The Social Democrats’ Gary Gannon used the match to highlight issues funding sports in inner city Dublin.

Mr Gannon has apologised on behalf of himself and the Social Democrats for the January 31 social media post.

Jim O’Callaghan was questioned about the levels of prosecutions and funding for projects tackling the issue.

Simon Harris has said it is a ‘dog whistle’ to compare him to Nigel Farage.

On Wednesday, Harris said migration numbers are too high

The cost of the flight that departed for Pakistan on September 23rd does not include support services such as ground-handling, on-board paramedics, and flight management.

The judicial review was formally issued on Thursday afternoon.

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

The Dáil returns on Tuesday, April 29th, and there is plenty of business in a packed schedule

Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon accused the Government of ramming ‘undemocratic’ proposals through the Dail.

Gary Gannon said he can understand why gardaí want more powers but said that safety mechanisms must be built into the legislation.

Some of the Regional Independent TDs involved in negotiating and supporting the Programme for Government have sought to keep their Dáil speaking time

Talks about forming a new government following the general election are continuing

Eoin Hayes was suspended after misleading the media about when he sold shares in a company linked to the Israeli military.

Ireland goes to the polls on Friday.

The proposal is contained in the party’s ‘Positive Neutrality’ policy document, which was launched by foreign affairs spokesperson Gary Gannon, and Patricia Stephenson, the Social Democrats general election candidate in Carlow-Kilkenny

After much speculation, crime boss Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has confirmed he will run in the general election

The Social Democrats are supporting a Sinn Féin motion in the Dáil, which calls for the limits around the allowance to be scrapped.

The Dublin TD made the comments with the general election on the horizon, and is concerned with the amount of "good people" not entering politics due to online abuse.

This comes after Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon said that “serious thought” into how future events and celebrations are organised needs to be put into future events in the city, after an alleged stabbing on Monday.