Socialist TD and Anti Austerity Alliance (AAA) member Paul Murphy has said a Limerick councillor who threatened an AAA activist should not continue as a public representative for the alliance.

A TD who denies she referred to garda officers as “dogs” in the Dáil chamber could be investigated by parliamentary authorities.

The European Commission’s chief banking regulator has insisted the pan-continental group was not responsible for Ireland’s economic crash, saying it is not its job to ensure governments implement the body’s regulation guidelines.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore traded bitter blows with opponents after being accused of abandoning vulnerable families.

The campaign of opposition to refuse charges in Fingal, North Dublin, will continue until its reversed, according to Socialist TD Joe Higgins.