The Dart should be extended to Drogheda, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Fine Gael Senator Michelle Mulherin has slammed comments by Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan regarding Ireland’s agri-food sector.

Speaking in the Seanad today, Leas-Chathaoirleach Senator Paul Coghlan welcomed the Minister for Justice and Equality’s decision to consider how to deal with the discredited 1985 report which is still the official state position on the Joanne Hayes case.

Minister for the Diaspora and International Development, Ciaran Cannon, has congratulated the Irish artists who have received nominations for their work for the 90th Academy Awards.

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring TD has urged Deputy Eamon O’Cuív to stop playing politics with the issue of Government financial supports for rural development.