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
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin to chair Oireachtas justice and defence committees
Government parties take lead positions on housing and infrastructure panels
Minister committed to enacting legislation to ban sex for rent
Jim O’Callaghan says ‘appalling, exploitative’ behaviour totally unacceptable as cross-party group introduces Bill with fine of up to €50,000
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
Opposition parties link up in alliance to challenge Government plans on Irish neutrality
The Irish Neutrality League announced a cross party initiative in Dublin
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
The Belfast train station signs in Irish that are testing Stormont’s shaky foundations
Row over Belfast’s Grand Central Station adding Irish to displays and ticket machines reinforces Assembly’s vulnerability to identity politics
RTÉ news boss Deirdre McCarthy: ‘Tackling disinformation has to be much more of a focus now’
The woman who leads Ireland’s largest newsroom on disinformation, the ‘digital election’ and RTÉ’s new Clarity mark: 'you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.'
Justice for my Father by Austin Stack: An account of 40 years of relentless probing into prison officer’s IRA murder
Story of Brian Stack’s killing and its aftermath is an important and bleak retrospective on Ireland during the Troubles
Unionists and Sinn Féin have ‘common goal’ of making NI work, says Ulster Unionist leader
SF must make idea of Irish unity ‘look attractive to people in Dublin and Limerick and Galway’, says Mike Nesbitt
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
High Court confirms April trial date for Gerry Adams’ defamation action against BBC
Former Sinn Féin leader claims BBC falsely alleged he sanctioned killing of British spy Denis Donaldson
Underinvestment in water is harming the environment and economy, but no politician dares mention a solution
Domestic bills and privatisation are off the agenda, but politicking is thwarting proper debate on who pays
Teenager weaned off drugs was ‘held down and injected by thugs when he refused to buy from them’
More support needed for young people leaving addiction treatment services, TDs hear
Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search, Dáil hears
TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy bears ‘no ill will’ after winning confidence motion
Taoiseach accused Opposition of ‘mob politics’, while Sinn Féin leader said Verona Murphy’s role was ‘delivered’ by Michael Lowry
Verona Murphy: Motion of confidence in Ceann Comhairle passed in Dáil
Wexford TD says she bears no ill will to those who brought motion and ‘her door is always open’
Controversy over Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy will have three principal consequences
The motion of confidence in Verona Murphy was not without its repercussions
Sinn Féin TD’s challenge over constitutionality of ‘super junior’ ministers adjourned
Pa Daly argues Bunreacht na hÉireann limits number of government members to 15, including the taoiseach
Confidence vote in Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy to be taken at 6.30pm
A three-and-a-half hour debate on motion starts in Dáil this afternoon
Q&A: Is the Ceann Comhairle confidence motion unprecedented?
The Cabinet is expected to approve the text of the confidence motion on Tuesday morning
Michael Lowry gave two fingers to the public. Their message back to the Government is equally concise
Political careers of Tipperary North TD and Verona Murphy should have been over long before either got into this mess
‘I would not even consider voting for that horrid man’: Councillors respond to Conor McGregor’s bid for presidential nomination
Mixed martial arts fighter wants run in this year’s election to succeed Michael D Higgins
Conor McGregor presidential bid: All but one of 188 councillors would not vote for MMA fighter, survey shows
Councillors are bracing for a chaotic bid to seek presidential nomination
Verona Murphy will survive vote of confidence as Ceann Comhairle but at what cost to her standing?
Row over speaking rights has put all other Dáil business in abeyance for two months
Independent senator Aubrey McCarthy expresses interest in possible Áras run
Businessman and charity co-founder the latest person to reveal they are considering presidential tilt
Are Labour getting too close to Sinn Féin for their own good?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
O’Neill ‘did not see ex-press officer McMonagle at Stormont event’, report finds
Standards commissioner rules O’Neill did not breach ministerial code of conduct
Reforms that undermine Belfast Agreement will be ‘dangerous’, experts warn
Northern Ireland facing a ‘mounting list of problems in healthcare, public finance and other aspects of good governance’, new report says
Anger in Northern Ireland at welfare cuts to balance budget books
Concern in Stormont over Rachel Reeves’ spring statement as higher numbers of people rely on welfare support in NI than UK average
Opposition leaders stop short of no confidence motion in Verona Murphy
Opposition stops short of tabling motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle following her decision to push through vote on controversial changes
Presidential election starting to look like a lose-lose bet for Sinn Féin
Mary Lou McDonald knows she can’t afford to oversee yet another poor performance - but can the party credibly sit this one out?
Housing land dezoned in Dundalk despite regulator’s intervention
The site, owned by Glenveagh, had been earmarked for some 500 new homes
More than 100 tenant-in-situ applications waiting in Dublin
Tenants at risk of homelessness cannot be assessed for purchase scheme due to lack of clarity on Government funding allocations, says council housing chief
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