Fine Gael calls for Revenue to pay interest on late paymentsArdfheis delegates back motion on refunds to small- and medium-sized enterprisesFri Jan 22 2016 - 22:19
Bullet casing found on stage ahead of FG ardfheisAuditorium cleared briefly at Citywest Hotel venue ahead of Taoiseach’s appearanceFri Jan 22 2016 - 21:39
Election will not be called before Labour conference, says CoveneyMinister claims at Fine Gael ardfheis it is ‘probable’ date will be announced in DáilFri Jan 22 2016 - 21:19
Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition will ‘never arise’, Noonan saysMinister for Finance claims he is confident that voters will re-elect the GovernmentFri Jan 22 2016 - 20:24
Dáil Sketch: What’s seldom is emotional as Olivia Mitchell gives thanksYou would know an election is in the offing as TDs focus on local issuesThu Jan 21 2016 - 21:50
Thomas Pringle says 40% of disposable income in Donegal is welfareTánaiste defends the Coalition, and said as Minister for Social Protection she had improved social welfare provisionsThu Jan 21 2016 - 21:39
Olivia Mitchell delivers emotional Dáil farewellFine Gael Dublin South TD thanks voters for ‘incomparable honour’ of representing themThu Jan 21 2016 - 15:14
Assaults on 65 Oberstown staff result in 3,005 sick daysFigures show a total of 102 incidents at youth detention centre in 2015Thu Jan 21 2016 - 11:42
More powerful body to replace State’s public ethics watchdogPublic Sector Standards Bill will not be enacted before general electionWed Jan 20 2016 - 22:17
Minister insists council committed to accommodation of choice for TravellersAdams, Coppinger say Dundalk site repairs could be done while families in situWed Jan 20 2016 - 22:02
Van Turnhout urges end to RSA links with drinks industryIndependent Senator calls for authority to follow example of Department of EducationWed Jan 20 2016 - 18:53
Norris says phone tapping never raised about private citizensFF accuses Taoiseach of ‘crocodile tears’ and ‘ kicking can down the road’ with reviewWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:02
Daly and Wallace call for review of surveillance lawsTDs claim a ‘double standard’ in outcry over GSOC accessing journalists’ phone dataWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:00
Taoiseach expresses his ‘absolute confidence’ in GSOC chairEnda Kenny says he is ‘not responsible’ for headlines claiming he rebuked commissionTue Jan 19 2016 - 17:44
Dáil to vote on allowing secret ballot on Ceann ComhairleOpposition condemns Government’s ‘lack of respect’ for constitutional conventionFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
Michael Noonan orders insurance review as premiums soarMinister for Finance says review under way of insurance sector, particularly motor costsFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
Noonan plans ‘clawback’ tax for high earners if USC abolishedSF claims Taoiseach would get €12,000 a year if Fine Gael eliminates social chargeFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
Noonan: home repossessions being handled reasonably wellMinister says no political interference in bank decision, but progress being madeThu Jan 14 2016 - 12:03
Noonan orders review of insurance sector, particularly motor costsInvestigation will be completed ‘within months’, Minister for Finance saysThu Jan 14 2016 - 12:01
New clerk of the Dáil appointed after row and 30-month delayDecision delayed over how most senior official in Oireachtas should be chosenThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:02
Humphreys defends response to community services schemeFF and SF call for increased State funding to programme after rise in minimum wageThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00
‘Serious irregularities’ in assembling of site, TD allegesHiggins calls for inquiry into involvement of public bodies in Wexford developmentWed Jan 13 2016 - 21:24
Almost €230m in punts missing, says Central BankA lot not expected to be accounted for despite £872,000 exchanged for euro in 2015Fri Jan 01 2016 - 01:00
Profile: Michael Noonan remains hugely popularFinance minister is Fine Gael’s oldest and most experienced TD and MinisterTue Dec 29 2015 - 15:34
