pillars of EU council presidency
One woman’s recollection of abuse in Cork school cuts through the talk
Leaders’ Questions dominated by ordeal of women abused as children by principal and predator Leo Hickey
Some of those who added the three-day wait to Irish abortion law look set to abandon it
Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns expecting her second child
Cairns says party deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan will step into role of acting leader during her maternity leave from October
All quiet on the Fianna Fáil front for now, but growing ructions on the left
Inside Politics: Galway West and Dublin Central byelection results raise questions over a future left-wing government
Social Democrats are attuned to the recycling young Gaelscoil parents – not so much lefty as modern
In show business they call what party leader Holly Cairns has ‘relatability’
Taoiseach criticised for remarks linking immigration to homeless numbers
Micheál Martin said more than 50 per cent of people in emergency accommodation were non-Irish
Kyne defends record raising concerns over Inland Fisheries Ireland as he returns to Dáil
Other byelection winner Daniel Ennis said he tried without success to leave a former job after it was raided by Revenue
Leader of the left or left behind? Sinn Féin scepticism grows among progressive parties
Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit raising concerns about party’s direction
Left-wing parties round on Sinn Féin over policy direction
Differences fracturing progressive alliance formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign
Left-wing Irish government ‘within touching distance’, says Holly Cairns
Social Democrats leader says party will work with others to provide ‘real alternative’ to current Coalition
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