Independent Wexford TD Mick Wallace: ’unaware’ of incident referred to by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.  Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Minister for Justice revealed Wexford TD escaped penalty points at discretion of garda

 Mick Wallace:  The TD yesterday insisted he was “unaware” of the incident. Photograph: David Sleator

Wexford TD seen by a garda using mobile phone while driving

Independent TD Mick Wallace:  said he had no recall of being warned about using his mobile phone while driving. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Minister for Justice says Wexford TD escaped charge thanks to ‘garda discretion’

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: Fine Gael TDs reacted to his warning on late term abortions.

Fresh Oireachtas hearings on proposed legislation get under way this morning

Committee chairman Jerry Buttimer: “It is important that the language we use is temperate”

Committee to begin hearing evidence on Friday

Oliver and Austin Stack, sons of Brian Stack, the only prison officer to be assassinated in the Republic, after they met Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams at Leinster House, Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Austin Stack asks Sinn Féin leader to use contacts to help ‘establish responsibility for what happened to our father’

Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton said she hopes to be able to support an amended version of the Government’s abortion legislation. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien / THE IRISH TIMES

Minister says Geoghegan-Quinn “fully entitled to express opinion” on Seanad abolition

Former minister for finance Charlie McCreevy: as he held talks with cabinet colleagues before budget 2001, he said the IMF had stressed the importance of adhering strictly to budgeted spending limits. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh Former minister for finance Charlie McCreevy: as he held talks with cabinet colleagues before budget 2001, he said the IMF had stressed the importance of adhering strictly to budgeted spending limits. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh

FoI documents show Micheál Martin’s complaints about proposed spending cuts

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