Expect plenty of cribbin’ and moanin’ as the budget games begin
Budget ministers and party leaders are determined to eliminate the ‘once-off’ giveaways of the last three budgets
Budget ministers and party leaders are determined to eliminate the ‘once-off’ giveaways of the last three budgets
FAI was due to appear before committee next Wednesday
Possible consequences of the bill continue to worry some in Government
Retailers should fight defamation claims ‘and not take easy route’, says Minister
Committee hears services can be traded on internet and by email and were very difficult to monitor and quantify
Fine Gael are not happy but this, in a way, appears part of the post-election hangover
Fine Gael privately seething over the controversy as Opposition parties unite in anger
Elsewhere, Ifac will advocate for budgetary caution, while Dublin has a new Lord Mayor
Sinn Féin’s moves to retain juries in defamation cases were rejected by the Government previously
From a Dáil row over the GPO to further housing woes, your essential end-of-week politics catch-up
Long-standing Dáil custom is most commonly used when a Minister travels abroad or is sick
Labour Court recommends scheme be extended for a further six months
Numbers paying licence fee dropped from 950,000 in 2022 to 790,000 in 2024, Dáil hears
Ireland and other countries favour sanctions against Israel, including suspending a trade agreement
Jim O’Callaghan said gardaí are being continually trained to deal with the issue
Some people might have been thinking Jim O’Callaghan was chosen to answer questions precisely because of the topic
Recent controversy at CHI and Beaumont related to ‘insourcing’ practice by NTPF
Sinn Féin leader says November poll must be last where franchise not all-Ireland
Elsewhere, Donald Trump’s latest foe proves to be the Pentagon’s intelligence arm
Imagine Micheál Martin doing your weekly shop? He’d refuse to look at a biscuit, the house would be awash with broccoli and you’d die for the want of a cheese-and-onion crisp
Dáil hears EU’s ‘descent into moral turpitude has been both swift and shocking. Its silence on Gaza deafening’
There had been efforts to have the new hospital called after Kathleen Lynn
The ceasefire, if it holds, would end 10 days of hostilities between the two nations
‘My drinking had always been too heavy. I had my first drink at 14,’ says Social Democrats TD
Before the Dáil even sat, the Social Democrats were down a TD over questions about his shareholding in a company with close ties to the IDF
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: AIB buys back all its shares, while politicians tear strips off Children’s Health Ireland representatives in front of an Oireachtas committee
Simon Harris claims Sinn Féin is the ‘wealthiest party’ and property owner in the Dáil
Rent pressure zone reforms has been the political story of the week
Verona Murphy is not for extending response time despite interruptions much to Martin’s annoyance
Opposition hit out at rental reforms as ‘ramshackle, haphazard, back-of-the-envelope’ proposals
Call made as ‘not a deadline in sight’ on any Government public transport plan
Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald tells Dáil the Health Information and Quality Authority needs stronger powers
Questions over electricity supply for data centres plague the Government
‘It seems the last shower did damn all because they were too busy preparing for the general election, but new boy Micheál wouldn’t know anything about that’
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