Exemptions are being considered which would exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission.

Ms Carroll-MacNeill also said that she anticipated the final cost of the new hospital would be “close to” €2.24 billion and ...

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A new Oireachtas committee on defence and security will probe cyber safeguards in Irish institutions amid growing concern ...

A Dáil exchange in which the Taoiseach is accused of charging Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald with "telling lies" has been referred to an Oireachtas standards committee. Last Wednesday, Ms McDonald ...

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The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber of the Irish parliament.

While the Seanad is the upper house of the Oireachtas, most laws are proposed and passed in the Dáil. As with other bicameral parliamentary systems, the upper house acts alongside the lower house ...

Northern Ireland’s outgoing economy minister has vowed to bring a “northern perspective” to the Seanad and use his switch from Stormont to the Oireachtas to advance his party’s push for Irish ...

Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs and the Department of Social Protection He served as deputy leader of Fianna Fáil during 2011-2012 Mr. Ó Cuív’s connection with Oireachtas na Gaeilge spans several ...

Kerry TD and newly-appointed Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley, insists women are taking up important positions in the Oireachtas. It comes as the government is criticised for ...

The Occupied Territories Bill will be replaced by a new piece of legislation, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. Speaking at a special Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis which is being held to ratify the new ...