Sinn Féin TDs and senators yesterday voiced their support for leader Gerry Adams over his continued backing for convicted tax evader Tom ‘Slab’ Murphy.

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.

Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has issued a public appeal for information on the whereabouts of his teenage son.

Three High Court judges will today begin hearing a challenge to the Government's issuing of promissory notes.

The cash-strapped Department of Social Protection is splashing out on more than 1,000 hand-held tablet computers for staff despite fears about looming budget cuts.

Parents with negative equity on their mortgages could be exempt from any cuts to child benefit, one Fine Gael backbencher has suggested.

Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snódaigh was contacted by Oireachtas authorities in May 2006 about his excessive claims for printer cartridges, but still claimed over €50,000 worth of ink in the following two years.

Detectives have described the gangland-style execution today of a father-of-two on his way to work as highly unusual.

ANY homeowners refusing to pay the planned annual €100 household charge will not be able to dispose of their property until they stump up whatever they owe.

SUB-PRIME lenders are not interested in restructuring mortgage repayments with customers as they are planning to exit the Irish market, it has been claimed.

The Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has said he is surprised at Mary Upton's decision to leave politics at the next General Election.

CHILDREN as young as six and seven have been used as runners by drug gangs in a part of Dublin, an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has picked up two awards in the Magill Politician of the Year awards.

Four senior members of Fianna Fáil have appeared at the Planning Tribunal today to give evidence about payments they received from Monarch Properties.

Irish food firms are developing a new generation of probiotic drinks which claim to help prevent common health problems like heart attacks and obesity.

SINN FÉIN TD Aengus O’Snodaigh said he feared a child is going to be killed unless the scourge of joyriding is tackled.

A Dublin TD was assaulted close to his home when he confronted joyriders, it was claimed today.

More gardaí are needed on Dublin’s streets to deter drug dealers who are openly peddling their wares, it was demanded today.

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte gave top jobs to the party’s old guard on his front bench yesterday in a bid to heal internal dissent over the prominence of former Democratic Left colleagues within the party.