Opposition has objected to inclusion of controversial new speaking time slots for coalition-supporting Independents and Government backbenchers on Dáil schedule
Bitter row over speaking rights dominated Dáil for second day as three opposition leaders called for Ms Murphy’s resignation
Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end
Opposition stops short of tabling motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle following her decision to push through vote on controversial changes
Mary Lou McDonald knows she can’t afford to oversee yet another poor performance - but can the party credibly sit this one out?
Israel acts with impunity in Gaza, and the other stories of the week
Long-running dispute centres on efforts to carve out speaking time for a small group of Independents involved in Government-formation talks
Dáil rows revolve around housing while speaking rights dispute rumbles on
Sinn Féin leader says Dáil in ‘cold storage’ and that Government’s priority is ‘money for junior Ministers’
Martin says McDonald's 'feigned outrage' ignores his comments about housing being Ireland’s number-one issue
Micheál Martin says Sinn Féin’s boycott was ‘opportunistic’
Sinn Féin leader tells Dublin event there has been ‘revolution in terms of how people self-define’
The politician ‘emphatically’ rejects accusations of an alleged €150,000 fraud at a former employer
Sinn Féin TD denies wrongdoing over alleged €150,000 fraud and will remain as party’s junior spokesperson on housing
Gould is Sinn Féin spokesman on addiction and recovery
Solicitor acting on behalf of Cllr Kenneth Collins says his client denies wrongdoing
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
Cork North Central TD (56) was arrested and questioned by gardaí yesterday
Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite
Mary Lou McDonald says bail situation ‘cannot continue’ as 40,348 suspects were on bail last year
Leaders of Labour Party, Sinn Féin, Green Party and Social Democrats, as well as a representative from People Before Profit, expected to attend talks on Wednesday
Sinn Féin has faced criticism for its tributes to Brendan McFarlane, who died last month
He became a firm supporter of the peace process
From Dáil speaking rights row to the German elections, it's your essential end-of-week politics catch-up
Fiery Dáil exchanges over impasse as promise of solution dubbed a ‘con’
Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry
Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane led a mass break-out in September 1983
In the North, Sinn Féin has stumbled into a trap; it has been able to hold on to the position of First Minister only by virtue of doing very little with it
Charlie Flanagan describes tribute as ‘nauseating’
Mary Lou McDonald said she could not visit while there was a threat of mass expulsion hanging over the Palestinian people
Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants
Government proposals to resolve row over speaking rights ‘utterly unacceptable and will not be tolerated’
Department of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission
Minister of State John Cummins says proposal would allow more people to live independently
Michéal Martin said SF leader ‘ag insint bréaga’ in Dáil
Ministers expected on Monday to discuss creation of ‘clearing office’ with aim to clear blockages in system and co-ordinate homebuilding and servicing of zoned lands
Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney
Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims
Danny Healy-Rae goes solo on Opposition benches after the old band breaks up, and watches his brother Michael hurry around the Government benches
Father had died in front of his family, says Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh, adding ‘That is the tragedy of it. That is how urgent this is’
Taoiseach insists ‘no attempt to deceive’ but he is ‘extremely disappointed’ completions less than official 33,000 target
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy sought to end impasse but Michael Lowry is not ready to let matter rest
It is not clear how to address the conundrum that confronted the party at the last election
Government plan is ‘total arrogance’ on the back of a ‘grubby deal’, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says
Women junior Ministers were placed in the front row at the Leinster House photocall but it fooled no one, as just six of the 23 appointees are women
It is the less predictable events that will present the biggest problems for the Coalition
Committee to consider wording of a new amendment to Dáil rules to break gridlock over ongoing row around Regional Independent Group
Reports of a major clear-out were greatly exaggerated. The party’s frontbench looks very familiar
A number of senior TDs will remain in their existing portfolios
Labour leader Ivana Bacik said there were the same number of Ministers with the name James as there were women
Cabinet criticised as ‘very male’ with only three women as full ministers, down one from last time
Simon Harris becomes Minister for Foreign Affairs as Jim O'Callaghan takes justice portfolio
Chaotic scenes in the chamber unfold around coalition of Tweedledum, Tweedledee and Tweedledeal
Election of new taoiseach and government proves impossible as Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy forced to suspend the House repeatedly
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
