Government housing figures ‘a load of bull’, says Sinn Féin leaderTaoiseach insists ‘no attempt to deceive’ but he is ‘extremely disappointed’ completions less than official 33,000 target Wed Feb 05 2025 - 19:42
Seanad election finishes with 20 women among 49 winnersFocus on Taoiseach’s 11 nominations for more female representationTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Death of Shane O’Farrell: Government MEP calls for public inquiry into killing of cyclistRegina Doherty writes to Jim O’Callaghan, reminding him of Dáil motion he brought calling for full inquiry into cyclist’s killingMon Feb 03 2025 - 18:43
Sinn Féin and Fine Gael gain in Seanad election but Fianna Fáil loses three seats Votes in the Seanad counting system multiplied by 1,000 to avoid fractions, given small electorate of just 1,172 Mon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Long wait for Sinn Féin poll topper to secure Seanad seatFormer TDs Alan Farrell (FG) and Matt Shanahan (Ind) fail in bids to win seatsMon Feb 03 2025 - 01:02
Seanad election: Aontú and Social Democrats win first seats in Seanad, Labour loses by tenth of a vote Social Democrats set to win first Seanad seat; Fine Gael gains a seat as Fianna Fáil down twoSat Feb 01 2025 - 23:16
Seanad election: Aubrey McCarthy wins final TCD seat after vote recheck, with Chu losing outGreens win Seanad seat on vocational Agricultural panel as Noonan tops pollFri Jan 31 2025 - 20:42
Seanad election: Recount considered for final seat on Trinity panel after Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan are returnedCounting underway for two university panels for six university seatsThu Jan 30 2025 - 21:48
Ex-TDs, Seanad ‘lifers’ and well-known faces in election battleWho to watch out for as counting begins to fill seats in Upper House Thu Jan 30 2025 - 16:32
Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan re-elected on Trinity panel as Seanad counting nears endThree outgoing Senators on NUI panel - Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins - are returnedThu Jan 30 2025 - 16:07
Turnout of less than 25% expected among college graduates for Seanad voteCounting gets under way in Trinity and RDS of votes for six of 60 seats in Upper HouseWed Jan 29 2025 - 11:31
Gender split in new Cabinet draws criticism as Micheál Martin starts second term as TaoiseachSimon Harris becomes Minister for Foreign Affairs as Jim O'Callaghan takes justice portfolioThu Jan 23 2025 - 20:17
Who’s in the Cabinet? All the Ministers appointed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and their rolesSimon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at JusticeThu Jan 23 2025 - 19:33
How it happened: Unprecedented and chaotic scenes in the Dáil Election of new taoiseach and government proves impossible as Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy forced to suspend the House repeatedlyWed Jan 22 2025 - 21:09
Plan for mini-budget by new government droppedFine Gael proposal dropped amid concerns about international instability and economic uncertaintyFri Jan 17 2025 - 06:00
Only certain ministerial job appointments so far are the five Independent TDs Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next WednesdayFri Jan 17 2025 - 06:00
With 23 junior ministers, new government will be largest in history of StateGovernment’s first legislation will be to amend law to allow for three new ministers of State and additional super junior ministerThu Jan 16 2025 - 20:18
Labour, Soc Dems and Greens agree vote-trading deal in bid to secure Seanad election seatsElectorate of just under 1,200 including 941 councillors, 174 incoming TDs and outgoing Senators issued their postal votes for the 43 seats on five vocational panelsWed Jan 15 2025 - 17:39
Former TD Fergus O’Dowd went to his GP for a routine test. He left with a diagnosis of diabetesFergus O’Dowd wants to raise awareness about diabetes and urges public to have complete blood tests at least once a yearMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
Fine Gael senator Seán Kyne reverses decision to quit politics and will run again for Seanad Brother of Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan and nephew of former ceann comhairle Rory O’Hanlon also candidates in Upper House election with final nominations deadline on New Year’s EveSun Dec 29 2024 - 07:00
Pedestrian (70s) killed in Co Carlow after being struck by carOne fatality in two-car collision in Co ArmaghFri Dec 27 2024 - 22:19
