On the canvass in the new Wicklow-Wexford constituency: ‘This is a blackspot for mental health’Election 2024 hopefuls Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne and Independent Councillor Peir Leonard go on the campaign trailFri Nov 22 2024 - 00:00
Road safety: Law change aimed at closing net on disqualified drivers delayed‘Game-changer’ amendment would give gardaí ability to identify banned drivers who fail to surrender licencesThu Nov 21 2024 - 14:36
Ukrainian embassy criticises Sinn Féin manifesto call for end to arms supplyParty said ‘all sides must cease the current unlimited supply of weapons’ into Ukraine, which was invaded in 2022 by RussiaWed Nov 20 2024 - 21:01
Micheál Martin says UK handling of migration led to Brexit and calls for different approachTánaiste critical of comments by Fianna Fáil candidates on asylum seekers and refutes charge of ‘reckless and irresponsible’ Coalition policyWed Nov 20 2024 - 20:12
Sinn Féin accuses Fine Gael of ‘blatant lies’ in attack ad claiming it will ‘raid’ rainy-day fundsFinance spokesman Pearse Doherty insists party will not touch €16bn pool as has been claimed by Minister Paschal DonohoeWed Nov 20 2024 - 19:34
Fianna Fáil declares ‘red line’ over disability supports in schoolsMicheál Martin said party would give priority to disability services if it leads the next governmentWed Nov 20 2024 - 18:34
Journalists’ union expresses ‘grave concern’ over Sinn Féin plan to review RTÉ objectivity on GazaSéamus Dooley said he would write to Mary Lou McDonald over ‘implied criticism’ of broadcasterWed Nov 20 2024 - 16:25
Social Democrats manifesto promises free public transport for under-18s and tax on ‘super wealth’Election 2024: Social Democrats deputy questions rival parties’ pledges to deliver public service investment and tax cuts simultaneouslyTue Nov 19 2024 - 18:18
How many landlords and property owners are in the Dáil?Election 2024: An Independent TD is the largest property owner in the Dáil, according to the most recent members’ interests reportWed Nov 13 2024 - 10:16
State construction company to directly employ design teams, construction workers as ‘public servants’, under Labour policy The party has said that USC will be retained as ring-fenced health contributionTue Nov 12 2024 - 17:19
Tánaiste and People Before Profit TD’s row among combative exchanges on Dáil’s last dayRetiring 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’Thu Nov 07 2024 - 19:16
Norma Foley was ‘extensively lobbied’ by company that produces mobile phone pouches, Dáil hearsTánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of ‘trying to manufacture’ election issue over pouchesThu Nov 07 2024 - 14:50
Ireland will intervene in Gaza genocide case before end of yearTánaiste says it is ‘reprehensible’ for Social Democrats to accuse Government of being ‘complicit in genocide’Thu Nov 07 2024 - 12:16
Tribute paid to retiring TDs as Dáil completes final rush of legislationQuestions raised about ‘unaccountable’ €2m funding for Secret Service in €104bn Appropriations BillWed Nov 06 2024 - 20:15
Phone pouch scheme will cost €2m every year as well as €9m outlay, McDonald says Sinn Féin operating similar schools initiative in Northern Ireland but Taoiseach Simon Harris claims it costs ‘a hell of a lot more’Wed Nov 06 2024 - 16:18
Vitriolic Dáil exchanges over gender of Dublin TD Paul Murphy’s childRow erupted between Danny Healy-Rae and Paul Murphy during debate on Finance Bill which was passed by 75 to 55 votesTue Nov 05 2024 - 21:06
M50 toll to rise in new year for some drivers, while Dublin Port Tunnel fee to rise during rush hourMinister Darragh O’Brien called on operators ‘not to proceed’ with increasesThu Oct 24 2024 - 15:41
Government to miss housing targets ‘by a country mile’, Sinn Féin claims in testy Dáil rowPearse Doherty branded ‘an angry man’ amid fractious exchanges on home buildingThu Oct 24 2024 - 13:58
Hate crime law among five Bills rushed through Dáil in six hoursDefamation Bill and Mental Health Bill will not be completed before general election but nine pieces of legislation set to be passedThu Oct 24 2024 - 06:00
Dáil votes by 76 to 53 to accept assisted dying report after Coalition parties allow free voteMotion says that House will takes note of document which made 38 recommendations as some TDs oppose legislationWed Oct 23 2024 - 21:31
Occupied Territories Bill will not become law before Dáil is dissolvedBill banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine to be referred to Oireachtas committee in signal of intentWed Oct 23 2024 - 05:45
Taoiseach wants no ‘ruaille buaille’ over timescale for passage of Occupied Territories BillIreland’s Central Bank is facilitating ‘sale of war bonds by Israel’, People Before Profit leader claimsTue Oct 22 2024 - 18:37
Dáil confirms SF’s Farrell to replace Stanley as new PAC chair without debate, voteGalway West TD succeeds Brian Stanley who resigned from Sinn Féin and is no longer a member of PACTue Oct 22 2024 - 18:00
Mary Lou McDonald issues ‘unequivocal’ apology to teenager sent texts by Ó Donnghaile and corrects Dáil record Mary Lou McDonald says sorry to youth and his mother for ‘hurt my words caused’ in statement when Niall Ó Donnghaile resignedTue Oct 22 2024 - 15:27
Tánaiste ‘hopeful’ long-awaited Covid inquiry terms of reference published before election Martin hopes for ‘constructive’ learning from mistakes, otherwise in next pandemic people will be ‘watching their backs rather than making decisions’Thu Oct 17 2024 - 18:56
Micheál Martin says Fianna Fáil TDs will have free ‘conscience’ vote on assisted dyingPeople Before Profit TD Gino Kenny appeals to all Government parties to allow members choice when issue becomes before Dáil next weekThu Oct 17 2024 - 18:18
