TDs and Senators to be offered workshops on consentSenator Lynn Ruane organising workshops to build understanding of ‘boundary-setting’Sat Dec 28 2019 - 02:00
Direct provision: Group to review community engagementExpert group to research how to consult communities on asylum seeker arrivalsSat Dec 28 2019 - 01:00
Wind energy ‘revolution’ lies ahead, says VaradkarAssessment of offshore renewable energy projects to change under marine BillSat Dec 28 2019 - 00:01
Emergency Brexit inspection tents in Rosslare cost €120,000Marquees were put up and taken down a number of times over the last yearMon Dec 23 2019 - 02:30
Taxpayers foot €300,000 bill for TD and senator newsletters this yearFine Gael clock up highest printing bill on Oireachtas printing serviceThu Dec 19 2019 - 20:58
Verona Murphy claims she was ‘silenced’ by Fine GaelSimon Harris says decison to deselect Wexford candidate ‘looking better by the moment’Thu Dec 19 2019 - 13:14
Fire officers have ‘serious concern’ about safety of Limerick hospitalHospital warns of ‘threat to life and limb’ if services curtailedThu Dec 19 2019 - 11:40
Plans for publicly-funded IVF service in State hospitals to be announcedIreland and Lithuania only two EU countries not to offer state funding for assisted reproductionThu Dec 19 2019 - 01:00
Dáil rise: Politicians prepare for Christmas breakInside Politics: TDs return to House in mid-January amid general election speculationWed Dec 18 2019 - 08:01
CervicalCheck reviewers concerned criticism ‘could place lives at risk’Lead assessor Prof Henry Kitchener due to appear before Oireachtas health committeeTue Dec 17 2019 - 21:48
IVF, fertility treatment: Up to €1 million funding to be announcedMinister for Health Simon Harris is bringing memo to Cabinet detailing a model of careTue Dec 17 2019 - 11:47
Oil exploration to be banned in Irish waters and gas to be phased outMinister of State for Natural Resources Seán Canney due to update Cabinet on ban todayTue Dec 17 2019 - 04:55
Senators predict ‘difficult decisions’ for both sides in Brexit trade talksCommittee chair Neale Richmond says many sectors still need clarity on what lies aheadMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
Dara Murphy expense claims may be investigated independentlyTasking senior counsel with job mooted as Varadkar says ethics committee ruled outMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
No point reconvening Dáil without election date, says MartinFianna Fáil leader urges Varadkar to action and says Easter would be natural end for DáilSun Dec 15 2019 - 21:38
Parents of acid attack teens question decision not to bring charges‘We just want justice for those boys because the injuries are for life; they will be scarred for life’Thu Dec 12 2019 - 20:03
Dáil group says it cannot investigate Dara MurphyFormer TD at the centre of a controversy about non-attendance at Leinster HouseThu Dec 12 2019 - 13:22
Johnson or Corbyn? Britain goes to polls after five-week campaignInside Politics: Voting continues until 10pm when a joint exit poll will give first glimpse of resultsThu Dec 12 2019 - 08:03
Plans for new adoption law have been droppedZappone had been in talks with AG in recent years in an effort to break impasse over BillWed Dec 11 2019 - 21:41
Consumers not seeing reduced insurance costs, FG meeting toldComments by Kate O’Connell at parliamentary party meeting seen as a ‘grenade’Wed Dec 11 2019 - 21:24
Cost of Dáil printer that was too big for room rises above €2mClerk of the Dáil says ‘honest mistakes’ were made but business case for purchase ‘is still sound’Wed Dec 11 2019 - 18:35
More CervicalCheck women to receive €2,000 payment, Minister confirmsSimon Harris says payment will be extended to women included in Royal College reviewWed Dec 11 2019 - 15:39
More than 3,500 parents waiting to have childcare scheme applications approvedMinister believes waiting time for approval of these applications will take a number of daysWed Dec 11 2019 - 12:01
Religious order has ‘ethical responsibility’ to pay more towards Tuam excavationMinister say work on exhumations at former mother and baby home may not begin until late 2020Wed Dec 11 2019 - 11:17
Hospitals to open 190 extra beds to in attempt to ease winter pressureSimon Harris to tell Oireachtas committee fees for injury units being decreased to €75Wed Dec 11 2019 - 01:00
