Why did the Leinster House bike shed cost so much and what happens next?
The Office of Public Works says €322,282 went on construction and installation, with €2,952 on archaeological services and €10,816 on quantity surveying and administration
Dáil Éireann
A €336,000 bike shelter is cheap compared with cost of transforming Leinster House library
Independent Senators have been trying to see OPW plans to transform the beautiful members’ library at Leinster House into a ‘main committee room’ for the Dáil, to no avail
Leinster House bike shed twice as expensive as a five-star hotel per square metre
Five-bedroom house near Drumshanbo - or a one-bed in Sandymount - would have come in around the same price
‘Your bike could still get wet’: Review into ‘inexcusable’ €336,000 bike shed at Leinster House requested
OPW says public money must be spent ‘transparently’ as Minister of State confirms review into cost
‘The next Dáil will be a different creature’: Exit of veterans with 600 years of experience leaves open race
As 33 TDs head for pastures new, political parties across the spectrum are racing to plug huge electoral gaps
Security at Government Buildings still ‘a bit of a joke’ 14 years after protesters stormed complex
Complaints from security personnel include that the guardroom is ‘Soviet-style’ and that Government staff used it for yoga and circuit training at lunchtime
TDs and Senators claim more than €35,000 in expenses for mobile phones, ear buds and accessories
Politicians can claim up to €750 against the cost of a new device every 18 months
TDs clamour to contribute to ‘sexy’ subjects in Dáil but fail to attend for ‘workhorse’ legislation, says Ceann Comhairle
Ceann Comhairle recalls House as ‘like being on board the Mary Celeste’ because only two parliamentarians attended final debate on important pensions Bill
Man (40s) arrested over ramming of Government buildings known to gardaí for previous offences
Social media posts including death threats were made in the hours before attacks and are being investigated
Our party whip system is too severe. Politicians should be able to vote with their conscience
British and American systems do not quake at the thought of governments losing votes via their supporters who disagree with the majority
Will unruly Fianna Fáil TDs see Ireland get an EU Commissioner for Toilet Seats?
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Including row over hay is not going to be the last straw for the Government
New process to strip Irish citizenship is passed by Oireachtas
Minister for Justice says new procedure ‘just and fair’ in process used less than 10 times since 1956
Seanad is an institution chosen by graduates and stuffed with political wannabes
With reform repeatedly promised and not delivered, the only way to fix the lack of Seanad reform it is at the next Dáil election
Trump shooting a defining moment in US politics
Republican showed his political intuition in how to use Saturday’s extraordinary events
Miriam Lord’s end of Dáil term awards
Looking back at the winners and losers of a term that was full of departures, arrivals, celebrations, apologies and the usual catfights
The Irish Times view on the Dáil summer recess: last break before the reckoning
There is a palpable sense of accelerating velocity towards the general election
Tori Towey case shows the power of politics to make a difference
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Questions remain about budget and Biden
Opposition TDs say Dáil has passed a ‘liquorice allsorts’ criminal justice Bill that will end up in courts
TDs criticise end-of-term push to pass legislation on knife crime, revoking citizenship and increasing the retirement age for emergency staff
Simon Coveney stepping aside is part of a major changing of the guard in Irish politics
Former tánaiste’s move adds to the challenge facing Simon Harris ahead of the next general election
Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald call a truce as State rushes to action over Tori Towey case
No public prayer in the House, but private prayers for safe return of woman detained in Dubai
Simon Coveney confirms he will not contest next general election
Former tánaiste announces decision to leave politics after more than 25 years
No shortage of loose ends for Coalition as summer break beckons
For Bills that do not make it over the line before the election, Opposition will target Government for not fulfilling commitments
‘I won’t accept it!’ Dáil unifies around Michael Healy-Rae after emotional appeal over online abuse
Kerry TD’s mother ‘never said anything bad about any human being’, he told House - but she was still the subject of taunts
Students urged to examine leases ahead of signing of Bill allowing academic term-only tenancies
Malcolm Noonan advises caution ahead of law to be passed on Thursday providing for 41-week agreements
Michael Healy-Rae denounces ‘derogatory, political’ abuse of late mother online
Taoiseach says establishment of regulator and safety code will hold social media platforms to account
Taoiseach promises to intervene to help Irish woman detained in Dubai for ‘attempted suicide’
Dáil hears Tori Towey has been prevented from leaving country as a result of charges
State fails in bid to have legal issue determined before hearing senator’s case alleging secret RAF deal
Gerard Craughwell claims alleged deal between Ireland and Britain allowing RAF to fly into Irish airspace to ‘intercept’ rogue aircraft is unconstitutional
Miriam Lord’s Week: Chambers puts his foot in it, while the Lord of the Dance makes Leinster House cameo
Michael Flatley’s famous Feet of Flames should not to be confused with that long running Dáil Éireann production: Pants on Fire
From an early budget to candidate selection: If that’s not getting election ready, then what is?
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Martin lets fly, asking Independent TD, ‘What planet are you on?’
Starmer win offers Anglo-Irish relations ‘reset’
Labour is preparing for power after the UK election saw the Tories swept out of office while in Dublin, officials are hoping for improved relations with our neighbour
Minimum smoking age to rise to 21 in new Bill as Opposition warns more action needed on vaping
Minister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’
Hello election budget bonanza, goodbye Tories?
Budget requests are already coming in thick and fast from backbenchers
Another crime added to long list by GAAGo
Simon Harris leaps to defence of Helen McEntee after Peader Tóibín decries ‘cynical nonsense’
All-action Simon Harris delays - and perhaps drops - hate speech Bill
Taoiseach’s energetic approach has not stopped him allowing contentious issues to fall by the wayside
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