ChatGPT search uses 10 times as much electricity as Google search - Dáil hearsDáil told 50% of energy produced in Dublin and Meath goes to data centresWed Feb 19 2025 - 20:50
National Children’s Hospital to have five fewer paediatric surgeons than needed Letter from doctors warns shortage to have negative effect ‘on safe and sustainable services’Wed Feb 19 2025 - 18:49
Government to legislate for ‘stop and search’ knife crime powers Justice Minister says ‘strong clear law’ needed to deal with dangerous threat to communityWed Feb 19 2025 - 18:28
Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness is new Leas-Cheann ComhairleThe TD wins Dáil vote by 96 to 66 against Sinn Féin nominee Aengus Ó SnodaighWed Feb 19 2025 - 16:03
Occupied Territories Bill not ready before summer at earliest - TaoiseachMicheál Martin says most Bills on order paper are drafted and ‘ready to go’Wed Feb 19 2025 - 16:01
Proposal to relax planning rules for cabins ‘tinkering around edges’ of housing crisis, McDonald saysMinister of State John Cummins says proposal would allow more people to live independentlyWed Feb 19 2025 - 14:09
Sinn Féin leader highlights knife crime and offences by those on bail Government intends making bail laws ‘tighter’ if possible, says Taoiseach Tue Feb 18 2025 - 19:16
Taoiseach says he used Irish to accuse Mary Lou McDonald of ‘untruths’, not ‘lies’Michéal Martin said SF leader ‘ag insint bréaga’ in DáilTue Feb 18 2025 - 19:09
Taoiseach accused of drinking too much ‘big tech Kool-Aid’To shut door on data centres would send signal Ireland does not want to be part of ‘most profound economic revolution’, Micheál Martin saysTue Feb 18 2025 - 18:44
Funding for delivery of 3,000 affordable and social homes a ‘statement of intent’ - Housing MinisterPossibility of tax incentives for private property investors not discussed by Cabinet sub-committeeTue Feb 18 2025 - 17:20
Pending 9% VAT rate for food and catering sectors to cost €675mLicensed Vintners Association is pressing for cut to come in on budget day rather the following January 1stFri Feb 14 2025 - 10:17
Evanne Ní Chuilinn tells Seanad that brother’s struggle with addiction led her to politicsMaking her maiden Seanad speech, former sports broadcaster says brother would be ‘very proud’Thu Feb 13 2025 - 18:54
Three companies that shared €4.8m from Arts Council for abandoned IT project namedThree firms who received bulk of €5.3m spent on scrapped IT system named as Codec, Ergo and ExpleoThu Feb 13 2025 - 13:25
Five Sinn Féin TDs write to Tánaiste demanding Dáil statement on Senator Martin ConwayFive female politicians ask Simon Harris to explain why Senator Conway paid €10,000 to charity after allegedly acting inappropriately to female colleagueThu Feb 13 2025 - 12:43
Legislation to increase number of Ministers rushed through Dáil, passing by 92 votes to 72Labour finance spokesman Ged Nash describes the legislation as a ‘jobs for the boys Bill’ and says the new posts will cost State €7.5 million over five yearsWed Feb 12 2025 - 20:39
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald writes to Ceann Comhairle following Dáil row with TaoiseachGovernment response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claimsWed Feb 12 2025 - 19:38
New senators set out stalls as Mark Daly of FF elected unopposed as CathaoirleachAlmost all 60 senators spoke on first day of new Seanad as Irish unity, disability and housing among platforms for future debateWed Feb 12 2025 - 19:20
Government to ban trade on goods but not services from occupied Palestinian territories, Harris tells DáilTánaiste says ‘radical’ amendment need on legislation to avoid EU infringement proceedingsTue Feb 11 2025 - 21:39
Call for Tánaiste to address Dáil on controversy over Martin ConwayGovernment also criticised over time for debate on law to increase number of ‘baby Ministers’ from 20 to 23Tue Feb 11 2025 - 18:17
Minister insists no ‘pre-determined outcome’ of rent pressure zones reviewGovernment under attack for proposals to end rent controls, amid claims electorate was ‘conned’Tue Feb 11 2025 - 17:11
‘Great wall of Tara’ another example of ‘Gucci Government’ spending, TD claimsPeadar Tóibín claims OPW has spent 11 years rebuilding Meath graveyard wall with materials costing €124,000Thu Feb 06 2025 - 17:12
People need ‘pounds, shillings and pence’ for Storm Éowyn damage, not taskforces, Dáil hearsIndependent TD says ‘fallen trees responsible for ’95 per cent of damage’, Harris tells Dáil 12,000 premises still without electricityThu Feb 06 2025 - 14:13
Government ‘peddling myth’ about Occupied Territories Bill, former coalition minister says Claim of need to ‘start from scratch’ is to ‘avoid taking action’, Roderic O’Gorman saysWed Feb 05 2025 - 21:47
Elderly man died after medical equipment failed during Storm Éowyn, Dáil toldFather had died in front of his family, says Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh, adding ‘That is the tragedy of it. That is how urgent this is’Wed Feb 05 2025 - 20:59
Government housing figures ‘a load of bull’, says Sinn Féin leaderTaoiseach insists ‘no attempt to deceive’ but he is ‘extremely disappointed’ completions less than official 33,000 target Wed Feb 05 2025 - 19:42
