Dáil Éireann

It’s a real turn-off for voters when critical issues such as housing crisis and looming trade war have been overshadowed by aggressive and chaotic Dáil scenes

New term also indicates a special committee to be convened on artificial intelligence

A rare stillness fell on the chamber as TDs and Ministers wished Richard Boyd Barrett well following his cancer diagnosis

The Government knows it is in the teeth, already, of the first big thing that will define its term

Quite the occasion for Christine Lagarde, as Paschal Donohoe reacts to Trump’s tough tariffs wondering ‘what we can do that can unite us’

Last week’s shouting down of the Ceann Comhairle by Opposition parties have set a dangerous new tone for Irish politics

The language has become coarser but it is striking how fuelled by testosterone the Dáil has always been

Oonagh Peters says she was led to a cell by a woman garda, told to remove her jeans, pull down her knickers and lift up her bra

Minister says Senators’ legislation puts ‘legal obligation on State to do something it can’t actually do’

No specific tariffs for Ireland but fears over loss of competitiveness with the UK and New Zealand on agricultural, food and drink exports.

A few Government buckeroos squawked their disapproval as Mary Lou and her boys made for the double doors to the right of Verona

More support needed for young people leaving addiction treatment services, TDs hear

Congregations ‘operated as criminal networks in mother and baby homes’, Social Democrats acting leader tells Dáil

Protesters’ claims about searches by gardaí were raised in Dáil by Richard Boyd Barrett

Independent Carol Nolan takes first ‘other members’ question to Taoiseach

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Donald Trump’s new tariffs could have huge economic impact on Ireland. Meanwhile political class focused only on speaking rights row.

TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’

Democracy is fragile - the consequences of politicians breaking with parliamentary norms and standards are not just theoretical

A Government counter motion of confidence in Verona Murphy was comfortably passed by 96 votes to 71

Ceann Comhairle went to Dunne and Crescenzi during debate, but this was never going to be her last supper

Taoiseach accused Opposition of ‘mob politics’, while Sinn Féin leader said Verona Murphy’s role was ‘delivered’ by Michael Lowry

Wexford TD says she bears no ill will to those who brought motion and ‘her door is always open’

The motion of confidence in Verona Murphy was not without its repercussions

The Government will hope the vote brings to a close two months of bitter procedural wrangling but the Ceann Comhairle ‘s job is unlikely to get easier

New rates of LPT will kick in next year

Pa Daly argues Bunreacht na hÉireann limits number of government members to 15, including the taoiseach

A three-and-a-half hour debate on motion starts in Dáil this afternoon

Trade war could see Irish pharmaceuticals fall by 50 per cent, Cabinet to be told

The Cabinet is expected to approve the text of the confidence motion on Tuesday morning

Oireachtas members criticise arrest of women from Mothers Against Genocide at protesters outside Dáil

In the News podcast: First woman to hold key role rejects ‘unfounded allegations’ of partiality

Government deputies develop a nose for the ‘m’ word in the nick of time as Ceann Comhairle is barracked by Opposition

The two-fingered salute has been eclipsed by the more aggressive single-finger variant beloved of bellicose motorists

Row over speaking rights has put all other Dáil business in abeyance for two months

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Opposition has objected to inclusion of controversial new speaking time slots for coalition-supporting Independents and Government backbenchers on Dáil schedule

Previous motions have brought proceedings back to an even keel but it remains to be seen if next week’s will do the same

Debate and vote scheduled to oust Ceann Comhairle who has ‘impartially adhered to my solemn undertakings ... through the House to the Irish people’

Hostilities resumed - quietly - on Wednesday over speaking rights row, with grim-faced TDs glowering across the chamber