Oireachtas water committee at odds over excessive usage charge

Committee now facing the possibility it will fail to produce a final report

Water committee deeply divided on charges as FG loses votes

Fine Gael says draft report ‘is disingenuous and misleading to the Irish public’

Who is on committee examining future of water charges?

Committee chaired by Independent Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh to meet this Tuesday

Water charges and property tax may be combined, says FF

Micheál Martin looks to creation of single household charge but not before 2019

Miriam Lord: No satnav aid for leaders eyeing Lansdowne bypass

FF chief questions Taoiseach about Aviva location amid public-service pay quandary

Schools closed over extra hour’s work, Kenny tells Dáil

Opposition criticises Government’s approach to secondary school teachers’ strike

McGrath criticises Lowry’s ‘solo run’ hospital announcement

Tipperary TD says nothing has been approved for Clonmel facility

Dáil briefly suspended in row over pay restoration

Michael Lowry calls on Government to remedy ‘derisory’ pay for new gardaí

Three new technical groups to form for new Dáil term

Independents4Change to align with Thomas Pringle and Catherine Connolly

Stephen Collins: New Dáil quickly descends into a shambles

Sinn Féin tactics demonstrate Dáil will only be able to function if Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil cooperate

Una Mullally: Election result is not a victory for anti-abortion lobby

Candidates who specifically positioned themselves as against choice failed miserably

Profile: Séamus Healy (Ind)

Tipperary: Third TD elected of five

Unity on left still pipe dream despite strong election showing

Fractious and divided, alphabet soup of left-wing parties is unlikely to disappear soon

Michael Lowry’s campaign gets off to celebratory start

Local consensus is that Independent TD will again top poll in Tipperary heartland

Noonan: home repossessions being handled reasonably well

Minister says no political interference in bank decision, but progress being made

Taoiseach has made 330 representations for medical cards

Highest number from Independent TD Seamus Healy who has made 1,323 since 2011

Forming new left party as easy as building house of cards

Analysis: Personality rather than policy saw United Left Alliance fall apart before long

FF’s Mansergh loses out at Tipperary selection convention

Ex-ICMSA president among general election candidates chosen in several constituencies

Martin Mansergh may return to Dáil pending FF convention

Mansergh among five members running for Fianna Fáil candidacy in Tipperary constituency

Alcohol bill to be published during summer, Varadkar says

Legislation will put in place minimum pricing and will regulate advertising

Which Independent TDs might support a FG-Labour deal?

Potential ‘Endapendents’ being courted discreetly by Noonan and Kenny

Irish opposition and trade unions welcome Syriza victory

Sinn Féin congratulates party of Tsipras and Siptu supports call for debt conference

When will Lucinda Creighton actually form her new party?

With ever-shifting allegiances in Leinster House, the much-heralded new political parties and alliances of Independents are still up in the air

Alan Kelly says he doesn’t want ‘bonus culture’ in Irish Water

FF’s Cowen claims Minister putting action on bonus payments ‘on the long finger’

Water protest march could be ‘sucker punch’ for Government

Tens of thousands expected to march against charges, say Right2Water

Consultation to take place on high-speed broadband

Minister for Communications tells Dáil areas of need will be mapped in autumn

What if local election results were repeated in General Election?

Labour would win just six seats if local results repeated in next General Election

Patient calls for Kenny and Reilly to visit overcrowded A&E

Man recovering from brain haemorrhage on trolley for 30 hours

Howlin dismisses criticism of Labour as ‘political drivel’

Independent TD Seamus Healy accuses party of breaking election promises

Impossible to write down mortgage costs to their current value, Minister says

Move would cost up to €50 billion and taxpayer has already put €64 billion into banks

‘Average’ water charge to be known by May, says Kenny

Healy questions if 18,000 homes on boil water notices will have to pay charges

Call for southeast’s coastal defences to be strengthened

Fears of further devastation due to dangers of high tides overnight

‘The streets turned into a river’

South east resident says houses were ‘absolutely destroyed’

Kenny: There is a solution to every distressed mortgage

But owners have to engage with banks, Taoiseach tells Dáil

Amount of Government debt is ‘elephant in the room’

Inequality in Ireland is four times OECD average, Technical Group TD tells Dáil

Government engaged in “social vandalism” on fuel support schemes - Independent TD

250,000 homes retrofitted and €50 million investment for 25,000 more - Tánaiste

Independent TD says HSE targeting medical card holders

Tanaiste insists number of cards issued the highest ever

Quinn eager to give parents more control over education costs

Barnardos survey finds parents face costs of up to €800 to equip children for schools

Miriam Lord’s Week

Government claims its hands are tied on fatal foetal abnormalities

Amendment defeated by 124 votes to 19

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