John McGuinness

Manner of appointment of Callinan to top civil servant role criticised by politicians

TDs Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith did not applaud

Taoiseach also tells his party to ‘hold its nerve’ on plans to tackle housing crisis

Focus on vaccination as 800,000 to become eligible for booster in March, Martin says

Civil servant received €81,000 pay rise when appointed secretary general of Department of Health

Chief executive says sales have risen since start of unprecedented run of rollover jackpots

Robert Watt appointment was made in ‘ad hoc fashion’, new report finds

McGrath fields views of backbench TDs on budget during parliamentary party meeting

Dáil Sketch: O’Connor bags a meeting with the Taoiseach as MacSharry forgets who’s who

US state of South Dakota now one of the world’s biggest secrecy jurisdictions

Retired garda tells committee he would support penalties for deliberately making ‘false’ claims

Minister’s account of how Zappone was appointed will be interrogated by Opposition

Those in favour of new FF leader likely to back Coveney as losing whip would place them outside parliamentary party for six months

Appointment was a ‘ready up job for an ex-colleague’ says party co-leader

Micheál Martin’s failure to stamp an identity on his party has led to a damaging vacuum

Zappone controversy a recurring theme at Fianna Fáil think-in, with some TDs claiming the Taoiseach has downplayed the issue

No benchmarking process before €80,000 increase approved for Watt’s role, says civil servant

John McGuinness asserts protected disclosures law has been an ‘utter failure’

Fianna Fáil TD criticises information provided to PAC over salary

Minister says families who were subject of dossiers would be contacted

Several Government figures fail to respond to committee’s requests on the issue

Stockbroker faces scramble to hold on to clients as top executives resign

Board review on ‘reckless’ actions will be led by brokerage’s four non-executive directors

Michel McGrath says An Post and credit unions ‘have a huge role to play’

Questions will focus particularly on problem mortgages and the outlook for bank staff

Micheál Martin says UK variant keeping Covid-19 numbers stubbornly high

A year after the general election, Martin indicates a sea-change in FF stance

Taoiseach says there are grounds to be ‘more hopeful’ about Brexit this week

Dual pricing sees new and existing customers being charged differently

Ulster Bank, Central Bank refuse to appear before Oireachtas committee on bank’s future

Micheál Martin tells parliamentary party there will be sufficient vaccine for everyone

Families need clarity on Covid-19 restrictions ahead of Chrismas, party meetings told

Majority in FF do not want leader’s removal, but many take issue with his operating style

James Lawless, Fergus O’Dowd, Kathleen Funchion and Neasa Hourigan among appointees

The country crew were not about to let the Dubs bag all the top parliamentary party jobs

Many questions go unanswered due to time limits, but politicians on best behaviour

Labour source says tax pledge in FF-FG framework document is ‘unbelievably stupid’

Results of Alan Kelly-Aodhán Ó Ríordáin leadership vote to be announced on Friday

Clare TD Cathal Crowe makes call at party meeting held via teleconference

Surgeon contacted Minister over concerns about an earlier model of Magec rods