Review of 3,000 CervicalCheck smear tests will take up to four months, Taoiseach saysWomen must be asked for their consent and will be briefed individually, Dáil is toldWed Jul 11 2018 - 13:14
A woman’s place ‘is where she wants it to be’, Taoiseach saysVaradkar asked about poll on deletion of role in the home article from ConstitutionTue Jul 10 2018 - 22:27
Bill prohibiting baptism as requirement for school entry passes in Dáil‘Baptism barrier’ to be lifted from September 2019 affecting over-subscribed schoolsTue Jul 10 2018 - 21:05
Road Traffic Bill passes through Seanad in an hour after weeks in DáilFF Senator says learner driver rule will have very different effect in Kerry compared to DublinTue Jul 10 2018 - 20:45
Court poor box will be ‘done away with’, says FlanaganMinister for Justice is unhappy with how poorbox is being used. ‘I intend to reform it’Tue Jul 10 2018 - 15:52
Call for publication of gender-recognition law reviewMinister expected to bring report to Cabinet this week with proposals for new legislationSun Jul 08 2018 - 20:15
Minister committed to ensuring new HPV test delivered by year endCreator of vaccine that ended cervical cancer in Australia to receive award in IrelandSun Jul 08 2018 - 19:57
New rules aim to combat Ireland’s reputation as puppy farm capitalMeasures include unannounced inspections, and banning use of portable cages as kennelsSun Jul 08 2018 - 15:38
Tánaiste: UK Brexit proposals could be basis for serious negotiationsPlans pick and choose but UK has ‘softened red lines’ and EU will show some flexibilitySun Jul 08 2018 - 15:34
Drink-driving Bill disruption adds to grief of victims’ familiesFilibustering and attempts to delay the legislation by some rural TDs left a bitter tasteSat Jul 07 2018 - 01:55
Government gets power to revoke planning permission for ‘State security’TD links provision to approval for Russian embassy to significantly expand its premisesFri Jul 06 2018 - 20:11
Drink-driving law passed in Dáil after bitter row over filbusteringCeann Comhairle says tactics bringing Dáil into ‘disrepute’ as debate exceeded 30 hoursFri Jul 06 2018 - 13:46
Dáil passes Bill on extending craft brewery opening hoursMinister for Justice notes ‘contradictions’ on Opposition benches over alcohol legislationThu Jul 05 2018 - 21:02
Government defeated in Dáil vote on sex abuse redress schemeTDs back Fianna Fáil motion on reforming system for victims of primary school abuseThu Jul 05 2018 - 19:41
State must finally ratify UN torture protocol, Dáil hearsFianna Fáil Deputy says such a move is necessary to secure a Security Council seatThu Jul 05 2018 - 14:17
Report criticising judicial appointments Bill to be publishedEuropean body warns of need to ‘limit potential risks of improper influence’Thu Jul 05 2018 - 12:05
European body urges Government to reconsider judicial BillFine Gael Senator describes legislation as an ‘insult to legal profession’Thu Jul 05 2018 - 00:15
Minister rules out second round Leaving Cert to avoid repeat yearsBruton tells SF TD repeats not possible within existing exams modelWed Jul 04 2018 - 21:13
Minister refuses to delay Garda Commissioner’s appointmentTD claims Drew Harris may be ‘arrested’ over failure to hand over Glennane gang filesWed Jul 04 2018 - 20:14
Taoiseach, FF leader in sharp exchanges over homelessnessMartin accuses Varadkar of not caring enough; Taoiseach blames FF for crisisWed Jul 04 2018 - 19:26
Taoiseach ‘notorious’ for feeding gossip to political journalistsMicheál Martin raises Varadkar’s criticism of journalists at New YorkWed Jul 04 2018 - 14:34
Taoiseach ‘profoundly regrets’ if anyone thinks he does not respect the mediaVaradkar says media important but not above criticismWed Jul 04 2018 - 13:58
Large breweries ‘pay publicans not to stock smaller companies’ beer, cider’Free kegs, event cash and refurbishment payment for pubs are used by major brewers, Labour’s Alan Kelly claimsWed Jul 04 2018 - 07:55
Ross driven by personal agenda on judicial appointments – McDowellMinister’s stance ‘arises from dissatisfaction with way a case he was involved in... was decided’Tue Jul 03 2018 - 23:11
Bill to include Traveller culture in school curriculum before SeanadKelleher says legislation will help make schools more welcoming to TravellersTue Jul 03 2018 - 22:12
