Today’s breakthrough deal to regulate trade in Northern Ireland has been warmly welcomed by a Fine Gael TD, who says it signals the beginning of a new chapter in EU/UK relations.

Some 53 former pubs have been brought back into use to create 169 housing units across the country, a Fine Gael Senator has reported.

A delay to the planned ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, deriving from an EU Directive, will hinder public ambition to reach our emissions targets, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Every party in the Oireachtas should ensure there is full accountability on the ongoing revelations of Sinn Féin’s incorrect statutory declarations and audited accounts, a Fine Gael Minister has said.

Sinn Féin needs to come clean regarding the number of legal cases it has taken against broadcasters and public figures and what it has done with any financial awards, Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd has said.

Sinn Féin’s mismanagement of their finances and inconsistencies in their spending declarations require clear explanations from their party leader Mary Lou McDonald and national treasurer Pearse Doherty, Fine Gael Senator Sean Kyne has said.

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald and Party Treasurer Pearse Doherty should clarify the ever-changing story of Sinn Féin’s finances in the Dáil, Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said.

Sinn Fein must clarify their position on rent controls as their representatives in the North fail to support their implementation, while representatives in the South call for a three-year rent freeze, according to Fine Gael Senator John Cummins.

Plans to restore the Iveagh Markets in the heart of Dublin’s Liberties area must be progressed immediately, a Fine Gael Senator has said, ahead of second stage of the Historic and Archeological Heritage Bill, which will be debated in Seanad Éireann today.

The fast and loose financial practices of the main opposition party means they are incapable of running a sweet shop let alone a country, a Fine Gael Minister has said.