Áras campaign: Former Labour leader Alan Kelly to ‘reluctantly’ vote for Fine Gael candidateOne-time Green Party TD Brian Leddin leaves party over Connolly endorsement while deputy leader Róisín Garvey steps down for, as yet, unspecified reasonsTue Oct 14 2025 - 06:00
Connolly grilled on Virgin Media over gun offences by former employee Collette Fitzpatrick interviewed presidential candidate on Monday eveningTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:00
Catherine Connolly confirms voting against European referendumsHeather Humphreys says ministerial roles prohibited her from interceding in Shane O’Farrell caseMon Oct 13 2025 - 22:14
Twenty three Romanian men with convictions removed from State on chartered flightIn all, 130 people have been deported on five chartered flights since the beginning of this yearMon Oct 13 2025 - 19:46
Géilleadh GavinNí raibh an feachtas thar mholadh beirte go dtí seo, anois níl ach beirt le moladhMon Oct 13 2025 - 19:00
Martin will vote for Humphreys but Fianna Fáil won’t tell voters to back herFine Gael presidential candidate denies ‘smear campaign’ against rival Catherine ConnollySat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
Jim Gavin’s campaign collapse: ‘I made a mistake not in keeping with my character’An unpaid debt to a former tenant during the post-Celtic Tiger crash ended the Fianna Fáil contender’s bid for the ÁrasSat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
Candidates clash in third live debate as presidential campaign becomes more confrontationalIndependent candidate Catherine Connolly criticises ‘scurrilous’ accusation by Fine Gael rivalThu Oct 09 2025 - 21:48
Micheál Martin apologises to Fianna Fáil over disastrous presidential election campaignAnger at Fianna Fáil no longer having candidate after Jim Gavin stopped campaigning following rent rowWed Oct 08 2025 - 21:48
Fianna Fáil TD harshly criticises leadership for ‘unceremonious dumping’ of Jim GavinParty strongly denies it was aware of dispute between Gavin and tenant about overpayment of €3,300 in rentTue Oct 07 2025 - 14:41
Inside Politics: How to budget for Jim Gavin’s failurePostmortem on misguided presidential campaign will pause while Government reveals spending plansTue Oct 07 2025 - 08:12
Taoiseach to face pressure at Fianna Fáil meeting after turmoil of Jim Gavin’s withdrawalRobust party meeting to be held on Wednesday where ‘knives will be out’Mon Oct 06 2025 - 21:28
A timeline of Jim Gavin’s short-lived push for the presidencyFormer Dublin GAA manager made a shock exit from the campaign late on Sunday nightMon Oct 06 2025 - 14:24
Jim Gavin ‘looking into’ allegation he owes former tenant €3,300‘I will deal with it with urgency’, Fianna Fáil candidate says during latest presidential election debateSun Oct 05 2025 - 17:45
Deep division emerges amongst parties over Connolly’s hiring of convicted woman Leaders of all parties supporting Independent candidate rowed in behind her decision to employ Ursula Ní ShionnainFri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
Catherine Connolly defends move to hire woman with Special Criminal Court conviction‘I’m proud that I represent a society that gives people a second chance,’ candidate says Thu Oct 02 2025 - 13:03
On the canvass with Jim Gavin in Roscommon and Catherine Connolly in BallyfermotVoters react to first TV debate with comments on the performances of presidential election candidates Wed Oct 01 2025 - 16:43
Presidential TV debate: Candidates discuss housing, immigration and united Ireland Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys and Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin hold first debateTue Sept 30 2025 - 00:04
Fuadar go leor, ach triúr fágtha ina seasamhA leithid de chorraíl agus ruaille buaille, ní fhaca muid le fada an lá. Mon Sept 29 2025 - 19:00
Paying €10,000 to families to drop asylum claims will ‘save money’ for State, says Jim O’CallaghanMinister says it costs €122,000 in accommodation and processing for every international protection applicantMon Sept 29 2025 - 17:50
Dublin is a safe city despite alleged attack on NFL player, says Jim O’CallaghanSkylar Thompson, a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, suffered minor injuries in alleged incidentMon Sept 29 2025 - 17:00
The campaign teams behind the Irish presidential election candidatesHeather Humphreys of Fine Gael, Jim Gavin of Fianna Fáil and Independent Catherine Connolly have assembled experienced backroom teamsFri Sept 26 2025 - 14:22
Maria Steen seeking three more nominations before deadline to get on presidential election ballot paperIndependent Ireland’s decision adds four TDs and a considerable boost to Steen’s efforts to get on the ballot paperTue Sept 23 2025 - 19:21
Na polaiteoirí ag treabhadh leoBhí na maithe móra agus Tadhg an mhargaidh i láthair ag an gComórtas Treabhdóireachta - agus na hiriseoirí ar ndóighTue Sept 23 2025 - 09:31
Presidency will be three-horse race unless Maria Steen can muster late supportGareth Sheridan dropped out of the reckoning on Monday when two councils rejected his nominationMon Sept 22 2025 - 22:14
