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Dail row over speaking time resolved
Michael Lowry says opposition behaved in 'juvenile and despicable manner'
Mr Lowry, a former Fine Gael minister, was previously found by a tribunal to have behaved in a manner that was 'profoundly corrupt'

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Dail confidence motion
Elaine Loughlin: Verona Murphy clings on but further trouble lies ahead
Her perceived ineptitude was perhaps part of the reason why the coalition leaders shied away from providing a full-throated support of the Ceann Comhairle 

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Irish cabinet
Taoiseach defends Dáil changes ahead of potential disruption
The disruption is expected just after 2pm, during the Leaders’ Questions slot in the Dáil

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Opposition prepares strategy to disrupt vote on speaking rights 
Opposition prepares strategy to disrupt vote on speaking rights 
'Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have broken their word. We will not accept it', said Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald 

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Opposition leaders seek 'urgent meeting' with Taoiseach ahead of Dáil speaking rights showdown
Opposition leaders seek 'urgent meeting' with Taoiseach ahead of Dáil speaking rights showdown
The row over speaking rights has rumbled on since the formation of the Government

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025

Gambling advertisements
Sinn Féin TD Thomas Gould denied permission to address Dáil over his arrest
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy stated that 'any attempt to raise this issue could interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation'

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Irish Government formation
Harkin says she got more speaking time in opposition
Marian Harkin was among five independents who were given junior minister roles after agreeing to support a Programme for Government led by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

Micheál Martin confirms new Cabinet for 34th Dáil in first act as Taoiseach
Micheál Martin confirms new Cabinet for 34th Dáil in first act as Taoiseach
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed his new Cabinet, with a number of surprise appointments and demotions

Thu, 23 Jan, 2025

Dáil votes to 'note' report which recommends legalising assisted dying
Dáil votes to 'note' report which recommends legalising assisted dying
The three coalition parties allowed a free vote on the issue, saying that it was a matter of conscience

Wed, 23 Oct, 2024

Metal Man, Tramore, Waterford, Ireland
Coastline protection legislation needs prompt attention
The Marine Protected Areas Bill was listed as a priority legislation by the government 20 months ago, but the bill is yet to be published

Wed, 08 May, 2024

New Taoiseach appointed
'Unacceptable': Sinn Féin hits out as 'no-show' Simon Harris unavailable for Leaders’ Questions
Opposition parties criticised the Government for voting through changes to the Dáil order of business for Wednesday which meant that Leaders’ Questions was among the items dropped from the schedule.

Wed, 10 Apr, 2024

Dáil votes to approve Simon Harris's new Cabinet
Dáil votes to approve Simon Harris's new Cabinet
The Coalition members, led by Taoiseach Simon Harris, will now travel to Áras an Uachtaráin to receive their seals of office from President Michael D Higgins.

Tue, 09 Apr, 2024

Ireland's list of "safe countries"
Protesters ‘know exactly’ who is behind arson attacks, says Helen McEntee
Ms McEntee said some protesters could be “complicit” if they do not come forward with information

Thu, 08 Feb, 2024

Helen McEntee says motion of no-confidence is a 'distraction'
Helen McEntee says motion of no-confidence is a 'distraction'
Justice Minister Helen McEntee has described Tuesday's motion of no-confidence vote as a "distraction" from the work that needs to be done to make Ireland a "welcoming city for everyone".

Tue, 05 Dec, 2023

Latest angry protest outside Dáil more bizarre than intimidating
Latest angry protest outside Dáil more bizarre than intimidating
The protest had an anti-migrant or immigration-sceptic theme, couched in a vibe of ‘reasonableness’, and lacked coherence

Thu, 09 Nov, 2023

Protesters bring gallows to demonstration outside Leinster House
Protesters bring gallows to demonstration outside Leinster House
Far-right protesters shouted various chants against transgender rights, migration and planned hate speech laws. Politicians and journalists entering the Leinster House premises were called “traitors” by the gathered crowd

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Narrow Water bridge project
Government criticises ‘scaremongering’ over peatland restoration
The proposals include targets for the restoration and rewetting of drained peatlands.

Thu, 15 Jun, 2023

Chinese embassy claims 'conspiracy theory' surrounding Dáil cameras 
Chinese embassy claims 'conspiracy theory' surrounding Dáil cameras 
Embassy's official Twitter account on Tuesday said: 'Those who made up this incredible conspiracy theory are kindly invited to invent another one, eg, Irish-made whiskey, meat, milk...... are reporting back to Ireland and pose massive national security risks to China'

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Winter weather Nov 28th
Next Dáil to have up to 20 additional TDs
While the new statutory Electoral Commission has indicated a range of between 171 and 181 TDs, senior Government sources have said the next Dáil will have 178 or 180 TDs

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

Enda Kenny on the 17th 3/7/2019
Daniel McConnell: Does Ireland really need up to 20 extra TDs?
The commission has until July to return to Government with its plan for the next Dáil, including how many TDs there should be, and where boundaries for constituencies start and stop

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Complaint lodged over Marc MacSharry's 'outburst' in Dáil
Former Fianna Fáil TD criticised for 'verbal attack' on Leas-Cheann Comhairle Catherine Connolly over his speaking time

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022

File Photo Former Minister for the Environment Denis Naughten TD has confirmed that he will contest the general election without
Dáil supports motion calling for urgent action on treatment of long Covid
A motion calling for swifter action on treatment for long Covid has been unanimously supported in the Dáil.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

Boris Johnson resignation
Elaine Loughlin: Dáil goes intergalactic with no confidence row
The Government comfortably won the vote of confidence, with the backing of 85 TDs

