Despite the crisis of Garda resources, Garda Headquarters said drug detection across the Limerick Garda Division increased by nine per cent on last year.

A repeat of the last government coalition cannot be ruled out, while Sinn Féin would struggle to bring a left-wing coalition together, according to a political commentator

Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea has called on Taoiseach Simon Harris to “name and shame” those responsible for signing off on €336,000 of public funds for the cost of a bike shed built at Leinster House

Calls for hate speech legislation to be scrapped are unnecessary, while definitions in the Bill can be tightened, according to Fianna Fáil senator Malcom Byrne

Sinn Féin has denied claims of a U-turn on the Government's proposed hate speech legislation