Malcolm Byrne

Simon Harris says 92% of people voted to extend vote in Seanad university panels in 1979

Minister for Culture and Media discusses proposal with Fianna Fáil senators

Diplomacy and the businessman’s own dogged negotiations brought him home, not loud calls for action

Board members felt ‘anxiety’ about Dancing with the Stars renewal, committee hears

Booster vaccine doses to be made available to people aged 40-49 from Sunday

Impact on patient services ‘on a scale not seen before’, Frank Feighan tells Seanad

Department of Justice and Garda reviewing security and protection for office-holders

Boxing has a place for the marginalised but the association that runs it has learned to eat its own

Make politicians aware of safety measures and generate awareness that harassing TDs in their homes is intolerable

IT Carlow and Waterford IT to merge into technological university in 2022

Oireachtas committee critical of how companies address content issues on their services

Move follows killing of British MP David Amess and protests at politicians’ homes

Department to resume foreign birth registrations still ‘paused’ despite restrictions easing

Academics ‘wary’ of deal between Department of Education and Chinese ministry

Minister inquires if Covid Digital Certificate could help reopen live entertainment

Minister says issue under consideration but ‘I have no answer today’

Agenda: Western businesses face calls to take stance against forced labour in Xinjiang

Group puts motion before Seanad seeking to enshrine right to home in Constitution

Irish Council for Civil Liberties says media Bill will restrict speech not currently illegal

Data must be considered like ‘gold’ as 30 per cent of EU’s information stored in Ireland

Call comes ahead of 50th anniversary of former taoiseach’s death on May 11th

Oireachtas committee hears of abuse encountered by public figures online

Varadkar says re-opening ‘cannot be false dawn’ and Ireland ‘must avoid fourth wave’

Martin Conway of FG was overheard doing some side business during a virtual meeting

Minister acknowledges lack of gambling controls make Ireland a ‘wild west’

Pippa Hackett says such a scheme should be considered after KBC and Ulster Bank moves

Office expected to have 180 staff including those already working for BAI

Vaccine rollout in coming weeks seen within party as crucial to position of Micheál Martin

Darragh O’Brien’s twin Bills to tackle housing crisis seen as pivotal to fortunes of party

Lifting of restrictions complicated by UK variant now accounting for 90 per cent of Covid-19 cases

Minister for Beer Gardens mortifies former hacks amid leaks of ridiculous proportions

Fianna Fáil members criticise teaching unions over Leaving Cert students

Sinn Féin asks Facebook to take down secret page followed by 16,000 supporters

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

Officials tell Oireachtas committee expectations within sector for early 2021 ‘very grim’

Call for greater support for sector and concerns expressed for live performance

Chair Moya Doherty says failure to adhere to social distancing a ‘matter of serious concern’

Senator warns of ‘significant reputational risk’ to Ireland because of misuse of data

Minister for Defence Simon Coveney warns against politicisation of medal awards

More than €2 million underspend in data protection office over recruitment delays