Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has warned motions expressing no confidence in public servants risked turning the Dáil into a “kangaroo court”.

A 2013 Dáil sub-committee investigation into Ireland’s multinational tax laws refused a request from Opposition TDs to bring in companies including Apple, Facebook, and Google as it was “paralysed by fear”.

The Government has escaped an embarrassing Dáil vote calling for an inquiry into Nama’s Project Eagle deal, after being saved by a Fianna Fáil amendment.

The Government survived its first key vote of the 32nd Dáil last night to suspend water charges for nine months, despite criticism from the Opposition.

There must be a general election in the air…..as TDs’ attendance for votes in the Dáil has dropped significantly in recent months.

Several Government TDs have backed calls for a referendum to be held to ensure Irish Water remains in public ownership ahead of further water charge protests planned for this week.

Special Correspondent Michael Clifford looks at the possible fallout for Sinn Féin following

Alan Shatter, the former justice minister, has waded into the latest row on abortion and declared that politicians can no longer hide behind emotive debate and must instead give people a referendum.

Dáil discussion on allowing mothers the right to travel to the UK for an abortion in the event of fatal foetal abnormalities was disingenuous. No action will be taken and parents will continue to suffer, writes Shaun Connolly

The opposition is considering a motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett after a row escalated over his decision to ban a debate on the terms of an inquiry into garda malpractice.

Row erupts as Tánaiste links republicans with paedophilia

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has received the Garda Inspectorate report into the operation of the penalty points system.

Peadar Toibín TD has been suspended from Sinn Féin for voting against the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill.

PERHAPS Charlie Haughey was the ultimate free spirit. He did not even own his own clothes.

Tensions within Fine Gael over looming abortion legislation have once again emerged publicly.

A Dáil ethics watchdog probe into a Sinn Féin TD’s practice of donating much of her salary to party activities will be concluded next month.

THE referendum on the fiscal treaty has exposed growing divisions among groups of voters.

The no side has made the treaty poll a phoney war for the next election, and will gain ground even if it passes, but the Government has it all to lose, writes Gerard Howlin

TDs and senators disclosed €378,920 worth of political donations last year, with the majority of that going to the two Oireachtas members who ran in the presidential election.

Some of the workers at Game, who are engaged in a sit-in at the company's Irish stores, are visiting Leinster House this afternoon.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has begun an investigation into allegations regarding garda conduct in the west of Ireland.

SINN Féin president Gerry Adams has said he has no intentions of taking a back seat in the Dáil or allowing one of the party’s experienced deputies to lead its parliamentary delegation.

THE president of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams last night said, “Ireland is at a crossroads”.

Sinn Féin TDs are to boycott today's Dáil sitting in support of the public sector workers who are picketing outside Leinster House

Members of the Civil and Public Service Union (CPSU) are picketing the Dáil today as part of their day-long strike against the public-sector pension levy.

Opposition parties tonight hit out at Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, accusing him of breaking his pledge not to go into government with Sinn Féin.

Everybody has the responsibility to fight the threat of lethal modern terrorism, Australian Prime Minister John Howard tonight told the Dáil.

RUAIRI BRUGHA, the former Fianna Fáil TD and MEP who died yesterday, was described by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a person with a real passion for politics and a deep sense of patriotism.

Sinn Féin has expressed its disappointment that plans to allow Northern MPs to speak in the Dáil have been met with such widespread opposition.

Dáil Eireann has passed a motion calling for a tribunal of inquiry into the murders of RUC superintendents Harry Breen and Robert Buchanan.

JUST one Joe Higgins is immensely more effective than all five of the Sinn Féin TDs, according to Labour leader Pat Rabbitte.

Sinn Féin TDs Aengus O’Snodaigh and Arthur Morgan are due to visit campaigners against the bin tax in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison later today.

PRISON authorities yesterday ordered a full report in to how a photograph of Sinn Féin TDs and the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was allowed to be taken at Castlerea Prison.

Sinn Fein TDs have walked out of the Dail in disgust at not being allowed more time to debate their opposition to the Nice Treaty.

A small number of TDs have held a protest against the Nice Treaty outside Leinster House in Dublin today.

The next Government must pursue laws to bring about unity of the island if it wants the support of Sinn Fein, party leader Gerry Adams said today.