Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty is the latest minister to be subject to scrutiny about voting in the Dáil.

The Government has been accused of climate change "tokenism" over its planned carbon tax rises amid ministerial warnings the opposition is making "lazy" claims environmental changes can take place "without any costs".

There has been a very slight drop in the number of people who are registered as homeless.

The Minister for Housing has said he is expecting to make a "significant" funding announcement regarding the future of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme this week.

Jan O'Sullivan said that the aim of the protest is to make Mr Trump aware of Irish people’s feelings about his opinions on racism and climate change.

The government has been told to adopt radical solutions to tackle the country's rental market or face a worsening of the housing crisis.

Schools are effectively teaching children that “it's OK to disrespect and discriminate” by continuing to unfairly treat its non-teaching staff, according to one of those workers' unions, Fórsa.

With a plebiscite to determine if there will be directly elected mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford due to take place next month, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that similar vote may take place in Dublin in 2021.

The Government has been urged to set up an immediate review of the amount of tax paid by investment property groups here amid fears they are paying next to nothing to the State.

The number of people in emergency accommodation has surpassed 10,000 for the first time ever in Ireland.

A new campaign will publish the personal stories of Ireland's homeless people.

Latest: Landlords are blaming the bedsit ban for overcrowding in rental properties.

The cross-party Oireachtas committee examining Ireland's abortion laws has voted by a landslide not to retain article 40.3.3 of the Constitution.

The cross-party committee examining Ireland's abortion laws is set for a divisive meeting this afternoon after Fianna Fáil was accused by Ruth Coppinger of being "dinosaurs" for attempting to block an early repeal vote on the issue.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's €5 million Strategic Communications Unit has been branded a “dangerous development” which was politically driven, the Dail has heard

Labour Party spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD has said that the Government's proposal to provide cheap loans to private developers from Nama does not go far enough.

Latest: Minister for Health Simon Harris has said that it is important that the Citizens’ Assembly final report on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution is given full consideration.

Latest: Labour have criticised the Government for leaving Waterford, Limerick and Drogheda out of new rent pressure zones.

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The Labour Party has unveiled its new look front bench with several former ministers covering multiple portfolios.

Alan Kelly has spoken publicly for the first time since he failed to become leader of the Labour Party.

Labour's parliamentary party should avoid a divisive leadership contest, according to former TD and long-time activist Joe Costello.

The former Minister for Education, Jan O'Sullivan, says she will announce her decision next week on whether or not to put herself forward as the next leader of the Labour Party.

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Labour have launched their plan for education, promising to reduce class sizes to record lows.

For some, the choices in the now imminent general election come down not to Fine Gael and Labour or the opposition, but to rugby or students.

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Students are facing a hike in their on-campus accommodation costs.

The former Education Minister, Ruairi Quinn, has admitted that the agreement reached by his successor Jan O'Sullivan on the Junior Cert is a major climb down.

Teachers appear to have been given further concessions in the ongoing row over Junior Cycle reform.

The Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan says teaching about relationships in schools will not be affected by the Marriage Equality Referendum, if it passes.

The High Court will rule today on whether staff at the Tyndall Research Institute at UCC can hold a picket on the college's main campus this week.

Teachers spoke in support of ongoing opposition to elements of junior cycle reforms at conferences in Kerry and Wexford yesterday.

Refusing to pay Irish Water bills will be pursued through the courts and have the debt removed from payslips, Jan O’Sullivan has said she will not “completely capitulate” on plans for Junior Cert reform, Cork GAA have denied money for the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment has been withheld and Garth Brooks could be coming back to Ireland. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com.

The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) has stated that its executive was "too busy" to issue an invitation to Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan to attend its annual conference.

A Cabinet Minister has accused Sinn Féin of a smokescreen in their request for an all-island forum for victims of sex abuse to come forward.

There has been a call for the Minister for Education Jan O'Sullivan to intervene in the dispute over the merger of St. Angela's College of Education with NUIG.

Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan has insisted she will push on with controversial junior cert reforms despite strong opposition from unions.

The Government's travel schedule for St Patrick's Day has been unveiled.

New proposals aimed at solving the junior cert dispute will see exams split in two.

Teachers' unions say they have agreed to consider new proposals on the implementation of Junior Cycle reform.