Organisation: Dail Eireann

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Paul Hosford: TDs go back to the future as new Dáil term begins
Paul Hosford: TDs go back to the future as new Dáil term begins
A Fine Gael vs Sinn Féin skirmish? Check. House suspended? Check. Going by its first day back, the 33rd Dáil's last full year looks remarkably like last year really

Wed, 17 Jan, 2024

CervicalCheck programme
Letters to the Editor: Women failed by Cervical Check do understand what happened
A reader responds to Tony Holohan's remarks on 'The Meaning of Life', while others examine issues including elder abuse, the attacks on Israel and Gaza, and Catholic Church reform

Wed, 18 Oct, 2023

Ciara Phelan: Hatred that spilled over outside the Dáil has been brewing for some time
Ciara Phelan: Hatred that spilled over outside the Dáil has been brewing for some time
A national conversation is needed about how to push back on this group to show we’re serious that hate won’t be tolerated

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Aggressive Dáil protests another example of 'madness' seen at libraries, says Eamon Ryan
Aggressive Dáil protests another example of 'madness' seen at libraries, says Eamon Ryan
Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said Wednesday's aggressive protests have 'no place in a democratic society'

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Security at Leinster House to be reviewed after 13 arrested during aggressive protests
Security at Leinster House to be reviewed after 13 arrested during aggressive protests
On Wednesday, 13 people were arrested in connection with the protests outside Leinster House

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Dail resumes after summer recess
Ciara Phelan: Deja vu as Dáil returns with same old issues up for debate
The first day back in the Dáil was flat and tiring, perhaps a reflection of the public’s mood, writes Ciara Phelan

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

13 arrests amid protests at Leinster House as TDs escorted out by gardaí 
13 arrests amid protests at Leinster House as TDs escorted out by gardaí 
Protesters took mock gallows and photographs of high-profile politicians to a demonstration outside Leinster House on Wednesday

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Company behind Dáil cameras rejects 'security threat' claims
Company behind Dáil cameras rejects 'security threat' claims
Hikvision cameras have been removed from the European Parliament, as well as government buildings in a number of countries

Wed, 15 Feb, 2023

Fine Gael Ard Fheis
Fine Gael ministers confirm election intentions following Varadkar move
Spokespeople for ministers Helen McEntee, Simon Harris, and Heather Humphreys confirm they will stand for re-election

Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

Elvis Presley
A little less serious conversation as Micheál is left all shook up by Mary Lou at last Leaders' Qs
It was as if Elvis had left the building. But the Dáil is reminded that Micheál Martin will soon be staging a comeback as Tánaiste

Tue, 13 Dec, 2022

Ulster Canal restoration project
O'Brien accused of 'wilfully misleading' Seanad over An Bord Pleanála legislation 
Housing minister treated Oireachtas committee with 'utter contempt', claims Sinn Féin's Ó Broin

Thu, 01 Dec, 2022

An Bord Pleanala / Cobblestone
Dáil to debate An Bord Pleanála controversies 
Call for Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien to set out 'what he’s going to do to restore public confidence' in the planning board

Thu, 08 Sep, 2022

Culture wars 'weaponised' against LGBTQI+ community
Culture wars 'weaponised' against LGBTQI+ community
Ireland a progressive nation but LGBTQI+ people face 'significant barriers to full participation in public life'

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

Government delays discussion on reducing voting age to 16
Government delays discussion on reducing voting age to 16
Deferral until June 2023 to allow time to 'complete  electoral reform commitments' and establish Electoral Commission  

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

General Election Ireland 2020
Early voting on Irish islands to be swept away in electoral reform
New plans before Cabinet will see around 2,000 islanders vote at same time as the rest of the country

Mon, 23 May, 2022

Clare TD Violet-Anne Wynne felt 'ostracised' by local Sinn Féin before resignation
Clare TD Violet-Anne Wynne felt 'ostracised' by local Sinn Féin before resignation
TD told the 'Irish Examiner' she felt she was being pushed out by fellow SF members 'through gaslighting measures and what can only be described as psychological warfare'

Fri, 25 Feb, 2022

Remembering all of Cork's War of Independence fatalities, and the bitter Treaty debates
Remembering all of Cork's War of Independence fatalities, and the bitter Treaty debates
Cork recorded more violent deaths than Belfast or Dublin in the revolutionary period, more than a third of them civilians. Here, we examine the ongoing work to account for them all — and the Treaty debate that was dividing Ireland 100 years ago

Sun, 26 Dec, 2021

Brexit
Article 16 could jeopardise North's access to single market — Taoiseach
Micheál Martin said it is not inevitable the British government will trigger the article of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Wed, 10 Nov, 2021

Briefing on Operation TARA
Garda boss: Non-jury Special Criminal Court helped take out cartel death squads
Top police officer says 'at least' three to four Kinahan hit teams have been taken out

Sat, 25 Sep, 2021

'I stupidly put my faith in our legal system': Councillor shares sexual assault story
'I stupidly put my faith in our legal system': Councillor shares sexual assault story
Councillor adds her story after TD says sexual assault of women is more common than many believe

Wed, 07 Jul, 2021

CC COVID-19 BRIEIFNG
Varadkar: Sinn Féin plans its 'nastiness and fury' in Dáil to generate social media videos
Tánaiste tells Doherty to 'calm down', and accuses him of planning displays of anger for online content

Thu, 01 Jul, 2021

Dáil sittings to remain in the Convention Centre until at least September
Dáil sittings to remain in the Convention Centre until at least September
Moving the sittings from Leinster House is costing up to €25,000 per day

