An estimated €123,000 was paid out last year under a clause allowing politicians to get a full allowance if they can show they were unable to travel to the Oireachtas

The party’s education spokesman Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire settled his defamation claim against RTÉ Radio 1’s Liveline last week for a large sum

Chris Reynolds, director of the Irish Coast Guard, warned against the proposal that the Air Corps could provide search and rescue services for the east coast of the country

Minister for Finance says Ireland will highlight importance of lower rates for small economies as first-quarter exchequer returns show deficit of €4.2 billion

Taoiseach and Nphet to be given guidance document in coming weeks on safety standards for stadia, auditoriums and conference centres

Approval of new projects will depend on whether they help or hinder new green commitments

While Hazel Chu embarks on a solo run for a Seanad seat, many in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are concerned that their parties’ fragile election pact will fall apart in a welter of mutual distrust

Anne Rabbitte has called the secretary general of Department of Health to appear before the Oireachtas health committee

Green Party chair publicly toyed with joining Social Democrats and had said she would run for Dáil ‘one way or the other’

The independent candidate’s strong links to Irish America are understood to be behind the party’s intention to back the businessman

The Minister for Education seems to be telling teachers that she sympathises with their plight, even though she signed off on the decision for vaccination priority to be based largely on age

Red C poll also shows that 67 per cent of people think the government is not doing a good job in handling the vaccine rollout

Brandon Lewis, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, wrote to the Department of Foreign Affairs saying he was “delighted” to invite a representative to sit on the Northern Ireland Centenary Forum

Senators Pippa Hackett, Pauline O’Reilly and Róisín Garvey argue that the Dublin Lord Mayor needs to restore confidence among the membership after she defied a party decision not to run a candidate for the Senate

Social media giant will warn that new bill could force social media companies to choose between breaking Irish or international law

Fine Gael is up by one point to 30 per cent, putting it slightly ahead of Sinn Féin.

Proposals for a 32-county Ireland – including the writing of an entirely new constitution – are being proposed by Jim O’Callaghan in a speech he will make at Cambridge University this week

Architect who championed construction of tunnel between the North and Scotland says Johnson’s backing changed attitudes overnight

If Micheál Martin and Eamon Ryan withdrew their support for the embattled Tánaiste, the government would almost certainly collapse

The Central Statistics Office’s first economic data since Brexit occurred is likely to show a fall in both imports and exports