Dara Murphy should only pay back his TD expenses if it is found he broke Dáil rules, the Taoiseach has said.

The Finance Minister says more explanation is needed as to why a €1.6 million printer is not yet operational.

Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have been scathing in their criticism of the Oireachtas printing scandal which will now cost the tax-payer €1.8m.

The purchase and installation a new printer in Leinster House has cost €1.8m, a report reveals.

A member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has described the controversy of costly structural work to fit a €808,000 printer in Leinster House as “an absolute mess”.

The Committee on Members Interests will meet to discuss whether three Fianna Fáil TDs caught up in the Dail voting controversy should be reprimanded.

The Dáil’s internal report into voting irregularities has been branded a “complete whitewash” by several Fine Gael ministers.

The internal Dáil report into the voting irregularities included testimony from the two TDs at the heart of the scandal - Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins- and this is what they had to say.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have declared war on each other after both parties made a series of formal complaints alleging their general election opponents have repeatedly broken rules in the Dáil votes saga.

The historic Leinster House building is set to re-open to the public in the coming weeks after a near three-year revamp and an €18m budget that is double what was originally planned.

TDs and senators have been told they are wrong to feel there will be a "chilling effect" on their work in committees as a result of the Angela Kerins Supreme Court ruling.

Despite the surging costs, secretary general of Oireachtas services Peter Finnegan said the price tag represents "outstanding" value for the taxpayer.

A fire safety audit will be carried out at a flat complex in Inchicore in Dublin following a blaze in which a family was injured, two critically.

Seventy-three cases of salary overpayments to people working in Leinster House were identified in 2015 with 13 people yet to pay the money back, the latest Houses of the Oireachtas annual report has revealed.

Mary Butler‘s excitement at being elected to the Dáil has been worn away by the seemingly endless delay in forming a government

When the 32nd Dáil convenes on Thursday, all 158 members will take their seats for two very important items of business.

The bank inquiry has received a severe dressing down from a senior Oireachtas official after it emerged the group is so pushed for time it considered skipping an essential legal review in a last-ditch bid to ensure its report is published.

A high-flying engineering student is blazing a trail across the Atlantic after being awarded a prestigious €50,000 scholarship to America.

TDs, senators, and their staff are to get mental health counselling to help them handle stress from their work brought on by the financial crisis in recent years.

Gerry Adams has asked the Oireachtas to provide mental health services for TDs and senators who are reluctant to access treatment in their local areas due to "societal stigma".

The Government is set to pass special legislation in the coming weeks in order to hold a by-election to replace former senator Deirdre Clune in the Upper House.

Parents are being advised to look out for symptoms of meningitis after two children were diagnosed with it in Co Cavan.

The long-awaited report into allegations of Garda collusion in the IRA murder of two senior RUC men has been handed over to the Dáil.

A long-awaited report into allegations of Garda collusion in the IRA murder of two senior RUC men will be handed over to the Government today.

Concerns about possible tax hikes will be raised later at a seminar on Dublin's ranking in the global financial services market.

AN outbreak of swine flu at a national school in Cavan is being managed by the Health Service Executive.

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CHAMPIONS Cork make two changes from the team which defeated Waterford in the semi-final for Sunday’s Munster minor hurling championship final against Limerick in Pairc Uí Chaoimh.

New trade links were forged today between Dublin and the capital cities of the 10 new EU member states.

FIANNA FÁIL’S grassroots members have nothing to fear from the party’s reform plans, party chiefs said yesterday.

PATIENTS have been forced to wait for treatment on trolleys in a busy general hospital while its recently built geriatric unit lies idle due to staff shortages.

THE GOVERNMENT last night said it will not intervene in a junior doctors’ dispute which threatens up to 450 planned operations as well as 1,000 outpatient appointments in two hospitals this week.