Water Bill passes by 81 to 58 votes amid claim TDs would ‘privatise their mother’Government backbencher warns Irish Water ‘far easier’ to privatise than any other State structureThu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00
Alan Kelly says he doesn’t want ‘bonus culture’ in Irish WaterFF’s Cowen claims Minister putting action on bonus payments ‘on the long finger’Wed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00
Kenny says Adams ‘won’t let’ McGuinness do North dealNorth’s Deputy First Minister rejects claims in Dáil as ‘laughable’Wed Dec 17 2014 - 00:32
Taoiseach withdraws documents ‘disappeared behind radiators’ remarkMicheál Martin challenged him to have the ‘basic decency to withdraw slur’Tue Dec 16 2014 - 22:12
New Garda plan to implement reforms, Commissioner pledgesO’Sullivan calls for ‘constructive dissent rather than destructive consent’Tue Dec 16 2014 - 06:32
Finance expert Peter Nyberg to be first before banking inquiryUp to 30 witnesses due before Oireachtas finance committee in first phase of inquiryMon Dec 15 2014 - 17:57
One third of TDs missing for each vote on water charges lawNo more than four Cabinet Ministers present amid heated debateFri Dec 12 2014 - 14:22
Cost to run Irish Water will eventually be ‘bigger’ than HSEIndependent TD predicts people will pay average of €1,000 a year for water in decadeFri Dec 12 2014 - 01:00
Kelly asked to clarify cost of billing households for waterHiggins questions Government figures on total number of houses in the StateFri Dec 12 2014 - 01:00
Alan Kelly accused of ‘nasty expletive’ to Mattie McGrathMinister apologises in Dáil if he ‘involuntarily’ said something during water debateThu Dec 11 2014 - 22:44
Brendan Howlin to discuss Childline funding crisis with colleagueSeán Ó Fearghaíl asks will a woman or child have to be ‘brutalised to death’ before action is takenThu Dec 11 2014 - 13:52
Questions raised about awarding of water meter contractIndependent TD Catherine Murphy asks if procurement process satisfies EU rulesThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Homeless crisis an ‘autopsy of our national life’, says Enda KennyTaoiseach signals shift in focus from exclusively economic to include societal needsThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
Boil water notices to continue in Roscommon until 2017Under Irish Water Services Bill, residents will pay €130 a year for undrinkable waterWed Dec 10 2014 - 06:47
Government defends Seanad reform working group with no SenatorsMaurice Cummins says group will work on recommendations of previous reportsWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Coalition has lost trust of people, Michéal Martin tells DáilAdams says FG and Labour frightened of debating SF motion and are ‘not fit’ for officeWed Dec 10 2014 - 00:01
Mary Harney lodges complaint over naming in DáilMary Lou McDonald claimed former Tánaiste shut down tax evasion inquiryTue Dec 09 2014 - 22:56
Government wins Dáil confidence motion by 86 to 55Coveney says Sinn Féin motion of no confidence was latest ‘kangaroo court’Tue Dec 09 2014 - 19:50
Irish Water has had more than €1 billion spent on it to date, says Lucinda CreightonIrish Water got €490m from local government fund, says Reform Alliance TDSat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
Michael Ring says no hidden agenda in FAI sports grant to club in WestportMinister of State for Sport says FAI received €1.2m and it selected six projects, including club in his home townFri Dec 05 2014 - 01:05
Varadkar insists he has been ‘honest and upfront’ about 2015 health budgetMinister asks for ‘patience’ in improving discretionary medical card schemeThu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Finance does not rule out repaying IBRC junior bondholdersUnsecured lenders may get paid at same time water bills dropping through letterboxes, says Sinn Féin TDWed Dec 03 2014 - 11:50
HSE could start 2015 with €85m deficit, Fianna Fail claimsHealth service will have €635m more to spend next year, Minister saysWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
More than 160 people sleep ‘rough ’ in shadow of Leinster House’Minister for Environment will lead Seanad debate on homelessnessWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
Garda domestic violence programme axed due to lack of fundingResponsibility should be on police to press charges not to ask victim if they want toSat Nov 22 2014 - 16:18
