Facebook executives are to appear before the Oireachtas later this week.

There are fresh hopes of an autumn referendum on removing from the Constitution a reference to a woman’s place being in the home.

Health Minister Simon Harris was confronted by heckles and calls for him to resign at a referendum event which had to be cut short after the interruption.

Oireachtas na Samhna will draw thousands of people to Co Kerry this weekend for the Gaelic social event of the year, writes Pet O’Connell.

Pet O’Connell meets Corkman Seán Ó Muimhneacháin who is set to take up the role of president of Oireachtas na Gaeilge.

AT Bertie Ahern’s much-anticipated appearance yesterday before the Oireachtas banking inquiry, he sought to justify his roles as finance minister, and as Taoiseach during the Celtic Tiger.

The ECB has given a cool response to suggestions its officials should appear before the Oireachtas banking inquiry, whose members believe fresh questions have been raised with the release of correspondence from the height of the eurozone crisis.

Minister of State for Justice and Equality Aodhán Ríordán is to bring a damning United Nations’ report on Ireland’s human rights record to the "heart of the Oireachtas".

Another link with Waterford’s last All-Ireland winning senior hurling team of 1959 has been severed with the death of Charlie Ware, who gave a lifetime of service to the Erin’s Own club in the city.

Britain’s largest abortion provider is gearing up for a battle to bring UK-style abortion clinics to Ireland.

PINTS, pantomime-style villains and political impotence, the Dáil has it all.

The death has taken place of the author, poet, musician, and Irish language enthusiast, Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé.

I never wanted ‘to be’ an actor — I always was one. It just took other people longer to realise it.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the Government is not in the business of liberalising abortion.

Members of the Dáil and the Seanad will be getting into the Christmas spirit tonight, with the turning on of the Oireachtas Christmas lights - on the eve of Budget 2013.

The Referendum Commission faces another difficult challenge, writes Dr Conor O’Mahony

The letter from Michael O’Connell (Irish Examiner Oct 9) on the pensions and lump sums paid to former and sitting members of Dáil Eireann was factual and timely.

Health Minister James Reilly will attend an Oireachtas discussion today on a proposed law banning female genital mutilation.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has expressed doubts the referendum on Oireachtas investigations would pass and claimed some misinformation had been fed to the public.

THE country’s premier Irish cultural festival, Oireachtas na Samhna, which came to a close in Killarney yesterday, will return to the Co Kerry town next year.

REBELLIOUS Fianna Fáil TDs were last night given a blunt warning not to try and “save their skins” by putting their constituency needs ahead of the country’s.

ATTENDING his last Oireachtas committee meeting on health and children as HSE chief executive, Brendan Drumm claimed that during his five years at the helm of the controversial health agency “solid progress has been made” but added “it would be naive to think that we still don’t have some way to go”.

The corridors of power in Leinster House will open to the public for a second time this month with re-enactments of some of the Dáil’s most stirring debates, it was announced today.

THE president praised the organisers of the country’s biggest Irish language and cultural festival last night for continuing to make it modern and relevant.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese will tomorrow open the country’s biggest Irish language and cultural festival.

POLITICIANS are set to return to the Dáil tomorrow following its Easter recess, with speculation rife that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will call the election before the week is out.

MAY 17 is a date many people recall with strong feelings of sadness and anger, as well as a strong desire for the truth.

AT least €5 million is lost to the Irish music industry every year as a result of CD piracy, not including additional losses through unpaid VAT and other costings, according to the Irish music watchdog IRMA.