Paul Murphy

Liam Cunningham says Government is ‘siding with warmongers’ as he endorses Irish neutrality campaign

Cunningham urges public to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to retain triple lock and accuses Government of ‘lying’

Taoiseach: Hip dysplasia controversy should be referred to Medical Council

Micheál Martin: Onus lies on body to be ‘proactive’ in professional regulation of members

Extensions to planning permissions for developments delayed by judicial reviews to be considered

Proposed measure is bid to activate developments such as large-scale apartment schemes which might otherwise go beyond their permission timeline

‘No quick fix’ for autism crisis as teenager’s protest pushes issue to top of political agenda

Cara Darmody’s campaign was sparked by the huge delays in providing assessments of need for children with autisim

Drew Harris ‘deeply concerned’ over ‘erroneous’ Garda strip-search claims made in Dáil

Garda chief says women protesters arrested were treated ‘with respect at all times’ in letter to Ceann Comhairle

Ruth Coppinger seems to think free speech applies only to views she likes

Do you believe in free speech? Do you believe in it for views and people you loathe? Unless you answer ‘yes’ to both questions, you don’t believe in it

Combining forces: Opposition plans to break the big two’s stranglehold on power begin to germinate

With Sinn Féin taking the lead, contact grows between parties of the left, though Labour and the Social Democrats are wary of having their identities eroded

It’s been like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds on Merrion Street since the sun started to shine

Mooney Goes Wild should do a programme from Leinster House

‘It felt empowering and worthwhile’: Singer marks three years of weekly housing protests at Dáil Éireann

Martin Leahy says lack of housing is ‘a failure on the part of Government’

Ruth Coppinger apologises for calling journalists ‘very pathetic’ in late night tweet

People Before Profit TD says she will continue to refuse questions from right-wing news outlet Gript

Airlines ‘declaring they carry weapons’ through Irish airspace, claims People Before Profit TD

Tánaiste says we need better understanding of what happens ‘above our skies’, Government to consider amending laws

Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search, Dáil hears

TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’

Ireland’s parliamentary standards have been trashed in recent weeks

Democracy is fragile - the consequences of politicians breaking with parliamentary norms and standards are not just theoretical

Sinn Féin TD’s challenge over constitutionality of ‘super junior’ ministers adjourned

Pa Daly argues Bunreacht na hÉireann limits number of government members to 15, including the taoiseach

The Irish Times view on two fingers in the Dáil: another kind of gesture politics

The two-fingered salute has been eclipsed by the more aggressive single-finger variant beloved of bellicose motorists

Verona Murphy will survive vote of confidence as Ceann Comhairle but at what cost to her standing?

Row over speaking rights has put all other Dáil business in abeyance for two months

Michael Lowry gives masterclass in smug ingratitude amid Dáil chaos over speaking time

Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end

Charges for excessive water use not being considered ‘at this time’, department says

PBP TD Paul Murphy claimed such a move could serve as ‘a Trojan horse’ for wider reintroduction

Government to contest Paul Murphy’s action seeking to injunct ‘super junior’ ministers

TD claims attendance of these junior ministers at Cabinet meetings is unconstitutional

Paul Murphy allowed to serve Taoiseach with legal papers seeking to injunct ‘super junior’ ministers

TD claims that the attendance of super junior ministers at Cabinet meetings is unconstitutional

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