Ireland’s political crisis: So what happens now?If Varadkar and Martin fail to reach agreement there are three likely scenariosSat Nov 25 2017 - 01:00
Government in crisis: So what happens now?Harry McGee outlines three scenarios that may unfold in coming daysFri Nov 24 2017 - 15:31
Varadkar calls bluff in high-stakes poker gameInside Politics: Taoiseach backs Frances Fitzgerald amid Fianna Fáil motion of no confidenceFri Nov 24 2017 - 09:04
How much trouble is Fitzgerald in?Inside Politics: Tánaiste’s account relating to Maurice McCabe’s treatment at O’Higgins commission contains gapsWed Nov 22 2017 - 09:12
More questions than answers in Dáil over Frances Fitzgerald controversyBackground: Another embarrassing disclosure for GovernmentTue Nov 21 2017 - 18:24
Barry Walsh resigns from Fine Gael executive councilParty member ‘deeply regrets tone and language’ in some Tweets and apologisesFri Nov 17 2017 - 16:18
Varadkar says tweets by Barry Walsh are ‘unacceptable’Member of FG National Executive used term ‘bitch’ to describe women on social mediaFri Nov 17 2017 - 07:39
Fine Gael tweeter Barry Walsh should have heeded his own wordsSurprising that FG executive council member not pulled up on posts before this weekThu Nov 16 2017 - 20:42
Sinn Féin to agree to enter a future coalition as junior partnerParty to vote on motion calling for repeal of 8th Amendment at Ard FheisTue Nov 14 2017 - 16:48
Housing report raises fears over price forecastInside Politics: ESRI predicts prices will increase 20 per cent over the next three yearsTue Nov 14 2017 - 09:38
Government to support directly elected Dublin mayorReport favours single mayor elected every five years, with strong executive powersTue Nov 14 2017 - 01:00
PSNI officer appointed as Garda SuperintendentPolicing Authority makes its first senior appointment from ranks of North’s police serviceMon Nov 13 2017 - 20:36
Ireland has big problem with alcohol, Varadkar tells FG summitIndisputable that other states spend less and have better health services, says TaoiseachSat Nov 11 2017 - 20:29
Varadkar criticised for saying Irish homelessness rate not highTaoiseach backs claim that housing strategy works in comparison to other countriesSat Nov 11 2017 - 17:53
What can we expect from Leo Varadkar’s keynote speech?Taoiseach will talk about Republic of Opportunity, but won’t mention rival partiesFri Nov 10 2017 - 06:00
Séamus Morris is latest councillor to resign from Sinn FéinMore than 10 councillors have resigned or been expelled from party in past yearThu Nov 09 2017 - 14:00
Banks to pay millions to Revenue in wake of tracker scandalLiability caused by application of mortgage interest relief after wrongful switchingThu Nov 09 2017 - 06:00
Meet the Malmgrens: the extraordinary family US presidents turned toHarald was adviser to four consecutive presidents and daughter Pippa followed him into the White HouseWed Nov 08 2017 - 18:00
Harris accedes to some Fine Gael alcohol legislation objectionsMinister prepared to ‘tweak’ contentious Public Health Alcohol Bill being debated by SenatorsWed Nov 08 2017 - 14:33
‘Fair play to him’: Minister reacts to Varadkar wearing poppySinn Féin says it was mistake for Varadkar to wear poppy in Dáil as emblem is divisiveWed Nov 08 2017 - 11:57
Paradise Papers: Confirmation that taxes are for the little peopleInside Politics: Legal offshore tax arrangements are a source of frustration for ordinary taxpayersWed Nov 08 2017 - 09:00
Mediation sought in row between ex-PSNI officer and GAA clubSean Kelly urges resolution of Kickhams Creggan club dispute with Peadar HeffronTue Nov 07 2017 - 20:22
Stardust victims’ families reject ‘irrational’ report on 1981 fireRetired judge Pat McCartan found no new inquiry into tragedy warrantedTue Nov 07 2017 - 20:06
Cabinet tension over reducing size of local election areasIndependent Alliance Ministers to ‘fiercly oppose’ Eoghan Murphy’s plansTue Nov 07 2017 - 01:00
Alan Shatter will not seek Fine Gael nominationFormer justice minister says the party’s politics now ‘too much smoke and mirrors’Mon Nov 06 2017 - 19:10
