Oireachtas

Mary Lou McDonald does not have a GUBU moment but a FUSA moment - a ‘Full, Unequivocal, Sincere Apology’

National Youth Council of Ireland report says almost half of under-24s say access to youth work services is poor

Once polling date is announced, legislation will be sequenced to be completed and become law before Oireachtas is dissolved

Taoiseach and his wife celebrate his birthday by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and hungry leader on the brink of his first general election

Brian Stanley has gone missing in the political undergrowth, despite noble efforts to find him by media search parties

Five senior Science Foundation Ireland staff made protected disclosures last December involving claims against Prof Nolan

Paschal Donohoe says system of representation ‘broadly works’ and wants ‘national conversation’ on the matter

Passage of legislation fuels mounting speculation of pre-Christmas election

So why is Mary Lou announcing ‘a complete overhaul’ of these same governance procedures? An abundance of caution or an abundance of caught-out?

Move would allow ‘customers to exercise their own judgment to decide on food quality’

A former Lord Mayor of Belfast, he resigned his Seanad seat last year citing health reasons

Resignation of PAC chair Brian Stanley amid internal inquiry and ‘counter allegation’ adds to multifaceted crisis facing party leader Mary Lou McDonald

The temperature is rising in Leinster House: telltale signs of a late November election are mounting, despite the denials

Peadar Tóibín says Senators ‘sniggered like giddy children’ as they denied being reported infiltrator during Seanad sitting

Rightly or wrongly, one name was on everyone’s lips

Controversial Planning and Development Bill a key part of plans to address housing crisis, but Opposition says it will add to delays and costs

Proposal envisages four lines between Dublin’s Connolly Station and Malahide to separate commuter and intercity services

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board says it could not express confidence in most recent revised substantial completion date

Deputies and senators address each other as ‘comrade’ in corridors as speculation continues about Oireachtas member allegedly recruited as a Russian agent

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín calls on Irish political parties to audit members to see if anyone has received potential contact from Russian intelligence

‘Influence operations’ by Russia and China are not uncommon as reports allege an Oireachtas member is working as an asset for Russian security services

Reports that a politician working within the Oireachtas is a Russian intelligence asset

Sinn Féin and the pricey phone pouches, being better than the ‘bloody Tories’ and the diplomacy of singing with 1990s heart-throb Peter Andre

Public Accounts Committee hearing: Kerstin May resigned as UL chief last June and is on leave in new post as professor of visual culture

Patrick O’Donovan agrees with view of Pashcal Donohoe, who said he was ‘embarrassed’ at price paid for structure

Minister for Finance staunchly defends measure as ‘investment in children’s welfare’ and stresses international research shows it ‘has made a difference’

Simon Harris pained by assertions that his budget blowout was something other than a serious, sober annual financial statement with no ulterior motive lurking between the lines

Plus: Leo unleashes his inner Shinner and throws a winners’ dinner and sang Dublin in the Rare Ould Times

Details of cost emerge at committee meeting where politicians quizzed OPW on €336,000 Leinster House bike shelter

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurances’ on June 2025 completion date

Country lagging behind in green construction when it could help meet housing demand, FII tells Oireachtas group

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurance’ on June 2025 completion date

Like Britain, we suffer from advanced administrative sclerosis, but we’re in complete denial

Taoiseach Simon Harris surprises Paschal Donohoe with chocolate gateau as youthful Minister for Public Expenditure celebrates milestone 50th birthday

Contractors were also concerned about disrupting Dáil with noise of machinery

The avant-mudgarde glass and steel erection is already shaping up to be a bucket-list destination for aficionados of Irish politics

Martin Woodland was approved by Caranua for an en-suite bedroom extension in 2020. Four years on, he sleeps in a chair, urinates in a bottle and washes in the sink

Protests within 100m of hospitals and other facilities offering pregnancy terminations will be prohibited from mid-October

Former OPW manager, who examined excessive spending, believes a type of commercial semi-State body could better manage properties

Complaints from security personnel include that the guardroom is ‘Soviet-style’ and that Government staff used it for yoga and circuit training at lunchtime