Government accused of ‘shaming’ Ireland on environmentGreen Party leader says Ministers must stop playing election games and stay another year to deal with climate changeTue Jul 03 2018 - 21:44
Lack of women at top level in Department of Finance ‘unacceptable’Maternity leave a ‘sliver of entire working life’ and should not be penalised - DonohoeTue Jul 03 2018 - 20:27
Time to ‘definitively address’ Ireland’s tax haven reputationBurton drafts Bill to establish tax commission to rehabilitate State’s ’last chance saloon’ on tax justiceTue Jul 03 2018 - 20:08
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil row over which party is closer to Sinn FéinTit-for-tat exchanges as Tánaiste appeals for same community activism on water as during snowTue Jul 03 2018 - 17:04
Tánaiste ‘proud’ of Ireland’s record in never using migration to create political divisionMcGrath: ‘We should protect our own families’ as immigrants attempt illegal entry’Thu Jun 28 2018 - 19:13
Tánaiste warns Law Society to tackle claims harvesting with firm handGovernment will change how solicitors regulated if claims touting websites not acted onThu Jun 28 2018 - 16:39
88 children waiting for scoliosis surgery over four months – Simon HarrisNumber down by over 100 since September but Sinn Féin say some of those 88 waiting more than three yearsThu Jun 28 2018 - 15:45
Ireland must ‘hold its nerve’ in Brexit talks - TánaisteSimon Coveney insists backstop agreement is ‘cast iron’ - no withdrawal treaty without itThu Jun 28 2018 - 13:29
‘Three strikes’ policy on mobile phones in schools proposedMinister says that Independent’s legislation ‘smacks of top-down approach’Wed Jun 27 2018 - 20:58
Taoiseach says booking papal tickets and not attending ‘petty, mean-spirited’Pope Francis visit expected to cost ‘more than €10 million but less than €20 million’Wed Jun 27 2018 - 20:25
500,000 passports issued in first five months of this yearTDs should not to turn their offices into ‘passport processing’ centres - TánaisteWed Jun 27 2018 - 20:00
Lowry’s court fine ‘chicken feed’, TD tells DáilRuth Coppinger criticises judge for ‘pat on the back’ for Michael LowryWed Jun 27 2018 - 18:40
Mary Lou McDonald taken to task over remarks on new Garda commissionerTaoiseach says the Sinn Féin leader is ‘almost trying to undermine Drew Harris’Wed Jun 27 2018 - 14:42
Common travel area a bilateral issue for UK and Ireland, says TánaisteTwo countries can continue to ‘make arrangement between themselves’ after BrexitWed Jun 27 2018 - 12:43
‘Milestone’ Bill on affordable childcare scheme is passed by DáilGovernment departments to share data in automated income assessment processWed Jun 27 2018 - 05:40
Claim Defence Forces get ships and planes but lack personnelFisheries patrol vessels do not have sufficient staff to board suspect ships, Dáil hearsTue Jun 26 2018 - 22:12
HSE spends €800,000 a day on agency staff instead of permanent employeesTaoiseach says Ireland spends more on health than most other countries in worldTue Jun 26 2018 - 21:06
Varadkar urges DAA to build third runway without delayMicheál Martin’s criticism of Shane Ross rejected by TaoiseachTue Jun 26 2018 - 20:59
Online voter registration system to deal with dead voters and multiple votesTraining of polling station staff part of major review of abortion referendumMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:10
‘It’s not my job to help Theresa May’ on Brexit, says VaradkarTaoiseach says UK prime minister must resolve difficulties in her governmentSun Jun 24 2018 - 20:52
‘Work has begun’ on quashing pre-1993 homosexuality convictionsGathering at Dublin Castle celebrates 25th anniversary of decriminalisationSun Jun 24 2018 - 19:30
Name of Irish Film Board changed to keep up with ‘digital revolution’Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan confirms switch to Fís Éireann or Screen IrelandFri Jun 22 2018 - 19:12
Juncker accepts there may be no deal with UK on BrexitEuropean Commission president tells Oireachtas Ireland comes first in talksThu Jun 21 2018 - 20:44
Tánaiste says no to boycott of Eurovision song contest in IsraelBoyd Barrett says State must be consistent in outrage at treatment of childrenThu Jun 21 2018 - 19:59
Sean Sherlock ‘took a figary’ over alcohol cancer label warningsLegislation to be voted on at committee as TD apologises to party colleaguesWed Jun 20 2018 - 00:25
