Public ethics watchdog rules out inquiry into Leo Varadkar’s leak of confidential document
Standards in Public Office Commission decides not to investigate, reaffirming earlier decision – quashed by High Court – despite internal divisions
Paul Murphy
‘Leo the leak’ affair still lingers five years on
Sipo has resolved for a second time not to investigate the leaking of a draft State contract with the Irish Medical Organisation when Varadkar was taoiseach
At Newstalk, Ciara Kelly gets righteously annoyed
The breakfast host seems to court listeners who once complained about the PC brigade but now prefer to decry the woke mob
Dublin South-West constituency candidates list: Green Party seat looks most vulnerable in this left-leaning five-seater
Election 2024: Sinn Féin’s Seán Crowe won almost 30 per cent of the vote in 2020
Election 2024 live updates: Simon Harris ‘not sure’ if he will canvass with Fine Gael candidate John McGahon in Louth
Leaders’ debate fails to change dynamic of uncertain election campaign
Election 2024: Latest poll results show momentum is with Sinn Féin, says McDonald
‘I don’t think fair people will judge me on 40 seconds,’ Harris says following backlash over disability worker interaction
Rose of Tralee festival beset by financial problems and legal actions
Plus: Brian Ormond’s shoe business missteps, Peadar Tóibín’s distaste for government funding of media, and effing drama in the Dáil
‘You’re a disgrace’: Dáil air turns blue after Danny Healy-Rae gets personal with Paul Murphy
Ged Nash gets the boot even before a vote is cast as chamber hears plenty unparliamentary language
Vitriolic Dáil exchanges over gender of Dublin TD Paul Murphy’s child
Row erupted between Danny Healy-Rae and Paul Murphy during debate on Finance Bill which was passed by 75 to 55 votes
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Budget 2025: Everything you need to know about the inheritance tax cut which comes into effect today
Housing and transport for regional cities needed to counterbalance Dublin overdevelopment, says Ryan
State will ‘tip over’ to the east coast if building overly concentrated in capital city, according to Minister
Hundreds of mice used every day in Botox testing ‘suffer horribly’, TD claims
Paul Murphy alleges ‘massive’ loophole in law gets around ban on animal testing for cosmetic purposes
Tommy Robinson’s Irish passport may be invalid, TDs say
Far-right figure stated place of birth as ‘Ireland’ when detained by Canadian immigration authorities in June
Sipo reconsidering its stance on Leo Varadkar leak inquiry
Ethics body writes to PBP deputy Paul Murphy telling him it will inform him of the outcome of its reconsideration
Sipo silent as deadline passes for challenging High Court ruling on Leo Varadkar leak case
TD who brought judicial review case calls on the Sipo to respond to judgement publicly
RSA calls for stricter penalties and increased road policing
Road Safety Authority chairwoman describes spike in fatalities as ‘heartbreaking’ as death toll reaches 102 so far this year
People Before Profit seeking formal left-wing voting pact with Sinn Féin ahead of next election
Dublin West TD says parties must ‘come together to learn from what has happened in France’ in call for agreement
High Court Sipo decision is a bad outcome for Leo Varadkar - and ethics watchdog
The former taoiseach faces more scrutiny of questionable actions when he first led the Government.
Paul Murphy TD wins High Court challenge to Sipo’s decision refusing to investigate claims of Varadkar leak
Judge quashed ethical watchdog’s decision and directed matter go back to office for further consideration
Just one driver convicted for not surrendering licence out of 10,000 ordered to do so by courts
At least 10,000 disqualified drivers failed to hand over licences over last two years but only 26 prosecutions taken
General election will be held ‘in due course’, Taoiseach tells Dáil
People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy accuses Government of using immigration in local elections to hide ‘failures’
Paul Murphy on the Leaving Cert: ‘There’s an enormous class bias in it. I’m a product of that’
The Dublin-based TD went on to study law after school but left his PhD studies to pursue a career in politics
Labour leader claims vote for an Independent candidate ‘often a vote for more of the same’
With polling showing Independents on nearly a quarter of the vote, Ivana Bacik makes election pitch
Putin crack ignites fireworks before Simon Harris gets turkey and ham for beating a lettuce
Seán Fleming’s withdrawal was a mealy-mouthed effort
‘Puppets of Putin’: Dáil suspended amid heated row over junior minister’s comments
Seán Fleming subsequently withdrew remark in case anyone ‘felt the comments were directed at them’
Taoiseach condemns ‘idiotic’ attack on Tallaght building earmarked for asylum seekers
Harris describes attack as ‘idiotic and disgusting act of criminality’
Solidarity rally held in Tallaght after Muslim cleric assaulted in suspected hate-based attack
Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri says he did not want to see Ireland ‘go down the road’ of other European countries where anti-immigrant sentiment is surging
Sipo says complaint about Varadkar not part of its remit
Paul Murphy’s lawyers said reasoning for rejecting his complaint ‘legally inadequate’
