A loophole in the law means former TDs and Senators cannot be investigated for breaches of ethics law while they were in Leinster House.

The Social Democrats expect to pass a bill this week to give more rights to renters.

Primary care should be able to manage the bulk of people’s healthcare needs, according to the Oireachtas committee on the future of healthcare.

Roisin Shortall has accused Simon Harris of taking the Social Democrats' plans for the health service.

Three respected political figures have combined to form Ireland’s first Social Democratic party but Kyran Fitzgerald wonders if they have a future.

The newly launched Social Democrats have pledged to introduce 12 months paid parental leave, improve public services, and install wide-ranging political reform if it were to enter government.

Three Independent TDs will today unveil their new party- expected to be called the Social Democrats — which hopes to target disillusioned Labour voters in the next general election.

Independent TDs Catherine Murphy, Róisín Shortall, and Stephen Donnelly have indicated they are set to launch a new political party.

The Dáil has been suspended twice this lunchtime after the Taoiseach was accused of bringing the House into disrepute.

The Government has been accused of doing far too little to tackle alcohol consumption by pregnant women, which causes life-long medical problems for children.

Rebel TDs who quit Labour in disgust at its record in Government insist a new leader will not be able to "woo" them back into the party fold.

Ireland may be missing out on a global shift by multinationals to shift their intellectual property away from tax havens as the Government cannot afford to introduce a tax regime to compete with the UK and Luxembourg.

The Dáil’s culture of “threats and bullying” has been condemned by an ex-minister, as calls to slash controversial payments to political parties by half were ignored by the Government.