‘A hammer blow’: Gareth Sheridan concedes that bid for presidential nomination has endedOn a bad day for Independents, Maria Steen also fell short with 18-member Leitrim County CouncilMon Sept 22 2025 - 19:11
Ireland-UK plan to address North’s Troubles legacy a ‘sea-change’ approach, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin says Westminster has addressed key issues such as immunityFri Sept 19 2025 - 00:01
Sinn Féin will endorse presidential candidate with ‘plenty of Irish’, says McDonaldMary Lou McDonald says announcement on Saturday will be a ‘game changer’Thu Sept 18 2025 - 17:34
Daniel Aruebose ‘was failed in life, let’s not fail him in death’, Dáil toldTánaiste says case of missing boy ‘horrific and tragic’ while Taoiseach warns against a ‘rush to judgment’ in case of boy missing for yearsThu Sept 18 2025 - 13:33
Is there a new path to solving North’s legacy issues?Opposition putting pressure on Government to include fresh electricity credits in BudgetThu Sept 18 2025 - 08:02
Political theatre of the Dáil returns with budget on horizon The Dáil returns after two months of summer break, with weeks of pre-budget leaking to comeWed Sept 17 2025 - 08:30
Presidential election: Gareth Sheridan targets support from Carlow and Offaly county councilsFine Gael’s Mary Hanna Hourigan says central government is whittling down councillors’ voting powerTue Sept 16 2025 - 21:10
Presidential election: Jim Gavin rejects suggestion he was Fine Gael supporter‘Even Mystic Meg does not know’ what is happening with Sinn Féin candidate selection process, says TánaisteTue Sept 16 2025 - 19:07
When Heather met Jim at the ploughingHeather Humphreys and Jim Gavin hugged and exchanged pleasantries when they met at the National Ploughing Championships. Video: Harry McGeeTue Sept 16 2025 - 18:02
Ag comhardú na cáinaisnéiseTá go leor le láimhseáil sa Bhuiséad atá ar na bacáinTue Sept 16 2025 - 15:00
‘Super primary’ day will narrow path for Independents to contest presidential electionKerry County Council looks set to back Gavin Sheridan but members of 10 other councils are unlikely to endorse a candidateMon Sept 15 2025 - 06:00
Fingal council votes not to endorse any candidate for presidential electionCouncil rejects resolution to give nomination to entrepreneur Gareth SheridanFri Sept 12 2025 - 20:37
Can the Green Party bounce back from bruising 2024 election?Party has a new strategy plan aimed at durable recovery and huge focus on climate, nature and equalityThu Sept 11 2025 - 18:57
Green Party can recover from 2024 election rout and regain seats, says Roderic O’Gorman Party leader and its sole TD says failure to clearly communicate ‘wins’ cost party all but one of its Dáil seatsThu Sept 11 2025 - 18:13
Almost 100 bodies in Ireland responsible for regulation and licensing, new competitiveness plan disclosesPlan proposes 85 actions to increase competitiveness by scaling SME research, reducing red tape and investing in infrastructure Wed Sept 10 2025 - 17:32
Donald Trump’s course in Doonbeg to host the Amgen Irish Open next yearTaoiseach says he will meet president if he travels for September event as US relationship ‘puts bread on the table’Wed Sept 10 2025 - 15:56
Taoiseach and Tánaiste welcome EC proposal to partially suspend EU-Israel agreementMove is ‘significant step forward’ as Ursula von der Leyen also proposes sanctions on ‘extremist ministers and violent settlers’Wed Sept 10 2025 - 15:55
State funding for innovation to significantly increase in ambitious new plan Step change in research funding is linchpin of Government’s new competitiveness planWed Sept 10 2025 - 06:00
Jim Gavin profile: Would ‘no bullsh*t’ former Dublin manager make a good president? Former Defence Forces officer and senior executive of Irish Aviation Authority seen by some who know him as 'not overtly political’Tue Sept 09 2025 - 13:56
Cluiche nua á imirt ag Jim GavinIs iomaí duine a d’aistrigh ón spórt go dtí an bpolaitíocht, ach is dúshlán iomlán eile ar fad é Tue Sept 09 2025 - 10:00
From anonymity to first citizen of the land – aspiring presidential candidates plea for backing in the KingdomIndependents on Kerry County Council believe they may have enough votes to back a candidateMon Sept 08 2025 - 21:09
Independent presidential candidates outline their credentials to Kerry County Council The council is the first of the 31 local authorities to allow presidential-hopefuls to make pitchesMon Sept 08 2025 - 20:02
Presidential election: County councils most likely to nominate an Independent candidateCandidates must be nominated by four county councils if going down this route to get their name on the ballotMon Sept 08 2025 - 13:09
Who will be Sinn Féin’s nominee for president? An insider says the ground may be shiftingMichelle O’Neill, Rose Conway-Walsh and even Gerry Adams have been mentioned as possible candidates, while views on Catherine Connolly are dividedSat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