Green Party accused of facilitating fossil fuel expansion as exploration licence off west coast extended
Extension of Europa Oil & Gas licence to 2026 of enables exploration of Inishkea gas field, estimated to be larger than the Corrib field
Dáil suspended briefly after TDs call for debate on Gaza ‘genocide’
Richard Boyd Barrett and Mick Barry refused to resume seats despite Ceann Comhairle’s appeals
Use of ‘nasty’ language by some politicians when engaging with Roscrea protesters criticised
Labour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’
Varadkar one of only four politicians to declare donations over €600
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy discloses total of €3,000 in donations from three individuals
Disability activists protest outside Leinster House over proposed welfare changes
Plans are a ‘degrading and humiliating’ value judgment, disability activists say
Mary Lou McDonald confronted by anti-immigration protesters in Dublin’s East Wall
Incident one of two on Monday evening where Opposition politicians were targeted with People Before Profit blaming ‘far right agitators’
Dublin Zoo rejects claims it paid for hot tub, sauna for director’s lodge while ‘begging for funds’
Claims made by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy in Dáil on Wednesday
Martin’s Israel visit was ‘propaganda tour’, Murphy says as Tánaiste criticises ‘disinformation’
People Before Profit call for sanctions and stop to use of Shannon by US troops in motion
About 40 Irish citizens remain in Gaza, says Varadkar
Some 40 Irish citizens remain in Gaza, Taoiseach tells Dáil, as none have been able to leave enclave since first evacuations last week
Spotlight on Sinn Féin over its stance on Palestine after Hamas attack
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald condemned the attack ‘outright’ on Monday but not before some party representatives avoided criticising the Hamas atrocity
Government’s disability reforms will not ‘knock people off benefits’, says Taoiseach
PBP’s Paul Murphy accuses Leo Varadkar of emulating UK model of work capability assessments as portrayed in film I, Daniel Blake
Several of Leinster House’s more vocal actors should be shuffling their consciences
No-one should have to endure threats, harassment or being surrounded in a car in the name of protest, far-right or otherwise
No clinical concerns about spinal surgery outcomes at Crumlin, health bosses say
A review of complex spinal surgery outcomes at Crumlin will be published ‘in full’ by Thursday morning, according to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI)
‘You’re breaking up a town’: Electoral map changes split Tallaght and could leave Fettercairn ‘forgotten’
The working-class area of Fettercairn is being moved from Dublin South-West, home to People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, to Dublin Mid-West, home to party colleague Gino Kenny
Lenin is an odious icon for Irish human rights activists
Real problem with fetishising Vladimir Lenin is his dedication to the mass execution of political opponents
Irish weapons training plan for Ukrainian troops a ‘breach of neutrality’, TDs claim
Paul Murphy and Neasa Hourigan express concern over move by Defence Forces
New tendering procedures recommended for TU Dublin after €4.7m spend on consultants’ reports
Rigorous methods for seeking approvals from governing body adopted in wake of university spending €4.7 million on reports into structure, communication and change management
New €1bn public service media fund proposed by People Before Profit
Party says it would abolish licence fee and take commercial advertising away from RTÉ but provide substantially increased public funding
Paul Murphy TD granted permission to pursue judicial review of Sipo complaint rejection
Judge ruled case met low threshold of containing legal grounds that are ‘arguable’
Almost two-thirds of children in care in parts of southeast not allocated social worker
In some of the poorest parts of Dublin more than a third of children in care are awaiting allocation of a social worker, Tusla figures show
‘Repugnant’ footage highlighting alleged animal welfare breaches will be investigated
In response to RTÉ documentary, Charlie McConalogue says vast majority of calves treated with respect in dairy sector
John McManus: It shouldn’t be a big deal to accept British honours in a modern Ireland
President’s comments appeal to a certain atavistic Irish nationalism that is out of kilter with modern reality
Martin withdraws comment after saying People Before Profit would ‘put the jackboot on people’
Tánaiste said in Dáil that TDs Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett were ‘no great advocates of freedom of speech’
Almost 1,000 homes feeding electricity to national grid not getting paid
Some solar-powered homes are still on waiting list for smart meters
Green Party backs move from ‘triple-lock’ towards ‘double-lock’ policy on neutrality
FG and FF have signalled support to change triple lock as it gives de facto veto to Russia over Irish military deployments
Paul Murphy says alleged threat made against wife is intended to intimidate politicians on left
People Before Profit TD says remark to ‘slit the throat’ of his spouse happened during canvassing
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