Ireland should consider banning flavoured vapes to help prevent children and young people from taking up the habit, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

WOMEN involved in high level sports are more likely to be subjected to social media abuse and harassment than their male counterparts, a high-level sports meeting at Leinster House has heard.

Renters in Carlow Town are set to benefit from measures to protect tenants as Carlow Local Electoral Area is designated a ‘Rent Pressure Zone’, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The flimsy house of cards agreement by Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party, the Social Democrats and the Green Party on Dublin City Council has completely collapsed at the first hurdle, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Opposition spending demands will be scrutinised by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) ahead of every budget under a Private Members Bill submitted by the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party Chairman Martin Heydon.

Statement by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, on Minister Jim Daly

Fianna Fáil are misleading people in relation to Government funding for rural communities, according to the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring TD.

“I was horrified to hear about the attack on Kevin Lunney, a decent, honourable, hardworking man, who I have known for many years.

The new National Rural Safety Forum will greatly reduce the opportunity for crime in our communities, the chair of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee has said.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) should be given increased powers to cost opposition spending demands, the chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party has said.