Kenny says there is no post-Brexit deal with UK about portsGerry Adams says British immigration controls at Irish ports and airports not viableWed Oct 26 2016 - 19:35
Brexit: Ireland has no agreement with UK on use of Irish portsEnda Kenny tells Dáil Government does not know yet what British are looking forWed Oct 26 2016 - 13:16
Private nursing home operators want fixed price appeals processSenator Colm Burke suggests appeals mechanism be put in place following complaintsWed Oct 26 2016 - 01:00
Abortion issue not to be answered with one word or Bill - HarrisMinister declines to give second hearing to AAA-PBP Bill on Eighth Amendment repealTue Oct 25 2016 - 22:01
Fitzgerald and O’Sullivan discuss Garda strike contingency planWork will continue with great intensity to map a way forward, Tánaiste tells DáilTue Oct 25 2016 - 21:09
Don’t go ahead with strikes, Taoiseach urges gardaí, teachersHopes officials and Ministers ‘ will work out way forward’ within Lansdowne Road dealTue Oct 25 2016 - 16:41
Ministers breaching collective responsibility ‘should resign’FG Seanad leader Jerry Buttimer refers to call for free vote on abortion motionFri Oct 21 2016 - 01:00
Parents caring for children in home face discrimination, says RyanGreen Party leader questions whether policy is interests of children or ‘corporation’Thu Oct 20 2016 - 19:36
Dáil told 55,000 suffering from dementia in StateGovernment accepts Fianna Fáil motion calling for improved home-care supportsWed Oct 19 2016 - 21:19
HSE is negotiating price for cystic fibrosis drug, Kenny saysTaoiseach says meetings are under way with pharmaceutical firm over cost of OrkambiWed Oct 19 2016 - 16:39
Kenny dismisses call from Adams to revisit health budgetTaoiseach says €14.6 billion ‘very, very substantial’ amount in response to SF leaderWed Oct 19 2016 - 14:27
Net income method best way of providing childcare support, says ZapponeMinister for Children addresses Seanad on departmental workTue Oct 18 2016 - 20:35
Independent Alliance not blocking judicial appointments, says KennyMicheál Martin claims group causing paralysis and Fine Gael failing to stand up to themTue Oct 18 2016 - 20:33
Enda Kenny: Independent Alliance not blocking judge appointmentsMicheál Martin says group causing paralysis and Fine Gael is failing to stand up to themTue Oct 18 2016 - 14:59
Sharp Seanad exchanges on social welfare increasesLabour’s Kevin Humphreys claims ambiguity around timing of welfare paymentsFri Oct 14 2016 - 01:00
Budget move will start property price race, says Fianna FáilRichard Bruton says €20,000 tax rebate will help more young people get into marketThu Oct 13 2016 - 20:55
FF renews criticism of Government’s housing initiativeTD Darragh O’Brien dismisses budget measure as ‘help-to-sell scheme’Thu Oct 13 2016 - 12:58
Government considering post-Brexit credit facilities, says KennyTaoiseach criticised by FF leader for failing to come up with detailed budget policyWed Oct 12 2016 - 21:28
Fitzgerald warns about ‘detrimental’ effects of Garda strikeFrances Fitzgerald stresses that ‘real constraints’ limit options on public payWed Oct 12 2016 - 20:57
Kenny says post-Brexit low interest credit facilities consideredTaoiseach criticised by Fianna Fail leader for lack of preparation and tokenismWed Oct 12 2016 - 12:53
Budget 2017: Independents unimpressedIndependents and anti-austerity TDs claim budget fails to deal with deprivationTue Oct 11 2016 - 21:18
Budget 2017: ‘A deal cobbled together’ to serve interests of FG, FFSinn Féin says budget is all about doing side deals and keeping Taoiseach in officeTue Oct 11 2016 - 20:56
Controlling public finances best response to Brexit, says NoonanMinister for Finance says need to keep faith with ’prudent fiscal policy’Tue Oct 11 2016 - 18:23
Higgins wants a second presidential term, observers believeTDs dismiss President’s previous pledge to serve just one term in officeSun Oct 09 2016 - 21:57
Party loyalists, Ministers, State boards and working the system‘We’ll give you a State board, maybe a prison visiting committee . . . if you come on side,’ said the ministerSat Oct 08 2016 - 10:44
