Oireachtas

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

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

Investigation centred around a ‘metal bar training practice’ associated with high-performance director Sally Corscadden

Oireachtas committee told Tusla has referred 27 cases of suspected child exploitation to gardaí so far this year

Oireachtas Committee on Transport to be told that NCT delays should be cleared by the end of this year

DG Kevin Bakhurst told the Oireachtas the broadcaster doesn’t owe money. The presenter may disagree

Presence of listed buildings likely to affect any sale price

RTE and former presenter Tubridy disagree over details of contract

Wednesday’s appearance by RTÉ executives and board members shed more light on the broadcaster’s financial difficulties, the status of its relationship with Ryan Tubridy, and plans for Montrose

Documents submitted by RTÉ in advance of media committee hearing show various allowances worth €4.1 million

Every politician who warbles about change needs to understand how difficult it is to achieve

Poetry Ireland made the suggestion after news emerged of discussions about appointing poet to write verse for use in Dáil, Seanad and at State events

Clare now has the highest population per TD in the country, at 31,995

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

Mazars report finds ‘alarming gaps’ in internal policies, procedures and controls at broadcaster

The Electoral Commission is to publish its recommendations next week

Report on health spending in Ireland since 2015 shows that State is the third highest spender on health per capital in the EU

TD Niamh Smyth, who chairs media committee, believes another committee meeting before Dáil resumes regular sittings may be in order

Unelected people are prominent and important in the leadership and decision-making processes of Sinn Féin

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

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

RTÉ, led by new director general Kevin Bakhurst, and its top star saw battle lines drawn this week as their differences over Ryan Tubridy's hidden payments were exposed in three more stormy Oireachtas committee hearings

RTÉ executives push back on assertions made by Tubridy and Kelly; DG says he was surprised to hear former chief financial officer had availed of exit package

Minister Catherine Martin was asked if she had met or intends to meet with the Irish Hotels Federation and Fáilte Ireland to raise concerns around the ‘issue of hotels price gouging’

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

New director general Bakhurst and chair Ní Raghallaigh to push back against presenter’s evidence, claiming ‘pressing need’ to correct record

Feedback that charge of €12 per match is too high ‘noted’, Oireachtas media committee hears

Head of National Paediatric Hospital Development Board described delay as ‘unacceptable’

Jack Chambers concedes long-haul advantage

Catch-up: Three weeks of the RTE payment scandal, dozens of documents and hours of committee meetings

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

Presenter and his agent disputed broadcaster’s account of payments during six hours of questioning at Oireachtas hearings

RTÉ presenter and his agent faced pushback from politicians over payments made as part of commercial deal with Renault

RTÉ ‘set off’ unpaid bonus money when the figures were published in the list of high earners

The chief officer of the board will cite examples of the developer’s low productivity and its failure to provide monthly progress reports