Dublin needs elected mayor and Government should support idea, says MEPBrian Hayes says Government needs to support Opposition stanceSun Nov 05 2017 - 11:10
Idea of four mayors for Dublin deemed a ‘disaster’‘Dublin is not four different cities and there would be no co-ordination’Tue Oct 31 2017 - 01:00
Fine Gael TD turns to Skype to meet demands of constituentsJim Daly hosts additional clinics online using laptop to reduce delays and queues for peopleTue Oct 31 2017 - 01:00
Call to loosen work-permit laws for non-EU nationalsNeale Richmond seeks longer list of jobs for which foreign workers might be eligibleMon Oct 30 2017 - 18:16
New Government measures to tackle white collar crimePackage includes two new Bills providing stricter monitoring of financial institutionsMon Oct 30 2017 - 01:00
Four years in jail and 25,000 hours of diplomatic effortIbrahim Halawa’s eventual release was the result of a painstaking official campaignSat Oct 28 2017 - 01:00
FG warned Independent Alliance about statement on trackersVaradkar refuses to say Garda should be called in to investigate mortgage scandalThu Oct 26 2017 - 21:17
European Commission will wait to rule on Water Services BillWith agreement reached by both parties, it looks certain that the Bill will not become lawThu Oct 26 2017 - 14:27
Varadkar at odds with Alliance over tracker criminal inquiry‘I wouldn’t like to live in a country where politicians could order in the police as some have suggested’Thu Oct 26 2017 - 13:37
Christmas timeline for tracker mortgage recompense or claritySome banks say it may take them longer for compensation or entitlement decisionsWed Oct 25 2017 - 01:00
Tracker scandal: involve gardaí in inquiry, says Fianna FáilMcGrath does not accept the tracker mortgage issues in different banks a coincidenceTue Oct 24 2017 - 13:40
Government talks tough on trackersInside Politics: Paschal Donohoe calls in heads of banks for dressing-down over mortgage scandalTue Oct 24 2017 - 09:21
Europe still vulnerable to financial shocks, warns DijsselbloemEurogroup chief says governments need to use economic growth to create ‘fiscal space’Mon Oct 23 2017 - 17:23
Differences on abortion expose deep divisions in Sinn FéinUrban-rural divide among party members crystallises in relation to eighth amendmentSat Oct 21 2017 - 05:30
Martin O’Malley: Democrats are the brake in Trump’s ‘careering car’‘I came to Baltimore and saw nothing but opportunity to heal and save a lot of lives’Fri Oct 20 2017 - 18:41
SF helps FG to defeat objection to new judicial ‘quango’Fianna Fáil opposed the Office of Judicial Appointments which will cost €700,000Wed Oct 18 2017 - 18:42
Storm force: How Ministers mobilised for OpheliaGovernment keen not to repeat past mistakes as Taoiseach leads the on-air responseWed Oct 18 2017 - 01:00
Political storm: When Ophelia met LeoInside Politics: Taoiseach conscious of political response and remained visible over critical 24 hoursTue Oct 17 2017 - 08:31
Future storms will cost State billions, says Government reportIreland will experience more intense storm activities as climate change takes holdMon Oct 16 2017 - 19:37
Government faces defeat in Dáil motion on women’s pensionsMinister has said pension inequality ‘bonkers’ but that funds not there to fix itMon Oct 16 2017 - 18:57
Sipo asked to clarify issues over Government’s €5m ‘spin unit’Brendan Howlin wrote to Standards in Public Office Commission about funding and recruitmentThu Oct 12 2017 - 22:18
Minister may grant stamp duty concession to some farmersDonohoe considers exemption for certain farmers inheriting land from relativesThu Oct 12 2017 - 22:01
Budget dogs did not bark ‘due to lack of money’Multitude of measures flagged earlier in the year did not materialise this timeWed Oct 11 2017 - 20:35
Budget delivers 10% increase in clichesInside Politics: Paschal Donohoe’s budget contains no major political landminesWed Oct 11 2017 - 08:05
Taoiseach’s ‘Department of Spin’ will cost €5 million in 2018Leo Varadkar previously said communications unit would be cost neutralTue Oct 10 2017 - 17:41
