TDs should be given incentive to vote for end to Seanad, says Labour’s Robert Dowds‘Strong package of parliamentary reform’ should be on the the agenaFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
More children and same funds, but no cuts – that’s officialFianna Fáil education spokesman Charlie McConalogue in an accusatory moodFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Special needs resource teaching funding stays at €1.3bn but student numbers upMost vulnerable in society targeted for Government savings in education, FF claimsFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore stance on special needs resources raises hacklesFunding and staff allocation not cut, Tánaiste insists in DáilThu Jun 20 2013 - 13:53
Flanagan attacks Coalition’s Dáil reform effortsTD in wide-ranging criticism of every aspect of Dáil’s operationThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Kenny labels Daly remarks ‘disgraceful’Independent TD critical of ‘unprecedented slobbering’ over the Obama family’s visitThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Daly attacks ‘slobbering’ over ObamasTaoiseach rejects claim Ireland ‘a nation of pimps, prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on the head’Wed Jun 19 2013 - 12:35
Fine Gael TD voices concern over Seanad abolitionMitchell says absence of Seanad, reduced Dáil and strong executive will mean less accountabilityWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:49
No evidence to link deaths by suicide of soldiers to anti-malarial drug Lariam, Dáil toldSoldiers’ suicide rates higher before prescribing of drug began, Minister saysWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00
John Halligan TD says church is ‘in no position to lecture on rights’Bishops criticised for failing to condemn harrassment of TDs by ‘pro-life mob’Thu Jun 13 2013 - 22:04
Shatter to meet Garda Commissioner and OmbudsmanCommissioner’s response expected within days to Garda Ombudsman criticismsThu Jun 13 2013 - 20:23
Catholic Church has no right to be ‘State’s moral compass’, Dáil hearsTánaiste says church has every right to express its view but its comments on abortion legislation are ‘exaggerated’Thu Jun 13 2013 - 12:13
Banking ‘fat cats’ spare their own pensions but ‘savage’ workers’ fund at Permanent TSBBank officials will lose between 50% and 70% of their pensions, FF saysThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:33
Taoiseach says he has been branded a ‘murderer’ for his stanceEnda Kenny tells Dáil he is Taoiseach who happens to be Catholic rather than Catholic TaoiseachThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:30
Taoiseach tells Dáil he is ‘a Catholic but not a Catholic Taoiseach’Taoiseach receives plastic foetuses, medals, scapulars, letters in blood over abortion rowWed Jun 12 2013 - 12:11
Department of Social Protection not a 'soft touch' for fraud or abuse, Minister warnsState can take bank savings or earnings of ‘overpaid’ social welfare recipients with new Dáil powersWed Jun 12 2013 - 06:52
Just 3 per cent of homeowners have sought property tax deferral, says NoonanIt will take more than 125 years of property tax to pay off banking debt, according to SFWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:04
Councillors confirm Keegan as Dublin city managerHe takes up the €190,000 post in SeptemberTue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00
Sewage plant to serve a million people but ‘not one house’ in Fingal , FF claimsPlan is an “absolute disaster” waiting to happen, senator saysMon Jun 10 2013 - 21:52
Reconciliation forum would be ‘pointless’, says Magdalene laundries survivor groupGovernment must publish report in full without any further delay in wake of leaksMon Jun 10 2013 - 10:45
Heated exchanges in Dáil over legislation to allow for public sector pay cutsULA TD Clare Daly accuses Government of ‘treachery’Fri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Crèches in RTE exposè will not be allowed to place JobBridge internsGovernment accused of promoting 'yellow-pack' childcare jobsThu May 30 2013 - 12:38
Assisted suicide law will not be changed‘We all have a right to demand a dignified life but we also have a right to a dignified and peaceful death’Thu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Funding will be cut from creches which breach regulations, Tanaiste warnsGovernment website offers “yellow-pack” childcare placements for €50 a week, TD saysThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Private sector must engage on climate change issue, says UN expertUN special representative for disaster risk reduction Margareta Wahlström said the private sector in most countries was responsible for 80 per cent of all investmentWed May 29 2013 - 23:35