Planes allegedly carrying munitions over State may not have needed permission for ‘some of’ cargo – RyanMinister says there is ‘ambiguity’ around whether aircraft needed an exemption but were not in breach of international lawThu Oct 17 2024 - 17:34
Gambling advertising and sponsorship to be restricted as landmark legislation passedBill is first significant reform of sector, estimated to be worth between €6bn and €9bn annually, since 1956Wed Oct 16 2024 - 21:52
Controversial hate speech provisions removed from criminal justice legislation as Bill passed in SeanadNew laws stalled in Upper House after criticism by backbenchers, Senators, free speech groups and tech billionaire Elon MuskWed Oct 16 2024 - 20:54
Number of TDs could reach 240 over next 30 years if population growth continues, chamber hearsPaschal Donohoe says system of representation ‘broadly works’ and wants ‘national conversation’ on the matterWed Oct 16 2024 - 15:07
Social Welfare Bill to be passed in just two days over three hoursPassage of legislation fuels mounting speculation of pre-Christmas electionWed Oct 16 2024 - 07:50
Mary Lou McDonald defends Sinn Féin processes as Government criticises handling of child abuse case and resignationsSeveral controversies engulf party as opponents accuse it of protecting itself ‘at all costs’ in DáilTue Oct 15 2024 - 20:16
Private college graduates to be excluded from extension of Seanad election voting rightsMinister says legislation is ‘genuine attempt’ to start reform as university Senators claim Bill is ‘disgrace’, and will keep Upper House as ‘rubber stamp’Thu Oct 10 2024 - 20:52
Aircraft carrying weapons possibly violated Irish sovereign airspace while trying ‘to save fuel’, Tánaiste suggestsSinn Féin’s Matt Carthy accuses Government of not regarding overflights by aircraft holding munitions ‘to be a serious matter’Thu Oct 10 2024 - 17:25
Micheál Martin says he was never briefed about alleged Russian spy in the OireachtasPeadar Tóibín says Senators ‘sniggered like giddy children’ as they denied being reported infiltrator during Seanad sittingThu Oct 10 2024 - 16:29
Israeli troops fire on Unifil positions in south Lebanon region where Irish troops basedDefence Forces will issue statement that ‘all Irish troops are accounted for and are well’, Martin tells the DáilThu Oct 10 2024 - 13:02
‘Most significant reform in planning legislation since 2000’ passes in DáilControversial Planning and Development Bill a key part of plans to address housing crisis, but Opposition says it will add to delays and costsWed Oct 09 2024 - 21:01
Ireland set to be one of first countries in world to allow women pause maternity leave if seriously ill, Minister saysRoderic O’Gorman introduces Bill that also entitles Oireachtas members to maternity leave and will regulate non-disclosure agreementsWed Oct 09 2024 - 20:23
No spies coming in from the cold in Seanad as Senators rule themselves out as Russian agentTongue-in-cheek denials follow recent reports that an Oireachtas member had allegedly been recruited by Russian intelligenceWed Oct 09 2024 - 18:28
Mark Ruffalo rows in on Irish politics, saying Green Party ‘about to do something really terrible to the environment’After actor rows in on LNG terminals and Planning Bill, party responds that ‘keeping the lights on in Ireland is not something he needs to worry about’Wed Oct 09 2024 - 15:51
Concerns about Russian ‘asset’ among Oireachtas members raised in DáilNo response officially or politically to report in media on member ‘recruited by Russian intelligence’, says TD Duncan SmithTue Oct 08 2024 - 18:06
McDonald claims ‘very senior members’ of Coalition wrote character references for ‘convicted rapists and child abusers’ Sinn Féin leader was speaking after Government calls for Dáil statements from McDonald about press officer controversyTue Oct 08 2024 - 15:18
Driving test no-shows: Testers paid to ‘twiddle their thumbs’ as numbers riseRoad safety group claims the problem of rising waiting lists difficult to address until no-shows tackledSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
‘A remarkable woman’: Tributes paid to former Fianna Fáil minister Mary O’Rourke after her deathMs O’Rourke was deputy leader of party between 1994 and 2002 and became Seanad leader afterwardsThu Oct 03 2024 - 21:53
Minister for Health still ‘fully expects’ State to take ownership of children’s hospital next year Stephen Donnelly says commissioning of facility accelerated and staff could move in ‘maybe before final completion date’Thu Oct 03 2024 - 19:30
School phone pouches: Opposition criticises ‘grotesque’ €9m spendMinister for Finance staunchly defends measure as ‘investment in children’s welfare’ and stresses international research shows it ‘has made a difference’Thu Oct 03 2024 - 14:39
Michelle O’Neill ‘horrified’ Sinn Féin staff gave references to ex-colleague later convicted of child sex offencesFormer press officers Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley quit party at weekend after controversy over Michael McMonagle aroseWed Oct 02 2024 - 19:59
Parents of babies born in December to receive treble child benefit paymentBudget 2025: Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald challenges Taoiseach to ‘bring it on’ and name general election dateWed Oct 02 2024 - 18:28
Coalition parties are ‘serial wasters’ of taxpayers’ money, Sinn Féin saysBudget 2025: Labour hit out at ‘lack of imagination’ while Social Democrats call budget ‘a giveaway on steroids’Tue Oct 01 2024 - 20:45
National children’s hospital ‘car crash’ set to be repeated with maternity hospital, Dáil toldAontú leader claims building, fit-out tender as ‘half-baked’ as contract for children’s hospital and that Government is ‘incinerating taxpayers’ money’Thu Sept 26 2024 - 20:25
