Tánaiste Joan Burton has accused Sinn Féin of "pulling stunts" in the Dáil amid threats by the opposition party to continue disrupting the parliament if slurs are thrown at party members.

Dáil business has resumed after being delayed for more than an hour, in another row between the Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett and Sinn Féin.

The Dáil has been suspended again following another dispute between Sinn Féin and the Ceann Comhairle, Sean Barrett.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has put on hold plans to restart Garda recruitment following the rejection of Croke Park II by unions.

A TG4 documentary has claimed that the founder of one of this country’s biggest Irish colleges could be an “Irish Jimmy Savile” and may have abused dozens of victims.