Labour led Fine Gael on many issues, party conference hearsKerry TD says party introduced topics like same-sex marriage to its Coalition partnerFri Feb 27 2015 - 22:01
Labour different party from Fine Gael, says Alan KellyMinister does not rule out election voting pact but says Labour will run independentlyFri Feb 27 2015 - 19:00
Galway residents waiting 40 years for council takeover of estate, Seanad toldSenator Lorraine Higgins says situation replicated around the countryThu Feb 26 2015 - 21:34
We will not be bullied on plain cigarette packets, says ReillyMinister says Ireland close to becoming first EU country to introduce plain packagingThu Feb 26 2015 - 18:07
Martin accuses Coalition of lack of urgency over hospital fundingFianna Fáil health policy ‘mythical’, says TaoiseachWed Feb 25 2015 - 21:10
Two-speed economic recovery under way, claims Independent TD Tom FlemingMany rural towns and villages left behind, says Kerry South TDWed Feb 25 2015 - 19:15
Gerry Adams says 479 patients ‘languishing’ on trolleysEnda Kenny concedes issue ‘a matter of challenge’ for Government in Dáil exchangesWed Feb 25 2015 - 13:06
Free health services for former residents of Magdalene laundries in BillOnly minority of women single parents, says Minister of State Aodhán Ó RíordáinWed Feb 25 2015 - 01:00
Agencies mishandled school abuse allegations, Micheál Martin claimsEnda Kenny says he will report to Dáil when Tusla investigation completedTue Feb 24 2015 - 22:19
Allegation of sex abuse in school to be addressed by TaoiseachFF leader asked Enda Kenny for inquiry into handling of incident reported 10 years agoTue Feb 24 2015 - 16:46
Childcare services report in six months, Alex White tells DáilIndependent TD Tom Fleming raises low pay and high cost for parentsFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:02
JobBridge operating mostly satisfactorily, Minister Alex White tells DáilSF TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh claims scheme is causing low pay and under-employmentFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Garda resources not an issue in prison officer stabbing, says WhiteFF TD asks why previous requests for armed escort for Derek Brockwell were declinedThu Feb 19 2015 - 18:32
No evidence Brockwell escape due to lack of Garda resources, Dáil toldMinister for Communications Alex White says incident an operational matterThu Feb 19 2015 - 15:05
Dáil told of ‘epidemic’ of burglaries in StepasideIndependent TD Shane Ross calls for reopening of garda stationThu Feb 19 2015 - 11:58
Taoiseach Enda Kenny defends changes to lone parent welfare entitlementsFianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin claims they are an insult and ThatcheriteThu Feb 19 2015 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil Senator tells opponents of plain packaging to ‘butt out’Paschal Mooney criticises Ibec and US Chamber of Commerce over tobacco firm threatWed Feb 18 2015 - 18:39
Donohoe accepts 20km/h residential limit in principlePaschal Donohoe says Dáil committee will consider ‘Jake’s law’ in new legislationWed Feb 18 2015 - 07:58
Medical training for fire crews ‘makes sense’, says Leo VaradkarMinister for Health responds to Senator John Kelly on shortage of paramedicsTue Feb 17 2015 - 21:59
Kenny and Martin accuse each other of ‘patronising claptrap’Taoiseach says banks will be called in shortly by Cabinet sub-committeeTue Feb 17 2015 - 19:38
Canine rhetoric draws verbal shoot-out at the Dáil corralSocialist TD Ruth Coppinger denies she referred to gardaí in Tallaght arrests as ‘dogs’Fri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Coppinger denies calling gardaí ‘dogs’ in heated Dáil exchangesSocialist Party TD says she was merely using ’figure of speech’Fri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Dáil erupts as Coppinger accused of calling gardaí ‘dogs’Socialist TD says neither Ahern or Haughey ‘for all their sins . . went and called out the dogs’Thu Feb 12 2015 - 14:02
Senator Ronan Mullen calls abortion Bill an assault on 'dignity' of childrenHeated exchanges in Seanad debate on proposed fatal foetal abnormality BillWed Feb 11 2015 - 22:12
