A tax on wealth would hinder Ireland's economic recovery by driving money out of the country, according to Fine Gael TD Pascal Donohue.

A bitter dispute has broken out between consultants and a Government TD over who is to blame for a feared break-up of the hospital network in the south-east and a consequent loss of health services.

A Government TD is to write to the director of corporate enforcement seeking an investigation into Mick Wallace’s company.

A Fine Gael TD says fornication is the main cause of unwanted pregnancies in Ireland.

More than 200 protesters from the west of Ireland staged a demonstration outside the Dáil today in opposition to the new charge on septic tanks.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has today strongly condemned the announcement by Government that there will be a ban on new recruits for the next two years.

A Fianna Fáil TD says Anglo Irish Bank is a "Dead Duck", is no longer of systemic importance and there is a case for an orderly wind-down of the institution.

RENEWED efforts were made yesterday to settle a bitter row which has led to Fine Gael boycotting all meetings of Limerick County Council.

IN her excellent article on Fota (Weekend Examiner, January 21), Mary Leland suggests that the Office of Public Works (OPW) should take over Fota House.

Opposition parties have begun their second day of boycotting Dail business today, with only a handful of Government TD’s in the chamber to listen to the Minister for Justice speak on a European extradition bill.