Wicklow constituency profile: One of the bear pits of Election 2024 after loss of territory to neighbouring area
Election 2024: Taoiseach Simon Harris will be safe but bringing home a running mate is not assured
Jennifer Whitmore
Glen o’ the Downs land at centre of campaign was previously sold by Coillte
NGOs and locals want Government to buy back land that State forestry company sold
Social Democrats promise to spend €250m on early years education and cap fees at €250 a month
‘Twin-track’ system would use budget surpluses to buy existing childcare businesses and build new facilities
National Parks and Wildlife Service ‘will consider’ buying land beside Glen of the Downs
Noonan warns purchase price would represent ‘some of the most expensive land in the country’
‘It’s an absolute nightmare’: Hundreds of schoolchildren with tickets told no buses available
Delays awarding contracts and driver shortages have delayed resumption of services in some areas, Bus Éireann says
‘This is horrendous - it’s no way to treat a child’: Parents’ anger over lack of school places in Taoiseach’s home town
All three secondary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow are heavily oversubscribed
Stephen Donnelly’s nicotine buzz is wrecked by news of pouches
Social Democrats TD enlightens Minister for Health about nicotine pouches as Holly Cairns echoes Sinn Féin leader’s disgruntlement on housing
Mary Lou McDonald nonplussed as Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin’s porous stance on open borders
Taoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open borders
More days of ‘extreme heat stress’ are wake-up call for climate targets - Soc Dems
Heat-related mortality has increased by around 30 per cent in past 20 years, EU report found
Government has not opposed motion that failure to provide proper facilities for international protection applicants is unlawful
Roderic O’Gorman acknowledges Crooksling site is ‘basic’ but says it is an improvement on the ‘unacceptable situation at Mount Street’
Use of ‘nasty’ language by some politicians when engaging with Roscrea protesters criticised
Labour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’
Eamon Ryan to stay on at Cop28 as vote pairing agreed for McEntee’s no-confidence motion
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore agrees to pair in Tuesday’s vote
Wicklow: Will constituency reform change the quirk that all five TDs are based in one pocket of the county?
It may be the garden of Ireland but recent population growth has made for a distinctly suburban garden
‘Our children start school tomorrow. It’s chaos’: Families told no buses available
Bus Éireann says it is working to source transport in localities where there are difficulties with a ‘small number’ of contracted services
Fourteen reports of suspected sexual exploitation of children in care this year
Recent research warned of ‘coordinated gangs’ targeting teenage girls in State care
Miriam Lord’s Week: Marty Morrissey’s godlike status in Clare provokes Senator into a dramatic U-turn
Oireachtas hearings over controversial payments at the public-service broadcaster provide spectacle set to run and run
Up to 82 data centres operating in Republic
Not all such facilities are linked to the electricity supply
‘Strange decision’ gardaí would be sent to Disneyland France to help Irish tourists, Dáil hears
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore ‘really perplexed’ to see reports gardaí being sent to theme park ‘to police these tourist hotspots’
McConalogue confirms voluntary support scheme to reduce dairy cows
Climate target for agriculture ‘is anything but business as usual and will require transformational change’
Holly Cairns will become next Social Democrats leader
Prospective candidates Cian O’Callaghan and Jennifer Whitmore to support Cork TD
Holly Cairns front-runner for Social Democrats leadership
Cork South-West TD ‘taking time’ to consider bid, while Cian O’Callaghan and Jennifer Whitmore have not ruled out running
Senior Coalition figures continue to express confidence in Donohoe
Paschal Donohoe to make a fresh Dáil statement in effort to draw a line under the election expenses controversy
Government facilitating ‘cover-up of crimes and human rights abuses’, Dáil told as redress scheme is criticised
Survivors of mother and baby homes could receive as little as €5,000 in redress scheme
Surrogacy laws must safeguard against sale of children, says expert
Payment beyond cost of pregnancy could lead to exploitation, committee told
Scrutiny tightens on Coalition as public set for more energy price hikes
Households bracing for bigger bills as utility inflation expected to extend into next year
Petrol stations free to individually raise prices, says consumer watchdog
Providers say much of the petrol and diesel being sold bought before excise duty cut
Moves to relocate maternity hospital going on for ‘far too long’, Taoiseach says
Martin tells Dáil there will be no influence ‘in any way’ from religious organisations at new facility
Miriam Lord: Feathers fly as Mattie McGrath rips into Coalition’s cushion
Roaring Independents blame ‘evil’ Green Party for rising fuel costs and carbon taxes
McEntee says gender-based violence strategy will have ‘zero-tolerance’ approach
Tánaiste says the killing of the school teacher is a ‘watershed moment’ for Irish society
Women TDs call on men to ‘take stand’ against gender-based violence
Politicians express horror at killing of Offaly teacher Ashling Murphy
ESB criticised for lack of ambition in scaling up EV charging infrastructure
ESB ecars says it has spent €80 million on recharging infrastructure since 2010
No new Covid restrictions recommended this week, Holohan tells TDs as 3,666 new cases reported
HSE says dozens of people had been mistakenly called for vaccine boosters in Co Meath
Data centres will use generators in case of winter power emergency – Eirgrid chief
Mark Foley says scenario ‘very unlikely’ and he expects a secure supply over winter period
Ireland should pause development of data centres, Dáil told
Moratorium on data centre developments would be a ‘blunt policy response’, Ryan says
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