In 2012, I commented in the Sunday Independent on how ministers in the Fine Gael/Labour government fell into one of three categories: high-flyers, passengers or

Around this time last year Minister Paschal Donohoe became very upset at me when I called for a €5 increase in the old-age pension. He

For the past 12 months people have been asking my prediction as to who will win the Fine Gael leadership contest: Simon or Leo. I’ve

The British government’s handling of Brexit is like a comic opera but without the cheerful denouement There are moments when the British government’s handling of

The Citizens Information Board, at the behest of the Government, is proposing to abolish all local Money Advice and Budgeting Service (Mabs) centres and Citizens

Deputy Willie O’Dea:  I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. I thank Deputy Paul Murphy for raising it also. We are

Now that Fine Gael’s night of the rubber knives has passed off without incident, the great pretenders must spend another month or two courting support

In the last 10 years, three out of every four defined benefit pension schemes in this country have been closed down. The defined benefit pension

State policy is that elderly and infirm people should be catered for, in so far as possible, in the comfort and security of their own

We owe it to our older people not only to find the best way of supporting them in their old age, but to make sure