Thu, 10 Jun, 2021

Ireland to become the first EU state to label Israeli settlement programme 'annexation'
Ireland to become the first EU state to label Israeli settlement programme 'annexation'
In hard-hitting Dáil speech, foreign minister Simon Coveney says we cannot return to 'illegal settlements' and 'forced evisions' 

Tue, 25 May, 2021

Dáil to vote on stamp duty hike to stop cuckoo funds buying up family homes
Dáil to vote on stamp duty hike to stop cuckoo funds buying up family homes
Ministers are effectively approving a mini-budget to deter cuckoo funds from gazumping families

Tue, 18 May, 2021

CC CABINET MEETING
Government considers total ban on vulture funds buying up thousands of family homes 
TDs and senators from opposition and government parties alike call for measures to stop investors 'outbidding ordinary buyers'

Thu, 06 May, 2021

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill
Fianna Fáil TDs consider future as party support plummets
A disastrous poll suggests they could shed a significant number of seats if an election were to take place

Mon, 05 Apr, 2021

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
PAC in bid to change rule that 'paralyses' spending watchdog
The committee can only question witnesses about accounts audited by the C&AG after Supreme Court ruling

Wed, 31 Mar, 2021

Professor Éamon de Valera Jnr: A hypocrite and baby thief at the heart of the Irish establishment
Professor Éamon de Valera Jnr: A hypocrite and baby thief at the heart of the Irish establishment
The highly-privileged medic, a son of Ireland's president, stole babies from vulnerable mothers only to hand them over to his fee-paying patients, complete with false birth certificates

Tue, 09 Mar, 2021

Pandemic has hit women's work status hardest
Pandemic has hit women's work status hardest
Dáil debate In advance of International Women's Day hears women are more likely to have lost jobs or had working hours reduced as a result of Covid-19

Fri, 05 Mar, 2021

Coronavirus - Tue Jan 26, 2021
Fears Ireland's supply of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine could be halved
Last night’s meeting of the EU Commission and AstraZeneca failed to resolve a dispute over delivery dates

Thu, 28 Jan, 2021

NFC: It's payment made simple
Minister: 'We are not ready to move to a completely cashless economy'
The increased use of contactless and digital payments during the pandemic will not lead to the exclusion of cash payments in Ireland, the minister for finance has said.

Sun, 24 Jan, 2021

CC CABINET MEETING
Dáil vote on EU-Canada trade deal delayed as Greens and opposition raise concerns
The vote will now not go ahead until January as concerns have been flagged by Green TDs as well as the majority of the opposition

Mon, 14 Dec, 2020

Paul Hosford: Micheál Martin wouldn't have imagined his first nine days as Taoiseach going like this
Paul Hosford: Micheál Martin wouldn't have imagined his first nine days as Taoiseach going like this
The first time he took Leaders' Questions from the government side of the Dáil chamber will have played out differently had Micheál Martin ever imagined it.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2020

New government's attention turns appointment of committee chairpersons
New government's attention turns appointment of committee chairpersons
Although the fallout from cabinet and junior ministerial appointments is still ongoing, attention has now turned to the appointment of committee chairpersons.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2020

Staycations 2020: Create your own memories with the glories of Connacht
Staycations 2020: Create your own memories with the glories of Connacht
Connacht, perhaps more than anywhere else on our island, is the quintessential Ireland of postcards and tourist brochures.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2020

Sean O'Riordan: Name reversal helped to put Cobh on the map
Sean O'Riordan: Name reversal helped to put Cobh on the map
One hundred years ago this week, a small town took on the might of the world’s largest empire with an act of defiance which reverberated globally, writes Sean O’Riordan.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Micheál Martin promises to 'get people back to work' following 'historic' coalition agreement
Micheál Martin promises to 'get people back to work' following 'historic' coalition agreement
Incoming Taoiseach Micheál Martin has promised a major national economic recovery plan and multi-billion euro stimulus as early as next month to “get people back to work”.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Letters to the editor: What has happened to Fianna Fáil?
Letters to the editor: What has happened to Fianna Fáil?
My ballot papers sits on the desk in front of me; for the third time in a week I have taken it out hoping for divine inspiration.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Daniel McConnell: After 139 days we may have a government or lots more chaos
Daniel McConnell: After 139 days we may have a government or lots more chaos
It has only taken 139 days, but now it looks as if we will get a government.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

President Higgins ‘will not allow’ Dáil to disband if programme for government fails, parties say
President Higgins ‘will not allow’ Dáil to disband if programme for government fails, parties say
A dissolution of the Dáil is unlikely to be permitted by President Michael D Higgins should the programme for government be rejected this weekend, according to senior sources in the main parties.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Letters to the Editor: You can't talk to an empty chair
Letters to the Editor: You can't talk to an empty chair
The prospect now of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in government together - no matter who they are propped up by - does not represent the change that people voted for and will not deliver for workers and families.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Dáil rules clear on insults: no 'gurriers', no 'acting the brat'
Dáil rules clear on insults: no 'gurriers', no 'acting the brat'
However, saying the F-word is not strictly against the rules, a previously secret document reveals.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Letters to the editor: Electorate has become insignificant
Letters to the editor: Electorate has become insignificant
It began with Brexit, day after day, listening to the Brits telling us how superior and better than the rest of Europe they are. Including ourselves. Boring-Boring-Boring.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Daniel McConnell: No gurriers or guttersnipes - the (long) list of banned Dáil insults
Daniel McConnell: No gurriers or guttersnipes - the (long) list of banned Dáil insults
Did you know that calling someone 'corrupt' in the Dáil is not allowed? Yet Paul Gogarty’s “F**k You, Deputy Stagg” outburst in 2009 broke no rules.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

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