Seán Canney

Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property

Parish council, which owns building housing childcare facility, previously said it could not afford to pay for fire safety upgrades

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform takes it handy while deputising for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions and blands Opposition TDs pleasantly to sleep

Fisheries protection body has been wracked with internal disputes and scandals, provoking resignations that have left board without a quorum

Large number of TDs indicate they would vote against the Coalition

Minister says entry criteria for medical certificates for a person with a disability ‘out of date’

Issues such as foetal pain relief can be raised within review, Minister for Health says

Poll shows 89 per cent favour women being given details on alternatives to abortion

Move on corporate tax ‘appeased our EU masters’, and is ‘just the beginning’, says Nolan

All political parties backed legislation, as 10 independents oppose

Donnelly says little online anti-vaxx false information because ‘constantly called out’

Former minister insists churches ‘a hell of a lot safer than supermarkets’

One-quarter of TDs are property investors or landowners

Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke raises issue of ‘statistical transfers’ from Estonia, Denmark

Taoiseach says Government will engage with publicans but ‘Covid-19 thrives where crowds gather’

Covid restrictions meant Dáil proceedings transferred to the National Convention Centre at a cost of €25,000

Varadkar tells Dáil Government wants to regularise their situation

Doubts over future of two Galway pools highlight years of underinvestment by State

Labour leader accuses State of breaching public health guidelines on benefit scheme

Borrowers on wage subsidy told they must wait to draw down approved loans

Tom Quinn’s book – Fishing’s Strangest Days – a treasure trove of fishing tales

Greens’ internal issues have made Labour a more attractive option as coalition partners

Galway East candidate elected on the seventh count

Previously unshakeable fealty of electorate to party system shattered

21-year-old Sinn Féin candidate Louis O’Hara very close to pulling off shock win

Fine Gael won only 15.5% of the votes among the youngest 18-24 age group

Fianna Fáil to emerge on top with Green Party in line to hit double figures

The improvement in the French economy and growing awareness of France as an export market encouraged the setting up of the office

They will have to put in place process for carbon-proofing major decisions and projects, including investments in transport and energy

TD is ‘baffled’ by Government’s ‘illogical’ approach to mineral exploration

‘We are not so much selling the family silver as paying someone to take it off our hands’

Concrete trade body calls on Government to ensure aggregates supply is ‘sustainable’

RTÉ is set to brief staff, with the dread phrase ‘compulsory redundancies’ hanging in the air

Digitisation of tax relief will enable charities to easily access up to 45% more on donations

Fortieth year of four-day trout championships attract a bumper turnout

Junior minister’s ‘expenditure on policy formulation’ also done in Tuam and Athlone

Bord na Móna considering replacing turf-cutting with medicinal marijuana

Latest statistics show number of dogs entering local authority pounds also falling

Angling Notes: Under a new data collection programme, fish will be tagged and released

Package worth €100m agreed for Irish beef farmers ‘hammered’ by Brexit uncertainty