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Labour leader Ivana Bacik and PBP TD Bríd Smith highlighted unauthorised accommodation after Irish Times report

Oireachtas committee hears right to representation is important issue for women working in low-paid sectors

Deal unchanged following intense debate over ownership and ethos of new hospital

Language in new hospital documents subject to recent scrutiny over potential influence of Church

Ongoing saga of the new National Maternity Hospital has a rather convoluted plot

Inside Politics: Ukrainian leader’s speech to Oireachtas was unadorned and powerful

The National Women’s Council of Ireland rally will mark International Women’s Day

New Oireachtas committee hears recommendations to ‘force’ change quickly

Government criticism of council over forthcoming rally leads to questions in the Dáil

Families see 27.4% rise in bills as profits at ESB Networks increased by €74 million

Appointment of chair of abortion legislation review receives almost no scrutiny

Killing of Ashling Murphy has been a ‘watershed moment’, says Taoiseach

Elsewhere this week, Bertie Ahern’s comments on the North go completely south

Gas linked to livestock seen as being behind about half of global average temperature rise

Opposition suggest free public transport and car scrappage scheme to cut emissions

FG TD Paul Kehoe accuses SF TD Thomas Gould, PBP TD Bríd Smith of taking photos in House

Exam subject that students can sit from 2022 will only allow for simplified Chinese script

Micheál gets ratty in slugfest over housing, CO2 monitors and Belarus comparisons

Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and TD Martin Browne were singing different songs

TD hits out ongoing ‘unfair, unethical, inhumane’ restrictions on maternity visits

Move follows years of lobbying by former employees

Once State signs lease, bank cannot seize St Vincent’s site for duration of up to 149 years

Ballyfermot priest forced to remove flag after complaints to Archdiocese and ‘foul’ social media campaign

Varadkar says Government committed to development ‘planned for St Vincent’s’

Government uncomfortable building €800m hospital on land it does not own

Figure has more than doubled amid renewed controversy over ownership

Land for building ‘has not been gifted to the State but to a private charity’, says Tánaiste

All political parties backed legislation, as 10 independents oppose

State should not be left to foot bills for failings of people who have walked away, Martin says

Call for scrutiny of management following decision to shut Hesed House after 30 years

Micheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable relief

Taoiseach should ‘pick up phone to Joe Biden, EU’ and support temporary waiver

O’Gorman accuses dissenting TDs of performing for cameras but failing to do hard work

‘We were devastated,’ says former shop steward at march outside Henry Street branch

State has ‘once in lifetime opportunity’ to create cultural quarter, preserve 1916 sites

Minister says planning must match other objectives in response to TD’s criticism

Service in Wexford may have exerted pressure on the HSE, says Labour Party leader

Talks with unions to focus on Leaving Cert and phased return for all school students

Minister says return of eight houses to residential use could be ‘exemplar’ of successful city living

Radio: Veteran host sounds relaxed and confident, though his unwitting comedic side remains