Empty direct provision housing in Achill is costing Government €350,000State is paying for the accommodation while protests prevent 38 asylum seekers moving inSat Dec 07 2019 - 02:24
Chairman of national children’s hospital ‘gobsmacked’ by PAC questions‘I’m not really here to interview for the job,’ Fred Barry tells Sinn Féin Deputy Imelda MunsterThu Dec 05 2019 - 21:25
Nurses’ deal costs three times Government’s original estimateAgreement that ended strike to cost €48 million this year, Department of Health saysThu Dec 05 2019 - 02:42
Government survives (for now) after scraping through Dáil voteInside Politics: Motion of no confidence in Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy defeated by 56 votes to 53 with 35 abstentionsWed Dec 04 2019 - 09:42
CervicalCheck review yet ‘another difficult day for women’Taoiseach signals expert report another step in restoring confidence in life-saving schemeTue Dec 03 2019 - 17:02
Apple to tell Oireachtas committee about Siri reviews of usersPrivacy fears to fore as tech giant to say analyses done on small subset of audioTue Dec 03 2019 - 02:12
Wexford byelection: Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne tops pollVerona Murphy eliminated on fourth count but plans to run in next general electionSat Nov 30 2019 - 20:17
Controversial Dáil printer project cost €1.8m, report finds‘This has been a total pig’s ear’: Members of PAC label situation as ‘absolute mess’Thu Nov 28 2019 - 18:28
Four TDs likely to avoid suspension over voting controversyDáil ethics committee defers decision on censuring FF deputies involved in rowThu Nov 28 2019 - 13:19
Report calls for replacement or overhaul of direct provision systemRecommendations include increasing allowances and shorter waiting period for workWed Nov 27 2019 - 01:07
Friday's byelections: All you need to know about candidates, constituencies and issuesFriday’s votes in Wexford, Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Cork North Central come after TDs secured MEP seatsTue Nov 26 2019 - 14:34
Government ‘predisposed to favouring men’ for top postsProgress made on Civil Service gender equality, says top-level appointments bodyMon Nov 25 2019 - 01:14
Children’s hospital board head to be quizzed on cost increasesFred Barry and colleagues due to appear before Oireachtas committee on WednesdaySun Nov 24 2019 - 22:46
New direct provision housing for asylum seekers is running over budgetMore centres are needed due to rise in the number seeking international protectionSat Nov 23 2019 - 02:15
Nearly 5,500 asylum seekers to be housed in new direct provision centres across IrelandDepartment of Justice seeking providers to operate centres in eight regionsFri Nov 22 2019 - 06:23
State pledges to consult communities over direct provision centresTender documents issued for new regional accommodation centres across 26 countiesFri Nov 22 2019 - 00:53
Fine Gael’s Verona Murphy ‘deeply regrets’ Islamic State commentsWexford byelection candidate claimed terror group is a big part of immigrant populationThu Nov 21 2019 - 14:58
Broadband plan gets lost in Verona Murphy controversyInside Politics: Taoiseach resists calls to deselect Wexford byelection candidate over comments on Isis and migrationWed Nov 20 2019 - 07:51
Verona Murphy: Fine Gael under pressure to address controversyTaoiseach says he is standing by his Wexford byelection candidate and will canvass with herWed Nov 20 2019 - 02:49
Taoiseach stands by Verona Murphy despite further controversial remarksFine Gael byelection candidate said addiction and bad choices lead people to become homelessTue Nov 19 2019 - 17:46
Verona Murphy criticised for saying 3 year-olds ‘manipulated’ by Isis‘These kind of comments need to be condemned in the strongest possible terms’Tue Nov 19 2019 - 14:00
Flanagan criticises Isis comments by Verona MurphyMinister says ‘this kind of misinformation’ is threatening ‘to take root’ after comments by Wexford candidateTue Nov 19 2019 - 08:03
Fine Gael TD says comments by party byelection candidate ‘dangerous’Verona Murphy, FG candidate in Wexford, said some asylum seekers ‘infiltrated by Isis’Tue Nov 19 2019 - 02:30
Wexford byelection: Main rivals face off over homelessnessKey issue for all candidates is that a lot of people are unaware an election is coming upTue Nov 19 2019 - 02:00
Verona Murphy apologises ‘wholeheartedly’ for Isis migrants claimFine Gael byelection candidate said Isis was a ‘big part of the migrant population’Mon Nov 18 2019 - 21:05
