Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil attacks on Sinn Féin move into a higher gear
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Tánaiste and People Before Profit TD’s row among combative exchanges on Dáil’s last day
Retiring TDs clear out their offices as Micheál Martin and Bríd Smith get into head-to-head over alternative government and both their fathers being ‘busmen’
As Sinn Féin wallows in the ballot box blues, Harris does not need any Mary Lou-splaining
A return of the Dáil brought back the Punch and Judy show, with politicians across the floor delighted as Shinners winced and wailed
Tech companies have ‘big job to do’ to build trust in AI, committee hears
Issues around technology’s reliability and potential to displace jobs raised at Oireachtas enterprise committee
Our national supercomputer is gone, and the global scientific community is laughing at us
With a computer called K gone from our lives since November, Ireland has a mortifying void in its mega-machine armoury
No evidence of looming ‘tsunami’ in business failures, department says
Some 62 companies have entered the Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process, or Scarp, since 2021
Ibec denies ‘massive contradiction’ in position on minimum wage-setting
Employers’ group questioned on call for pause to future minimum wage increases at Oireachtas committee
High-visibility Garda presence in Dublin will be maintained, McEntee insists
Government plan to surge policing in Dublin and shore up perceptions of public safety has quietly ended
Pay talks ‘crucial’ to avoid strike ballots, says union chief
Unions have said that if there is no agreement, they will meet next Thursday to begin the process of balloting on industrial action over pay
Helen McEntee survives, but something for everyone on night of heated Dáil debate
Debate on confidence in McEntee degenerates into festival of Sinn Féin-bashing — a favourite pastime, bar none, of Fine Gael TDs
Ireland needs to ‘slow the flow’ of migration and be ‘realistic’ on supports, says Varadkar
Taoiseach also hits out at Sinn Féin, saying the idea of the rival party holding the justice, foreign affairs or defence portfolios is ‘repugnant’
Tens of millions lost through debt warehousing scheme as 716 businesses go insolvent
Sinn Féin’s spokeswoman on enterprise warns recovering money still owed under the scheme “will be a balancing act”
‘No-show buses’ in north Dublin are putting workers at risk of getting sacked, Dáil told
Services ‘disappearing’ from bus stop displays is undermining confidence in public transport and forcing people back into cars, Sinn Féin TD says
Inside Sinn Féin: Who really makes the big decisions in Ireland’s most popular party?
Unelected people are prominent and important in the leadership and decision-making processes of Sinn Féin
AI’s decisions should be explained to people affected, Oireachtas told
Call for more worker representation on Govtech, the board responsible for regulating the safe use of AI in the public sector
Landlord put Dublin beach ‘shack’ up for rent at €1,100 per month
Call to remove ad for property in Donabate described as ‘beach front’ and ‘off-grid in a ‘peaceful neck of the woods'
Pat Leahy: Mood for change is tempered by the fact many don’t want everything to change
Sinn Féin is conducting the difficult balancing act of promising change while reassuring voters the things they like will stay the same
Canada’s armed forces faced a damning report on sexual harrassment and abuse eight years ago. What can Ireland learn from the fallout?
Canada’s scandal was every bit as bad as what was exposed by Ireland’s Women of Honour, and led to the ousting of more than a dozen top officers
Sinn Féin reshuffle deals blow to Martin Kenny’s hopes of justice portfolio
Mary Lou McDonald shakes up front bench in readiness for election, with Pa Daly appointed spokesman on justice
Balbriggan housing scheme comprising over 800 units gets go-ahead
An Bord Pleanála signs off on residential scheme in north Co Dublin
Female TDs to meet Ceann Comhairle to tackle abuse and threats
New cross-party taskforce will also be set up to address the growing issue of intimidation
Sinn Féin puts Irish unity top of its agenda - but voters want action on housing, health and inflation
Party’s TDs are keenly aware from their canvassing of voters’ pressing concerns, but they won’t allow reunification to be sidelined
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
Monday Night Live: The misery express is chugging straight for your living room
Television: Oh for Claire Byrne Live, the plague shed and a sprinkling of lunacy to help the misery go down
Costs review at children’s hospital after fresh claims by contractors
Robust defence to be mounted against claims, says chief of hospital development board
Bruised Sinn Féin looks inward as it takes a dive in the May elections
Some believe SF must not only point to Government's failings but also to solutions
CervicalCheck tribunal will be ‘step into the unknown,’ Dáil told
Bill aims to set up alternative system for dealing with claims arising from controversy
Rise of the gaming machines: A losing battle against gambling
Councillors in Donegal voted to legalise gaming machines, despite risks of addiction
Extra €50m needed to compensate GPs for treating medical card patients
Health committee told €85m more will be required to supplement hospitals due to ‘significant reduction’ in private patient income
Abortion laws may not pass Oireachtas in time for January target
Government has agreed to some changes to the proposed legislation
Attacks on nurses rising and figures ‘don’t tell entire story’
Almost 600 assaults recorded last year but number of country’s biggest hospitals not included
Harris calls for condemnation of ‘disgusting’ graphic abortion posters
Posters depicting Minister’s face alongside aborted foetus erected near his Wicklow home
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