Final lurry of legislation ahead of summer break, Micheal Shine inquiry and fuel costs rising again
The Dáil's out for summer, but Cabinet will meet a final time, after TDs rushed through a raft of legislation. An "immediate" inquiry is nee...
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20 of 111 episodesRTÉ back at PAC, Sinn Féin's reunification pitch and Aughinish keeps us in the news around Europe
RTÉ is back before PAC with clashing views on its financial performance and funding needs, Sinn Féin's Dáil push on reunification, internati...
The VIPs arrive for the Presidency, new rural housing guidelines and what to do about Aughinish
And we're off...the EU presidency gets going with a Zelensky broadside, what exactly is happening over Aughinish, new guidelines to unfetter...
Donaldson does time, committee drug proposals, seagulls swooping around Leinster House and what Westminster change will mean for Ireland
The RTÉ politics team discuss this weeks political happenings...personal drug decriminalisation, the future of the excise cuts, the triple l...
Dáil debates the 3 day wait...the house says yes but Government majority say no. Also Madame la Guillotine and Fine Gaels "unified island'
The Dáil majority voted to end the 3 day wait, but a majority of Government TDs did not agree, the guillotine is wheeled out to push a glut...
Soccer decisions, the Common Travel Area, the EU presidency and more
The Common Travel Area and migration under the microscope, Ireland to spend €165m on hosting the EU presidency, that soccer fixture and alum...
The Healy Raes,SNAs, Israel v Ireland and the new EV scheme.
Could there be a way back for the Healy Raes? The latest on SNAs, a big Dáil week ahead over the Israel Ireland soccer match and the legisla...
A bag of you know what, one-off housing is back, the Occupied Territories Bill and summer provision
Planning changes to allow for one-off housing on the way, rambunctious exchanges as the Occupied Territories Bill moves centre stage again,...
Sleeveens and a pig in the poke, RTÉ pay blues and outrage at Israeli minister's antics
Progress of a sort on the Occupied Territories Bill after mistreatment of Irish flotilla activists, Taoiseach and Mary Lou exchanges in the...
Fianna Fáil's foundation, soaring eviction rates, setting the budget and voting day draws nearer
Eviction rates soar with new rental rules, prompting calls for an eviction ban... A €7 billion budget looms but details are still scant, bye...
Ripples in the coalition rockpool, going nuclear in Fianna Fáil, bye-elections and transfer questions and the cost of living
Coalition tensions break through over third level fees, going nuclear in Fianna Fáil, the bye-election campaigns grind on, and the Dáil focu...
Mini budgets, byelections and housing completions up... the latest from Leinster House
The Goverment keeps some powder dry but the Opposition demands action now to reduce costs; cutbacks to Ukrainian accommodation as housing co...
By-elections test for Gov; peace elusive as Hormuz tensions rise
With two looming by-elections, pressure is building on the Government, as the cost-of-living crisis deepens and demands for more action grow...
Leadership wranglings in Fianna Fáil, the cost of living and summoning the Council of State
The Dáil returned this week to a noticeably unsettled political landscape. The Government has been rattled by recent developments — and ques...
Where is the army? fuel drying up at the pumps, and the stance of the Government and protestors hardens
The fuel price protests continue as the pumps begin to run dry. Gardaí and the Government bring in the army, as protestors stance hardens. I...
Energy jitters roil the Government, the savings investment scheme, Garda pursuit powers and back garden building
Energy quivers as Donald Trump keeps the Government and the world guessing, an investment scheme for savers just when the markets turn shake...
The Dáil rises for Easter, fuel cuts fallout, Occupied Territories and Triple Lock and limiting the number of new TDs
As TDs depart Dáil Éireann for a two and a half week break, we discuss the fallout from the fuel price package, the bills on the Triple lock...
White House survivor, appropriate interventions, and Dáil debates fuel cost inflation
What is the "appropriate intervention" the Government is mulling over while opposition TDs rear up over fuel price rises in the Dáil, Micheá...
Fuels price pressure & the Oval Office visit complexity
Oil price pressure ups the temperature in Dáil, what Trump might say to the Taoiseach on St Patrick's Day, all is forgiven as the Government...
Rental profit revelations, football flares and Dáil homework
Dáil revelations about future rental profits, more ado about SNAs, maritime security and political fallout from football flares..and what wi...