Dáil Éireann

‘I’m from the US and I … saw this was going on tonight and thought it was the perfect place to get a tour’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warns against ‘going too far’ with security at Leinster House and says gardaí had dealt with ‘credible death threats’ against him

Tightening security could be seen as giving far-right activists the confrontation they desire

Leinster House security review under way, with increased vetting of visitors considered

Intern Abby Caballero had her mobile phone taken as a hostile crowd jostled, pushed and threw objects at her boss, Michael Healy-Rae

McEntee says she would not like to see ‘sterile’ zone around Leinster House after some TDs required Garda escort amid protests which saw 13 arrests

Demonstrators were a who’s who of far right activists objecting to everything from vaccines to housing rights

Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan asks Darragh O’Brien what action he would be taking to ensure safety of vulnerable homeless

Mary Lou McDonald hits her stride after surgery as scandal around Temple Street hospital deepens

Activists’ incoherence and pathetic behaviour could have been hilarious if it were not so serious

Up to 200 demonstrators turn out on first day of new Dáil venting anger on issues including immigration and proposed hate-speech laws

Internal 2019 report for Garda management highlighted shortcomings of schedule due to be reverted to in November

Much chatter about Coalition leaders’ decision to biff off to New York for the first week as spectre of election looms

While the Government parties must look to completing their programmes, elections tend to be more about the future than the past

Agreeing to a fixed-sized Dáil, no more three-seaters and stable constituency boundaries would deprive political anoraks of some excitement but it would be better for democracy

Richard Bruton's decision to retire at the next general election will deprive Fine Gael of a sharp intellect and rarely-matched wealth of political experience

Politicians can at last plan for a campaign ahead with 14 new seats created and constituency boundaries redrawn as Electoral Commission review fires starter gun for the next general election

Labour TD has lost his home base of Mallow in review of Cork Dáil district boundaries

In any constituency review some people will be disappointed, writes the chair of the Electoral Commission

A big day for politicians as they await recommendations from the Electoral Commission for changes to the make-up of constituencies

Here are the factors likely to shape Irish politics between now and the next election

All but one of the 39 Dáil constituencies have more than 30,000 people per TD, exceeding the representative people-per-deputy limit set by the Constitution

Gerard Howlin: Lowering the voting age or increasing seats would be transformative, but unpredictable

Electoral Commission chief says not possible to ‘future-proof’ TD numbers within terms of current constituency review

If the bullion in the party vault is derived from donations, the question arises as to who the donors were

Ministers will also discuss planned co-operation with UK on the energy market, overhaul of the rail system and extending the deal with Citywest to accommodate refugees and asylum seekers

The Dáil is in recess for the summer, and the politicians are waiting to jet off into the heatwaves, so let’s hand out the gongs quickly

People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith won’t contest the next election because she believes it’s time to make way for younger politicians

Leinster House channel had more than nine million minutes of online viewing on Tuesday, compared to the usual 29,000 minutes for a committee hearing

Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence

Some €1.3bn already spent on hospital’s development but BAM cost claims may see figure rise to over €2bn

Public Accounts Committee expected to hear RTÉ executives dispute some of the evidence given by Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly to the committee on Tuesday

Pearse Doherty and Leo Varadkar went on the attack on Wednesday in what was a nice reminder that there is more to the Leinster House than just committees

Committee hearing was supposed to be about the future of sports broadcasting but got mired in the usual parish pump nonsense

Blanket coverage of the broadcaster's appearance before two Dáil committees across all media

Ryan Tubridy's appearances before two Oireachtas Committees today could be crucial for his future in Irish broadcasting

Oireachtas hearings over controversial payments at the public-service broadcaster provide spectacle set to run and run

Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy calls on Government to formally recognise the state of Palestine

Micheál Martin says approach taken must protect certain people who might wish ‘not be in the public glare’

Inside Politics: Minister for Media Catherine Martin to meet with senior RTÉ executives today as questions remain around governance at the station