Local authority meetings are often not for the faint-hearted. While local media may pick out the highlights and the notable ...

Chamber pot under bed Sir — I read with interest Tom McCaughren’s piece about home comforts that people had to manage without after Storm Éowyn (‘Éowyn brought me back to the more ...

The only person I remember in the chamber who could meet that standard ... He began “Honourable Members of Dáil Eireann, we stand at the dawn of a transformative age, one driven by the power ...

Earlier this month, Mr Martin told the Cork Chamber Annual Dinner that Ireland can “no longer shy away from” defence, military and security and would not “get to sit on the sidelines”.

“Particularly all the Sinn Féin guys who came to me and said ‘Don’t worry John, we gave you number two,” he joked to laughs and applause from both sides of the chamber. During both of their speeches ...

Opposition politicians told Simon Harris a change to the ‘triple lock’ system will undermine Irish neutrality.

Mayo TD Paul Lawless has become embroiled in a heated Dáil Éireann row with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs over policing and ...

Earlier this month, Mr Martin told the Cork Chamber Annual Dinner that Ireland ... mandate of the men and women who get elected to Dail Eireann in terms of decisions in relation to our Defence ...