Hospital trolley problem isn’t a question of money, says TaoiseachFF and SF leaders challenge Enda Kenny on the state of the health servicesWed Feb 11 2015 - 18:17
More than 400 patients on hospital trolleys, Dáil toldTaoiseach says ‘if it was a question of money, it would have been fixed years ago’Wed Feb 11 2015 - 13:46
Legislation will place National Concert Hall on statutory footing, says MinisterHeather Humphreys admitted there were problems in the pastWed Feb 11 2015 - 01:00
Micheál Martin says 530 patients on trolleys in accident and emergencyTaoiseach accuses Fianna Fáil of leaving country in catastrophic situationWed Feb 11 2015 - 01:00
Government defeats Daly’s abortion Bill with big majoritySinn Féin abstains, Ferris defies Labour party whip and three FF TDs vote for legislationTue Feb 10 2015 - 22:47
Dáil defeats Clare Daly’s abortion Bill 104 to 20Fatal foetal abnormality Bill defeated as Sinn Féin abstainedTue Feb 10 2015 - 21:16
Fatal foetal abnormality ‘an issue for next government’Paschal Donohoe believes current law is causing suffering and should be changedMon Feb 09 2015 - 13:42
Patients undergoing treatment referred back to waiting lists, says McConalogueFianna Fáil TD highlights case of young mother awaiting surgeryFri Feb 06 2015 - 01:05
Jobseeker’s allowance three-day rule criticised by Senator Katherine ZapponeMinister of State Ann Phelan says changing it would have cost implicationsFri Feb 06 2015 - 01:02
Dáil Sketch: Jonathan Corrie’s death hovers over homelessness debateShrine created by public to his memory in nearby doorway now cleared awayFri Feb 06 2015 - 01:00
Senator calls for all-Ireland approach to tackle alcohol consumptionGovernment’s proposal to end below-cost sales gets cross-party welcomeThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
Independent Tom Fleming says 30,000 house repossessions likely before 2016Taoiseach claims Government action on mortgages the most radical in yearsThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach defends sending Shatter commission’s terms of referenceGerry Adams accuses Government of having dismissive attitude to OireachtasWed Feb 04 2015 - 13:26
Transgender law open to review, says HumphreysSenators claim deficiencies in the Gender Recognition Bill 2014Tue Feb 03 2015 - 21:26
Barrett withdraws comments that parties trying to undermine himCeann Comhairle tells Dáil he came under no pressure over motionTue Feb 03 2015 - 13:00
Cancer incidence to double by 2040, says reportInevitable ‘boom’ expected because of relatively young populationMon Feb 02 2015 - 15:33
Sean Barrett to speak with Michéal Martin over rowCeann Comhairle says Opposition entitled to question his decisions but he stands by rulingMon Feb 02 2015 - 11:28
Abolishing Dáil and Seanad would save €100m, says Senator Colm BurkeFine Gael Senator says politicians slow to take credit for good work doneThu Jan 29 2015 - 22:23
Ceann Comhairle defends lack of Garda malpractice debateBarrett said it was not in order for Dáil debate as it would encroach on Shatter court caseThu Jan 29 2015 - 19:44
Joan Burton talks of IMO agreement on consultants payTD Tom Fleming said doctors denied pay had been agreed, despite Varadkar reportThu Jan 29 2015 - 19:41
Burton refuses to be drawn on cost of water grant schemeFOI reveals department is seeking extra resources to run water conservation grant schemeThu Jan 29 2015 - 13:55
TDs in Dáil walkout after Garda malpractice debate ruled outCeann Comhairle says debate on setting up of commission of investigation cannot be held because matter is sub judiceThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Opposition in Dáil walkout over Garda malpractice motionTaoiseach says Ceann Comhairle’s sub judice ruling preventing debate irreversibleWed Jan 28 2015 - 15:35
Enda Kenny: Government will get back every euro put into banksTaoiseach accuses Adams of ‘economic ballyhoo’ in sharp exchangesWed Jan 28 2015 - 14:25
Enda Kenny says Irish economy strengthening but remains fragileSocialist Party TD Ruth Coppinger claims Government creating distance with GreeceWed Jan 28 2015 - 01:00
Teachers among those who cannot afford third-level fees for children, Dáil toldIndependent TD Michael Fitzmaurice says middle Ireland hit by levies and USCWed Jan 28 2015 - 01:00