Government sources have confirmed that Junior Health Minister Catherine Byrne is considering abstaining or even voting against Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy in a motion of no confidence.

A supervised injection centre may facilitate users of crack and cocaine as well as those who take heroin.

Countries will face economic and social unrest unless inequality towards the world’s poorest women is tackled urgently.

Drugs minister Catherine Byrne is pressing ahead with legislation to set up injecting facilities, despite concerns raised at an Oireachtas health committee yesterday.

Legislation that could pave the way for the opening of supervised injecting rooms for drug users will be brought before the Dáil in the coming weeks, according to a government minister.

A Fine Gael TD has lodged a formal complaint about Traveller advocates verbally abusing her on the grounds of Leinster House, after being left “visibly upset” and in “a state of shock” following the incident.

A TD claims her children have been subjected to “vile” online abuse after she criticised people who refused to pay water charges but spent money on “beer and smokes” instead.

A Fine Gael TD has criticised people who spend their money on cigarettes and alcohol, but then refuse to pay their water bills.

A drug project has welcomed a statement from a government TD calling for supervised centres where people can inject drugs.