Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan confirms switch to Fís Éireann or Screen Ireland

Boyd Barrett says State must be consistent in outrage at treatment of children

European Commission president tells Oireachtas Ireland comes first in talks

Legislation to be voted on at committee as TD apologises to party colleagues

McDonald described the Child and Family Agency’s handling of McCabe allegations as ‘catastrophic’

Government issues formal apology to men criminalised prior to legal change in 1993

‘We know from dark chapters in our own history the consequences of separating children from their parents’

Minister wants to see ‘highest standards achieved by dog-breeding establishments’

Party to remove own amendment on Bill as health minister rows back on cancer link

TDs renew anti-terrorism and organised crime legislation for another year

Richard Bruton says Government has neglected primary care services

Dáil hears of ’home boys’ sent from institutions to work for farmers

Leo Varadkar tells Dáil ‘we will secure legal withdrawal agreement by October’

Scouting group’s members fear lack of consultation over proposed reforms, Dáil hears

Minister for Transport criticised for favouring the ‘laziest option’of an outright ban of rickshaws

Taoiseach plans ‘to recognise wrongs done’ on 25th anniversary of decriminalisation

Taoiseach’s confirms State-funded hospitals must provide abortion services

Minister says however that GSOC must conclude second inquiry before decision

Shane Ross insists department did not tell Road Safety Authority card should be obligatory

Some doctors doing private work when they should be in public hospitals, Varadkar says

Leo Varadkar says rather than ‘stalling’, negotiations need to ‘intensify’ in period ahead

‘You might go to festivals and see 70 per cent, 75 per cent or 80 per cent men on stage’

Taoiseach makes jobs announcement and opens 20km Vartry reservoir walking trail

Non-disclosure of results of first report increased concern of former servicemen, judge finds

Defence Forces should have told families of results of investigation into killing and disappearance of soldiers – report

Almost a decade after introduction no figures on cost of tax relief or impact on bike prices

Call comes in wake of Quest move to have Mhic Mhathúna’s children seen by psychologist

Irish Water says outage still affecting homes in Ratoath, Kilbride, Ashbourne and Duleek

Minister suggests legislators could nominate substitute so they can take parental leave

Dáil told one couple will be able to try for another child because of referendum result

Minister has ‘expressed Ireland’s grave concerns’ over beef quota of 70,000 tonnes

Remedial efforts to repair pipe under way but location of leak is 4m below ground

‘Ireland changing and we need to change with it’, Minister for Education says

Severe penalties and corporate liability for companies connected to corrupt individuals

Bill provides birth information but adoptees obliged to sign non-contact agreement

Body may also look at ways to ensure greater male-female equality, Leo Varadkar says

Varadkar says he and Simon Harris both want CervicalCheck records handed over

TD applauded by colleagues after impassioned speech during first Dáil sitting since referendum

Party says her decision will be a matter for its ard comhairle when the Dáil vote takes place

More than 6,000 rejected for reasons such as no clear preference, no stamp and writing

Independent TD says personal stories during campaign were the main influence for voters

Just 51.5% voted in a constituency regularly described as one of the most deprived

‘I should be entitled to shape the future of my country where I want to come back to’

Removal of religious symbols a matter for returning officers – local government official

Róisín Shortall claims Government ‘is not going to do anything’ to tackle issue

Programme has saved lives, is performing well and will continue to do so, says Coveney

Coveney appeals to undecided men to vote Yes to repeal the Eight Amendment

Tánaiste moves to reassure women, saying, ‘BreastCheck has saved lives’

Dáil ‘guillotine’ may be used amid criticism of filibustering tactics used by group of rural deputies

Creator of HPV vaccine hopes crisis will encourage parents to have children immunised

Call for Rónán Mullen to explain remark that ’mental health not health’ in abortion debate

Legislation goes to President for signature; provisions set for review after three years

Claim that French student unknowingly registered to vote ‘has been refuted’

Taoiseach dismisses Ó Cuív claim that 14-year jail term can be cut without referendum

‘Nobody makes the decision lightly to go to England or to order a pill across the internet’

Vicky Phelan tweets for Yes vote so women can ‘make the choice about our own care’

‘I’m not going to apologise to a former stockbroker for the fact I’m a barrister,’ Jim O’Callaghan replies

‘People desperate to win an argument may present facts in very emotive manner,’ says Tánaiste

No victims should be treated in way that adds to their trauma, Simon Coveney says

Provision passed to make it illegal for companies to target children with online marketing

Minister for Finance tells Dáil he expects full employment ‘later in the year’

‘It is very important that the Government does not attempt to muzzle a key Oireachtas committee’, Dáil told

SF says mandatory open disclosure on patient safety incidents vital to changing health service culture

Tánaiste says negotiations under way for EU citizenship for NI citizens post-Brexit

TD claims no-fault compensation system should be introduced after cancer scandal

Coveney should have told envoy to ‘pack his bags’ in wake of Gaza violence, says Doherty

Filibustering TDs frustrate passage of proposal described by Minister as ‘life saving’

Three main sports codes to be asked before Oireachtas in wake of Belfast rape trial

TD claims ‘most of botch up’ in the US as 10 legal cases relate to smear tests in America

Drones described as ‘information-gathering asset with no offensive capability’ by Paul Kehoe

Paschal Donohoe says much work done on many possible outcomes of UK leaving EU

Rarely used rule invoked as Catherine Murphy criticises disrespect shown to House

‘We have each other’s mobile numbers,’ says Leo Varadkar

Varadkar criticises ‘extraordinarily inaccurate’ and ‘quite grotesque’ poster images

Leo Varadkar warns absence of ‘backstop’ accord will mean no transition period for UK

Ex-Fine Gael TD described as ‘progressive voice when that wasn’t always welcome’

Varadkar effectively rules out sacking Tony O’Brien as the HSE director general

State agency received €13.5 million in fees from Government department in 2016 to disburse funds

Formal State event to be held in a different location each year across the country

Murphy insists local authorities made error and families ‘never went into homelessness’

‘We don’t collect biometric data. We collect and store photographs,’ Regina Doherty says

Sinn Féin demands accountability from director general before he walks ‘off into the sunset’

Legislation enhances protections and creates criminal offence of psychological abuse

Varadkar says decisions on media ownership should be ‘independent of politicians’

Kerry TD tells Minister he will answer for calling rural TDs ‘road-traffic terrorists’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says ‘we need to create a culture of truth in the health service’

Taoiseach: ‘I know Thomas Lynch. He’d be well known to lots of people in business circles.’

Varadkar asks for time to deal with CervicalCheck fallout as ‘we want to do the right thing’

Not all cases notified to CervicalCheck subjected to screening history, Harris reveals

Minister says she will restore funding when assured governance at required standard

Harris tells Dáil many smear tests not included in sample which revealed 208 false negatives

Varadkar says HSE chief is entitled to fair hearing over cervical cancer controversy

Master of maternity hospital says 65% of €1.6 billion liability was for obstetrics cases

Niche market ‘seasonal’ as number of deer farms drops from 500 to ‘a small number’

Initiative follows rise in number of collisions and death of boy (12) in Dublin incident

Simon Coveney says spending to combat world hunger ‘rooted in our own experiences’

Mattie McGrath claims €10m spent on psychological services but €400m on medication

Minister for Health orders review of Cervical Check screening programme

EU Commissioner tells Seanad Brexit irreversible and Britian must ‘soften’ its stance

Government forced to call walk-through vote after its Senators abstain on charge