Justine McCarthy: With Ireland on a knife edge, it’s a bad time for a brain drain from the Dáil
Potential new TDs would need their mental acuity assessed if they were not given pause by hearing about masked protesters outside the Taoiseach’s home
Potential new TDs would need their mental acuity assessed if they were not given pause by hearing about masked protesters outside the Taoiseach’s home
Minister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’
Taoiseach’s energetic approach has not stopped him allowing contentious issues to fall by the wayside
Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall, two of the founders of the Social Democrats, take a bow as the third founder hides in plain sight
Departures unlikely to signal any major policy change in the party given they both stepped down as co-leaders last year
TDs announce they will not stand for re-election, saying it is ‘time for a new generation to take over’
Judicial Council’s recommendations still not published almost five years after establishment, says Róisín Shortall
Fergus Finlay, an adviser to former Labour leader Dick Spring, said he was surprised at the ‘animosity’ to the idea of merging from the Social Democrats
Cathal Haughey’s second run for a council seat; the Irish man with a prominent view of Trump’s conviction; and Daithí Doolan’s spot-the-difference posters
Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall says ‘not a hope in hell’ of reform Bill being passed before general election
Recent polls are promising but the party has big decisions to make on three key questions
One in five smaller private homes closed in two-year period, as private equity funded hubs take larger chunk of market
Question arises as Labour leader Ivana Bacik says merger is ‘possible’
Róisín Shortall says opening of first elective hospital on existing hospital grounds will take at least 10 years
Tensions have bubbled up inside - and outside - Government and among senior civil servants in the fallout from a new budget that did not budget for massive health spending overruns
HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’
Budget allocation will have ‘catastrophic implications’ for patients and those who work on the front line of health service, says Sinn Féin
Stephen Donnelly denies that defeat of Opposition amendment will delay ban on sale of vapes to children
There was far less interest in the minutiae of Sinn Féin’s budget proposals from other parties, who may have had coalition in mind
The party also said it would spend an additional €1.1 billion on housing while it would take much of the surplus of corporation tax receipts to deal with energy costs and fund a ‘climate transformation’
Health committee also hears of plans to set up new medical school in capital operated by TU Dublin which is being looked at ‘very favourably’
Government to push ahead with new refugee accommodation centres in Santry, Clondalkin and Dún Laoghaire
Government to place people who have arrived into the country at an industrial premises, a former college and a converted office building
Ministers urged to compel release of reports setting out costs of company’s administration
Social Democrats TD Roisin Shortall was among the objectors to the development citing “poor tenure mix”
Incoming HSE chief Bernard Gloster emphasises ‘significant improvement’ in mortality rates from heart attacks, strokes and cancers
No information provided as to why the application has been withdrawn
New Social Democrats leader on how the 2018 abortion referendum was her introduction to political activism, and the electoral challenge posed by Sinn Féin
Inside Politics: Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall enjoy a rare privilege in politics – stepping down at a time of their choosing
New leader of the Social Democrats receives world-weary advice from Taoiseach on the burdens of leadership
Cairns will today attempt to reach out to disengaged voters, and will take her first Leaders’ Questions slot in the Dáil
Róisín Shortall cites grid capacity problems but developers have said they will not connect to grid until those issues are resolved
Prospective candidates Cian O’Callaghan and Jennifer Whitmore to support Cork TD
Drug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcement
Duo have backing of at least two local representatives each, while Jennifer Whitmore has one endorsement so far
Holly Cairns declines to comment on report she is expected to be the next leader unopposed
Party enters uncharted territory as it faces decision over possible coalition partners
Leo Varadkar claims ‘we’ve had tribunals’ for less than Sinn Féin’s electoral spend ‘contradictions’
Catherine Murphy of the Social Democrats says red flags had been raised about the scheme for millionaire investors since 2019
Chinese-manufactured surveillance cameras come sharply into focus in the Leinster House of Flying Daggers
Sylvia Chambers says she is routinely abused and threatened by parents, with trouble sometimes starting at reception desk
Leaders' Questions underway in Dáil
Social Democrats co-leader calls for a special sitting of the Oireachtas health committee
Analysis: A line of attack from the Opposition has been the value that has been ascribed by Donohoe to the postering services provided by Stone and by Designer Group
Minister for Public Expenditure accused of ‘concocting a story that does not stack up’ by SF’s Pearse Doherty
Involvement of anti-immigration National Party and Irish Freedom Party widely condemned
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath warned Mary Lou McDonald’s policies could ‘further drive landlords out’ of Irish market
Minister for Finance challenged over changes for institutions soon after tracker mortgage scandal
Dr Gabriel Scally said treatment of 221+ group ‘completely unacceptable’ as one affected women complained about being ‘treated like a leper’
Events in whacko Westminster cause a run on the markets, while best leaky Leinster House can manage is a run on buckets
Survivors of mother and baby homes could receive as little as €5,000 in redress scheme
Taoiseach will consider a taskforce but warns it is ‘not a panacea’
Robert Watt says ‘step change’ is needed to double number of medical and nursing graduates
Budget 2023: Róisín Shortall says through tax cuts and energy supports, public representatives will benefit to the tune of €1,400
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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
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