Tanaiste ‘confident’ in Garda Commissioner amid whistleblower claimsFrances Fitzgerald says due process important and no finding of wrongdoing madeThu Oct 06 2016 - 14:50
Mick Wallace calls on Government to legalise prostitutionIndependent TD says he opposes criminalising the ‘purchase of consensual sex’Thu Oct 06 2016 - 12:58
Government Seanad defeat as FF abstain in Higgins trade motionIndependent Senator calls on Ireland not to sign European Union-Canada agreementThu Oct 06 2016 - 10:29
Charlie Flanagan rules out ‘minister for Brexit’ demandMinister for Foreign Affairs tells Seanad all Government departments impacted by BrexitThu Oct 06 2016 - 01:00
Raw sewage being pumped into Cork harbour, Dáil toldSimon Coveney says Irish Water will solve problem in 18 months with €100m investmentWed Oct 05 2016 - 22:15
Enda Kenny insists Government has plan for Brexit falloutSinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald accuses Kenny of being ‘flat-footed’ on issues involvedWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:00
Kenny rejects claim Government has no Brexit planTaoiseach to brief Opposition leaders on preparations for UK’s departure from EUTue Oct 04 2016 - 15:31
Eamon Gilmore optimistic about Colombian peace processEU special envoy says surprise rejection of peace deal in referendum must be respectedMon Oct 03 2016 - 14:07
Eighth amendment ‘precious and wonderful’, says ArchbishopEamon Martin calls on politicians not to leave their Catholic faith outside doorSun Oct 02 2016 - 19:30
Department of Justice ready for talks with gardaí, says FitzgeraldNew gardaí are being forced to sleep in their cars, says Sinn Féin spokesmanThu Sept 29 2016 - 20:53
Political ‘blackmail’ behind deferring of judicial appointmentsMichael McDowell: Cabinet’s decision on judicial appointments constitutionally wrongThu Sept 29 2016 - 16:26
Department of Justice available to talk to gardaí, says FitzgeraldTánaiste faces Dáil questions on threatened four strike days by rank-and-file membersThu Sept 29 2016 - 13:26
Water charges decision should not be rushed, says CoveneyDebate takes bizarre turn with Kama Sutra, teddy bear, Houdini, Beckett referencesThu Sept 29 2016 - 10:27
Kenny disowns ‘discriminatory and unfair’ emigrant tax proposalMicheál Martin criticises ‘bananas idea’ of 30 per cent rate for returning emigrantsThu Sept 29 2016 - 08:25
School transport laws are being examined, Seanad toldMinister of State John Halligan says no child should be taken off a busThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Gerry Adams tells Dáil his ‘teddy bears are virgins’ in bizarre water debateFianna Fáil and Sinn Féin exchange insults during debate on motion to abolish the levyWed Sept 28 2016 - 19:36
Kenny dismisses emigrant tax as ‘unfair and discriminatory’Micheál Martin criticises ‘bananas idea’ of 30% tax rate for people returning to IrelandWed Sept 28 2016 - 13:19
Third-level funding is major budget issue, says MartinEnda Kenny tells Dáil that Cabinet discussions are already under way on the issueTue Sept 27 2016 - 21:42
HSE takes action after pharmacy firm’s €12m overcharge, Dáil toldFianna Fáil spokesman Dara Calleary says episode a ‘damning indictment’ of HSETue Sept 27 2016 - 21:31
Taoiseach dodges question on reported childcare tensionsLabour TD highlights reported differences between Katherine Zappone and FG TDsTue Sept 27 2016 - 20:23
Short-term funding for third-level under discussion, says KennyMicheál Martin tells Taoiseach that education is major budget issue for Fianna FáilTue Sept 27 2016 - 15:00
Insurers ‘in retreat’ over lack of information about claim costsMotorists more concerned about price of cover than road safety, committee hearsThu Sept 08 2016 - 18:37
No reason to turn up our noses at Apple money, says Pearse DohertyGP leader Eamon Ryan compares Government to ‘madman looking for a fight’Thu Sept 08 2016 - 01:00
Dáil Apple debate: Government wins appeal motionFine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Labour vote in favour of challenging the EU rulingWed Sept 07 2016 - 23:30
Apple tax bill spending would be restricted, Noonan claimsMinister says EU rules mean the money could not be used for current expenditureWed Sept 07 2016 - 21:48
