Neale Richmond issues warning on ‘toxic’ Brexit campaign organisation

Concerns about provision of best practice care in hospital repeatedly highlighted in reports

‘I sincerely apologise for my language. It is absolutely not what I meant to say’

Government backbenchers call on Minister for Education to give clarity on Leaving Cert

Some 1,500 doctors, nurses and other staff not deployed after Call for Ireland initiative

Matt Shanahan says post should be ‘contract role’ in bid to attract private sector candidates

Minister stresses UK Covid-19 variant ‘far more contagious than what we dealt with so far’

‘We honoured piety but failed to show even basic kindness to those who needed it most’

Cost of Oireachtas comes in €11 million under budget despite Covid relocation

Public exchanged less than €400,000 in ‘old money’ last year, the lowest amount ever

Community Foundation for Ireland disburses Late Late Toy Show €6.5 million

Number of cases in community is high, and expected to rise steeply this week

Green Party leader says climate change will make growing of potatoes more difficult

Oldest passport applicant this year was 102 years of age, youngest just 11 days old

Taoiseach: Not good ‘that we cannot facilitate’ a Minister going on such leave

€2.3m in dormant funds allocated to carers, agencies for vision, hearing impairment

Dublin North East Inner City project developed community in wake of crime gang attacks

Minister for Finance says EU and Britain need to know what potential tariffs could apply in 2021

Warning against January sales ‘bizarre’ while ‘Government cannot dictate prices’

Workers urged to apply online for Pandemic Unemployment Payment as soon as possible

Minister says separate review of Department of Defence taking place in 2021

Flight suspension from midnight, ferries to carry hauliers only; no change for North

Senator Lynn Ruane speaks of her experience of ongoing harassment for five years

Pat Casey ‘totally frustrated’ by Taoiseach’s failure to prove hospitality sector responsible for Covid-19 surge

Department of Justice denies deportations happening but says ‘transfers’ continuing

Louise O’Reilly says a lot of money spent on ‘very slick’ documents

Varadkar says procurement and contracts done at ‘agency’ not political level

Minister says commitment to have 20% of public sector working remotely is not enough

Martin clarifies his comments, says banks got ‘huge rescue package’

‘It’s Europe’s moment’ - Ursula von der Leyen unveils Covid-19 vaccine start date

Varadkar confirms Government thinking about ‘essentially closing hospitality again’ as restaurateurs complain of ‘devastating econ(...)

Boyd Barrett cites bailout in issue over redundancy for former Debenhams workers

Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke raises issue of ‘statistical transfers’ from Estonia, Denmark

Taoiseach says initiative will roll on on ‘administrative basis’ ahead of permanent fix

Micheál Martin says ‘we cannot have position where every school makes its own decision’

Micheál Martin says bank shareholders not bailed out but ‘State took equity’

Taoiseach tells Dáil paragraphs removed following 2019 Supreme Court judgment

Kelly warns NI Executive ‘has no experience of taking hard decisions’

New clusters reported in five more nursing homes in past seven days, Dáil told

Hospital bed occupancy in Northern Ireland at 105% after 17 ambulance queue in Antrim

Public Accounts Committee head says he is ‘committed to learning’ from his mistakes

Threat posed by nuclear weapons and proliferation to form ‘fundamental objective’

Martin challenged on indemnity given to drug companies developing Covid-19 medicine

Brian Stanley makes personal statement in the Dáil after week away from politics

Department officials believe conviction of John Twiss might be ‘unsafe’, says Minister

The Civil Guard was formed at a meeting in Dublin’s Gresham Hotel in February 1922

Exemption not intended for ‘career politicians’ or various stars promoting their memoirs

Minister confirms early 2022 soonest that objective can be achieved in wake of Covid impact

Possible joint North-South initiative to make ‘objective’ Lost Lives available free online

Communications strategy will deal with people’s ‘fears, concerns’ Minister pledges

Leo Varadkar reiterates view that EU talks require a ‘compromise on both sides’

Donnelly says any allowance increases after review will be paid from January

Minister tells Dáil of drive to clear backlog of minor cases due to pause caused by Covid-19

Minister accepts Opposition amendment to earn more over 8 weeks without affecting social welfare benefit

Paul Murphy launches highly personalised attack on new Government press secretary

Taoiseach responds to question raised by TD about constituent facing deportation

TDs and Senators urged not to leak private party discussions to media

Five further deaths and a total of 227 new Covid-19 cases reported

Teams to continue talks on post-Brexit trade deal and ‘we will come to a decision by the end of the weekend’, says EC President

Aodhán Ó Riordáin says ‘toxic male culture’ can grow and create ‘warped sense of power’

Simon Coveney warns that even with a deal Brexit will act as a drag on economic performance

Taoiseach describes incident as exploitation which was ‘unacceptable’

Taoiseach promises to sign undertaking amid concerns people being ‘fed lies’ about inoculation programme

Seanad leader Regina Doherty in angry Seanad outburst says treatment ‘unacceptable’

UK and EU reach agreement on Northern Ireland protocol as Taoiseach warns of possible no deal

Christine O’Mahony resigned after party told her not to discuss internal matters publicly

Policy document on ‘pathway’ to residency is likely to be published early in the new year

Senators introduce Bill for moratorium on deportations until Covid-19 pandemic ends

TD said social media should be about engagement and the cut and thrust of political argument

Any deal could not be ratified if UK breaches Northern Ireland agreement – Coveney

HSE confirms that less than one third of 600,000 available doses administered

Senior health officials and representatives of theatrical community involved in discussions

Department confirms 31 students got Covid-19 since March amid controversy over pay

Dance teachers protest outside Dáil over exclusion from reopening

Minister says it would be inappropriate to publish 3,000 page report before Christmas

Seven years’ worth of jobseeker applications processed in eight months, says Minister

Nphet reports 183 confirmed cases but due to IT problem this is likely to be underestimate

House hears warnings of potential for ‘conflict at sea’ in event of no deal

Minister warns of unintended consequences of changing immigration law at time of ‘huge flux’ with Brexit, Covid-19

Nursing students receive only a €50 weekly allowance, and are not allowed second jobs

Securing vaccines will cost State €117.6m, says Minister for Health

Pension costs quadrupled since 1997 says Minister, as Sinn Féin calls for age to be 65

Call for such venues to be allowed to operate when they can facilitate social distancing

Ceann Comhairle tells Paul Murphy to use private member’s time to deal with issue

Social Democrats TD says ‘too many women subject to too many comments which seek to demean’

Independent Victor Boyhan calls on clerk to notify Local Government Minister of vacancy

Taoiseach will give ‘some consideration’ for a dedicated Minister over roll-out strategy

Martin says there has been effort ‘to undermine any progress to get to truth’

Measure expected to apply to those coming in from orange countries in EU traffic light set-up

Minister for Justice’s recollection on rolling controversy ‘similar to mine’, claims Tánaiste

Practice of rejecting fund allocation to specific proposals may change, says McGrath

Minister for Justice says Varadkar told her former AG would make ‘a good judge’

But ensuring Irish interests are part of any final Brexit trade deal ‘will not be easy’

Decision on inter-county travel will come closer to Christmas , says Tánaiste

Government yielded to Q&A session after two weeks of Opposition pressure

Call for emergency response to significant rise in deaths of those in homelessness

Minister warns children not to stay up on Christmas Eve to ensure social distancing

Measure described by Minister for Foreign Affairs as ‘very unusual piece of legislation’

Pension-age law will be in place to defer increase to 67 by January 1st, says Martin

Gardaí say deaths of men not believed to be linked