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Rose of Tralee festival beset by financial problems and legal actions
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‘You’re a disgrace’: Dáil air turns blue after Danny Healy-Rae gets personal with Paul Murphy
Ged Nash gets the boot even before a vote is cast as chamber hears plenty unparliamentary language
Vitriolic Dáil exchanges over gender of Dublin TD Paul Murphy’s child
Row erupted between Danny Healy-Rae and Paul Murphy during debate on Finance Bill which was passed by 75 to 55 votes
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Budget 2025: Everything you need to know about the inheritance tax cut which comes into effect today
Housing and transport for regional cities needed to counterbalance Dublin overdevelopment, says Ryan
State will ‘tip over’ to the east coast if building overly concentrated in capital city, according to Minister
Hundreds of mice used every day in Botox testing ‘suffer horribly’, TD claims
Paul Murphy alleges ‘massive’ loophole in law gets around ban on animal testing for cosmetic purposes
Tommy Robinson’s Irish passport may be invalid, TDs say
Far-right figure stated place of birth as ‘Ireland’ when detained by Canadian immigration authorities in June
Sipo reconsidering its stance on Leo Varadkar leak inquiry
Ethics body writes to PBP deputy Paul Murphy telling him it will inform him of the outcome of its reconsideration
Sipo silent as deadline passes for challenging High Court ruling on Leo Varadkar leak case
TD who brought judicial review case calls on the Sipo to respond to judgement publicly
RSA calls for stricter penalties and increased road policing
Road Safety Authority chairwoman describes spike in fatalities as ‘heartbreaking’ as death toll reaches 102 so far this year
People Before Profit seeking formal left-wing voting pact with Sinn Féin ahead of next election
Dublin West TD says parties must ‘come together to learn from what has happened in France’ in call for agreement
High Court Sipo decision is a bad outcome for Leo Varadkar - and ethics watchdog
The former taoiseach faces more scrutiny of questionable actions when he first led the Government.
Paul Murphy TD wins High Court challenge to Sipo’s decision refusing to investigate claims of Varadkar leak
Judge quashed ethical watchdog’s decision and directed matter go back to office for further consideration
Just one driver convicted for not surrendering licence out of 10,000 ordered to do so by courts
At least 10,000 disqualified drivers failed to hand over licences over last two years but only 26 prosecutions taken
General election will be held ‘in due course’, Taoiseach tells Dáil
People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy accuses Government of using immigration in local elections to hide ‘failures’
Paul Murphy on the Leaving Cert: ‘There’s an enormous class bias in it. I’m a product of that’
The Dublin-based TD went on to study law after school but left his PhD studies to pursue a career in politics
Labour leader claims vote for an Independent candidate ‘often a vote for more of the same’
With polling showing Independents on nearly a quarter of the vote, Ivana Bacik makes election pitch
Putin crack ignites fireworks before Simon Harris gets turkey and ham for beating a lettuce
Seán Fleming’s withdrawal was a mealy-mouthed effort
‘Puppets of Putin’: Dáil suspended amid heated row over junior minister’s comments
Seán Fleming subsequently withdrew remark in case anyone ‘felt the comments were directed at them’
Taoiseach condemns ‘idiotic’ attack on Tallaght building earmarked for asylum seekers
Harris describes attack as ‘idiotic and disgusting act of criminality’
Solidarity rally held in Tallaght after Muslim cleric assaulted in suspected hate-based attack
Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri says he did not want to see Ireland ‘go down the road’ of other European countries where anti-immigrant sentiment is surging
Sipo says complaint about Varadkar not part of its remit
Paul Murphy’s lawyers said reasoning for rejecting his complaint ‘legally inadequate’
Green Party accused of facilitating fossil fuel expansion as exploration licence off west coast extended
Extension of Europa Oil & Gas licence to 2026 of enables exploration of Inishkea gas field, estimated to be larger than the Corrib field
Dáil suspended briefly after TDs call for debate on Gaza ‘genocide’
Richard Boyd Barrett and Mick Barry refused to resume seats despite Ceann Comhairle’s appeals
Use of ‘nasty’ language by some politicians when engaging with Roscrea protesters criticised
Labour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’
Varadkar one of only four politicians to declare donations over €600
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy discloses total of €3,000 in donations from three individuals
Disability activists protest outside Leinster House over proposed welfare changes
Plans are a ‘degrading and humiliating’ value judgment, disability activists say
Mary Lou McDonald confronted by anti-immigration protesters in Dublin’s East Wall
Incident one of two on Monday evening where Opposition politicians were targeted with People Before Profit blaming ‘far right agitators’
Dublin Zoo rejects claims it paid for hot tub, sauna for director’s lodge while ‘begging for funds’
Claims made by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy in Dáil on Wednesday
Martin’s Israel visit was ‘propaganda tour’, Murphy says as Tánaiste criticises ‘disinformation’
People Before Profit call for sanctions and stop to use of Shannon by US troops in motion
About 40 Irish citizens remain in Gaza, says Varadkar
Some 40 Irish citizens remain in Gaza, Taoiseach tells Dáil, as none have been able to leave enclave since first evacuations last week
Spotlight on Sinn Féin over its stance on Palestine after Hamas attack
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald condemned the attack ‘outright’ on Monday but not before some party representatives avoided criticising the Hamas atrocity
Government’s disability reforms will not ‘knock people off benefits’, says Taoiseach
PBP’s Paul Murphy accuses Leo Varadkar of emulating UK model of work capability assessments as portrayed in film I, Daniel Blake
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