Temperatures plummet on election campaign trail amid blizzard of political promises
While plans differ between some parties on housing, the cost of living and taxes, all of them agree on a few basic tenets around housing
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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
Justine McCarthy: With Ireland on a knife edge, it’s a bad time for a brain drain from the Dáil
Potential new TDs would need their mental acuity assessed if they were not given pause by hearing about masked protesters outside the Taoiseach’s home
Minimum smoking age to rise to 21 in new Bill as Opposition warns more action needed on vaping
Minister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’
All-action Simon Harris delays - and perhaps drops - hate speech Bill
Taoiseach’s energetic approach has not stopped him allowing contentious issues to fall by the wayside
Girl power in the Dáil as ‘two very formidable politicians’ take centre stage
Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall, two of the founders of the Social Democrats, take a bow as the third founder hides in plain sight
Social Democrats will find it hard to fill vacuum left by departure of Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall
Departures unlikely to signal any major policy change in the party given they both stepped down as co-leaders last year
Former Social Democrats co-leaders Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall will not contest general election
TDs announce they will not stand for re-election, saying it is ‘time for a new generation to take over’
Delays to new sentencing guidelines criticised in wake of Cathal Crotty case
Judicial Council’s recommendations still not published almost five years after establishment, says Róisín Shortall
Labour and the Social Democrats: is it time for a conscious coupling?
Fergus Finlay, an adviser to former Labour leader Dick Spring, said he was surprised at the ‘animosity’ to the idea of merging from the Social Democrats
El Diablo’s grandson hopes to join the Haughey political dynasty at the second attempt
Cathal Haughey’s second run for a council seat; the Irish man with a prominent view of Trump’s conviction; and Daithí Doolan’s spot-the-difference posters
Sipo more a ‘lapdog’ than watchdog due to lack of powers given by Government, Dáil told
Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall says ‘not a hope in hell’ of reform Bill being passed before general election
After the Holly Cairns bounce, the Social Democrats must face up to three key questions
Recent polls are promising but the party has big decisions to make on three key questions
Elderly in rural areas face beds shortage as small nursing homes close
One in five smaller private homes closed in two-year period, as private equity funded hubs take larger chunk of market
If Labour or Social Democrats – or both – have bad general election, merger speculation will intensify
Question arises as Labour leader Ivana Bacik says merger is ‘possible’
Health committee says progress on elective hospitals ‘too slow’
Róisín Shortall says opening of first elective hospital on existing hospital grounds will take at least 10 years
Drip-feeding funding: The politics of not budgeting for runaway health spending
Tensions have bubbled up inside - and outside - Government and among senior civil servants in the fallout from a new budget that did not budget for massive health spending overruns
Stephen Donnelly promises ‘in-depth report’ on future costs of healthcare after budget row
HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’
No plans to reopen health service budget allocations, says Donohoe
Budget allocation will have ‘catastrophic implications’ for patients and those who work on the front line of health service, says Sinn Féin
Minister accused of stalling on proposal to ban disposable vapes
Stephen Donnelly denies that defeat of Opposition amendment will delay ban on sale of vapes to children
Miriam Lord: Gloves come off as the ‘Great Misleader’ and Portobello’s answer to Jack Nicholson clash over students digs
There was far less interest in the minutiae of Sinn Féin’s budget proposals from other parties, who may have had coalition in mind
Social Democrats target tax hikes to fund spending increases in healthcare and housing
The party also said it would spend an additional €1.1 billion on housing while it would take much of the surplus of corporation tax receipts to deal with energy costs and fund a ‘climate transformation’
Dublin to get second new elective hospital under revised plans
Health committee also hears of plans to set up new medical school in capital operated by TU Dublin which is being looked at ‘very favourably’
Coalition decision on housing asylum seekers to deepen capacity
Government to push ahead with new refugee accommodation centres in Santry, Clondalkin and Dún Laoghaire
Asylum seekers to be moved into three centres in Santry, Dún Laoghaire and Clondalkin
Government to place people who have arrived into the country at an industrial premises, a former college and a converted office building
Coalition insists Quinn Insurance insolvency a matter for courts
Ministers urged to compel release of reports setting out costs of company’s administration
Developer Cosgrave gets green light to build 255 apartments in Santry
Social Democrats TD Roisin Shortall was among the objectors to the development citing “poor tenure mix”
Life expectancy in Ireland making strongest gains in western Europe, committee hears
Incoming HSE chief Bernard Gloster emphasises ‘significant improvement’ in mortality rates from heart attacks, strokes and cancers
Planning application for north Dublin data centre withdrawn
No information provided as to why the application has been withdrawn
Holly Cairns: ‘They say rural Ireland is so conservative. It’s not true and it’s kind of insulting’
New Social Democrats leader on how the 2018 abortion referendum was her introduction to political activism, and the electoral challenge posed by Sinn Féin
Social Democrats swiftly complete a no-drama leadership change
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