Just 3% of thousands of eligible Airbnb properties have registered under new rules or applied for special planning permission.

Children were taken into state care 80 times in one year because of physical or sexual abuse.

Sinn Féin never imagined their recent election results would be so poor and must now figure out how to get the electorate back on side, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

After its poor showing in the recent elections, Sinn Féin faces a tough task to make up ground before the next general election, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

The cross-party Oireachtas committee examining Ireland's abortion laws has voted by a landslide not to retain article 40.3.3 of the Constitution.

Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell has been cleared of allegedly breaching Dáil rules on the use of privilege over comments he made regarding two Sinn Féin TDs.

Fine Gael’s general secretary has warned TDs and senators to “get your act together” and not repeat the “embarrassing” election expenses mistakes which saw deputy leader James Reilly referred to gardaí by the State watchdog.

Independents4Change TD Clare Daly has dismissed, as a “distraction”, the issuing of a bench warrant for her arrest, saying she will “deal with the matter in due course”.

Independents4Change TD Clare Daly has dismissed the issuing of warrant for her arrest as a “distraction” saying she will “deal with the matter in due course”, write Daniel McConnell and Louise McCarthy for the Irish Examiner.

A newly elected TD has questioned why there is a need for two bars in Leinster House in a debate on Dáil reform.