Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone's description of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as autistic was "offensive, ignorant and wrong," Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists Fine Gael is taking claims from Senator Catherine Noone that she was bullied for years by a Seanad party colleague “very seriously” and will take “any necessary action” needed to resolve the dispute.

Every home should be charged €4 per month for every medium in use, as part of an overhaul of the TV licence fee.

Facebook has revealed that in one case it notified gardai when a child signalled online that they might self-harm —and defended its policies regarding public figures amid criticism from TDs and senators.

The Committee on the Eighth Amendment will resume hearings this morning.

Despite claiming that physical activity in schools and decreasing childhood obesity are two of her big issues, Senator Catherine Noone would seem to have started a campaign to prevent one of the world’s fastest growing sports from increasing in popularity.

A member of the Seanad wants to clamp down on ice-cream vans.