The comments in the Dáil yesterday by Independent Deputy Clare Daly about the welcome accorded to President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two children — Sasha and Malia — were as offensive and ill-judged as they were contemptible.

Up to 2,000 people have attended a protest march in Galway city - voicing their opposition to the government's plans to build a 15,000 tonne fish farm off the Aran Islands.

JOE HIGGINS may be as daft as a brush in political and economic terms.

Independent Deputy Michael Healy Rae has been released from hospital after he took ill in Leinster House yesterday.

Tributes were tonight paid to Independent TD Tony Gregory who died at the age of 61 after a long illness.

The High Court today dismissed a legal challenge to the constituency boundaries on which the general election was fought.

Opposition politicians launched a scathing attack on the Government last night during a Dail debate on the ongoing use of Shannon Airport by the US military in preparation for an apparently imminent war on Iraq.

Fine Gael, Labour and the Green Party have walked out of the Dail in protest at the refusal of the Government to censure Independent Deputy Thomas Gildea following allegations he made against former Justice Minister Nora Owen.

Opposition parties are demanding that Independent Deputy Thomas Gildea be censured following allegations he made against former Justice Minister Nora Owen.