The speaker of the Dáil, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl said the voting scandal of a week ago was a “political failure,” which eroded public confidence in politics.

Fine Gael's Charlie Flanagan has called on Sinn Féin’s Dessie Ellis to come clean on his involvement in a reported 50 murders.

OPPOSITION TDs are to demand answers from Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue on why he trebled the number of staff in his office which costs the taxpayer almost half a million euro a year.