Sean Canney has “a decision to make” over whether he will stay with the Independent Alliance in Government, said the Taoiseach.

Independent Alliance TD Sean Canney is considering his future in the group.

Independent Alliance TD Sean Canney is working to hammer out a separate deal with the Taoiseach to remain in Government as an Independent, it is understood.

Members of the Independent Alliance have asked Sean Canney to clarify his position in the party.

New drink driving laws need to be 'rural proofed' according to a Government TD.

No doubt the Alliance are damaged but the gang of five have shown far more to justify their time in Government, writes Daniel McConnell.

The Government is set to pay for victims of the Christmas 2015 floods whose properties remain at risk of being badly damaged again to move homes under a once-off multi-million euro housing relocation scheme.

A blistering row among Independent ministers at Cabinet over plans to relocate families living in flood plains has delayed approval of the scheme by several weeks, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Independent ministers have warned that the Fine Gael leadership should not interfere with Government and have called for a seamless transition.

As they sit across a boardroom table, they eagerly agree with each other and, at times, finish each other’s sentences.

Any attempts to restore public workers’ pay to pre-recession levels risks dragging the country “back to the bad old days”, a junior minister has warned.

Two Independent Alliance TDs - Sean Canney and Kevin "Boxer" Moran - will share a Minister of State role.