Oireachtas

Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry

Minister for Justice will also move to remove guardianship rights from parent who kills child’s other parent

‘It’s all rather embarrassing. People are talking and not in a good way’

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy has cleared all other items from the agenda of Wednesday’s meeting in bid to end the dispute

the time has now come for both sides to devise an equitable solution that is proportionate to the scale of the problem

Operation Rialtas was established last May in advance of the local and European elections

The latest wheeze to appease Regional Independent TDs has further riled Opposition, and mystery surrounds a mooted Linda Martin presidency

Richard Boyd-Barrett asks why the Minister ‘didn’t bother his backside’ to turn up for two debates in a row

Allow them a little latitude and next minute it’s wholesale ructions and we’re disgraced in front of the world

Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney

Exchequer funding given to nine parties obtaining at least 2 per cent of first preferences

Taoiseach accused of sneaking a cúpla focal under Ceann Comhairle’s nose

Labour finance spokesman Ged Nash describes the legislation as a ‘jobs for the boys Bill’ and says the new posts will cost State €7.5 million over five years

Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims

Almost all 60 senators spoke on first day of new Seanad as Irish unity, disability and housing among platforms for future debate

Ireland-England game brought the great and good to the Aviva, including a former British PM

Danny Healy-Rae goes solo on Opposition benches after the old band breaks up, and watches his brother Michael hurry around the Government benches

Verona Murphy rules Independent TDs cannot be viewed as members of the Opposition

Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan says reruns of old films won’t cut it for Montrose. Who’s going to break the news to Dick Van Dyke?

Focus on Taoiseach’s 11 nominations for more female representation

Ruling appears to present a path to resolving the conflict about speaking time and allowing the Dáil to proceed this week

No one can figure out why Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are going out on a limb despite his controversial past and divisive Dáil presence

New children’s hospital being built in Belfast more expensive per square metre and per bed

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

An extension of an allowance for travel and accommodation, ranging from €6,000 up to €32,000, is also planned

‘Unprecedented’ is overused, but even veterans were hard-pressed to find another way on Wednesday to describe the chaotic scenes in the Dáil

While the FFers raise a toast to Micheál, no one wants to hear the naysayers giving out about the Raegional Independents having their cake and eating it

Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benches

There is a statute of limitations on civic virtue as Lowry is openly embraced as the power broker of the new government

Former Lib Dem leader has been replaced by a Republican ally as tech sector races to appease the president-elect

Derek Doyle, a former Defence Forces member who served overseas, described as a true friend who ‘poured his heart into everything he did’

Surprise announcement would see Economy Minister depart from post if elected

Derek Doyle, who died in a collision last week, was earlier this year attacked by a group of men putting up posters for his wife, the councillor Tania Doyle

Former Green Party leader opens up about ‘being attacked from all sides’ and party’s general election wipeout

Wellwishing all around for new Ceann Comhairle as the two Gentlemen of Verona stand aside on

Festive cheer illuminates Government Buildings as ‘all speechified out’ Taoiseach makes brief address

Nominations close for ‘inside panels’ on New Year’s Eve and December 18th for ‘outside’ panels with with the count taking place on January 30th

Officials at Leinster House asked in July for more bike spaces for the complex, saying demand for existing stands was very high

President Michael D Higgins records an LP; the Oireachtas spends more taxpayers’ cash on something it’s not clear we need; and an ex-rugby star encounters some unwanted wingers

The State’s Environmental Protection Agency is hoping new measures will reduce wastage