Lobbying law to impose year’s cooling-off period for departing public servantsRegistration of Lobbying Bill may need ironing out, says HowlinFri Jan 16 2015 - 01:00
Simon Coveney to decide on Defence Forces role in tackling piracy in Indian OceanPermutations of resources and personnel being considered to combat ocean piracyThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
Hospital problems more basic than need for more money and staff, says Leo VaradkarOvercrowding a ‘sad reflection on our health service and our politics’, says VaradkarThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
Speculation grows that FG Mayo TD John O’Mahony will move to Galway WestDecision in January as Mayo drops to four seats with no FG hope of retaining all its TDsFri Jan 02 2015 - 01:00
Number served ‘Knights’ Christmas meals doublesOrganisers of RDS event for homeless provided dinner to 2,400 people last ChristmasTue Dec 23 2014 - 18:21
Case of two Irish soldiers killed in Lebanon in 1981 to be reviewedEx-High Court judge to report to Minister for Defence Simon Coveney by April 30th 2015Mon Dec 22 2014 - 11:06
Seanad debate on water charges Bill to resume on MondayOpposition Senators accused of filibustering during 16 hours of debateSat Dec 20 2014 - 14:48
Irish Water privatisation: Alan Kelly has gone ‘as far as is possible’Senator Mary Ann O’Brien says services will be targeted by Russians and ChineseSat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00
Seanad rejects call for every local authority to vote on water privatisationMinister says he has gone as far as he can ’hand on heart’, with plebisciteFri Dec 19 2014 - 17:56
Silly? Leo Varadkar reacts to Alan Kelly’s description of remarksMinister for Health says he ‘simply stated the facts’ when asked about water legislationFri Dec 19 2014 - 12:11
Minister must guarantee law against water privatisation - SenatorMarie Louise O’Donnell appealed for ‘watertight’ guarantee against privatisationFri Dec 19 2014 - 10:28
Burton discussed case of pregnant woman on life support with Varadkar and KennyTánaiste tells Dáil she was ‘aware of the case since late on Sunday’ when she received phone call from Minister of HealthFri Dec 19 2014 - 01:00
Government gets comfortable Seanad majority on water BillAlan Kelly criticises Leo Varadkar for ‘silly’ remarks and ‘lecturing’ peopleThu Dec 18 2014 - 21:06
Country in ‘different position’ on abortion referendum - VaradkarTaoiseach says he will not have ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to pregnancy caseThu Dec 18 2014 - 19:23
Water Bill passes by 81 to 58 votes amid claim TDs would ‘privatise their mother’Government backbencher warns Irish Water ‘far easier’ to privatise than any other State structureThu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00
Alan Kelly says he doesn’t want ‘bonus culture’ in Irish WaterFF’s Cowen claims Minister putting action on bonus payments ‘on the long finger’Wed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00
Kenny says Adams ‘won’t let’ McGuinness do North dealNorth’s Deputy First Minister rejects claims in Dáil as ‘laughable’Wed Dec 17 2014 - 00:32
Taoiseach withdraws documents ‘disappeared behind radiators’ remarkMicheál Martin challenged him to have the ‘basic decency to withdraw slur’Tue Dec 16 2014 - 22:12
New Garda plan to implement reforms, Commissioner pledgesO’Sullivan calls for ‘constructive dissent rather than destructive consent’Tue Dec 16 2014 - 06:32
Finance expert Peter Nyberg to be first before banking inquiryUp to 30 witnesses due before Oireachtas finance committee in first phase of inquiryMon Dec 15 2014 - 17:57
One third of TDs missing for each vote on water charges lawNo more than four Cabinet Ministers present amid heated debateFri Dec 12 2014 - 14:22
Kelly asked to clarify cost of billing households for waterHiggins questions Government figures on total number of houses in the StateFri Dec 12 2014 - 01:00
Cost to run Irish Water will eventually be ‘bigger’ than HSEIndependent TD predicts people will pay average of €1,000 a year for water in decadeFri Dec 12 2014 - 01:00
Alan Kelly accused of ‘nasty expletive’ to Mattie McGrathMinister apologises in Dáil if he ‘involuntarily’ said something during water debateThu Dec 11 2014 - 22:44
Brendan Howlin to discuss Childline funding crisis with colleagueSeán Ó Fearghaíl asks will a woman or child have to be ‘brutalised to death’ before action is takenThu Dec 11 2014 - 13:52
