Hundreds of family carers are heading to the Dáil this afternoon to voice their outrage at Budget 2013.

Michael McNamara, Labour, Clare: “I do hope that Fine Gael support this [X case legislation] as it is in the Programme for Government.

Labour Party Chief Whip, Emmett Stagg, has said he did not threaten MEP Nessa Childers with expulsion from the party.

With all bar four of the 43 constituencies in the General Election finished counting, the country’s political scene has undergone a sea change.

Former Minister for Tourism Mary Hanafin has failed to retain her seat in Dun Laoghaire. Richard Boyd Barrett won the seat, bringing the haul of seats for Independents and others to 17.

The election of Fine Gael's Mary Mitchell O'Connor in Dun Laoghaire brings to 141 the total number of seats filled so far (from a total of 166).

There are 70 seats filled so far.

MINISTERS last night insisted TDs were “entitled” to take a €3,000 pay rise — despite deputies saying they did not want the increase because of the backlash it would provoke.

AN ambitious effort to reform the operation of the Dáil in time for the autumn session has begun.

Delegates at Labour's 62nd annual conference will make calls for the legalisation of cannabis and marijuana at the event in Wexford today.

Rowdy exchanges marred business in the Dáil today as Tánaiste Michael McDowell and Opposition leaders traded political insults.

UP to 200 people die each year from lung cancer directly linked to radon gas leaks in the home, the Labour Party claimed yesterday.

A motion of censure against Liam Lawlor is expected to be debated in the Dail next week.