Dáil moderniser retires after 40 yearsKieran Coughlan served the State with distinction, honour and loyalty Taoiseach saysWed Jul 17 2013 - 22:53
Seanad debate on abolition adjournedAttempt to delay referendum on the proposed abolition of the Seanad defeated by 31 votes to 27Wed Jul 17 2013 - 20:19
Abortion Bill goes to committee stage todayTwo Fine Gael senators defy the party whip, as expectedWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:15
‘Barbaric’ prison sentence for illegal abortion to appease Bill’s opponents, Seanad toldPoliticians vote with conscience to stop pregnant women acting on theirs - ZapponeWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
Minister’s comments about cost of Seanad ‘an absolute lie’Using people with disabilities as part of abolition campaign an ‘insult’, Seanad toldTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Alan Shatter rejects Mick Wallace Bill on radical Garda reformGarda Síochána (Ammendment) Bill proposed establishment of independent monitoring boardTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Doctors may use abortion over early delivery to avoid liability if baby disabled, Seanad told“This legislation is an affront to human dignity. This legislation is an affront to any normal conception of human rights”Tue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Regina Doherty to make formal complaint over Norris commentsFine Gael TD criticises Senator’s ‘sexist and deeply inappropriate’ languageMon Jul 15 2013 - 17:38
Norris says loyalist behaviour ‘stupid’ and ‘Neanderthal’Senator calls on Church of Ireland to disassociate itself from Orange OrderMon Jul 15 2013 - 15:55
Minister rejects claim that rise in awards will drive up insurance costsMr Shatter said: “I don’t think there is any research basis for suggesting such increases will have any such effect”Sat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Independent TD says Coalition judicial appointments would ‘make Fianna Fáil blush’Shatter says Ireland a world leader for independent courts as judges chosen on expertiseSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Family law cases ‘put on backburner’, TD claimsMary Mitchell O’Connor questions why family court is still without basic facilitiesFri Jul 12 2013 - 19:34
Six days set aside for Seanad abortion Bill debateDáil will have to be recalled if any amendments acceptedFri Jul 12 2013 - 13:47
Court challenge to Bill while Dáil debate ongoing is contempt for House, says HowlinMattie McGrath had called for delay in vote on abortion legislationFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
’Nod and wink’ old boys’ club judicial appointments must end, says Sinn FéinAll judicial appointments made on merit, Minister insistsFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Shortall criticises Goverment for not accepting any amendments to legislationSuicidal women will not be allowed to have representative with her despite Dr Reilly’s intentions, former Labour minister saysThu Jul 11 2013 - 23:53
Unemployment cannot be fixed with a “magic wand”, Taoiseach saysEU funding for each jobless young person would not pay for a day’s Fás course, TD saysThu Jul 11 2013 - 08:00
Pregnant Irish women get ‘compassion’ in UKIndependent TD Catherine Murphy asks what would happen if section dealing with suicide was excludedThu Jul 11 2013 - 02:40
‘Big Bang’ change needed to make fares fair for Greystones commuters, Dáil hearsGreystones hould be treated the same as Bray and Sandymount travellers, says TDThu Jul 11 2013 - 01:00
Fine Gael rebel Walsh in appeal to TaoiseachGalway West TD wants Kenny to accommodate opponents of abortion legislation within partyWed Jul 10 2013 - 23:39
Government accused of ‘fiddling’ over pensionsMorally wrong to force workers to pay into scheme but get no pension, Taoiseach saysWed Jul 10 2013 - 12:31
Labour TD 'mistakenly' votes against Government on abortionClare TD Michael McNamara will not lose party whipWed Jul 10 2013 - 10:57
Shatter insists mortgage legislation will not “open the floodgates” for repossessionsThreshold chairwoman calls for urgent review of mortgage code of conductWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Alan Dukes is nobody’s ‘lapdog’ Taoiseach insistsBank directors not acting in public interest but in political interest, Adams claimsWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach willing to meet hunger striker protesting against property taxCo Meath man has lost 29 lbs after 22 days on strike, Waterford TD tells DáilWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Alan Dukes ‘is nobody’s lapdog’, says KennyTaoiseach rejects ‘lapdogs’ not ‘watchdog’ claims about public interest directors of banksTue Jul 09 2013 - 16:56
Treatment should be based on medical evidence not ‘political considerations’Psychiatrist says Creighton clinical pathway programme in line with current practiceMon Jul 08 2013 - 10:45
New party grouping may not give Fine Gael rebels speaking rights in the DáilThere can only be one technical group under the current standing ordersMon Jul 08 2013 - 10:40
Time Lord fails to see the light in Broughan’s BillBrighter evenings proposal does exactly what it says on the order paperSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:06
No need to legislate for brighter evenings – just get up an hour earlier, says ShatterBenefits of change: fewer road deaths, less depression and reduced energy costs, says TDSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Parliamentary inquiry the right forum to question Anglo chiefs, says TánaisteSF’s McDonald calls for explanation on Dukes’s ‘singing dumb’ about existence of Anglo tapesFri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Big rise in private hospital bed charges moves closerMinister defends changes and says Government believes they make senseThu Jul 04 2013 - 20:32
Cromwell invoked over disrupted property auctionIndependent TD rails disrupted Allsop Space auction at Shelbourne Hotel as ‘blood money’Thu Jul 04 2013 - 17:34
McDonald queries Dukes' knowledge of Anglo tapesSF deputy leader asks why bank chairman chose to ‘sing dumb’Thu Jul 04 2013 - 12:09
No cuts in special needs assistant hours, Quinn insistsMinister rejects claims of cuts in special needs assistant hours from SeptemberThu Jul 04 2013 - 10:23
Home repossessions Bill passed in DáilMinister for Justice Alan Shatter rejects a number of opposition amendmentsThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:11
Quarter of families had members emigrate in last two years, TD saysMattie McGrath calls for Minister to be appointed to deal with unemploymentThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
Schools urged to be sensitive to costs on familiesDepartment cannot micromanage individual schools, Minister saysThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
Employers to get subsidy for taking on long-term joblessBruton defends Government policy on employment after being accused of ‘failing young people’Wed Jul 03 2013 - 12:09
13 of Fianna Fáil’s 19 TDs vote against abortion legislationLargest turnout for vote since Government formedWed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
How TDs voted on Protection of Life During Pregnancy BillFour FG TDs defied whipWed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
Shortall wants ‘sunset clause’ in abortion legislationBill an ‘Irish solution to an Irish problem’ without another referendum, says Independent TDMon Jul 01 2013 - 22:44
Votes on abortion Bill expected to begin in DáilKenny rules out removal of threat of suicide from Protection of Life During Pregnancy legislationMon Jul 01 2013 - 16:48
Creighton to vote with her conscience on abortionDoherty rejects Minister’s claim that abortion issue dominated by group thinkMon Jul 01 2013 - 09:32
Trafficking Bill to tackle forced begging and domestic servitudeAlmost 180 cases in the past six years but State has not yet prosecuted anyone, says Fianna FailFri Jun 28 2013 - 17:06
Banks can no longer ‘kick the can down the road’ on mortgage crisis, says MinisterCentral Bank code on mortgage arrears a ‘charter for home repossessions’, FF saysFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Timmins to vote against abortion BillFine Gael TD for Wicklow to join two others and break Government ranksFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
‘Slopping out’ to end in Cork prisonVictorian practice o to end with the development of a new jail with in-cell sanitationThu Jun 27 2013 - 20:29