Government defeats motion of no confidence in Minister for JusticeColleagues mount stout defence while McGrath renews challenge for Shatter to answer questions on Garda checkpoint controversyWed May 29 2013 - 19:30
Shatter tells Dáil of regret over Wallace commentsMinister accused of using private and confidential information for his own political advantageTue May 28 2013 - 20:23
Ruairí Quinn admits Susi grant system failuresMinister for Education promises not to “take my eye off the ball” this yearTue May 28 2013 - 01:04
TV licence fee evasion level 16%, says RabbitteMinister for Communications says 42,000 people have declared they have no televisionMon May 27 2013 - 01:00
Noonan urges caution on credit dealsFour nation consumer campaign targets 18 to 35 year-oldsSun May 26 2013 - 11:54
Shatter made two attempts at breathalyser, Taoiseach saysDebate on Fianna Fáil no confidence motion in minister will take place over two nights next weekFri May 24 2013 - 13:29
Dáil sketch: There’s no smoke without ire in the chamberIt’s the story that just won’t go away. Certainly not in the Dáil anyway. Penalty points and the Minister for Justice – yet another episode.Fri May 24 2013 - 01:07
US Senate committee quoted incorrect tax rates for Apple activities here, Dáil toldIreland singled out for global problem ‘exploited by lawyers and tax advisers’Fri May 24 2013 - 01:02
Creche allegations tap into every parent’s worst nightmare, Tánaiste saysMistreatment or abuse of children unacceptable in any setting, Dáil hearsThu May 23 2013 - 23:06
Sharp exchanges between Martin and Gilmore over tobacco lobbyingFianna Fáil leader desribes meeting with industry members as ‘disturbing’Thu May 23 2013 - 19:40
Gilmore expresses confidence in Minister for JusticeGarda issues should not be made public unless there is a prosecution, says TánaisteThu May 23 2013 - 01:15
Mobile phone companies could be ordered to shut down networks for security threatsThe powers were for situations where a mobile phone might be used to detonate a device remotely, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter saidThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Dublin City Council discriminating against Wicklow residents, TD claimsLess concern shown for Wicklow people with water supply problems in catchment area, says Simon HarrisThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore defends Shatter in penalty points controversyTánaiste says Garda activities should not be made public unless charges pressedWed May 22 2013 - 12:21
Fitzgerald plans preschool inspectionsMinister for Children says early-education training system to be reviewedWed May 22 2013 - 01:09
Punishment for abortion in new Bill goes ‘significantly’ further than current lawCall for an extension of the right to conscientious objection in the Bill to include trainee doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others involved in assisting in an abortionWed May 22 2013 - 01:00
Shatter says Commissioner told him about Wallace incidentMinister for Justice says ‘nothing sinister’ in getting information on TDTue May 21 2013 - 14:45
Abortion legislation ‘incompatible with the core values of human rights’Prof William Binchy says Bill not necessary under the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in A, B, C casesTue May 21 2013 - 12:12
Psychiatrists are being asked to be judges in assessing suicide risk, abortion hearings toldLegislation could actually increase risk of suicide in young males, UCD professor saysTue May 21 2013 - 01:31
Abortion legislation is most likely to apply to pregnant teenage girls in care, psychiatrist saysConsultant psychiatrist Veronica O’Keane says a patient’s GP should make the recommendation for an abortion and one psychiatrist should assess the suicidal riskMon May 20 2013 - 22:25
Suicide in pregnancy a real risk, committee is toldOireachtas hearings on new legislation continue for second dayMon May 20 2013 - 08:39
Jail term of up to 14 years for a woman who has an abortion in Ireland ‘bizarre’Master of Holles Street: ‘extraordinary’ that a woman could face this punishmentSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
Nobody can say risk of suicide will never occur, Oireachtas health committee hearsPsychiatric assessments of suicide risk are not ‘hocus pocus’, says chief medical officerSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
