The Cabinet yesterday approved plans to split the HSE into six new groups, each with control over its local area.

A recruitment freeze imposed by the HSE is having a “detrimental” impact on those already offered jobs by the health authority, according to Labour's Alan Kelly.

Minister Harris came out on the right end of a 58-53 vote after Sinn Féins motion of no confidence failed.

Alan Kelly is back in the Ireland set-up after Mick McCarthy recruited his former stopper as goalkeeping coach.

So how does a 48-year-old golf fanatic end up firing golf balls into the Atlantic Ocean from the helipad of Fastnet Rock?

Amendments to the proposed legislation on abortion have been described as barbaric by a Labour TD.

Labour TD Alan Kelly has said it would be inappropriate to call on his party leader, Brendan Howlin, to resign, despite appearing to do so on radio last month.

There are calls for the Government to assure women and families affected by the CervicalCheck scandal that they will see the Scally report before it is published.

One always suspected a day like yesterday would come.

Labour Leader Brendan Howlin is facing a heave as Tipperary TD Alan Kelly has said he “is not the right man to lead the party”.

Brendan Howlin has said that he understood the depth of the crisis that faced the Labour party in the aftermath of the last general election.

A dozen of 51 Labour Party councillors have written to leader Brendan Howlin to seek an urgent meeting with him to discuss his leadership.

In 2016, Brendan Howlin said he wouldn’t pay attention to the polls for two years. Well, now it’s time the Labour leader did something, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

Unhappy Labour councillors have said Alan Kelly, the party’s former deputy leader, should take over the leadership of the party in order to revive its standing.

Labour Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD today criticised the government for their handling of the Cervical Check scandal, saying that they need to “wise up”.

Promises that no victim of the CervicalCheck scandal will have to go to court have been dialled back by the Taoiseach.

It has emerged since Vicky Phelan took her case, another 30 women have commenced legal action because of the Cervical Check scandal.

As Alan Kelly returns to action as a linesman in next Saturday’s Kilkenny-Wexford Round 5 Leinster SHC game, GAA referees chief Willie Barrett wants to see HawkEye score detection technology extended to the goal-line.

Gardaí have used private email accounts to send and receive messages relating to their work, and the force has no record of these correspondences, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The growing threat of legal action and multimillion-euro payouts are putting the future of the national breast screening programme at risk, it has been claimed.

The Dail's Public Accounts Committee is to examine revelations about Garda procurement practices for major IT contracts.

Labour TD Alan Kelly has ruled out challenging Brendan Howlin for the party’s leadership in the immediate future, but said he does expect to see progress in the polls in the next six months.

Labour’s Alan Kelly has said he wants to become justice minister, with an aim “to clean up the department” and “go in and gut it”.

Labour should remain in opposition after the next general election, unless the party can at least double its Dáil seats to 15 TDs, Alan Kelly has insisted.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has referred questions by Labour TD Alan Kelly to a judge over whether his phone might be bugged, saying he has concerns about the matters raised.

Labour TD for Tipperary Alan Kelly has formally asked the Minister for Justice if his phone has ever been bugged by An Garda Síochána or if his communications have ever been intercepted by the gardaí.

Labour TD Alan Kelly has formally asked the Justice Minister if his phone has ever been bugged by gardaí or his communications intercepted by the force. 

Dáil chairman, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghail, is “considering” a fresh complaint from Labour TD Alan Kelly over information he sought over the treatment of Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

The National Planning Framework focuses on Dublin to the detriment of the regions. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be, says the ex-minister who initiated it, Alan Kelly.

Labour TD Alan Kelly has called for his party to merge with the Social Democrats and other like-minded Independents in order to maximise numbers as a group in the Dáil.

Labour TD Alan Kelly has today called on Fianna Fáil to “do the right thing” and withdraw support for the Government.

It is an indication of how very low expectations around An Garda Síochána have fallen that, when contradictory evidence is offered to the Oireachtas PAC by Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan and the force’s HR director, civilian John Barrett, the situation seems almost unremarkable.

A TD has called on the DAA to come clean about its support for Norwegian’s new low-fares transatlantic services out of Ireland amid concerns about the future of its proposed Cork to New York route, writes Eoin English.

The Labour Party is accused the HSE of committing a form of fraud on the Irish people over waiting lists.

Latest: Environment Minister Denis Naughten has said people need to pay for wasting water.

Transport Minister Shane Ross is being urged to intervene in a dispute which is set to impact thousands of motorists.

The former Minister responsible for water bills has said the public either charge for water or face massive fines from Europe.

Alan Kelly has said that he has no intention of leaving the Labour Party.

At the third attempt, Brendan Howlin has become the Labour leader.

Wexford TD and former minister Brendan Howlin has been elected unchallenged as the 12th leader of the Labour Party.

Speaking after his election in Dublin today, Mr. Howlin has said it is a proud day for him.

Three Labour TDs have put themselves forward for the leadership of the party ahead of tomorrow’s crunch deadline writes political reporter Elaine Loughlin .

Labour’s Alan Kelly is piling pressure on his party to let him run for the leadership, with ordinary members now formally lobbying for an open contest for the position.

Labour leadership contenders Alan Kelly and Brendan Howlin will today discuss a way of deciding who takes over from Joan Burton in a bid to avoid the initiation of a drawn-out contest.