Opposition to withdraw Dáil ‘pairing’ arrangements in row over ‘dangerous’ speaking rights plansFiery Dáil exchanges over impasse as promise of solution dubbed a ‘con’Thu Feb 27 2025 - 12:09
Horses being left to ‘rot and die in city estates’, Limerick TD tells DáilMicheál Martin says ‘agencies need to get stronger and be more effective’ on animal welfareWed Feb 26 2025 - 21:57
Dáil speaking rights: FF/FG use committee majority to push through changeOpposition describe talks as a ‘sham’ as row is set to return to Dáil for voteWed Feb 26 2025 - 21:00
Michael Lowry’s actions ‘pale into insignificance’ against IRA, says MartinTipperary TD seeking to make personal statement to Dáil, Verona Murphy saysWed Feb 26 2025 - 17:09
List of convicted sex offenders to be published publicly like tax offenders listMinister for Justice will also move to remove guardianship rights from parent who kills child’s other parentWed Feb 26 2025 - 12:36
Driving test waiting list rose by 10,000 in last three monthsMore than 72,000 in queue, with 22 weeks average and longest at 35 weeks in Navan, Co MeathTue Feb 25 2025 - 21:31
National Gallery scanner among issues that has caused ‘huge embarrassment’ says arts ministerX-ray scanner was purchased eight years ago but no suitable room has been foundTue Feb 25 2025 - 16:43
Airborne burritos part of a drone delivery ‘wild west’, Dáil hearsGreen Party leader calls for clarity on planning, safety and privacy, warning of possibility of serious crashesThu Feb 20 2025 - 20:17
‘Morally bankrupt’: Anger over decision to grant planning permission to rebuild Creeslough service station where 10 diedDonegal County Council grants approval despite objections from bereaved families Thu Feb 20 2025 - 15:50
Leaving Cert reforms ‘favour children of affluent families’Labour TD Eoghan Kenny hits out at rushed changes while Helen McEntee says ‘huge amount’ of consultation work doneThu Feb 20 2025 - 14:22
House prices could increase due to relaxation of garden-room planning rules, say expertsDepartment of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission Thu Feb 20 2025 - 06:00
ChatGPT search uses 10 times as much electricity as Google search - Dáil hearsDáil told 50% of energy produced in Dublin and Meath goes to data centresWed Feb 19 2025 - 20:50
National Children’s Hospital to have five fewer paediatric surgeons than needed Letter from doctors warns shortage to have negative effect ‘on safe and sustainable services’Wed Feb 19 2025 - 18:49
Government to legislate for ‘stop and search’ knife crime powers Justice Minister says ‘strong clear law’ needed to deal with dangerous threat to communityWed Feb 19 2025 - 18:28
Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness is new Leas-Cheann ComhairleThe TD wins Dáil vote by 96 to 66 against Sinn Féin nominee Aengus Ó SnodaighWed Feb 19 2025 - 16:03
Occupied Territories Bill not ready before summer at earliest - TaoiseachMicheál Martin says most Bills on order paper are drafted and ‘ready to go’Wed Feb 19 2025 - 16:01
Proposal to relax planning rules for cabins ‘tinkering around edges’ of housing crisis, McDonald saysMinister of State John Cummins says proposal would allow more people to live independentlyWed Feb 19 2025 - 14:09
Sinn Féin leader highlights knife crime and offences by those on bail Government intends making bail laws ‘tighter’ if possible, says Taoiseach Tue Feb 18 2025 - 19:16
Taoiseach says he used Irish to accuse Mary Lou McDonald of ‘untruths’, not ‘lies’Michéal Martin said SF leader ‘ag insint bréaga’ in DáilTue Feb 18 2025 - 19:09
Taoiseach accused of drinking too much ‘big tech Kool-Aid’To shut door on data centres would send signal Ireland does not want to be part of ‘most profound economic revolution’, Micheál Martin saysTue Feb 18 2025 - 18:44
Funding for delivery of 3,000 affordable and social homes a ‘statement of intent’ - Housing MinisterPossibility of tax incentives for private property investors not discussed by Cabinet sub-committeeTue Feb 18 2025 - 17:20
Pending 9% VAT rate for food and catering sectors to cost €675mLicensed Vintners Association is pressing for cut to come in on budget day rather the following January 1stFri Feb 14 2025 - 10:17
Evanne Ní Chuilinn tells Seanad that brother’s struggle with addiction led her to politicsMaking her maiden Seanad speech, former sports broadcaster says brother would be ‘very proud’Thu Feb 13 2025 - 18:54
Three companies that shared €4.8m from Arts Council for abandoned IT project namedThree firms who received bulk of €5.3m spent on scrapped IT system named as Codec, Ergo and ExpleoThu Feb 13 2025 - 13:25
Five Sinn Féin TDs write to Tánaiste demanding Dáil statement on Senator Martin ConwayFive female politicians ask Simon Harris to explain why Senator Conway paid €10,000 to charity after allegedly acting inappropriately to female colleagueThu Feb 13 2025 - 12:43
Legislation to increase number of Ministers rushed through Dáil, passing by 92 votes to 72Labour finance spokesman Ged Nash describes the legislation as a ‘jobs for the boys Bill’ and says the new posts will cost State €7.5 million over five yearsWed Feb 12 2025 - 20:39
