Louth constituency candidates list: Sinn Féin may get two seats in five-seater with only one Government TD and three retirees
Election 2024: Louth is the smallest county in Ireland but one of the most densely populated area outside Dublin
Ruairí Ó Murchú
More than 200 jobs lost in Dundalk as Wasdell winds down Irish operations
Pharmaceutical packaging plant is being sold to another company but the business operating there is not part of the deal
Tax on sugary drinks raised €32m and saw drop in sugar levels in many products
Policy is being assessed after initial indications show ‘positive impact’
Sinn Féin puts Irish unity top of its agenda - but voters want action on housing, health and inflation
Party’s TDs are keenly aware from their canvassing of voters’ pressing concerns, but they won’t allow reunification to be sidelined
PayPal to cut over 300 jobs from its Irish operations
Company says decision not due to any specific economic conditions
Carbon budgets to help halve emissions passed in Dáil without a vote
Emissions ceilings to be decided for economic sectors once budgets come into effect
Dublin Airport delays: Use of Army personnel to ease pressure discussed
Operator to present plans to remove bottlenecks after Dáil committee’s visit to airport
Gas bills surge for Louth residents in shared heating scheme
Bills rise to €450 and €575: ‘It’s either paying the mortgage or heating with one that size’
Flexi tax-saver tickets still ‘work in progress’, says Irish Rail
Chief says issue is ‘front and centre’ as many workers prepare to return to the office
National plan for broadband set to accelerate, says Minister
Technical problems and pandemic take toll on rollout, Ryan tells Oireachtas committee
Varadkar suggests Green TD should contribute to CETA legal action costs if defeated
Irish ratification of the deal trade deal with Canada delayed to be scrutinised at committee
Dáil hears of ‘old boys’ club snobbery about mixed martial arts
Irish Mixed Martial Arts Association running into difficulty on approval as governing body
Officials to be questioned on cyberattack behind closed doors
Meeting was to take place in public but Department of Communications requested privacy
‘Do I have to lose her for them to realise?’ says mother of anorexic girl (13) over lack of specialist bed
Child has been in a general hospital for more than nine weeks as no place available
Three deaths and 474 new Covid-19 cases have been reported by Nphet
Half of 3,500 housebound adults have received first Covid-19 vaccine
Two fully vaccinated staff test positive for Covid-19 at Louth nursing home
Contraction of coronavirus after vaccination possible but ‘you would not get very sick’, says health sector source
Minister says 9,000 fines issued for Covid-19 rule breaches
SF tells Dáil that ‘Micheál and Leo show’ having an impact on public’s mental health
First fibre-to-home connections under broadband plan to be available this year
Eamon Ryan confirms first homes to be connected will be in counties Cavan and Cork
Carbon tax hike will fund social welfare increases, Dáil told
Kerry TD describes fuel increase as ‘one of most vicious attacks’ on rural Ireland
TD calls for banning the wearing of paramilitary uniforms by dissidents
Fianna Fáil’s Cathal Crowe says Ireland has ‘one Army only’ who wear national uniform
Week is a long time in politics for Micheál Martin
Cowen affair may mean as many as one-third of party TDs no longer support the Taoiseach
Covid-19: Dáil told of 26 deaths in private Louth nursing home
Calls made for an investigation into what happened in the residential setting
Louth results: Labour’s Ged Nash wins back seat lost in 2016
FG’s Fergus O’Dowd, Independent Peter Fitzpatrick elected on tenth count with Nash
On the canvass: Sinn Féin confident it can retain two seats in Louth
Newcomer Ruairi Ó Murchú feels the ground is good to retain Gerry Adams’s seat and hold the second in this five-seater bellwether
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