Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty is the latest minister to be subject to scrutiny about voting in the Dáil.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has insisted a full investigation into the "illegal act" of TDs voting for colleagues while they are physically absent is needed - claiming some votes could be cast while TDs are out on "a skite".

Leinster House has scrapped plans for a public "open day" this weekend over fears staff could be put "at risk" from Extinction Rebellion protestors.

Oireachtas committees “will not be nobbled” despite new laws being needed after the damning Angela Kerins Supreme Court judgement, the Dáil chairman has insisted.

The online bullying of Ana Kriegel is one of the many harrowing strands of the case that we must address. An online safety commissioner is being discussed, writes Jess Casey

Politicians always like to keep an ear to the ground but they could be getting even closer to nature if Micheál Martin gets his way.

The media has played a crucial role in advancing the cause of the Oireachtas over the past 100 years, Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail has said.

“It is a sad day for rural Ireland,” boomed a defiant Danny Healy Rae.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has been asked to explain “disgraceful” answers to Labour’s Alan Kelly over the treatment of Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

In this era of ‘new politics’, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl talks to Juno McEnroe about the unenviable job of maintaining order in a fragmented, argumentative Dáil.

Ceann Comhairle Sean Ó Fearghail has sought legal advice on whether Solidarity-People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy’s claims three Jobstown trial gardaí committed “perjury” and “lied under oath” broke strict Dáil privilege rules.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan’s failure to inform the Tánaiste of the Templemore College fiasco for 16 months has been described as a “significant oversight” by a Cabinet minister.

A cross-party delegation of Irish politicians is to personally ask Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to free jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa.

The Government is “sleepwalking” its way into another crisis over abortion, ministers admitted last night.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and leaders from Britain held a minute’s silence in tribute to the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, at a meeting of the British-Irish Council in Glasgow.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of British people applying for Irish passports because of fears of a Brexit. As the Dáil debated the potential crisis, the government has developed a strategy to deal with a British exit from the EU.

There will be a significant change in how the Dáil does its business, Fianna Fáil has predicted.

Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett has withdrawn his claim that the opposition was attempting to undermine him.

The Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett is set to make a statement in the Dáil this afternoon, as opposition parties consider a motion of no confidence.

Disorderly TDs who break Dáil rules should face more severe penalties, the Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett has declared.

Dáil business has resumed after being delayed for more than an hour, in another row between the Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett and Sinn Féin.

Sinn Féin can talk the talk about democracy but are willing to "throw it aside" when it suits their political needs, the Taoiseach said as the row rumbled on over Thursday’s Dáil sit-in which brought parliamentary business to a halt.

Former Fianna Fáil deputy leader Mary Hanafin says she hopes to make a return to national politics but has criticised the current low support for the party ahead of May’s local and European elections.

After a long balmy summer on the beach, TDs finally got back to the business of running the country yesterday and in case they had forgotten what it’s all about they were greeted by the familiar voices of protest against austerity on the streets outside Dáil Éireann. Nothing had changed.

Shabby TDs will have to look smart if they want to be heard when the Dáil returns next month.

Deputy Mick Wallace was expected to make a statement to the Dáil yesterday about his tax-dodging and maybe his multi-million euro failed loans, but yesterday’s decision by Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett ruling out any such mea maxima culpa matinee precluded that enthralling possibility.

The charm of Irish culture is becoming more attractive to the Chinese, as relations between the nations continue to grow in value and importance, writes Chinese ambassador Luo Linquan

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has today been suspended from the Dáil after refusing to obey the orders of the Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett.

A CROSS-PARTY condemnation of TD Michael Lowry will be tabled in the Dáil this morning although the move will be powerless to kick the politician out of office.