TD calls for ‘transparency, truthfulness’ and questions role of monitoring committee

State to spend €1m on pilot project to feed 7,200 children in 36 primary schools

Social Democrats launch disability manifesto as candidate highlights library inaccessibility

Licences should be taken off motorists ‘there and then in court’, says Independent TD

Government may exclude soldiers who served in Northern Ireland from amnesty

Coveney accuses Doherty of attempting to start ‘class war’ after ‘posh boys and girls’ jibe

FF condemns postponement of decision on funding of Spinraza to treat spinal muscular atrophy

Deterring of ATM robberies should be possible says FF as they call for more resources in Border areas

Minister calls on professionals to continue providing service amid ‘chill effect’ warnings

Green Party accuses Government of ‘privatising everything’

TD recounts ‘hard fought’ efforts for inquests that revealed death by medical misadventure

Taoiseach appeals to Opposition to have open mind about €5bn broadband deal

European inquiry shows failure of ‘kid gloves approach’ to industry, McDonald tells Dáil

Leo Varadkar denies electioneering or playing politics with taxpayers’ money

Salary talks will have to include issue of private practice in public hospitals, Dáil hears

Four weeks extra unpaid parental leave from September with four more to be added in 2020

Claimants, abused in State schools, must show abuser was the subject of a previous complaint

Increase in knife crime also highlighted in wake of fatal stabbing of Azzam Raguragui

Taoiseach tells Dáil case for light rail network stronger in Cork than in Galway

Taoiseach claims taking over company would have cost €8bn before funding broadband plan

Sharp Dáil exchanges over carbon tax as Taoiseach urged to convene crisis meeting

Utility unsuitable for delivery of service as it ‘won’t work as quickly and could cost more’

Dáil hears High Court judgment ‘misunderstands screening programmes’

Opposition warns project may never be delivered as bidder as ’so little skin in game’

TD calls for emergency legislation to stop ‘greedy’ employers withholding money

Simon Harris tells Dáil he will take a couple of days to consider terms of reference

Bruton says he will not prejudice final signing off of contract by giving figure

Opposition leaders study ‘significantly redacted’ papers including warnings on risk

Bill to be passed by summer will allow parents of children up to 12 an extra eight weeks

Candidate ‘confused’ by party statement after campaigning throughout review process

Critical report should be ‘seared into brain of every policy influencer’, says Fianna Fáil TD

Power would transfer from ‘unelected officials’ to ‘truly accountable’ politicians.

Tuam home commission dismisses archaeologist’s suggestion of ‘burial vault’

Independents4Change TD claims State will not retender as pause in construction would ‘look bad’

Taoiseach tells Nancy Pelosi at State dinner the Belfast Agreement is ‘still unfulfilled’

Taoiseach says commission of investigation’s fifth interim report makes ‘gruesome reading’

Minister proposes to seek approval for Central Bank (Amendment) Bill before summer

Government can step in and take over if contractor fails to deliver, says Varadkar

Bid to curtail debate on Bill defeated by 26 votes to 24 in the Seanad

US speaker Nancy Pelosi insists nothing must imperil ‘seamless’ Irish Border

€3 million fund initiative to deal with ‘most unrecognised health crisis in a generation’

Varadkar says US president ‘unconventional in his communication methods’

‘There is no downside to bringing a fraudulent claim’, says FF’s Barry Cowen

Senator Ian Marshall says families had got no comfort from the authorities over killings

Government ‘fully committed’ to ensuring vital citizenship provisions, says Coveney

Homes, businesses without broadband are ‘real casualties’ of ‘debacle’, says McDonald

Martin highlights case where funds nursing home were unavailable despite approval

Party leaders express sympathy to French after devastating fire at world heritage site in Paris

Taoiseach warns against inquiry that could prejudice potential criminal investigation

Minister warns against those who ‘easily hide their identity’ online to make ‘fast buck’

TD claims Defence Forces personnel working under ’crazy conditions’ as numbers plunge

