Michael O'Regan

Michael O'Regan

Parliamentary Correspondent

Michael O’Regan, journalist and broadcaster, is Parliamentary Correspondent of The Irish Times, covering the Dail and politics. He is a regular contributor to programmes on RTE, TV3 and Newstalk. He has presented the Sunday Show and co-presented Newstalk Breakfast on Newstalk. He was the recipient of a journalist of the year award and co-authored a book on the Kerry babies case.

Feargal Quinn: He said defibrillation is a crucial link in what the experts call the ‘chain of survival’.
Health Minister not to oppose Bill on defibrillators

Private Member’s Bill from Independent Senator Feargal Quinn requires the public availability of defibrillators

Micheál Martin: “There is an absence of a legislative framework to deal with the step change in technology and scale of development.” Photograph: Alan Betson
Wind farm development process lacking transparency, Martin says

Kenny counters that firms have extensive, ongoing consultations with communities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh:“Every town, village and community and virtually every family has been affected by this tragic crisis.’’
Ó Snodaigh calls for suicide authority

Sinn Féin TD says suicide rate a national crisis

Fergus O’Dowd’s only companions for a time in the Dáil chamber yesterday were Fianna Fáil’s Sean Ó Fearghaíl and Sinn Féin’s Aengus Ó Snodaigh.
Exhausted deputies in need of energy boost from oysters

Dáil Sketch: the exchanges conjured up images of exhausted parliamentarians doing a job few others wanted to do

Prof John Crown: said a patient battling malignant melanoma had been deemed appropriate for the drug, Ipilimumab, but the insurance company, GloHealth, had informed him that it would not cover its members for the treatment.
Crown says cancer patients denied treatment

‘Uneven’ access to treatment for some patients depending on their health insurance

‘Some locals could recall at the time the horror of the departure by liner from Queenstown, now Cobh. All were familiar with tear-stained departures from Shannon, which some still called by its original name, Rineanna.’ Above, John F Kennedy, prepares to leave from Shannon in 1963. Photograph: Peter Thursfield
When Kennedy euphoria swept the country

An Irishman’s Diary: He promised to return in springtime, as many Kerry emigrants had done

Fine Gael TD Terence Flanagan: “I have major concerns about the suicide provision and I am seeking further clarification on it.” Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Flanagan delays decision on support for abortion Bill

Minister for Health insists there will be no free vote for FG TDs

Minister for Health Dr James Reilly yesterday warned health insurers to reduce costs
Reilly warns private health insurers to cut costs

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Enda Kenny: “There is something fundamentally wrong in politicians asking others to change and make real sacrifices and not doing the same ourselves.’’Photograph: Alan Betson
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A firefighter tries to put out a fire at a plantation in Rokan Hilir district, Riau province, Indonesia. Riau authorities have deployed two fire brigade teams in Bengkalis district and Dumai to control peatland fires, Antara News Agency reported. The fires are being blamed for dense smog in neighbouring Singapore. Photograph: Aswaddy Hamid/Reuters Singaporean smog and Indonesian fires
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