Only people with wealth can buy health in Ireland’s unequal healthcare system, it was claimed today.

The Taoiseach has caved in to Opposition pressure and abandoned plans for an All-Ireland Oireachtas forum involving Northern Ireland MPs, it was claimed today.

Northern Ireland MPs will be invited to sit on a special committee in the Dáil dealing with issues affecting them, Sinn Féin said today.

The Government must move to ensure every child in the country is given a year’s free pre-schooling following a major new study on childcare, it was warned today.

The murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney was cowardly and nakedly evil, Justice Minister Michael McDowell said tonight.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will respond in the Dáil tonight to stinging criticism of his party’s approach to the peace process.

Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghin O’Caolain has declared it a “disgrace” that the Government and the media have accepted the word of the PSNI chief constable that the IRA was behind the massive bank robbery in Belfast.

Sinn Féin has called for a new alliance of left-wing parties in the Dáil to form an opposition to the policies of Fianna Fáil, the Progressive Democrats and Fine Gael.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams yesterday called for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to reconsider the postponement of Northern Assembly elections, saying there was no reason they couldn’t be held as soon as next month.

Sinn Fein has tabled a motion in the Dail calling on the Government to strongly oppose US President George W Bush’s plans to start a new war against Iraq.

Fine Gael’s Olivia Mitchell has called on the Government to clarify its intentions with regard to Monaghan General Hospital.

Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghin O’Caolain has called for a special Dail debate on the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings after reports at the weekend suggested British attempts to cover up collusion in the attacks.