A rat in TDs’ midst; Shane Ross’s birthday; Dr Reilly’s tie; hands, knees and boomps-a-daisy

British and Poles dominate among 670 people taking part in conferring ceremony

Sector worth €500 million a year to get bigger as new opportunities arise

Fine Gael’s reputation hinges on taking measures needed to get spending under control

First day of visit included round-table discussion on immigration and meeting Higgins

Minister of State to attend Stand Up to Trump rally during US president’s Irish visit

Topics range from breast cancer treatment to 3D-printed batteries and cultural mapping

Six new research centres to receive €100m to train students in digital, data science and ICT

Multinationals still favouring the capital when looking to establish or expand here

Inside Politics: Party rolled its eyes when John McGuinness was on radio

Harris says what happened ‘was plain and simple intimidation’

Fianna Fáil TD for Waterford Mary Butler claims there seems to be a ‘two-tier approach to regional job-creation’

Heritage body had challenged awarding of survey licence for exploration project

Tánaiste warns support for Bill could lead to Israel closing Dublin embassy

Alliance under pressure not to vote against Government on occupied territories Bill

Taoiseach wants to end public ‘back and forth’ with Independent Alliance

UCC and Oxford jointly hire top quantum scientist, capitalising on uncertainty in UK

Judicial review brought by An Taisce over permission to survey site off south coast

Young people, environmental organisations, and others address TDs and Senators

Minister says apprentice training ‘Cinderella’ of career options but an exciting job choice