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Leinster House

Yesterday
1st May 2025
falling tsar
Housing tsar controversy: McDonagh tells minister he no longer wants to be considered for job
Updated 14 hrs ago
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28 Apr
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4 Apr
This week
27th April 2025 - 2nd May 2025
Leinster House
Further three month delay to rollout of auto-enrolment pensions for workers
29 Apr
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Last week
20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
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Oireachtas committees crank back into gear as chairs appointed (four months later)
25 Apr
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Last month
April 2025
garda watchdog
Women arrested at Mothers Against Genocide protest seek legal advice on making GSOC complaint
Updated 2 Apr
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Speaking rights row
Opposition splits as some parties remain seated during Dáil walkout over new questions slot
2 Apr
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Leinster House
Women at Mothers Against Genocide Leinster House protest 'were strip-searched', Dáil hears
Eleven people in a vigil for the children and mothers of Gaza were arrested yesterday morning outside Leinster House.
Updated 12 hrs ago
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Speaking rights row
Verona Murphy wins first-ever Dáil vote of confidence in a Ceann Comhairle by 96 votes to 71
Members of the Opposition allege Murphy failed to act impartially and favoured the Government in her actions last week.
14 hrs ago
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26 Mar
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26 Mar
Leinster House
'There's no split in Aontú': Tóibín condemns Opposition behaviour despite TD standing with them last week
19 hrs ago
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March
March 2025
Stick it to em
Can Michael Lowry be sanctioned for gesticulating at Paul Murphy?
Updated 26 Mar
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speaking time row
Michael Lowry says he was telling Paul Murphy 'to sit down with my fingers'
25 Mar
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Housing
Calls for Tenant in Situ scheme to be reinstated as 'hundreds' wait to hear if they'll be evicted
Updated 19 Mar
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Leinster House
Ceann Comhairle refuses Thomas Gould's request to address Dáil over business fraud allegation
14 Mar
10.6k
row in the dail
Dáil speaking rights: The government really is chancing its arm with this proposed 'solution'
Cian O'Callaghan
4 Mar
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February
February 2025
Leaders' Questions
Government accused of treating public 'like idiots' following speaking rights row vote
Updated 27 Feb
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Speaking rights row
Dáil walkout on the cards after Government wins speaking rights changes for Regional Independents
Earlier, the leaders of the Opposition wrote to Micheál Martin and Simon Harris requesting an urgent meeting.
Jane Matthews
26 Feb
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Waiting Lists
Family told toddler son would have to wait 10 years for dental care
26 Feb
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56
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'Tetchy' Taoiseach 'acting like a child' as Dáil erupts over Michael Lowry and 'Bik' McFarlane
Tensions were elevated in the Dáil today after members of the opposition were not pleased with the Taoiseach’s answers.
Updated 26 Feb
38.8k
disabilities
Family still waiting for son's assessment of needs despite legally compelling HSE last year
26 Feb
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42
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Justice Minister clarifies he is 'not opposed' to ban outright counselling notes in rape cases
26 Feb
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Leinster House
150 rounds of drinks ordered at the Dáil's bars on the day TDs failed to elect a new Taoiseach
22 Feb
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Leinster House
Opposition labels Government's Dáil speaking rights fix as 'unacceptable' as row blows up again
Updated 20 Feb
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New rules please
Replacing Dáil prayer with 'moment of silent reflection' among reform proposals by TDs
19 Feb
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porkies
Ceann Comhairle asks Taoiseach to 'review' remark that Mary Lou McDonald was 'ag insint bréaga'
13 Feb
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FG senator
Five Sinn Féin reps write to Tánaiste demanding he makes Dáil statement on Martin Conway
13 Feb
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Irish language
'He called me a liar': Verona Murphy's lack of Irish called into question in heated Dáil exchange
12 Feb
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gaelscoil
Dublin children protest outside Leinster House demanding Irish speaking secondary school
Updated 12 Feb
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high court action
Paul Murphy pushes back on Super Juniors: 'No more snouts at the Leinster House trough'
Paul Murphy
12 Feb
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dail motion
Sinn Féin accuses Government of 'walking away' from Occupied Territories Bill
5 Feb
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24 Jan
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19 Jan
Leinster House
Anti-government protester who admitted intimidating Michael Healy-Rae spared jail time
5 Feb
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January
January 2025
Storm Éowyn
'Beggars belief': Politicians call for Dáil to be recalled in wake of storm Éowyn
Updated 27 Jan
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The Morning Lead
Dad humour, Hot to GoGo and Lowry's lads: The bits you might have missed amid the Dáil madness
It was a colourful few days in Leinster House to say the least.
Jane Matthews
25 Jan
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Leinster House
In pictures: Here's some standout photos from a very unusual day in the Dáil
22 Jan
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What A Mess
Aontú’s two TDs ditch Regional Independent technical group amid Dáil speaking rights row
22 Jan
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scraps
What just happened? How a bitter row led to the Dáil being suspended TWICE in an hour
22 Jan
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80
We aren't in government we swear
TDs set to get extra week of holidays as row over Independents' Dáil speaking time heats up
Updated 21 Jan
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Last year
2024
Some year for one year
The political highs and lows of 2024: 10 defining moments
From the (many) resignations, two referendums, three elections and a partridge in a pear tree.
28 Dec 2024
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34th dail
From leaving school at 16 to the Dáil's first female Ceann Comhairle - who is Verona Murphy?
18 Dec 2024
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On your bike
'Sure why not round it up to an even four hundy?': Complaints to OPW over €336k Oireachtas bike shed
7 Dec 2024
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kildare street
Dozens in tents outside Dáil seeking international protection to be re-housed
5 Dec 2024
31.3k
no-so-united
Left in or left out? SF, Labour, the SocDems and Roderic O'Gorman have all been talking today
Updated 5 Dec 2024
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