Facebook has revealed that in one case it notified gardai when a child signalled online that they might self-harm —and defended its policies regarding public figures amid criticism from TDs and senators.

Former Ulster Unionist deputy leader John Taylor has denied being racist after calling Ireland's Taoiseach 'the Indian'.

The chairwoman of the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment says pro-life groups are refusing to attend as part of a wider strategy to undermine the referendum debate.

The Committee on the Eighth Amendment will resume hearings this morning.

The all-party Oireachtas committee examining Ireland’s abortion law took many people by surprise when it voted overwhelmingly against retaining the Eighth Amendment

Two members of the Committee on the Eighth Amendment who said they were considering their positions, have now said they will continue attending the body.

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.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney has strongly hit back at claims he lacks charisma, saying a new Taoiseach doesn't need an 'X factor' but needs to deliver, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

Senior Government figures have insisted there are no plans to block people who fail to pay their Irish Water bills from receiving the €100 “water conservation” grant after backbench TDs strongly hinted at the move.

For the opposition, Irish Water is the gift that keeps on giving — even more so when that gift involves an internal Government row about giving €100 to people refusing to pay their charges.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar says a second Fine Gael term in government would allow for a wide-ranging recovery including pay increases in the private and public sectors.

Despite claiming that physical activity in schools and decreasing childhood obesity are two of her big issues, Senator Catherine Noone would seem to have started a campaign to prevent one of the world’s fastest growing sports from increasing in popularity.

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.

Blind painter Pádraig Naughton is spearheading a national programme for greater inclusivity, says Carl Dixon.