Mattie McGrath

Independent TD accuses Darragh O’Brien of being ‘condescending’ and attempting to ‘demonise’ Carol Nolan

Contract for key plank of review awarded following public procurement process

Coalition abstained on Sinn Féin motion calling for hospital to be built on land owned by State

Emissions ceilings to be decided for economic sectors once budgets come into effect

Chief Medical Officer’s secondment to TCD criticised in Dáil as ‘evidence of a cosy cartel’

Picking a breakfast roll battle with healthy Micheál is silly even by Dáil standards

Mary Lou McDonald determinedly leads the charge in Dáil in seeking action on fuel costs

Backslapping Fine Gael Senator puts his foot in it while Russia gets lost in the boogie

Roaring Independents blame ‘evil’ Green Party for rising fuel costs and carbon taxes

Danny Healy-Rae left to his own device as Zapponegate saw Government rocked by a role

Issues such as foetal pain relief can be raised within review, Minister for Health says

Mary Lou McDonald asks for House to sit next week to legislate for electricity bill credit

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

Hugh Linehan: There may be times when the lessons of the genocidal past are worth recalling, but not this time Mattie McGrath

A touch of perspective wouldn’t have gone amiss in the Dáil this week

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

More than 8,000 people have been through system since March, with 376 positive tests

Taoiseach says Opposition should ‘clearly articulate’ if they do not want sector to reopen

Auschwitz Memorial shares seven-part online Holocaust course with Independent TD

Martin criticises TD’s use of term ‘medical apartheid’ in relation to mooted indoor dining plans

Taoiseach robustly defends decision to delay reopening following ‘stark’ warning

‘Denial, denial denial’ says Martin after TD claimed indoor dining decision is ‘apartheid’

Labour leader says young are shocked by Government which is ‘amateur hour’

Smaller outdoor events to return with up to 200 spectators

Martin calls on Opposition to withdraw remarks about ‘political policing’

Healy-Rae blames pollution in Asia for harming environment, not person ‘with a turf fire’

Use of judicial review to ‘frustrate and delay’ projects a cause of concern – Taoiseach

Green soap forgotten as spirit of Cromwell evoked in Dáil

When it comes to striking fear into insurance firms, the Sinn Féin TD is the new Joe Duffy

Uncertainty remains over whether or not Taoiseach visits US for St Patrick’s Day due to pandemic

Tánaiste says proposal is under consideration amid criticism of Government approach

In May Labour Party leader Alan Kelly explodes during Leaders’ Questions. ‘It’s what he would have wanted,’ says a constituency colleague

Hospice care to end as St Brigid’s District Hospital to become community health centre

Inside Politics: Taoiseach misses point when it comes to student nurses and well-off public servants

Shock news of deputy’s conversion to value of evidence pulses in global research community

Taoiseach under pressure to bring on his Minister for Justice to answer questions

TDs not satisfied with Minister for Justice’s refusal of full Q&A session over Woulfe appointment

Independent TD claims Government ‘dancing all over Unesco Convention’ on culture during Covid-19 pandemic

Taoiseach also rejects calls for Helen McEntee to address Dáil over appointment

Legal academics say Coalition’s concerns over such a Dáil session are overstated