Man in his 70s dies after Westmeath car crashThree others were injured in fatal incident on the N4 Mullingar to Longford RoadMon Dec 28 2015 - 21:01
Naval Service ships rescue 8,631 people from Mediterranean10 arrests made for alleged fishing regulation infringements; over 1,000 vessels boarded in 2015Mon Dec 28 2015 - 08:40
Concern over plans to reduce apartment sizesMinister for the Environment Alan Kelly is expected to publish the guidelines todayMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:00
Shatter criticises Adams’ backing of ‘Slab’ MurphyNo one should be fooled by ‘false theatrical concern’ for rule of law, ex-justice minister saysSun Dec 20 2015 - 15:04
State faces UN sanction over direct provision payment for childrenRepublic to attend Geneva hearing concerning the implementation of children’s rightsFri Dec 18 2015 - 19:08
Boyd Barrett introduces Bill to ban frackingTime to ‘forget about reports, sitting on the fence, fudging things’Thu Dec 17 2015 - 22:03
New rules may have minor impact on drink pricesDrinks industry has power to cut prices if it cuts alcohol strengthThu Dec 17 2015 - 21:33
Leo Varadkar says dealing with drug companies brings out the socialist in himSocialist Party TD Ruth Coppinger said ordinary people were held hostage by the “profiteering of these companies under our capitalist system”Thu Dec 17 2015 - 20:51
Tánaiste calls TD Pádraig Mac Lochlainn a ‘barroom brawler’Rowdy scenes in Dáil as Mary Lou McDonald and Joan Burton have heated exchangesThu Dec 17 2015 - 14:00
Government approach to Halawa case ‘the best way’Flanagan tells Dáil ‘our contacts, experience’ means the State is best placed to succeedThu Dec 17 2015 - 12:45
Fianna Fáil calls for West Link toll cut to combat gridlockMinister for Transport says measures to deal with traffic include new junctions on M50Thu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach pledges citizens’ assembly on abortion issueJohn Halligan asks if Fine Gael candidates will state position on Eighth AmendmentThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil Senator calls for gardaí to detain ‘undesirables’Minister for Justice says State must be very rigorous in our monitoring of the situationThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Single authority for Shannon not possible, Taoiseach saysGerry Adams appeals for a single authority, as the river floods land and homesWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:01
Bankruptcy Bill to cut term from three years to oneWillie Penrose says people are under ‘yoke of invading hedge funds, unregulated entities’Wed Dec 16 2015 - 01:01
Legislation for one-year bankruptcy discussed in the DáilBankruptcy Bill also cuts duration a bankrupt person must make payments to creditorTue Dec 15 2015 - 12:45
Minister of State talks to herself in Dáil as TDs fail to attendFF justice spokesman Niall Collins afterwards defended his party’s absenceTue Dec 15 2015 - 09:17
Minister only TD in chamber for amendments to prisons BillFF spokesman Niall Collins defends party absence, claims row ‘silly buggers debate’Mon Dec 14 2015 - 17:30
Clare Daly appeal for compulsory inquests into maternal deathsBill to reform coroners’ court legislation published in 2007 but not yet acted onSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Millions for TDs and Senators ‘terminated’ at general electionProvision of €14m for politicians who retire or are unsuccessful in forthcoming 2016 pollFri Dec 11 2015 - 21:39
Flooded properties should be exempt from property tax – FF TDSeán Fleming urges Minister of State to make ‘some effort’ for people hard hit by delugeFri Dec 11 2015 - 19:20
A sudden flood of Bills increases election speculationIndependent TD Fitzmaurice says Parks and Wildlife Service is ‘the biggest villain’Fri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach dubious of UK flood schemeSF accuses Government of cutting OPW risk-management fund by 25 per centThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00
Catherine Murphy claims Government deliberately removes oversightTD says Sipo has ‘no teeth’ and calls for anti-corruption agency with genuine powersWed Dec 09 2015 - 16:54
Enda Kenny says Donald Trump remarks ‘unacceptable’US Republican presidential candidate’s call for ban on Muslims entering US denouncedWed Dec 09 2015 - 16:24
