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Dáil Éireann
Peter McVerry Trust tells PAC it will not attend hearing
Refusal to attend not acceptable, says Fine Gael TD and PAC member James Geoghegan
Irish neutrality protest: Hundreds march through Dublin city demanding triple-lock safeguard
Sinn Féin leader says Government should seek UN reform over ‘sidestepping’ organisation
A mystery VIP Leinster House guest revealed and a visit from Charles and Camilla
Former children’s show presenter Timmy Mallett has been cycling around Ireland in memory of his late brother, and recently met Micheál Martin in Cork
Rent reforms: Coalition’s big cure for rental market somewhat diluted by mixed messages
Your essential end-of-week politics catch-up: Why did 30 party activists walk out of ‘establishment’ People Before Profit?
Central Bank’s role in approving Israeli bonds can be traced back to Brexit
Bank comes under intense political scrutiny amid second Dáil vote
Phantom cigarette puffer of Merrion Street prompts chortles in Dáil
Taoiseach Micheál Martin spots Minister – who had supposedly quit – smoking outside amid proposal to make Leinster House a tobacco-free zone
Disability activist Cara Darmody (14) calls for declaration of national health emergency
Secondary school pupil criticises Government approach as ‘all talk, no action’
Carlow gunman disclosure set to lead to scrutiny of An Garda Síochána
The case of Evan Fitzgerald has been referred to Fiosrú, the police ombudsman
Micheál pummelled from all sides over Government’s latest plan to ease rental crisis
As the Taoiseach batted away criticism of Coalition’s rent reforms, he may have asked himself, ‘what would the king of Jordan do?’
Fears over Russia being used to make ‘insincere’ argument against triple lock, Opposition group says
Left-wing and Independent politicians claim number of Oireachtas members are uncomfortable with plans to relax triple lock
Government focuses on tenants over landlords in rent crisis moves
Landlords will be classified as big or small for the first time under changes being proposed to Cabinet today
Miriam Lord’s week: Influencer Richie Herlihy’s foul-mouthed review of Dáil restaurant leaves a bad taste
Richie Herlihy met none of the TDs he wouldn’t get along with, but if he had, he would have given them a piece of his mind
Committees of the Oireachtas are back, but why can’t Irish politicians ask a good question?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Sinn Féin voting against first-stage Bill banning fox hunting ‘deeply troubling’, Social Democrats say
Sinn Féin attempting to block another Opposition party’s Bill going to second stage potentially undemocratic, says O’Callaghan
How Shane O’Farrell’s family spent 14 years searching for the truth after fatal hit-and-run
In the News podcast: Lithuanian Zigimantas Gridziuska was a repeat offender who should have been behind bars
TD apologises over remarks ‘wrongly’ comparing British army in Ireland with Israeli actions in Gaza
Tánaiste rejects claims Government not doing enough for Palestinian people
Parlous state of Defence Forces once again laid bare
Independents overboard as two Government-supporting TDs voted against Coalition over Palestine
Hacks in Montrose must be hallucinating about much greenery in their rundown newsroom
Questions about the €3.5m IT fiasco, ‘groupthink’ and that promo ad didn’t match the roasting of two years ago over Tubsgate
Taoiseach and SF leader clash over Bill to prevent Central Bank having any involvement with Israeli bonds
Martin accuses McDonald of using ‘false narrative’, and insists Central Bank ‘does not issue or sell or oversee the sale of Israeli bonds’
Pressure on Government to expand Israel opposition
About 40 people held up Palestinian flags at the Dáil and unfurled a large banner stating 'sanction Israel'
A mother who refused to take no for an answer - for 13 years, 9 months and 20 days
Nearly 14 years after Shane O’Farrell’s needless death, the Minister of Justice presents a public apology
Dáil suspended as pro-Palestine protesters disrupt proceedings
Mary Lou McDonald describes speech by Paschal Donohue dismisses as ‘utter, utter disgrace’
Dáil hears claim that driver who killed Shane O’Farrell was a Garda ‘informer’
Government to establish scholarship in memory of cyclist killed in hit-and-run by repeat offender
Ireland’s housing perma-crisis returns to centre of political agenda
Opposition plans ‘Raise the Roof’ protest on housing amid new measures
The Secret Life of Leinster House by Gavan Reilly: A survey of political life from the inside out
Author’s new guide to ‘what you really need to know about how the country runs’
Eradication of TB threat to Irish dairy exports ‘further away than ever’
Lakeland Dairies chairman urges greater efforts in protecting Irish produce and farmers
The battle of Browne vs Ó Snodaigh: Plans to mark Ireland’s Norman heritage sparks war of words
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: How a 14-year-old girl brought the plight of thousands of children to the political agenda
Drew Harris ‘deeply concerned’ over ‘erroneous’ Garda strip-search claims made in Dáil
Garda chief says women protesters arrested were treated ‘with respect at all times’ in letter to Ceann Comhairle
Numbers working on children’s hospital project dropped by third since January, politicians hear
Construction contractor BAM says site worker resources higher than expected for this stage of build
Gaza’s ‘apocalypse’ dominates Dáil discussions
Simon Harris set to bring memo to Cabinet seeking permission to draft Coalition’s replacement for the Occupied Territories Bill
‘Repulsive’; ‘obscene’; ‘genocide’: Dáil voices rise in unison over Israel’s slaughter in Gaza
Sinn Féin leader gets short shrift from Taoiseach in row over Central Bank’s Israeli war bonds issues
Equivalent of cost of national children’s hospital spent on bovine TB eradication
Sinn Féin’s Martin Kenny said an estimated €2.24bn had been spent on schemes to eliminate the disease
TD describes Israelis as ‘Nazis of the modern world’ as Dáil debates war in Gaza
EU-Israel Association Agreement should be suspended while review ongoing, Dáil hears
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