Seanad election finishes with 20 women among 49 winnersFocus on Taoiseach’s 11 nominations for more female representationTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Death of Shane O’Farrell: Government MEP calls for public inquiry into killing of cyclistRegina Doherty writes to Jim O’Callaghan, reminding him of Dáil motion he brought calling for full inquiry into cyclist’s killingMon Feb 03 2025 - 18:43
Sinn Féin and Fine Gael gain in Seanad election but Fianna Fáil loses three seats Votes in the Seanad counting system multiplied by 1,000 to avoid fractions, given small electorate of just 1,172 Mon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Long wait for Sinn Féin poll topper to secure Seanad seatFormer TDs Alan Farrell (FG) and Matt Shanahan (Ind) fail in bids to win seatsMon Feb 03 2025 - 01:02
Seanad election: Aontú and Social Democrats win first seats in Seanad, Labour loses by tenth of a vote Social Democrats set to win first Seanad seat; Fine Gael gains a seat as Fianna Fáil down twoSat Feb 01 2025 - 23:16
Seanad election: Aubrey McCarthy wins final TCD seat after vote recheck, with Chu losing outGreens win Seanad seat on vocational Agricultural panel as Noonan tops pollFri Jan 31 2025 - 20:42
Seanad election: Recount considered for final seat on Trinity panel after Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan are returnedCounting underway for two university panels for six university seatsThu Jan 30 2025 - 21:48
Ex-TDs, Seanad ‘lifers’ and well-known faces in election battleWho to watch out for as counting begins to fill seats in Upper House Thu Jan 30 2025 - 16:32
Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan re-elected on Trinity panel as Seanad counting nears endThree outgoing Senators on NUI panel - Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins - are returnedThu Jan 30 2025 - 16:07
Turnout of less than 25% expected among college graduates for Seanad voteCounting gets under way in Trinity and RDS of votes for six of 60 seats in Upper HouseWed Jan 29 2025 - 11:31
Gender split in new Cabinet draws criticism as Micheál Martin starts second term as TaoiseachSimon Harris becomes Minister for Foreign Affairs as Jim O'Callaghan takes justice portfolioThu Jan 23 2025 - 20:17
Who’s in the Cabinet? All the Ministers appointed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and their rolesSimon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at JusticeThu Jan 23 2025 - 19:33
How it happened: Unprecedented and chaotic scenes in the Dáil Election of new taoiseach and government proves impossible as Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy forced to suspend the House repeatedlyWed Jan 22 2025 - 21:09
Only certain ministerial job appointments so far are the five Independent TDs Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next WednesdayFri Jan 17 2025 - 06:00
Plan for mini-budget by new government droppedFine Gael proposal dropped amid concerns about international instability and economic uncertaintyFri Jan 17 2025 - 06:00
With 23 junior ministers, new government will be largest in history of StateGovernment’s first legislation will be to amend law to allow for three new ministers of State and additional super junior ministerThu Jan 16 2025 - 20:18
Labour, Soc Dems and Greens agree vote-trading deal in bid to secure Seanad election seatsElectorate of just under 1,200 including 941 councillors, 174 incoming TDs and outgoing Senators issued their postal votes for the 43 seats on five vocational panelsWed Jan 15 2025 - 17:39
Former TD Fergus O’Dowd went to his GP for a routine test. He left with a diagnosis of diabetesFergus O’Dowd wants to raise awareness about diabetes and urges public to have complete blood tests at least once a yearMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
Fine Gael senator Seán Kyne reverses decision to quit politics and will run again for Seanad Brother of Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan and nephew of former ceann comhairle Rory O’Hanlon also candidates in Upper House election with final nominations deadline on New Year’s EveSun Dec 29 2024 - 07:00
Pedestrian (70s) killed in Co Carlow after being struck by carOne fatality in two-car collision in Co ArmaghFri Dec 27 2024 - 22:19
Councillor Caroline Dwane Stanley resigns from Sinn Féin ‘due to it not being a safe place’Wife of former party TD Brian Stanley, who is now an Independent deputy, issued a statement on Friday eveningFri Dec 27 2024 - 20:55
Three remain in PSNI custody on suspicion of murder as man killed in Newtownards, Co Down, namedMark Dorrian (50) found unconscious in flat in West Street area of town just before 2am on Thursday died later in hospitalFri Dec 27 2024 - 19:01
Woman (30s) killed and man seriously injured in hit-and-run incident in Blanchardstown Gardaí appeal for witnesses to crash involving car and four pedestrians at about 5.45pm on Blanchardstown Road NorthThu Dec 26 2024 - 20:54
‘It’s not for the faint hearted’: Catherine Murphy on poor planning, emigration and political conflictThe Social Democrats co-founder, who has retired from the Dáil, says problems that got her into politics four decades ago remain to be resolvedTue Dec 24 2024 - 06:00