Homeless crisis an ‘autopsy of our national life’, says Enda KennyTaoiseach signals shift in focus from exclusively economic to include societal needsThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Questions raised about awarding of water meter contractIndependent TD Catherine Murphy asks if procurement process satisfies EU rulesThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Boil water notices to continue in Roscommon until 2017Under Irish Water Services Bill, residents will pay €130 a year for undrinkable waterWed Dec 10 2014 - 06:47
Government defends Seanad reform working group with no SenatorsMaurice Cummins says group will work on recommendations of previous reportsWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Coalition has lost trust of people, Michéal Martin tells DáilAdams says FG and Labour frightened of debating SF motion and are ‘not fit’ for officeWed Dec 10 2014 - 00:01
Mary Harney lodges complaint over naming in DáilMary Lou McDonald claimed former Tánaiste shut down tax evasion inquiryTue Dec 09 2014 - 22:56
Government wins Dáil confidence motion by 86 to 55Coveney says Sinn Féin motion of no confidence was latest ‘kangaroo court’Tue Dec 09 2014 - 19:50
Irish Water has had more than €1 billion spent on it to date, says Lucinda CreightonIrish Water got €490m from local government fund, says Reform Alliance TDSat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
Michael Ring says no hidden agenda in FAI sports grant to club in WestportMinister of State for Sport says FAI received €1.2m and it selected six projects, including club in his home townFri Dec 05 2014 - 01:05
Varadkar insists he has been ‘honest and upfront’ about 2015 health budgetMinister asks for ‘patience’ in improving discretionary medical card schemeThu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Finance does not rule out repaying IBRC junior bondholdersUnsecured lenders may get paid at same time water bills dropping through letterboxes, says Sinn Féin TDWed Dec 03 2014 - 11:50
HSE could start 2015 with €85m deficit, Fianna Fail claimsHealth service will have €635m more to spend next year, Minister saysWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
More than 160 people sleep ‘rough ’ in shadow of Leinster House’Minister for Environment will lead Seanad debate on homelessnessWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
Garda domestic violence programme axed due to lack of fundingResponsibility should be on police to press charges not to ask victim if they want toSat Nov 22 2014 - 16:18
Noel Coonan say water protesters ‘act like parasites and live off country people’Tipperary North TD says protesting ‘needs to be nipped in the bud’Fri Nov 21 2014 - 01:02
Irish Water the right structure but its implementation was a ‘mess’ – Simon CoveneyFianna Fáil TD says he will get €2 every Saturday night ‘for my bath’ while 700 are homeless in DublinFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water could be unreformable ‘Goliath’ like HSE, Fine Gael backbencher warnsEconomic Management Council refused to listen to TDs, says MurphyFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
State faces ‘potential Isis situation’ over water protestsNoel Coonan TD receives death threat over Islamic State/water protests comparisonThu Nov 20 2014 - 19:27
1916 commemoration plans ‘shambolic’ and symbolic of ‘cynical indifference’ - AdamsTaoiseach tells SF leader 1916 Proclamation calls to ‘cherish all the children’ equallyThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00
Kelly accused of leaving Dáil to sell ‘snake oil trickery’ to mediaIndependent expert needed to detail exact cost of proper water system, says Fianna FáilWed Nov 19 2014 - 21:44
Dáil hears 600,000 school attendance letters replicatedDepartment of Social Protection duplicates work in ‘bizarre process’, says Denis NaughtenWed Nov 19 2014 - 15:03
People not ‘brainwashed’ by Government announcement on water charges - TDTaoiseach hints at ’people’s forum’ to deal with Irish Water directlyWed Nov 19 2014 - 13:52
Leaks about prisoners ‘will not be tolerated’, says Frances FitzgeraldPrison Service preparing report on leak to reporter about TD’s visit to prisonerWed Nov 19 2014 - 01:00
Hammers, hot water and fake guns used on water workersProtesters have sought contractors’ home addresses through social media - MinisterTue Nov 18 2014 - 21:42
Joan Burton protesters like ‘hounds after a fox’, Kenny tells DáilSocialist Paul Murphy should have ‘courage and gumption’ to apologise, says TaoiseachTue Nov 18 2014 - 17:44
