John McGuinness flies to Canaries for holiday as Carlow-Kilkenny campaign begins

Fianna Fáil’s Jim Walsh says it should be confined to married mothers and fathers

We take pride in ‘Irish’ goods made overseas but take much local produce for granted. We complain to the wrong people. And it’s brother against brother in the war over two samey teas

Fianna Fail Sen ator Diarmuid Wilson calls for major debate on illegal drugs

Fidelma Healy-Eames makes claims during university entrance requirements discussion

Senator alleges ‘surreptitious attempt’ to reduce pay of Oireachtas attendants

Difficulties policing 34 Border crossings in Dundalk area to deal with fuel laundering and cigarette smuggling outlined

Government ‘dropped the ball’ in some instances, says Labour Senator John Whelan

Famous brand fishes for finance and comes up trumps

Alan Kelly criticises Leo Varadkar for ‘silly’ remarks and ‘lecturing’ people

Retail Ireland report shows sales up 1.5%, with rising employment driving spending

Concern that the Government is not valuing self-employed, he says

Senator and former Superquinn boss says semi-State’s move is causing huge anger

As frontrunners Cathal King and Paul Murphy slug it out, the other candidates in Dublin South West are in danger of drowning

After the dotcom bust, entrepreneurs came to realise the untested hunch was no longer adequate

Opinion: The genie was well out of the bottle before the concession by Kenny that the Seanad seat targeted for a thoroughly humiliated John McNulty ‘should not be accepted in those circumstances’

Both Irish technology companies are leading the way in innovative energy use

Production company owned by incoming RTÉ One controller seeks public views

Dr James Reilly says State health insurer does not get preferential treatment

Senator says his Bill also clarifies VHI’s regulatory status

Bill to stop payments to board members rejected by Government

Government expected to support the Bill introduced by Independent Senator Feargal Quinn

Senator highlights ’I decide’ global campaign to support women’s reproductive rights

Rónán Mullen pledges to take on Brussels for ailing rural communities

From the rise of German discounters to unexpected items in the bagging area, the supermarket experience has changed dramatically since the 1990s

Government accepts legislation requiring monitors to be installed in homes, gradually

Senator David Norris says intention clear in remarks made by Minister Phil Hogan, while Senator Seán Barrett accuses Taoiseach of ‘revenge’ on Independents

Seanad’s approval of Feargal Quinn’s Bill to abolish the practice gives FG ‘an opportunity to make good on its promise’

Five Taoiseach’s nominees vote against the Government

Independent Senator’s Bill passes narrowly

Norris says pontiff would ‘give us all a lift at this time in our history’

Opinion: International experience teaches that representative democracy is always party democracy

Marie-Louise O’Donnell said there were 10 reports between 1937 and 2004

Quinn warns of inflation increasing water charges by more than 50 per cent

‘I would have expected the same open-minded approach would apply to others. Maybe it doesn’t’

‘We haven’t gone away you know’, says Noel Whelan

Party says franchise can be extended without need to alter Constitution

Meeting seen as platform to boost credentials