Healthcare companies gave €30 million to hospitals, medical staff in 2016, says Minister

Government says Bill must pass by Halloween to allow 990,000 homes get repayment by year end

Rough day as pensions anomaly, Cork boundary and animal welfare votes defeated

Willie O’Dea accuses Sinn Féin of being ‘snipers behind the ditch’ in heated exchanges

Government has ‘lost patience’, will impose sanctions if action unsatisfactory – Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar confirms that Fianna Fáil did raise pensions issue before Budget

Monday’s storm differs to flooding, says Varadkar: ‘Nobody is in a hurricane zone’

Action including sanctions to be taken if banks do not move to solve issue – Taoiseach

‘He told me where to go’: Kerry TD sharply criticises former minister Phil Hogan

McKinnon report calls for the Cork city boundary to be extended into the county area

Varadkar tells Dáil he has fewer political advisers, who cost less than his predecessors’

McDonald welcomes motion to reverse cut ‘no matter how late, cynical, self-serving’

Party members on Martin’s leadership, arrangement with SF and presidential election

Party’s success in 2016 general election increased State funding to €5.3 million

Willie O’Dea to bring private member’s motion on pension anomaly to Dáil next week

Michael McGrath says financial institutions must be made accountable for ‘scandal’

Coalition has ‘fundamental attitude of disrespect’ for the arts, Fianna Fáil claims

Government ‘playing with the figures’, Solidarity TD Paul Murphy claims

Ross rejects claim he is ‘not doing his job’ on measure passed 10 months ago

Taoiseach insists Nama offshoot will generate return for taxpayer

Taoiseach defends €5 million cost of controversial ‘spin’ unit saying it will be ‘cost neutral’

Move passes without vote but some TDs raise concerns over Border cigarette smuggling

Labour jobs spokesman Alan Kelly describes budget as worth ‘a cup of coffee’

Fianna Fáil spokesman says workers paying almost 50% more income tax than in 2007

Legislation scheduled to finish initial debate this week but 12 TDs, mainly SF, yet to speak

FF leader says ex-FG taoiseach played big role in Ireland developing high global standing

John McGuinness says new Bill would not stop utility being ‘gold-plated quango’

Opposition TDs ask whether he is being held illegally and about Irish relations with Egypt

Thousands of students will be ‘deprived of a vote’ if vote in June, says Bríd Smith

Any chance of water being privatised is ‘impossible and absurd’, Leo Varadkar tells Dáil

Taoiseach says family want to keep arrangements for Irishman’s return private

Commission’s Apple move ‘wholly unnecessary and unwarranted’

Minister defends implementation of legislation saying ‘Government does not tolerate cruelty’

Seetec Ltd harassed employer to sign forms that it got job for unemployed man

Sinn Féin leader calls on Taoiseach to ‘pick up the phone’ to urge Rajoy to start talks

PD-Forra says short-term contracts driving sailors, airmen and soldiers to quit

Leo Varadkar sends message of condolence to Donald Trump

Latest vote brings to more than 20 the number of defeats since Coalition formed

Fergus O’Dowd says his warning may have been a factor in him losing junior minister job

Problem arises regarding men on deportation orders but who cannot be deported

Group calls for full Garda investigation into alleged threats by pro-choice activists

Acquisition of ‘significant items’ a ‘wonderful day’ for State, Humphreys says

Politics of ‘thuggery’ did not defeat water charges, FF's Barry Cowen claims

Taoiseach tells bishops church-school divestment should be parents’ choice

Honorary consulate in economic capital Mumbai could be full consulate – Varadkar

Sinn Féin deputy leader accuses Taoiseach of abandoning families in sharp Dáil exchanges

Minister says Government staff worked about 20,000 hours on case

FF calls on Government to propose sanctions against Myanmar over Rohingya treatment

Minister of State Helen McEntee said the Israelis only gave a ‘generic explanation’

Government warned that judiciary and senior civil servants will also demand higher pay

Ibec calls for rapid expansion in capital spending over ‘rainy day fund’

Decision after four years of appeals, adjournments, diplomacy, demonstrations, Dáil rows

650 people on waiting list for transplants; 30,000 deaths annually but only 100 donors

Harris: ‘When Prof Joe Harbison speaks about stroke care it’s very important we listen’

Tom Neville to appear alongside his actor girlfriend, Fair City’s Jenny Dixon

Gardaí need to be properly resources to enforce Sexual Offences Act, Ruhama says

Phonecall held after decision to delay the trial verdict for a further three weeks

Senior figures believe 21-year-old Irish man could be back in Ireland within weeks

Department of Heritage a no-show at hearing on proposed 104 metre bridge for bikes and walkers

Authority has received no complaints amid row over claims of €20 charge for Mass

GRA backs ’bring garda home’ move, says recruitment should be racially diverse

Parents say authorities have placed their son with Asperger’s in a homeless shelter

Fixed-notice fines issued for driving while using a mobile consistent for past 2½ years

Joe McHugh is to teach Irish to adults in summer school after becoming fluent

Call for security review of Dublin, Galway pedestrian zones after Barcelona attack

Spanish ambassador urges Irish people to continue to visit Barcelona

Simon Community urges State to address issue of unreasonable deposits being requested

UN Committee against Torture also calls for urgent action over prison staff shortages

Minister Eoghan Murphy says impact of measures ‘will take some time’

Fundamental review of prison health care sought along with increased staffing in jails

Figures show 765 children aged four or under were homeless on census night in 2016

Papers from Government departments to be made public after 20 years instead of 30

No local authority schemes for affordable homes on 700 public sites, says Jan O’Sullivan

The new figures reveal 27 per cent of those experiencing homelessness are children

Of 9,380 letters sent to motorists affected by Garda error, 3,888 drivers failed to respond

Numbers on transplant waiting list increases to 587 people hoping for organ donors

FF spokeswoman says Government needs to ‘get its head out of the sand and address issue’

IT financial system will replace nine different HSE systems in use and will cost €30m

Two drivers killed in separate single-vehicle crashes and motorcyclist in collision with car

Donegal TD who turns 50 this month is in a stable condition

Staff and residents at Liosmore centre in Limerick ‘subjected to risk and harm’

Inspectors criticise lack of proper oversight but praise education, improved atmosphere

Intensive home care packages cost average of €953 a week

Romany activist says she was told at Dublin Airport that Roma people ‘steal and beg’

Event in Dublin marks second World War genocide of 500,000 Roma

Department of Foreign Affairs accounts for almost half of the total car travel bill

Eugene Murphy criticises Leo Varadkar over staffing delays at Galway University Hospital

Island could be a ‘reservoir of seed varieties’ in event of international food scare

Anti-crime operations, armed support, 1916 events and visits to State given as factors

Naughten says he has told RTÉ there will be no increase, despite calls by Dee Forbes

UN torture committee remains concerned about prison overcrowding and violence

Women’s Aid worry victims of domestic abuse may be pressurised into mediation

Climate-change watchdog also urges removal of subsidies for peat-generated electricity

Even if main water pipes are not rupturing they are certainly leaking

Thornton Hall site bought for €29.9m to replace Mountjoy was a ‘Celtic Tiger mistake’

Flanagan tells Seanad Public Health Bill will proceed in the next session of the Oireachtas

Heated exchanges as Government defeated on Bill to extend family reunification rights

Legislation to offer mediation as alternative to court proceedings must go back to Dáil

Green Party accuses Minister of ‘complete doublespeak’ on low-carbon economy

FF Senator says morale at ‘all time low’ as officers face ‘onslaught of allegations’ from public