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald writes to Ceann Comhairle following Dáil row with TaoiseachGovernment response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claimsWed Feb 12 2025 - 19:38
New senators set out stalls as Mark Daly of FF elected unopposed as CathaoirleachAlmost all 60 senators spoke on first day of new Seanad as Irish unity, disability and housing among platforms for future debateWed Feb 12 2025 - 19:20
Government to ban trade on goods but not services from occupied Palestinian territories, Harris tells DáilTánaiste says ‘radical’ amendment need on legislation to avoid EU infringement proceedingsTue Feb 11 2025 - 21:39
Call for Tánaiste to address Dáil on controversy over Martin ConwayGovernment also criticised over time for debate on law to increase number of ‘baby Ministers’ from 20 to 23Tue Feb 11 2025 - 18:17
Minister insists no ‘pre-determined outcome’ of rent pressure zones reviewGovernment under attack for proposals to end rent controls, amid claims electorate was ‘conned’Tue Feb 11 2025 - 17:11
‘Great wall of Tara’ another example of ‘Gucci Government’ spending, TD claimsPeadar Tóibín claims OPW has spent 11 years rebuilding Meath graveyard wall with materials costing €124,000Thu Feb 06 2025 - 17:12
People need ‘pounds, shillings and pence’ for Storm Éowyn damage, not taskforces, Dáil hearsIndependent TD says ‘fallen trees responsible for ’95 per cent of damage’, Harris tells Dáil 12,000 premises still without electricityThu Feb 06 2025 - 14:13
Government ‘peddling myth’ about Occupied Territories Bill, former coalition minister says Claim of need to ‘start from scratch’ is to ‘avoid taking action’, Roderic O’Gorman saysWed Feb 05 2025 - 21:47
Elderly man died after medical equipment failed during Storm Éowyn, Dáil toldFather had died in front of his family, says Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh, adding ‘That is the tragedy of it. That is how urgent this is’Wed Feb 05 2025 - 20:59
Government housing figures ‘a load of bull’, says Sinn Féin leaderTaoiseach insists ‘no attempt to deceive’ but he is ‘extremely disappointed’ completions less than official 33,000 target Wed Feb 05 2025 - 19:42
Seanad election finishes with 20 women among 49 winnersFocus on Taoiseach’s 11 nominations for more female representationTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Death of Shane O’Farrell: Government MEP calls for public inquiry into killing of cyclistRegina Doherty writes to Jim O’Callaghan, reminding him of Dáil motion he brought calling for full inquiry into cyclist’s killingMon Feb 03 2025 - 18:43
Sinn Féin and Fine Gael gain in Seanad election but Fianna Fáil loses three seats Votes in the Seanad counting system multiplied by 1,000 to avoid fractions, given small electorate of just 1,172 Mon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Long wait for Sinn Féin poll topper to secure Seanad seatFormer TDs Alan Farrell (FG) and Matt Shanahan (Ind) fail in bids to win seatsMon Feb 03 2025 - 01:02
Seanad election: Aontú and Social Democrats win first seats in Seanad, Labour loses by tenth of a vote Social Democrats set to win first Seanad seat; Fine Gael gains a seat as Fianna Fáil down twoSat Feb 01 2025 - 23:16
Seanad election: Aubrey McCarthy wins final TCD seat after vote recheck, with Chu losing outGreens win Seanad seat on vocational Agricultural panel as Noonan tops pollFri Jan 31 2025 - 20:42
Seanad election: Recount considered for final seat on Trinity panel after Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan are returnedCounting underway for two university panels for six university seatsThu Jan 30 2025 - 21:48
Ex-TDs, Seanad ‘lifers’ and well-known faces in election battleWho to watch out for as counting begins to fill seats in Upper House Thu Jan 30 2025 - 16:32
Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan re-elected on Trinity panel as Seanad counting nears endThree outgoing Senators on NUI panel - Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins - are returnedThu Jan 30 2025 - 16:07
Turnout of less than 25% expected among college graduates for Seanad voteCounting gets under way in Trinity and RDS of votes for six of 60 seats in Upper HouseWed Jan 29 2025 - 11:31
Gender split in new Cabinet draws criticism as Micheál Martin starts second term as TaoiseachSimon Harris becomes Minister for Foreign Affairs as Jim O'Callaghan takes justice portfolioThu Jan 23 2025 - 20:17
Who’s in the Cabinet? All the Ministers appointed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and their rolesSimon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at JusticeThu Jan 23 2025 - 19:33
How it happened: Unprecedented and chaotic scenes in the Dáil Election of new taoiseach and government proves impossible as Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy forced to suspend the House repeatedlyWed Jan 22 2025 - 21:09
