The Transport Minster Paschal Donohoe has said he shares the disappointment of Dun Laoghaire after Stena Line ended ferry services at the South Dublin port.

Just three fines a week were imposed on motorists who parked in cycle lanes last year, Garda figures have revealed.

The State could face a €400m compensation bill over taxi deregulation.

The Cabinet reshuffle is, for the most part, just that - a reshuffle. But amid the familiar faces moved from one portfolio to another, a handful of politicians have made fresh space at the Cabinet table.

The Taoiseach is due in the Dáil shortly to announce the new Cabinet.

The new Cabinet is to be announced later this morning.

Admissions about the crisis cock-up are all very well but what have we learned, asks Kyran Fitzgerald.

Gardaí have conducted over 9,000 drug searches in the centre of Dublin so far this year in a policy that the Garda chief responsible described as “bordering on oppressive policing”.

Fine Gael's Paschal Donoghue has been elected in Dublin Central.

EMBATTLED Dáil Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue was last night under mounting pressure to fully explain his “disgusting” expenses bill and unreservedly apologise for it.

Fine Gael is accusing the Government of misleading the public by promising legislation that it has yet to deliver.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s constituency of Dublin Central will be among the tightest and most divisive in the general election, following Fianna Fáil’s weekend decision to field three candidates and yesterday’s by Patricia McKenna that she will stand for the Green Party there.