Mansoor Uddin (41) had pleaded guilty to sexual assaults of three female passengers

House rejects amendments and Labour motion for ‘fundamental shift’ in housing policy

Separation time for couples in marriage breakdown to be cut from four to two years

Homebuyers losing out to investment funds despite having paid booking fee, Dáil told

Bill originated from murder of Clodagh Hawe and her three sons in 2016

Josepha Madigan suggests permanent exhibition on women’s role in Irish history

Minister quotes Lemony Snicket as row in Upper House leads to vote on lunch time

FF claims nobody in Cabinet asked ’any hard questions’ about spiralling costs of project

Fine Gael TD says he paid for tickets, ‘but I would accept if I was working in hindsight, I wouldn’t have done things this way’

Sinn Féin accused Simon Coveney of trying to be ‘best boy in class’ on route to EU army

Eoghan Murphy says local authorities should have no hesitation in drawing down funds

Laboratories reluctant to test repeat smears because of Ireland’s ‘litigious environment’

Stay at home parents now included in Government scheme to reimburse donors

Minister says such behaviour absolutely against law and will not be tolerated

Government reviewing procurement policy introduced when country ’banjaxed’

Clare Daly claims State ‘enriching legal profession’, failing to make health service safe

Some Westminster MPs ‘misrepresenting reality’, Tánaiste tells Dáil

Minister for Health and HSE ‘regret’ delay in completion but ‘robust report’ a priority

Hospital was like ‘scenes after a major national disaster’ without the national disaster

Policy paper on employment scheme says 206,000 people have been referred to it since 2015

Harris claims he was not informed of concerns over free tests by CervicalCheck director

Discussion of frontier will be on agenda when Angela Merkel visits Dublin

Josepha Madigan says 118,000 separated people deserve ‘humanity and compassion’

Irish leaders welcome efforts in Westminster to reach compromise on UK’s EU exit

Minister says ’a lot of things not right’ in animal welfare

Fianna Fáil leader says it is clear head of the cancer screening service had given warning

Shane Ross says Belfast Harbour in talks to take on landings between 2021 and 2023

Eight ambulances forced to wait to admit patients as ‘Status black’ declared at CUH

HSE says increased workload has led to ‘long and very regrettable delays’ in reporting of results

Simon Coveney says Government ‘isn’t hiding anything’ about plans for no-deal Brexit

Former president says protection of the Belfast Agreement is most important issue for Ireland

Calls for Bill to be passed banning sale of property as grounds for eviction

Charlie Flanagan says rising cost for consumers does not reflect lower level of claims

Legislation passed in Dáil amid accusations Minister ’selling out’ Irish fishermen

Fine Gael TD Noel Rock claims corporate governance at soccer body is ‘shambolic’

More people entering homelessness than anyone predicted, Tánaiste tells Dáil

Clare Dalys says it does not ‘bode well’ that local authority will act as airport noise regulator

Varadkar insists North will have to be treated differently to avoid hard border in no-deal scenario

Threats by dealers to force people to pay relatives’ debts raised by Sinn Féin TD

Taoiseach leads Dáil tributes to advocate for HPV vaccine who died of cervical cancer

Varadkar to get Dáil view after EU Parliament vote to end daylight savings times

Fianna Fáil leader warns Taoiseach that ‘you can’t recruit your way out of a crisis’

Richard Boyd Barrett alleges US president ‘has given licence to the politics of hate’

Seanad passes Bill to restore rights of northern fishermen to six-mile zone

Varadkar says jet is not used to repatriate citizens and cannot not fly as far as Syria or Turkey

Britain will be held to commitments to ensure free movement after Brexit ­­– Varadkar

Varadkar rejects claims the charge would increase fourfold in next budget

Legislation to pass Seanad, Dáil by Brexit deadline despite claims haste unnecessary

Figures show 26 prisoners and nine officers contracted contagious disease over 10 years