A number of non-party TDs told the Irish Examiner that they are “absolutely” open to talking with others about how to progress their election wish-lists.

Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae is facing further delay over his plans to convert a former pub in Tralee into apartments in the latest chapter in a long-running planning row with some local residents in the north Kerry town.

The Government has been accused of seeking to implement fresh cuts totalling €45 million to the funding of pharmacies on top of cuts introduced during the crash.

Permits for drink driving in rural areas should be agreed to ease rural isolation and keep pubs open, according to Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae, who used his leaders questions in the Dáil to complain about strict drink-driving rules yesterday.

The Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae has declined to comment following a report he was attending a funeral in South Kerry in June 2018 while signed into the Dáil for a key address by EU leader Jean-Claude Juncker.

Kerry TD John Brassil has said that Kerry County Council is “above reproach” with regard to allegations of interference with the county’s supplementary register of electors.

Opposition TDs who have raised concerns around vaccinations have defended their actions.

Independent Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae has admitted he did doze off at Croke Park, but insisted it was only for a couple of minutes.

Abortion is not as black and white as people might portray it, and ‘there is a lot of grey’ in this profound, complex moral issue, writes Alison O’Connor.

A Kerry TD says he did not ask University Hospital Kerry to prioritise a constituent.

From providing statues of Holy Mary to sorting sheepdogs, TDs get an incredible range of requests, says Elaine Loughlin.

Killarney had to rely on ambulances from outside the catchment area in two out of five emergencies as there is only one based locally, according to information released to Fianna Fáil TD John Brassil.

Latest: Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae has said that someone drinking three glasses of Guinness will not cause fatalities on Irish roads.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is facing mounting pressure to refund Irish Water customers who paid their bills, with growing calls for rebates from within Cabinet, as well as from many of his own TDs.

Fine Gael backbencher John Deasy has claimed at least "10 to 15" Government TDs privately want Taoiseach Enda Kenny step down immediately, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner.

A Government TD has called for the immediate expulsion of Russia’s ambassador to Ireland over his country’s alleged involvement in “possible war crimes” in the Syrian city Aleppo.

Fine Gael backbenchers pressing for leadership change are prepared to defend their recent remarks at the weekly parliamentary party this evening.

Embattled Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told party colleagues either publicly or privately calling for him to step down as leader to "concentrate on their duties" instead of plotting to overthrow him.

The Fine Gael backbencher at the centre of stamped-out plans for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to resign has told potential successors to go public with their ambitions if they want a change of leader.

Independent TDs are set to stand back and let talks between Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin proceed before deciding which way to vote next Thursday, at the third attempt to elect a taoiseach.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny looks set to defer the vote for taoiseach in the Dáil which was due to take place next Wednesday, it has emerged.

Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae has said he has no intention of giving up a state board position on the Citizens Information Board.

MICHEÁL MARTIN was first out of the blocks after the Fianna Fáil leadership became vacant — announcing his candidacy for the position and then watching as a steady stream of TDs declared support for him.

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s ambitions of becoming president have been torpedoed by a cross-society attack on his legacy and his ambitions.

Gardaí in Kerry are investigating after a son of Kerry TD Jackie Healy Rae was injured in an altercation during a row over land.

A SURVEY of jobs created during 2007 in IDA-supported companies has highlighted significant discrepancies in investment levels between different parts of the country.

THE political establishment remains one of the only great institutions in Irish society that remains completely insulated from the cold winds of economic change, it emerged yesterday.

Members of the 30th Dáil have voted Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach.