The Irish Government has won a vote of confidence in the speaker of the parliament. The Government brought the motion after opposition parties initially proposed a no confidence motion in Ceann ...

Labour MP Perran Moon called for a ban on trail hunting, which he warned was being used as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunting.

Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett said ‘radical reform is required in the crucial area of planning and resilience’.

Tom Crowther was named in January as someone who would help the Government with their work to tackle child sex abuse and grooming gangs.