Irish Water staff will either lose their jobs or be redeployed if Sinn Fein takes power, Gerry Adams has said.

Labour leader Joan Burton used the first major leaders' debate of the General Election to attack Sinn Féin's plans for the economy.

Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams says this election represents the first time that people have a real alternative.

A member of the banking inquiry has called on Fianna Fáil to apologise for Brian Lenihan's claim that "we all partied".

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been urged to open up a fresh investigation in the garda penalty points crisis, after Dáil claims officers are still having points illegally wiped out 18 months after the scandal emerged.

Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada says she will not run for the Dáil seat in next year's general elections.

Update at 7.40pm: Cork City Councillors have voted to cut the Local Property Tax rate by 10%.

Sinn Féin and Fine Gael are now the joint most popular parties in Ireland, according to the first opinion poll since the local and European elections.