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At the time of the inspection, 22% of children did not have an allocated social worker.
Four candidates came face-to-face with Caesar, a six-foot snake, in KCLR’s Carlow studios.
SIPO has released details of expenditure in the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election.
The Fianna Fáil TD gave his version of events to TheJournal.ie today.
The party’s ethics officer Karl Deeter said he is trying to find out what happened.
The campaign claimed to be “non-party”, but was run by Renua activists and endorsed Renua candidate Patrick McKee.
Just in case you’d forgotten, there’s an important battle for Phil Hogan’s old seat happening as well today.
The nation holds its breath.
Big Phil is gone to Europe, so who’s in the running for his old Dáil seat in Friday’s by-election?
Bobby Aylward was among over a hundred politicians who received letters about over-claiming expenses six years ago.
Paddy McKee, a Kilkenny councillor who is openly gay, quit Fianna Fáil earlier this year to run for Lucinda Creighton’s party.
By-election candidate Adrienne Wallace says there would be outrage if ‘women or black people had to accept a lower rate’.
The van was snapped in Carlow town yesterday evening.
The Tánaiste is on the by-election campaign trail in Carlow-Kilkenny.
Patrick McKee is set to be announced as the new party’s candidate in Carlow-Kilkenny tomorrow.
Ministers have agreed to table new laws enforcing cuts to the size of the Dáil, in line with independent recommendations.
The report of the Constituency Commission cuts the number of TDs, with significant boundary reforms.
There’s a couple of bell-weather areas which, if the past is anything to go by, could give a hint as to the total outcome.
Phil Hogan told the public not to worry about security on the household charge website – but his own site is so dangerous that most browsers won’t even open it.
Fianna Fáil’s John Browne was mistakenly paid €7,396.31 in ministerial pensions – which he’s not entitled to as a sitting TD.
Labour’s National Council gives its go-ahead for coalition talks with FG – but says it won’t fly straight into government.
Every hour – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
This morning, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour dusted down the soapboxes as they give green light to first day of electioneering.
Enda says he will not appear on “any programme that Vincent Browne has anything to do with”; Permanent TSB have bad news for future mortgages customers; and Irish men are named as some of the most overweight in Europe.
Joan Burton says yes to request for deputy leaders’ debate but Mary White still wants it to be an all-women affair. (Sorry, James Reilly).
Four out of five deputy leaders are women so the Greens’ Mary White may well get her all-women (almost) debate after all.
