Enda Kenny to consult party leaders on Seanad reformMicheál Martin says Taoiseach not engaging in a meaningful and fair-minded basisWed Oct 09 2013 - 06:32
Taoiseach calls on doctors to end industrial disputeKenny says it is critical that Labour Relations Commission able to negotiate with doctors and HSETue Oct 08 2013 - 22:42
Calls for 'reflection' as returning Senators contain jubilationNorris describes as ‘cloud cuckoo land’ calls for Senators to be paid nothingTue Oct 08 2013 - 18:46
Senators at sea as House sits for last time before the nation calls the shotsGrey weather outside mirrored the mood in the historic chamberFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:01
Noonan says tourism VAT rate costly to retainDecision will be made in the budgetFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:01
Seanad pays tribute to Seamus HeaneyDeenihan says he was Ireland’s “supreme cultural ambassador’’Fri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
Senators complain referendum campaign has been ‘dirty’Cross-party calls for a No vote during this morning’s order of business in SeanadThu Oct 03 2013 - 13:06
Government suffers defeat in Seanad voteFour Labour senators failed to show up for a voteThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Government suffers Seanad defeat in advance of referendumFour Labour Senators absent for vote to abolish upward only rentsThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Kenny criticises approach by banks to the mortgage crisisTaoiseach says family home ownership is of ‘fundamental and immense importance’Thu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Government defeated in Seanad vote ahead of referendumFour Labour Senators absent for critical vote after they failed to show upWed Oct 02 2013 - 20:51
Taoiseach criticises role of banks in mortgage crisisSinn Féin leader says families cannot take any more austerityWed Oct 02 2013 - 13:14
Senators demand Minister of State explain ‘bribe’ claimFG Senators distance themselves from party press statement critical of Independent colleaguesTue Oct 01 2013 - 22:15
Taoiseach promises full State support for Athlone sex attack victimsFF leader says there is understandable concern across every communityTue Oct 01 2013 - 17:42
Former ministers advocate Yes voteFormer FF senator Des Hanafin calls for No vote, saying Yes campaign are ‘cynical’Mon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Ministers to discuss drink sponsorshipGroup to be overseen by Department of the TaoiseachMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Former ministers support Yes vote in Seanad referendumHussey says she found Seanad had virtually no role in influencing national eventsSun Sept 29 2013 - 16:34
Government Senators back David Norris’s call for withdrawal of referendum postersFine Gael’s claim that Seanad abolition would save €20m is branded a ‘lie’Fri Sept 27 2013 - 01:00
Honohan accused of ‘sitting on his hands’ over Anglo Irish tapesHowlin tells Sinn Féin in Dáil that the courts operate under the Constitution, not courts martialThu Sept 26 2013 - 14:01
Barrett says media leaks attempting to “blacken’’ his good nameAppointment of new Clerk of the Dail leads to sharp exchangesThu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00
Garda advertisement attracts 30,000 applicants for degree courseShatter says first of the recruits to begin training next yearThu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00
Video: Barrett says leaks are attempt to ‘blacken’ nameCeann Comhairle resents being dragged into controversy on new Dail Clerk appointmentWed Sept 25 2013 - 15:23
Quinn warns teachers they are endangering job-for-life statusMinister urges the ASTI to examine costs of its action to its membersWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
All parties pay their respects to HeaneyHouse gives thanks for ‘gift of him in our national life’Wed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Kenny denies targeting seriously ill in medical card withdrawalsMartin insists there is ‘nasty focus’ on discretionary cards within ‘general cull’Tue Sept 24 2013 - 18:26
Charities call for Government strategy to protect vulnerableMost charities experience sharp decline in incomeTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Charities seek Government strategy to protect key servicesCabinet told of need to preserve social fabric in advance of budgetMon Sept 23 2013 - 14:24
FF Senators question banking inquiryMooney asks if inquiry will be a ’political witch hunt’Fri Sept 20 2013 - 01:01
Dáil Sketch: Claptrap and bedfellows make for tetchy start to new termEven the normally mild-mannered deputies are getting hot under the collarThu Sept 19 2013 - 23:24
Independent TD says HSE targeting medical card holdersTanaiste insists number of cards issued the highest everThu Sept 19 2013 - 22:59
Government under fire over special needs educationFianna Fáil leader condemns spending cuts during attack in DáilThu Sept 19 2013 - 14:54
Kenny defends refusal to debate Seanad abolition on television with MartinTaoiseach says he does not want to embarrass FF leaderThu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Noonan says people will lose homes in some circumstances in mortgage crisisFianna Fáil calls for independent investigation into strategic defaultThu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Kenny says he ‘doesn’t want to embarrass’ Martin in Seanad debateFF leader accuses Taoiseach of being glib and smartWed Sept 18 2013 - 17:41
Expelled Fine Gael members hold meetingFrances Fitzgerald says people not interested in internal party politicsMon Sept 16 2013 - 08:25
Referrals to child protection services up by a quarter in 2012Delegates from 52 countries attend Dublin conferenceSun Sept 15 2013 - 23:49
New Dail term will see battles in Government and OppositionTDs privately concede more interest in next month’s budge than Seanad referundumSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Seanad annual saving same as a ‘litre of milk’ per person -senatorSenators unite across party divide to save the Upper HouseWed Sept 11 2013 - 20:06
FG Ministers say former ECB head should attend Oireachtas banking inquiryBruton and Varadkar say they would welcome Trichet’s involvementTue Sept 10 2013 - 09:30
Bruton says 1% of population elects SeanadMinister gets positive response in Dublin city centre canvassTue Sept 10 2013 - 06:40
Tensions rise in Galway West Fine Gael bearpit as aspiring candidates cast an eye to next general electionNaughton nomination to Seanad a signal from Kenny of no way back for those defying the whipTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Tenancies board reveals biggest area of conflict is landlords retaining depositsPrivate Residential Tenancies Board says 37 per cent of applications relate to depositsFri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Lifeguard rescues soared in last month’s heatwaveFigures confirm July was one of the warmest months on recordFri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Lydon rejects findings of tribunalLydon issues categorical denial, Coffey says she has not read module reportThu Aug 01 2013 - 01:00
Believers in nationalist armed struggle caught in time-warp, says ManserghFormer FF minister speaking at Famine walk in TipperaryMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Senator Diarmuid Wilson challenged over bribe claimsFiann Fáil Senator said Government was bribing Labour and Fine Gael senators to support abortion legislationWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:08
FF Senator praises Government for introducing abortion BillMary White criticises her own party and thanks the Government for its courageWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00
Walsh warns against voting for abortionSenator says ‘barbaric practices’ will be imported if legislation passedTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Heated exchanges in Seanad over abortion BillHouse likely to pass Bill, which FF’s Walsh says will not aid pregnant women, tomorrowMon Jul 22 2013 - 19:36
518 students still awaiting 2012 grantsTánaiste Eamon Gilmore said a much better system had been put in place for this year and it was intended that all applications would be processed by ChristmasFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
