Government approach to Halawa case ‘the best way’Flanagan tells Dáil ‘our contacts, experience’ means the State is best placed to succeedThu Dec 17 2015 - 12:45
Fianna Fáil Senator calls for gardaí to detain ‘undesirables’Minister for Justice says State must be very rigorous in our monitoring of the situationThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil calls for West Link toll cut to combat gridlockMinister for Transport says measures to deal with traffic include new junctions on M50Thu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach pledges citizens’ assembly on abortion issueJohn Halligan asks if Fine Gael candidates will state position on Eighth AmendmentThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Bankruptcy Bill to cut term from three years to oneWillie Penrose says people are under ‘yoke of invading hedge funds, unregulated entities’Wed Dec 16 2015 - 01:01
Single authority for Shannon not possible, Taoiseach saysGerry Adams appeals for a single authority, as the river floods land and homesWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:01
Legislation for one-year bankruptcy discussed in the DáilBankruptcy Bill also cuts duration a bankrupt person must make payments to creditorTue Dec 15 2015 - 12:45
Minister of State talks to herself in Dáil as TDs fail to attendFF justice spokesman Niall Collins afterwards defended his party’s absenceTue Dec 15 2015 - 09:17
Minister only TD in chamber for amendments to prisons BillFF spokesman Niall Collins defends party absence, claims row ‘silly buggers debate’Mon Dec 14 2015 - 17:30
Clare Daly appeal for compulsory inquests into maternal deathsBill to reform coroners’ court legislation published in 2007 but not yet acted onSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Millions for TDs and Senators ‘terminated’ at general electionProvision of €14m for politicians who retire or are unsuccessful in forthcoming 2016 pollFri Dec 11 2015 - 21:39
Flooded properties should be exempt from property tax – FF TDSeán Fleming urges Minister of State to make ‘some effort’ for people hard hit by delugeFri Dec 11 2015 - 19:20
A sudden flood of Bills increases election speculationIndependent TD Fitzmaurice says Parks and Wildlife Service is ‘the biggest villain’Fri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach dubious of UK flood schemeSF accuses Government of cutting OPW risk-management fund by 25 per centThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00
Catherine Murphy claims Government deliberately removes oversightTD says Sipo has ‘no teeth’ and calls for anti-corruption agency with genuine powersWed Dec 09 2015 - 16:54
Enda Kenny says Donald Trump remarks ‘unacceptable’US Republican presidential candidate’s call for ban on Muslims entering US denouncedWed Dec 09 2015 - 16:24
Heather Humphreys defends Department’s work assisting artistsMinister for the Arts says “we are now in a position to invest in our arts and culture”Wed Dec 09 2015 - 14:40
RTÉ programme may lead to criminal charges, Taoiseach saysKenny accepts FF offer to facilitate enactment of standards Bill before electionTue Dec 08 2015 - 22:10
Two Senators say RTÉ claimed they had not declared interest ‘as film directors’Norris condemns corruption and ‘squalid methods’ of documentary programmeTue Dec 08 2015 - 22:00
Senator warns Seanad not to stop asylum application BillJillian van Turnhout repsonds to criticism from non-governmental organisationsTue Dec 08 2015 - 16:04
St Patrick’s youth detention centre to shut its doorsInstitution once described as ‘finishing school for bullying and developing criminal skills’Mon Dec 07 2015 - 20:02
Irish prisons to release 104 sex offenders in 2016Independent TD warns of risk since half of prisoners were not in treatment programmesMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Paul O’Connell wins at the People of the Year awardsReferendum campaigners Yes Equality named Community Group of the YearSun Dec 06 2015 - 10:54
Joan Burton rejects claim Labour has ‘rolled over’ for Fine GaelTánaiste responds to SF criticism, accuses Fine Gael of trying to ’shrink the State’Sat Dec 05 2015 - 17:43
Adams says Garda needs to have ‘operational independence’Sinn Féin leader says blueprint of PSNI should be followed after report criticises forceSat Dec 05 2015 - 15:44
