Water charges look likely to be introduced at the end of next year.

Government heading towards agreement with troika about later date for introduction of levies

Fine Gael TD  Brian Walsh: said TDs and Senators had been put in a very difficult position. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Galway West TD says politicians being asked to choose between their careers and their consciences

Senator Paul Bradford: “Hiding under a whip is I think not the way to approach this sort of Bill because it’s a pretty defining piece of legislation.”

Taking cover under whip not correct for Oireachtas members, says Paul Bradford

Message is contained in the Commission’s unpublished spring 2013 review of Ireland’s bailout programme

Sir Sabaratnam Arulkatumaran (left),  chairman, and Dr Philip Crowler, national director for quality and patient safety, at the publication of the Health Service Executive  clinical review report on the death of Savita Halappanavar, in Dublin yesterday.   Photograph: Eric Luke

Lessons must be learned from report, all parties agree

Orla O’Connor, director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland. The organisation has interpreted the changes as having strengthened the ability of an individual’s conscience to put a woman’s life in danger.

Rotunda Hospital in Dublin erroneously omitted during late night dotting of Ts

The Facebook page of Frank Gallagher of Drogheda Borough Council

Frank Gallagher of Drogheda Borough Council says tax paid without his knowledge

Declan Ganley of Libertas Ireland at a Dublin hotel where he spoke at a public meeting on Alternatives For Ireland. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Call on Fine Gael TDs not to abandon deeply held principles

Praveen Halappanavar pictured in Galway in November 2012  with a photographe of his wife Savita in the background. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times.

Government spokesman confirms review commissioned by HSE is imminent

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