‘Agent Cobalt’ fills role of Banquo’s ghost as Oireachtas amuses itself
Deputies and senators address each other as ‘comrade’ in corridors as speculation continues about Oireachtas member allegedly recruited as a Russian agent
Niall Collins
Landlord threatens legal action over ban on forcing students to take 51-week leases
Yugo accuses Government of ‘unseemly haste’ over fast-tracked July legislation
Total eclipse of the Dáil as Houdini Harris does a disappearing act on day one
Opposition outraged as new Taoiseach fails to show up in the chamber, but he didn’t fall down a black hole – he was busy phoning world leaders
Government considers means-tested support for mortgage holders
Minister of State Niall Collins says scheme may be introduced in response to latest interest rate rise by the European Central Bank
RTÉ report on Tubridy pay exposes clash between chief financial officers
Breda O’ Keeffe says Niall Collins and Deloitte ‘incorrectly’ relied on a Tubridy/RTÉ side letter
‘Like an episode of Succession’: the inside story of another week that rocked RTÉ
In WhatsApp groups among staff, words like ‘stunned’, ‘incredulous’ and ‘wtf’ pinged from phone to phone
Varadkar refuses to rule out windfall tax on grocery retailers
Taoiseach says he believes there is evidence of profiteering in the economy
Gardaí examine allegations related to Niall Collins’s role in Limerick land deal
Presumption of innocence applies to complaints made to gardaí, says Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin
Niall Collins confirms he knew wife was interested in Limerick site ahead of meeting
Minister of State now believes, in retrospect, he should have recused himself from discussion
Tánaiste stands behind Dáil comments about Ditch website and Paddy Cosgrave
Web Summit founder shares submission online which he says he filed to clerk of the Dáil, claiming Micheál Martin breached Dáil standing orders
Angry reaction in the Dáil as Varadkar invokes Siege of Jobstown
Taoiseach’s remarks about 2014 water charges protest ‘scandalous’, says People Before Profit TD
Paddy Cosgrave writes to Dáil accusing Tánaiste of breaching standing order
Web Summit chief executive says his reputation has been ‘adversely affected’ by Micheál Martin’s remarks
Varadkar comments criticised as ‘scandalous’ in clash with Opposition over Niall Collins controversy
Murphy calls for answers from Collins after ‘unsatisfactory statement’ last week during sharp Dáil exchanges
Anne Harris: Dr Eimear O’Connor a scapegoat in a political battle not of her making
What did women fight for all these years if not for autonomy and agency - and that they be not judged by their relationships with men?
Web Summit funding of €1m for The Ditch as editor rejects ‘anti-government’ tag
Eoghan McNeill described Micheál Martin’s intervention on investigative website as ‘mix of ignorance and arrogance’
‘It’s not the talk of the town’: Patrickswell locals bemused by Niall Collins row
Fianna Fáil junior minister has more clarifying to do over planning controversy, his constituents think - but he ‘isn’t the worst of them’
The Ditch: Who is behind the website Micheál Martin says is ‘attacking Government’?
News website is run by ‘two guys, a couple of laptops, a website and a Twitter account’, says shareholder
Tánaiste accuses Paul Murphy of ‘weaponising’ Sipo over Niall Collins complaint
Martin accuses website The Ditch of distortion and creating a toxic atmosphere online
Podcast: Micheál Martin takes on The Ditch
Micheál Martin’s rant in the Dáil was the first point of discussion on the podcast’s round-up this week
Collins accused of breaches of Code of Conduct for councillors in complaint to State’s ethics watchdog
Fianna Fáil TD told Dáil ‘no law was broken’ over 2008 property purchase from Limerick County Council
Collins says ‘no law was broken’ in relation to wife’s purchase of property
Minister of State says that in hindsight it would have been better if he had not participated in a local area committee meeting
Miriam Lord: No hurling from the ditch as Tánaiste gets stuck into Collins reports
The compelling action came when the Tánaiste got stuck into The Ditch
‘No law was broken,’ junior minister Niall Collins insists as he addresses Dáil
Minister of State for Skills and Further Education was defending role in wife’s purchase of property from Limerick County Council in 2008
Tánaiste takes aim at The Ditch website, describing it as ‘political organisation’
Micheál Martin claims news site is not an ‘independent media platform at all’ and questions who is funding it
Who is Niall Collins, the Fianna Fáil junior minister who can’t shake off controversies?
The TD is the scion of a Limerick political dynasty and has consistently polled well, even at party low points
Collins expected to make Dáil statement on wife’s property purchase
Opposition TDs have been calling for statement to include a questions and answers session
Miriam Lord: Varadkar’s dead wallaby defence buys Niall Collins no time for a break
Opposition TDs say they will not tolerate another statement in the tumbleweed hours
Niall Collins faces demands to answer TDs’ questions over Limerick property purchase
Coalition leaders criticise but ultimately back junior minister as opposition TDs say law was breached
Niall Collins: The events that led to the sale of a site by Limerick County Council to his wife
Site in Patrickswell was sold by council to Mr Collins’s wife, Dr Eimear O’Connor
Niall Collins should have absented himself from council meeting over land sale, Taoiseach says
Junior minister says he was not on council when land was sold, so had no ‘pecuniary or beneficial interest’ in property at time
Collins statement on property bought by his wife has not addressed all the questions
Fianna Fáil Minister of State breaks silence to address claims over property transaction 15 years ago
Niall Collins statement on Limerick property unlikely to silence questions
Junior minister responds to series of stories published by The Ditch website about his wife’s purchase of a property in Limerick
Minister for Agriculture’s St Patrick’s trip ‘producing more CO2 than average Irish house in a year’
Energy company reveals likely carbon emissions impact of flights by Irish Ministers
Niall Collins called upon to make further Dáil statement on planning application
Minister of State for Skills Niall Collins argues planning permission was properly granted
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