The gangland figure missed out on the last seat in the Dublin Central constituency to the Labour Party’s Marie Sherlock.

Office of Public Works officials appeared before the Oireachtas Finance Committee to answer questions about the high costs of the shelter.

Labour Senator Marie Sherlock has described the reported cut off criteria for publicly funded IVF treatment as "crude"

A staff protest is being held at RTÉ over the spiralling controversy.

Workers were promised the payment more than a year-and-a-half ago and were ‘still fighting to get it’, SIPTU said.