Government TD criticises decision to hold referendum on presidential candidate ageOlivia Mitchell says ’no irresistible groundswell of support’ to drop age from 35 to 21Thu Mar 26 2015 - 11:50
Howlin says pay deal for public servants ‘certainly not’ guaranteedGovernment will implement Haddington Road pay deal in full for those on €65,000+Thu Mar 26 2015 - 01:02
Alan Kelly: June 30th deadline for Irish Water registrationAlan Kelly says revised water charges in Ireland ‘among lowest levels in Europe’Wed Mar 25 2015 - 09:47
Taoiseach warns it’s up to local communities to use or lose their post officesTD claims Tánaiste wants social welfare recipients to move from post office to bankWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach supports proposals to deduct water bills from wages, social welfareEnda Kenny says need for ‘fairness’ and ‘compliance’ in paying chargeTue Mar 24 2015 - 20:55
Lucinda Creighton calls for inquiry into Hogan meetings with Bord GáisLack of documentation about set-up of Irish Water ‘appalling’ and ‘unacceptable’Sun Mar 22 2015 - 21:55
Amnesty launches Yes campaign for gay marriage voteYes voters cannot be taken for granted, warns former minister Pat CareySun Mar 22 2015 - 15:59
Unit of alcohol should cost €1 – the same as litre of milk, says liver disease expertProf Frank Murray also called for a reduction in the number of off-licencesMon Mar 16 2015 - 01:00
Sharp exchanges over Sinn Féin handling of sexual abuse chargesJan O’Sullivan accuses SF of putting onus on abused to come forwardFri Mar 13 2015 - 11:23
Sinn Féin and IRA investigated 100 cases of abuse, Minister saysMary Lou McDonald: party routinely brings forward information to authoritiesFri Mar 13 2015 - 11:22
Minister pledges work on guardianship for non-marital fathersDáil passes landmark Bill to reform and update family law but concerns remainFri Mar 13 2015 - 11:22
EU ministers protecting mobile phone company profits and not consumers, Dáil hearsFianna Fáil TD says border areas victims of bad EU decision makingFri Mar 13 2015 - 01:01
Minister ’deeply disappointed’ Dublin city councillors rejected 1916 interpretive centreSF criticises ’disgraceful derelict state of national monument’ at Moore StreetThu Mar 12 2015 - 13:09
Taoiseach criticised for lack of ‘understanding’ for non-Irish speakersEnda Kenny insists on Irish as Mick Wallace asks for reply in EnglishWed Mar 11 2015 - 20:30
Fianna Fáil calls for independent IRA abuse inquiryParty’s chief whip says need to stop Sinn Féin ‘cover up’ following Paudie McGahon claimsWed Mar 11 2015 - 20:25
Kenny tells SF leaders to address sexual abuse by IRA membersMartin criticises republican ‘con job’ in light of BBC investigation into claimsWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach urges Northern parties not to ‘walk away’ over welfare rowGerry Adams claims DUP intent on reneging on welfare commitments in Stormont dealTue Mar 10 2015 - 22:17
Adams regretful on treatment of alleged IRA abuse victimSF leader speaks ahead of BBC TV Spotlight show on alleged victim Paudie McGahonTue Mar 10 2015 - 18:39
Government policy on transport ‘putting jobs at risk’Sinn Féin ardfheis hears party will prevent the privatisation of public bus routes if electedSun Mar 08 2015 - 11:02
Sinn Féin delegates support abortion for fatal foetal abnormalitiesJust one speaker opposes measures as party also votes for repeal of 8th amendmentSat Mar 07 2015 - 20:12
Detention of Ibrahim Halawa a human rights issue, says SFLynn Boylan claims Minister for Foreign Affairs not doing enough to secure releaseSat Mar 07 2015 - 19:45
Sinn Féin pledges to give Irish emigrants voting rightsJimmy Deenihan ’dropped the ball’ in Government’s new diaspora policy, Senator claimsSat Mar 07 2015 - 15:44
Sinn Féin ‘already in Government with FG-Labour’, says McGuinnessDoherty pledges to abolish water charges, property tax and introduce wealth taxSat Mar 07 2015 - 14:40
McDonald challenges Burton to TV debateDeputy leader says Sinn Féin will abolish water charges ’at first opportunity’Sat Mar 07 2015 - 13:36
Ireland has ‘the most polluted village in Europe’Sinn Féin ardfheis hears it is quicker to cycle from Derry to Belfast than to take the trainSat Mar 07 2015 - 12:17
SF votes against royal invitation to 1916 centenaryRepublicans need to do more to build trust with unionists - party chairman saysFri Mar 06 2015 - 21:46
