Dáil Éireann

United left can’t wait for the next election. It needs to build a housing movement

We know the Government is failing on housing. But so is the Opposition

Stay-at-home young people are angry over housing but at least they’re happier than Italians

Plus: Santa defends the deer, selling milk to the lactose intolerant and a Eurovision we’re still in

Miriam Lord’s week: Labour still first among equals as SocDems are outvoted

Government sides with Labour in row over Leaders’ Questions pecking order

Heated row in Dáil as Sinn Féin TD calls Labour Deputy a ‘muppet’

TDs clash after 'muppet' remark and mounting anger over potential €20-€50 pharmacy fees for vulnerable patients

Micheál Martin to find out scale of damage done to him in Fianna Fáil by Gavin fiasco

Meanwhile, Jim O’Callaghan continues to lean into the immigration debate

Dáil deputies make their love for dogs (and cats) known in emotional animal welfare debate

Ethel Gannon, Coco Gould and Padmé Murphy just three of the pets namechecked as TDs backed case for stronger protections

Patients face €20 charge for blister pack medication previously covered by State, says Doherty

Taoiseach says ‘we will go back and discuss this with the HSE’ but it was never agreed the State should pay

Ireland’s ‘shameful reputation’ as puppy farm capital of Europe raised in Dáil

Dog breeding ‘a profit model gone absolutely mad’, TD says when introducing Bill to regulate €200 million industry

European Council president makes a courtesy call as buzz about drones continues

Ibec urges increase in defence and security spending to safeguard business

Storm Bram failed to dampen spirits on the one day all TDs are afforded a smile

Young campaigner Cara Darmody was the star of the hour as tree-lighting ceremony was moved inside

Pensions enrolment scheme and childcare plan sum up challenges facing Coalition

Both policies form core of Government’s pitch to voters: it will address chronic issues in delivery while curing symptoms of cost-of-living crisis

Miriam Lord: What possessed Micheál Martin to post bonkers bus snap that made him look like a soap opera villain?

The Taoiseach grins in the driver’s seat while Sensible Simon steers the economy

Some TDs ‘unhappy’ about high level of security for Zelenskiy visit

Labour deputy says measures ‘totally understandable’ for hosting a war time president

Coast guard rescue crews working 24-hour shifts but only 16.5 hours recorded, TD claims

Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane warns safety being put at risk as practice breaches EU working time directives

People who object to infrastructure projects could be offered damages under new plan

Publication of internal Fianna Fáil review on disastrous presidential election campaign unlikely before next year

Miriam Lord: Will Government’s 30-pint infrastructure plan bring festive cheer to all?

Parties made a big Christmas show of launching the initiative, complete with flashy flyers and silly videos

Ireland worst in EU for transgender healthcare with four-year wait times, Dáil hears

Labour’s Marie Sherlock says young people ‘self-medicating on the black market’

Zelenskiy visit brings politics of a world at war to Ireland

Ukrainian president identifies Ireland’s global soft power as a mechanism for ensuring a dignified peace for his country

Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s full address to the Oireachtas: ‘Thank you Ireland. Glory to Ukraine’

‘Thank you for providing home and protection to our people when they needed it most’

Proposal to tighten tax laws would stop Gerry Hutch taking Dáil seat

Veteran criminal Gerry Hutch can contest byelection despite €800,000 tax demand being contrary to laws for new TDs

Red-carpet treatment as packed Dáil chamber gathers to hear Zelenskiy

Unlikely wartime leader must be so weary of having to travel the world, pleading for solidarity with his invaded homeland

Zelenskiy tells Oireachtas it cannot be ‘business as usual, not appeasement of killers’

Ukrainian leader urges Ireland to play an active role in making Russia accountable for its aggression

Zelenskiy appeals for support from ‘community of nations’ during Irish visit

Ireland and Ukraine sign roadmap for bilateral relations including a further €125 million in funding

Live: Zelenskiy says he is ‘ready for a meeting with president Trump’ after Moscow talks

Zelenskiy tells Oireachtas of ‘great honour to stand in a country that understands the price of freedom’ during first official visit

Zelenskiy greeted by Taoiseach at Dublin Airport on first official visit to Ireland

Agenda set to include visit to President Catherine Connolly and expected address to joint sitting of Dáil and Seanad

Harris says suspension of civilian Garda member over alleged threats against him ‘very concerning’

Tánaiste he does not view ‘such matters as HR matters, I view them as criminal matters’

Gerry Hutch can take seat if he wins Dublin byelection due to gap in TD tax compliance law

Criminal Assets Bureau and Revenue pursuing criminal for almost €800,000 from allegedly undeclared income

Further measures tighten Government’s ‘fair and firm’ approach to immigration

Latest steps include new restrictions both on family reunifications and citizenship grants

The Fourteen Steps of Mount Merrion a must-see for international students of profligacy

‘I don’t believe €750,000 is right, proper or appropriate for 14 steps,’ Taoiseach concedes on his return from the world stage

Coalition warned about fiscally ‘flying blind’

Government was supposed to update medium-term expenditure plan last summer but still hasn’t done so

Mystery of the missing Micheál leaves Opposition leaders stuck with understudy

Ministers of a more fragile disposition than Darragh O’Brien might have been crushed by the reception

‘We’re not living’: Owners of defective concrete homes appeal for action

Delays and disappointment for Mayo campaigners who seek more support to repair damaged homes

Ghost buses ‘simply not acceptable’, Minister for Transport says

Increased prevalence of buses being listed but not arriving is of ‘grave concern’

Report on botched Arts Council IT project ‘pretty damning’ for Department

PAC chair criticises ‘failures’ at Department of Culture as findings recommends stronger oversight

Immigration stays on political agenda as Coalition looks to tighten asylum regime

People seeking international protection face paying up to 40 per cent of their weekly income to fund the cost of State accommodation

‘Rigorous’ pre-purchase checks needed in wake of spending debacles in arts and culture, says watchdog

Report by Dáil watchdog comes after botched IT project at Arts Council and separate issue with X-ray scanner at National Gallery

Hardly a dry seat in the house as Paschal Donohoe makes his exit

Outgoing minister for finance effusive in his praise for party leader and ministerial successor Simon Harris at Fine Gael gathering

Medical professionals suggested teens have baby to ‘sort your endometriosis’, Dáil hears

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill urges doctors not to make such recommendations in future

Apartment standards case is latest challenge to hit Coalition’s housing crisis response

By replacing its own revised guidelines, the Government is trying to put in place a hastily constructed safety net

Paschal Donohoe uses final Dáil speech to appeal for continued support for libraries

Tánaiste says he never thought he would see the day when former finance minister would ‘ask me to spend more money’

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