Marie O’Halloran

Marie O’Halloran

Parliamentary Correspondent

Marie O’Halloran is Parliamentary Correspondent of The Irish Times

Mairead McGuinness drops out of presidential race for health reasons

Fine Gael to consider options in coming days, with senior party figures keen to find another candidate

Gareth Sheridan plays down business partner’s Moldovan airline controversy as ‘not an issue’ for election

Presidential hopeful faces questions over his associate and a regulatory fine as he seeks to focus on housing

Covid, CervicalCheck and the Trinity job: questions for Tony Holohan if he launches a presidential run

Tony Holohan found himself in an extraordinary position as a public servant. Now he is pondering a tilt at the highest public office

Dublin Lidl store forced to close after rodent droppings and mouse spotted

FSAI serves 10 enforcement orders in July in response to ‘serious, preventable breaches of food safety law’

Ireland could be ‘AI Island’ but must act promptly to set up artificial intelligence office and observatory

‘What will happen is workers who use AI will replace those who don’t,’ says Fianna Fáil TD

Ireland tops school class-size ‘league of shame’

More than 40,000 Irish pupils are in classes of 30-plus, with 22.5 average, well above EU figure

Sinn Féin presidential candidate would not divide left-wing vote, says McDonald

Party leader hosts boxing exhibition by Palestinian El Barrio and Dublin’s Dockland clubs

Half of post-primary schools apply for phone pouch funding

Total of 380 out of 722 schools seek €25 per student for pouches, lock boxes

Occupied Territories Bill: former Ceann Comhairle ‘confident’ Government will include ban on services

The foreign affairs and trade committee will publish its report this afternoon

BusConnects route will come in ‘on time, on budget’, says Darragh O’Brien

Minister for Transport announces contract for €274m bus ‘corridor’ connecting Liffey Valley to Dublin city centre

Galway city councillor resigns from Social Democrats

Eibhlín Seoighthe contested general election for party in Galway West last November

Owners surrender 60 XL Bullies to authorities after move to ban breed

TD warns of breeding practices where 8,000 pups registered annually but 25,000 for sale on dog website

Minister who lost two siblings to cancer introduces ‘right to be forgotten’ law

Bill will give survivors right not to disclose previous illness, after set time in remission, when seeking mortgage protection

HPV vaccine catch-up programme to be rolled out in schools ‘without delay’

National Cancer Registry reports an estimated 641 cases of new HPV-associated cancers diagnosed and 196 cancer deaths every year in Ireland

Man who pleaded guilty to electoral fraud worked for Healy-Rae company, Fine Gael senator claims

Michael Kennelly calls for investigation into case of man who travelled over 60km to vote with polling card not in his name

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