FG and Labour building ‘two-tier recovery’, says Pearse DohertySF motion falls that calls for current corporation tax rates to be fully implementedFri Mar 06 2015 - 21:01
Gender Recognition Bill ‘paternalistic’ and ‘Irish solution to an Irish problem ’Minister says she is ‘proud’ to bring in Bill that progresses rights of transgender peopleThu Mar 05 2015 - 22:14
Minister needed for drug strategy, TD saysCork now has 500 drug addicts when it had 20 a decade ago, Sinn Féin’s Jonathan O’Brien tells DáilThu Mar 05 2015 - 19:59
State’s language policy is costing its citizens jobs, Senator saysFidelma Healy-Eames makes claims during university entrance requirements discussionThu Mar 05 2015 - 19:47
Defer water bills until EU ruling on accepting Irish Water - FFPeople should not receive bills from entity ‘whose right to exist not yet determined’Thu Mar 05 2015 - 19:04
Low-paid employment levels ‘shameful’, says Sinn Féin TDOne third of Irish workers earn less than €20,000 with highest level of low pay in EUThu Mar 05 2015 - 01:01
Social Protection offices move to Monaghan town for public service cards administrationTD claims loss of 30 jobs in Ballybay equivalent to 300 in a town of 15,000Thu Mar 05 2015 - 01:01
Alan Kelly condemns claim local authorities will be ’boot boys’ against tenants for chargesNo date on legislation to recover unpaid water chargesThu Mar 05 2015 - 01:01
Money should be paid back, Kenny says after HSE leakDáil told of retired employee rehired and paid €156,000 for a six-hour weekThu Mar 05 2015 - 01:00
Norris criticises ‘savage cuts’ to salaries of Leinster House ushersSenator alleges ‘surreptitious attempt’ to reduce pay of Oireachtas attendantsWed Mar 04 2015 - 18:26
Fianna Fáil Bill on mortgage arrears is not a solution, says KennyMartin asserts it is time to ‘call a halt’ on policy of giving banks veto over those in difficultiesWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Cadbury committed to Ireland despite job losses, says BrutonCompany believes it has ‘strong future’ in Coolock, despite redundanciesWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Taoiseach condemns attack on south Armagh republicanGerry Adams claims politicians who verbally attack Sinn Féin ‘very quiet’ about bombWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Independent TD seeks extradition of ‘notorious abuser’O’Sullivan appeals to Kenny to act on swimming coach accused of sex abuseWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Reilly praised for holding fast against tobacco industrySeanad passes legislation on packaging after technical amendments from DáilWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
TD calls for extradition of ‘notorious’ sex abuse swim coachMaureen O’Sullivan appeals to Taoiseach to reopen case of coach living in USATue Mar 03 2015 - 17:55
Son of late Séamus Brennan in Dublin South selection raceSenator Mary White and Cllr Liam Dockery competition in race for volatile constituencySat Feb 28 2015 - 12:41
Bewley’s customers drink up before cafe closes for six-month revamp€1.5m rent forces restaurant to downsize, and simplify – but there will be table serviceSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Kenny accused of ‘hiding’ surrogacy to pass same-sex marriageLucinda Creighton says Taoiseach wants ‘to muddy the waters’ on contentious issueThu Feb 26 2015 - 20:21
Bankruptcy duration could be reduced further - Joan BurtonRepossession cases before courts increased 10-fold since 2013, when law changed - SFThu Feb 26 2015 - 14:06
Borders area, north and south, is ‘bandit country’, Seanad toldDifficulties policing 34 Border crossings in Dundalk area to deal with fuel laundering and cigarette smuggling outlinedWed Feb 25 2015 - 21:20
Estimated cost of universal health insurance will be known in April, says Leo VaradkarSinn Féin points to WHO warning that competition between insurers does not cut costsWed Feb 25 2015 - 20:57
Alan Shatter attacks Leo Varadkar on surrogacy proposalsFormer minister also criticises chopping of Family Bill measures to deal with ‘hate-filled parents’Wed Feb 25 2015 - 19:55
Family law Bill best for children, says Minister for JusticeInterests of children and stability of affected families central, says Frances FitzgeraldTue Feb 24 2015 - 22:38
