Many Independent TDs are considering their position on the vote, having talked to contituents who are in danger of becoming homeless

The Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and Green Party leader last night thrashed out the wording of a counter-motion to the one tabled by Sinn Féin

Twenty five years on, one can only wonder how the Good Friday Agreement would have worked out in today’s world of cyber arguments, where a flash-in-the-pan comment can rupture relations in an instant and further entrench opposing views

One of the country's leading house builders warned it may take decades for the crippling effect on housing delivery to be fixed, the same day Tánaiste Micheál Martin insisted the Government had 'turned the corner' on the crisis

'If the Government wants to ensure the support of its backbenchers, it needs to enact concrete proposals prior to ending any eviction ban' said TD Neasa Hourigan

Opposition TDs have rounded on Leo Varadkar in the Dáil after the Government this morning agreed to end the temporary moratorium on evictions from next month

One TD said that committees are in conflict with the Dáil schedule and other committees and it can make things difficult

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe will address the Dáil for a second time on his election expenses today, but there remains some distance for the Dublin Central TD to go to put the issue to bed.

The Dáil’s spending watchdog has sounded alarm over a legislative gap “as wide as the barn door” that could see €1. 5bn spent annually on housing assets the State will not control in 30 years’ time.

Darragh O’Brien's fellow ministers, Eamon Ryan and Catherine Martin, are said to have spoken against his proposed curbs on planning objections

The greyhound industry will be forced to provide a business plan every year in order to receive State funding under a Bill published by a Green Party TD.

Taoiseach brushes off the threat, saying the electorate does not want an election amid the cost-of-living crisis and war in Europe

The motion, which has been brought by Sinn Féin, comes after the Government lost its majority in the Dáil.

People Before Profit has indicated it is likely to table the motion if Sinn Féin does not to press ahead with it

The very existence of child poverty can only mean we’ve got our priorities all wrong

Records released under FOI show senior clinician raised concern about impact of facility's closure on residents and services

Niamh Griffin asks if now is the time for a conversation around whether all hospitals should remove religious icons and chaplains and wonders how many people in Ireland want to see chapels closed in all hospitals

The disciplining of two Green TDs for backing an opposition motion on the National Maternity Hospital has again focused attention on the role of the draconian whip system.

'Calls for the lands to be compulsorily purchased may sound snappy and good, but so slow is our planning system that such a move is not guaranteed of success and would further delay this project substantially. And for what?'

A single-seat majority for the Government may not be quite as bad as it appears, but could it survive a real and deep crisis?

The Green Party leader said: "It was a Green Party issue, we managed it ourselves."

Pauline O’Reilly said she and her party colleagues hope that both deputies will return to the fold after six months.

A number of Green Party TDs have expressed misgivings on the deal 

Support of Catherine Martin for St Vincent’s site 'highly significant' in allowing Government to proceed with project

One Green Party TD has already admitted that the vote will put her "in a difficult position".

Liquified natural gas (LNG) is such a contentious issue within the Green Party that any serious move to allow a terminal be built would be a walking matter 

Further measures will be required in the Budget, if not before, to tackle the soaring cost of living due to inflation, an Oireachtas Committee has found.

The selling parties of the new facility were the sister and brother-in-law of the current acting head of mental health services for the Cork/Kerry region.

NCBI is investigating the Tánaiste's sharing of the IMO pay deal with a member of a rival group, the NAGP

The willingness of TDs and ministers to openly disagree with the Taoiseach points to the weakness of Micheál Martin's authority

A High Court challenge over the constitutionality of Ceta by a Green Party TD is yet more proof the leadership can't get its TDs in line

High Court challenge against controversial trade agreement between EU and Canada

Doubt over whether all 12 Green Party TDs will obey party whip and vote with the Government on controversial trade deal with Canada

Catherine Martin has said her party "missed an opportunity" to promote women and heal divisions when appointing ministers.

Although the fallout from cabinet and junior ministerial appointments is still ongoing, attention has now turned to the appointment of committee chairpersons.

Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan has said that she does not think the unity of the party rests on who got positions in the new Cabinet.

Party leaders moved to address concerns on a lack of geographical and gender representation as they got ready to appoint 17 new Ministers of State, but some criticism has been levelled at the choices.

What is it about politicians these days in that they don’t want a promotion?

The new Government is set to name its junior ministers today — with geography high on the criteria.

Around Leinster House on Saturday, there were three groups - those who got the call, those who didn't although they hoped they might, and those who entered the day with no expectation of a call at all.

Eamon Ryan has insisted that he is "holding out the olive branch" to those in his party who were against voting for coalition, but said that he felt that his appointment of Senator Pippa Hackett as a Super Junior Minister was fair.

Ms Hackett, a farmer from Offaly, and the party's spokesperson for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine was elected to the Seanad in a by-election in November last year.

The votes needed for the historic government coalition are expected to go right down to the wire in the Green Party. Rifts between members have further come to the spotlight in the days since the Programme for Government was released, with senior party members both publicly supporting and trashing the document.

Deputy Green leader Catherine Martin has pledged to maintain a “fighting” and “never-say-die” spirit if the Greens enter government as she called on members to back the coalition deal.