Fine Gael TDs Noel Rock and Hildegarde Naughton are set to be promoted and take up Maria Bailey's Oireachtas committee places after her swing-gate fall from grace.

The latest report 'Donations to Political Parties 2018' from the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) details donations from persons exceeding €1,500.

The Labour Party has been accused of hypocrisy after tabling a Dáil motion to demand a fair start for every child.

Sinn Féin cannot say how many of its elected members are receiving special pay deals.

Justice Minister, Charlie Flanagan, will consider additional legislation to tackle the anti-social misuse of scramblers and quad bikes.

THE King is dead, long live the Queen, says Daniel McConnell.

Sinn Féin makes it so easy to criticise their behaviour that it might just be prudent to wonder if some Machiavellian strategy is in play.

Incoming Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is facing mounting pressure to address bullying in her party after the resignation of yet another elected member.

Sinn Féin has been rocked by another bitter internal party row, which has seen a leading TD censured and a councillor suspended.

Sinn Féin has failed to say if all of its TDs and senators are taking the industrial wage after it emerged that long-standing TD Dessie Ellis was given a special deal at the depth of the economic crash to take the full €90,000 Dáil salary.

Maybe the theme of embarrassing the Government really is the way to go, writes Michael Clifford

A new forum is looking into whether TDs should be curtailed in what they are allowed to say in the Dáil.

Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell has been cleared of allegedly breaching Dáil rules on the use of privilege over comments he made regarding two Sinn Féin TDs.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams may refuse to help other families of Troubles murder victims due to the fallout from his role in the Brian Stack controversy.

It was officially just a touch of bronchitis, but given the context of recent days, one could be forgiven for viewing it as a sign of things to come.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is facing pressure to give gardaí the name of a senior IRA figure who knows the identity of the killers of murdered prison officer Brian Stack.

Two sitting Sinn Féin TDs have sensationally stated in the Dáil they were not involved in the 1983 killing of prison officer Brian Stack.

At least one extra Dáil seat will be up for grabs in the next general election as the growth in population has pushed the number of people per TD over the 30,000 legal threshold.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams says he intends to lead his party into the next general election.

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.

Sinn Féin TDs and senators yesterday voiced their support for leader Gerry Adams over his continued backing for convicted tax evader Tom ‘Slab’ Murphy.

A report outlining the most up-to-date figures on Ireland’s social housing waiting list crisis is likely to be published in the first half of next year — just in time for the general election.

Senior Government figures have insisted there are no plans to block people who fail to pay their Irish Water bills from receiving the €100 “water conservation” grant after backbench TDs strongly hinted at the move.

Fianna Fáil has called for a 5% rise in rent supplement; a rent cap scheme that would outlaw increases of more than 10% at any one time; and the building of 45,000 more social houses to tackle the crippling housing crisis.

Environment Minister Alan Kelly has been criticised for ordering local authorities not to introduce housing standards that might affect new commercial developments.

TDs have backed down from questioning FAI chief executive John Delaney about the €5m Fifa payment after being told that they would be overstepping their remit and could face legal action.

John Delaney could be called before an Oireachtas committee to explain how FIFA’s controversial €5m loan to the Football Association of Ireland remained under the radar.

The Football Association of Ireland has issued details of the Fifa €5m payoff, while its board maintains it acted at “all times in the best interests of Irish football, and in full compliance with Irish company law”.

The Right2Water campaign is finalising a de facto manifesto for potential election candidates which will focus on the wider austerity debate.

A Garda inquiry into the apparent pepper spraying of a handcuffed homeless man by a member of the force is under way.

A new 20km/h speed limit is to be introduced in residential areas after a high-profile campaign by parents who have lost children due to tragic road accidents just yards from their homes.

IBEC has said the proposed sale of Aer Lingus to IAG would be beneficial for the company, tourism and inward investment.

Two men had bleach poured over them and one had a shotgun shoved into his mouth as their wives and one of their children looked on in what gardaí said was a "particularly violent" burglary.

The penalty point system is being used as a cash cow, TDs have warned, as the Government rushed emergency legislation through the Dáil to fix a mistake in legislation which could see up to 78,000 drivers let off their offences.

A legal mistake by the Government could result in up to 78,000 drivers having 200,000 penalty points quashed, Opposition TDs have said.

The death of a homeless man outside Leinster House has prompted calls for emergency measures to address the crisis of people sleeping on the streets.

The death of a homeless man across the street from the Dail is a damning reflection of the state’s failure to protect the worst off, it has been claimed.

Sinn Féin is seeking to change the law so that victims of domestic violence can be considered for social housing.