Tue, 12 Jul, 2022

Paul Hosford: Government flying kites on Budget 2023 but the public won't be strung along 
Paul Hosford: Government flying kites on Budget 2023 but the public won't be strung along 
With many popular policies being floated in recent weeks, elbows are being sharpened for when the announcements are made, writes Political Correspondent Paul Hosford

Wed, 22 Jun, 2022

An Bord Pleanála inquiry extended by five weeks
An Bord Pleanála inquiry extended by five weeks
The extension means that it will not be received before the Dáil goes to its summer recess

Wed, 22 Jun, 2022

Morning Briefing: Top stories on Monday, April 25
Anger overdelays in ‘Grace’ inquiry
Described as "the greatest scandal of our time" in the Dáil, the commission is probing the 20 years of neglect of Grace, an intellectually disabled woman placed in a foster home in the southeast of the country

Sun, 05 Jun, 2022

Donnelly orders HSE to allow meetings with disabilities minister
Donnelly orders HSE to allow meetings with disabilities minister
Taoiseach wants full review of Progressing Disabilities Services Programme after Anne Rabbitte claims senior HSE officials blocked her from holding meetings

Wed, 27 Apr, 2022

Equality for young people to top agenda at 20th Dáil na nÓg 
Equality for young people to top agenda at 20th Dáil na nÓg 
Youth council delegates will debate issues such as mental health, climate change, body image, drugs and alcohol, youth facilities and LGBTIQ+

Sat, 26 Mar, 2022

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Water damage and falling plaster in Leinster House raises fears for famous paintings
A portion of the ceiling at the top of a staircase leading to the Dáil Chamber fell last summer, raising fears of water damage to the Dáil artwork underneath.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2022

Constance Georgine
'We are making history here today': Six remarkable women and the Treaty debate
The six women elected to Dáil Éireann, dismissed by their male colleagues as the grieving wives, mothers and sisters of the heroic dead, were political forces who had each arrived at a strongly held position on the Treaty, writes Deputy Political Editor Elaine Loughlin

Wed, 29 Dec, 2021

CC KILDARE STREET
Aoife Moore: Dáil mud-slinging is like 'Wagon Wheel' at a country wedding 
As the Dáil returned, all the greatest hits in mud-flinging were played, reducing Marc MacSharry's resignation from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, which should have been seismic, to a mere footnote in a performance everyone is sick of watching

Wed, 15 Sep, 2021

FILE PHOTO Minister for Education Norma Foley has told the INTO annual conference that the Government is unlikely to revise its
Foley: Moves in place to avoid repeat of grades error
The Minister of Education says new mechanisms have been put in place to ensure errors in accredited grades will not be repeated this year.

Wed, 19 May, 2021

Brian Stanley controversial tweet
PAC entitled to investigate bogus self-employment, says chair
Oireachtas social protection committee also investigating issue

Sun, 25 Apr, 2021

Technical briefing on Mandatory Hotel Quarantine
Ireland able to reopen with high level of cases once vaccinated
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is in detailed discussions with Nphet about redrafting the thresholds for allowing the country to reopen to take vaccine rates into account

Thu, 25 Mar, 2021

A quad on its side after it has been accidentally flipped
More detail sought on Garda powers to  stop scramblers
Three specific new measures to enable gardaí respond to the problem

Thu, 18 Feb, 2021

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Special report: 10 TDs making a name for themselves since election 2020
Restrictions on the number of TDs who can sit in the Dáil, reduced working hours and limited committee time has hampered the work of our elected representatives but some newbies have still made an impact, writes Deputy Political Editor Elaine Loughlin

Mon, 08 Feb, 2021

Gardaí examine complaint about Leo Varadkar's leaking of GP document
Gardaí examine complaint about Leo Varadkar's leaking of GP document
Spokesman for the Tánaiste said Mr Varadkar had not been contacted by gardaí

Fri, 22 Jan, 2021

Housing, climate change, and sick pay: What to expect as Dáil returns for 2021
Housing, climate change, and sick pay: What to expect as Dáil returns for 2021
The Dying with Dignity Bill, climate change, and the ongoing housing crisis are among the most pressing issues on the Oireachtas agenda as the new term begins this week

Mon, 11 Jan, 2021

Dáil to sit for just 12 hours per week due to Covid-19 fears
Dáil to sit for just 12 hours per week due to Covid-19 fears
No public committees until further notice 

Thu, 07 Jan, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Open wide the Dáil door for women
Irish Examiner view: Open wide the Dáil door for women
During one of those Capitol Hill hearings Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg occasionally attends, one of the challenges facing our world was underlined in a cringe-making way.

Fri, 11 Dec, 2020

Social media stock
Social workers 'targeted' in online abuse
The Irish Association of Social Workers has said it is aware of some of its members being targeted for online threats and abuse. 

Wed, 25 Nov, 2020

General Election Ireland 2020
McEntee launches bill to criminalise sharing intimate images without consent
Helen McEntee has launched a new bill that would make the making and sharing of intimate images without consent a crime.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2020

Greyhound Races at Kilcohan Park
Dáil to hear motion for phase-out of greyhound funding
The Social Democrats will put forward a Private Members Motion in the Dáil on Wednesday to phase out state support for the Irish greyhound racing industry. Ireland will see funding to the Greyhound industry increase to €19.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2020

Paschal Donohoe: Leo Varadkar's 'high standards' will ensure no-confidence motion is rejected
Paschal Donohoe: Leo Varadkar's 'high standards' will ensure no-confidence motion is rejected
Sinn Féin is tabling a motion of no-confidence after it emerged Tánaiste leaked documents to NAGP

Tue, 10 Nov, 2020

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