Noel Coonan say water protesters ‘act like parasites and live off country people’Tipperary North TD says protesting ‘needs to be nipped in the bud’Fri Nov 21 2014 - 01:02
Irish Water could be unreformable ‘Goliath’ like HSE, Fine Gael backbencher warnsEconomic Management Council refused to listen to TDs, says MurphyFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water the right structure but its implementation was a ‘mess’ – Simon CoveneyFianna Fáil TD says he will get €2 every Saturday night ‘for my bath’ while 700 are homeless in DublinFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
State faces ‘potential Isis situation’ over water protestsNoel Coonan TD receives death threat over Islamic State/water protests comparisonThu Nov 20 2014 - 19:27
1916 commemoration plans ‘shambolic’ and symbolic of ‘cynical indifference’ - AdamsTaoiseach tells SF leader 1916 Proclamation calls to ‘cherish all the children’ equallyThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00
Kelly accused of leaving Dáil to sell ‘snake oil trickery’ to mediaIndependent expert needed to detail exact cost of proper water system, says Fianna FáilWed Nov 19 2014 - 21:44
Dáil hears 600,000 school attendance letters replicatedDepartment of Social Protection duplicates work in ‘bizarre process’, says Denis NaughtenWed Nov 19 2014 - 15:03
People not ‘brainwashed’ by Government announcement on water charges - TDTaoiseach hints at ’people’s forum’ to deal with Irish Water directlyWed Nov 19 2014 - 13:52
Leaks about prisoners ‘will not be tolerated’, says Frances FitzgeraldPrison Service preparing report on leak to reporter about TD’s visit to prisonerWed Nov 19 2014 - 01:00
Hammers, hot water and fake guns used on water workersProtesters have sought contractors’ home addresses through social media - MinisterTue Nov 18 2014 - 21:42
Joan Burton protesters like ‘hounds after a fox’, Kenny tells DáilSocialist Paul Murphy should have ‘courage and gumption’ to apologise, says TaoiseachTue Nov 18 2014 - 17:44
Chanting ‘peaceful protest’ does not hide actions of protestorsNo bricks thrown at any demonstrations in Tallaght, Socialist TD Ruth Coppinger claimsTue Nov 18 2014 - 15:56
Taoiseach Enda Kenny runs gauntlet of water protestersTánaiste Joan Burton rounds on Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy over demonstrationMon Nov 17 2014 - 10:18
‘Phenomenal’ history of Irish art and architecture publishedTaoiseach launches 3,000-page ‘gospels of Ireland’ in five volumes at €95 eachMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:00
‘Scattergun’ Irish peacekeeping role needs review, says Clare DalySocialist TD claims UN mission in Chad ‘more about furthering French economic interests’Fri Nov 14 2014 - 16:18
Forces use drug to prevent malaria, not for legal reasons, says MinisterUS forces no longer use Lariam, Ireland should follow suit, says Sinn Féin TDFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:00
Round two of McDonald Dáil suspension row set for TuesdaySF deputy chief falls foul of Ceann Comhairle over Burton’s refusal to answer water queryThu Nov 13 2014 - 20:05
Dáil Sketch: Mary Lou McDonald keeps Dáil in suspenseSinn Féin deputy leader packs media gallery with sit-in protestThu Nov 13 2014 - 19:51
Gerry Adams rejects claims of SF cover-up on sex abuseSinn Féin leader claims in Dáil Maíria Cahill’s abuser ‘seems to have been forgotten about’Thu Nov 13 2014 - 10:04
Tusla got ‘non-specific’ details on sex abuse, says James ReillyFianna Fáil rejects claim party trying to secure ‘cheap political advantage’ in debateWed Nov 12 2014 - 22:06
Kenny attacks Sinn Féin and tells Dáil IRA covered up abuse and protected ‘untouchables’Taoiseach launches attack on Gerry Adams in wake of Maíria Cahill claimsWed Nov 12 2014 - 19:51
Enda Kenny rejects claim Richard Bruton obstructed tax investigationProgressive Democrats among alleged tax evaders, Mary Lou McDonald tells DáilWed Nov 12 2014 - 16:50
Concert group met three months after Garth Brooks gigs cancelledReview group will issue recommendations by year end, says Enda KennyWed Nov 12 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach denies need for Garda protection from water protestersEnda Kenny refutes claims by Socialist Joe Higgins over need for water tax securityTue Nov 11 2014 - 19:10
Marriage equality referendum ballot paper must be in plain English, says Ó SnodaighLanguage used in last year’s Seanad vote was ‘gobbledegook’Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