Minister tells GPs they cannot charge medical card holders for blood testsKathleen Lynch responds to question about GP practice charging €15Fri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Seanad leader criticises Department of Justice over amendmentsLegislation on asylum published last week, 90 amendments introduced this weekThu Dec 03 2015 - 22:37
White Paper to address concerns over wind power – MinisterAlex White denies ministerial rift with Alan Kelly over wind turbine regulationsThu Dec 03 2015 - 22:22
Alex White denies rift with Alan Kelly over wind turbine rulesTDs must balance local concerns with ‘bigger picture’ of renewable energy, says MinisterThu Dec 03 2015 - 14:10
Independent TD accuses Taoiseach of not doing enough for western countiesEnda Kenny rejects Dáil claims by Roscommon-South Leitrim deputy Michael FitzmauriceWed Dec 02 2015 - 22:05
Senator claims ‘lion’ Bill on legal services reform ended up as ‘little lamb’Minister for Justice had 105 amendments for single page of legislationWed Dec 02 2015 - 21:45
Not possible to meet everyone, says Leo VaradkarMinister will not be meeting parents of baby who died in botched delivery in 1992Wed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Government’s commitment to climate goals questionedIrish role on hunger hypocritical without climate change action, says Independent TDWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin: ‘Truly demented’ to restore €1,700 to Cowen’s pensionHowever, Howlin says it is unconstitutional to penalise certain public service recipientsFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
‘Shut up and listen,’ Tánaiste tells Fianna Fáil in Dáil rowBurton ‘very competent’ at ’spin and empathy’, claims CowenThu Nov 19 2015 - 15:22
Restoration of former ministers’ pensions ‘disgraceful’Brian Cowen on €134,000, Charlie McCreevy on €108,000, Ivor Callely on €62,000Thu Nov 19 2015 - 11:41
Ruling out of questions to Noonan on IBRC inquiry a ‘farce’, says DohertyMinister for Finance says he did not rule questions out of order on investigationWed Nov 18 2015 - 22:08
Property market ‘looked a little scary’ with fears of property bubble – NoonanFianna Fáil calls for Central Bank 20 per cent mortgage deposit rules to be halvedWed Nov 18 2015 - 22:03
Taoiseach urges businesses to seek bank charge checkIndependent TD Michael Fitzmaurice claims banks are engaging in a “con job” by moving small enterprises from chequebooks to business debit cardsWed Nov 18 2015 - 21:39
Mick Wallace says arms industry shares up 4% in three daysFrance selling armaments to both sides in Syria and Iraq and ‘feeding IS’Wed Nov 18 2015 - 01:03
Absent parents should not be ‘off the hook’ because of payment changeO’Dea draws attention to anomaly that has arisen after change in benefit eligibilityWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Housing assistance payment has helped 4,700 families stay in homesSome 1,570 children now living in emergency accommodationWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Minute’s silence in Dáil and Seanad for fallen of Paris attacksDeepest condolences extended in wake of sustained applause for French ambassadorTue Nov 17 2015 - 17:09
Government rejects Bill on passport-free Ryanair travelRenua TD proposed new rules for common travel area between Ireland and BritainFri Nov 13 2015 - 17:47
Residents are paying unnecessary management bills, TD saysSocial Democrat Catherine Murphy wants change to law on multi-unit developmentsFri Nov 13 2015 - 17:42
Paschal Mooney critical of RTÉ sports bulletinsBulletins start with result of ‘English Premier League matches’ instead of Irish sportsFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:05
Dáil Sketch: Slight miscarriage of justice as Shatter gets a dig inFormer minister told to ‘get off his high horse’ after taking pot shot at OppositionFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:01
Fianna Fáil criticises ‘Thatcherite’ policies of Leo VaradkarTánaiste insists comments by Minister for Health were ‘very clearly’ personal opinionFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
State’s approach to preserving Moore Street criticisedCoalition’s vision on Rising centenary is to turn 1916 sites into shopping centre, says TDFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
