Oireachtas

Taoiseach and his wife celebrate his birthday by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and hungry leader on the brink of his first general election

Brian Stanley has gone missing in the political undergrowth, despite noble efforts to find him by media search parties

Five senior Science Foundation Ireland staff made protected disclosures last December involving claims against Prof Nolan

Paschal Donohoe says system of representation ‘broadly works’ and wants ‘national conversation’ on the matter

Passage of legislation fuels mounting speculation of pre-Christmas election

So why is Mary Lou announcing ‘a complete overhaul’ of these same governance procedures? An abundance of caution or an abundance of caught-out?

Move would allow ‘customers to exercise their own judgment to decide on food quality’

A former Lord Mayor of Belfast, he resigned his Seanad seat last year citing health reasons

Resignation of PAC chair Brian Stanley amid internal inquiry and ‘counter allegation’ adds to multifaceted crisis facing party leader Mary Lou McDonald

The temperature is rising in Leinster House: telltale signs of a late November election are mounting, despite the denials

Peadar Tóibín says Senators ‘sniggered like giddy children’ as they denied being reported infiltrator during Seanad sitting

Rightly or wrongly, one name was on everyone’s lips

Controversial Planning and Development Bill a key part of plans to address housing crisis, but Opposition says it will add to delays and costs

Proposal envisages four lines between Dublin’s Connolly Station and Malahide to separate commuter and intercity services

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board says it could not express confidence in most recent revised substantial completion date

Deputies and senators address each other as ‘comrade’ in corridors as speculation continues about Oireachtas member allegedly recruited as a Russian agent

‘Influence operations’ by Russia and China are not uncommon as reports allege an Oireachtas member is working as an asset for Russian security services

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín calls on Irish political parties to audit members to see if anyone has received potential contact from Russian intelligence

Reports that a politician working within the Oireachtas is a Russian intelligence asset

Sinn Féin and the pricey phone pouches, being better than the ‘bloody Tories’ and the diplomacy of singing with 1990s heart-throb Peter Andre