Councillor Caroline Dwane Stanley resigns from Sinn Féin ‘due to it not being a safe place’Wife of former party TD Brian Stanley, who is now an Independent deputy, issued a statement on Friday eveningFri Dec 27 2024 - 20:55
Three remain in PSNI custody on suspicion of murder as man killed in Newtownards, Co Down, namedMark Dorrian (50) found unconscious in flat in West Street area of town just before 2am on Thursday died later in hospitalFri Dec 27 2024 - 19:01
Woman (30s) killed and man seriously injured in hit-and-run incident in Blanchardstown Gardaí appeal for witnesses to crash involving car and four pedestrians at about 5.45pm on Blanchardstown Road NorthThu Dec 26 2024 - 20:54
‘It’s not for the faint hearted’: Catherine Murphy on poor planning, emigration and political conflictThe Social Democrats co-founder, who has retired from the Dáil, says problems that got her into politics four decades ago remain to be resolvedTue Dec 24 2024 - 06:00
Minister of State Malcolm Noonan sole Green Party Seanad candidateSinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield (32) is youngest retiree from the Oireachtas, leaving after two terms and eight years to pursue career in musicWed Dec 18 2024 - 20:46
Verona Murphy makes Dáil history as first woman Ceann ComhairleThe Independent Wexford TD says she will carry out the role ‘without fear or favour’Wed Dec 18 2024 - 20:03
Failed general election Independents Cathal Barry and Matt Shanahan to run for Seanad Seanad office receives 70 nominations in advance of Wednesday deadline for candidates backed by professional bodiesWed Dec 18 2024 - 03:00
‘Utterly fearless’: tributes paid to ‘freedom fighter’ Robert Deegan, Irish soldier killed in UkraineHundreds gathered in Newbridge, Co Kildare, to pay tribute to 29-year-old described as a ‘warrior’ with strong Christian faithSat Dec 14 2024 - 19:38
Man charged with assault that left woman (24) on life support in NewbridgeDawn Hamill was ‘totally unrecognisable’ after assault in Co Kildare car parkSat Dec 14 2024 - 12:48
Tarnished Social Democrats blindsided by political rough and tumble of losing TD before next Dáil sitsExactly when Eoin Hayes disposed of stock in controversial firm Palantir Technologies is an example of scandals that can erupt suddenlySat Dec 14 2024 - 06:00
Former home of Daniel Kinahan sold for €931,000 by Criminal Assets Bureau Total of 168 bids made for four-bedroom, three-bathroom gated property in Saggart, Co Dublin over course of two hoursThu Dec 12 2024 - 19:02
From celebration to shambles: The rise and fall of a new TD in less than six hoursSocial Democrats’ support for Palestinians and call for sanctions on Israel undermined by Eoin Hayes’s shareholding in company involved with Israel Defense ForcesWed Dec 11 2024 - 20:06
Soc Dems suspend Eoin Hayes for giving incorrect information about sale of shares from firm linked to Israeli militaryTD, who will now sit as an independent when Dáil resumes, says shares were not sold earlier due to ‘administrative barriers’Tue Dec 10 2024 - 21:04
Embarrassment for Social Democrats over TD’s shares in firm supplying technology to IsraelEoin Hayes denied that it was politically hypocritical for him to call for the State to divest its interest in Israel when he was making money from the companyTue Dec 10 2024 - 19:54
Seven lawyers, six teachers, a theatre manager, an undertaker ... who’s who in the 34th Dáil? TDs bringing experience from all walks of life make up the incoming Dáil, including the first born in the 21st century and a man elected the year Ronald Reagan entered the White HouseSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
‘We’re good at getting people on electoral register but not so good at getting them off’Efforts to modernise and fix ‘work of fiction’ register will take time before ‘big health warning’ on turnout figures no longer neededWed Dec 04 2024 - 13:07
Just seven more women in new Dáil compared with 2020 electionLatest count figures show Sinn Féin has highest number of female TDs at 13, with Fine Gael next on nine – but just four women elected in MunsterMon Dec 02 2024 - 22:47
Seanad offers lifeboat to enable TDs who lost their seats remain in OireachtasNominations close for ‘inside panels’ on New Year’s Eve and December 18th for ‘outside’ panels with with the count taking place on January 30thMon Dec 02 2024 - 20:40
Dublin Bay North: Naoise Ó Muirí (FG)First elected to Dublin City Council in the 2004 local elections, he was elected lord mayor of Dublin in 2012Mon Dec 02 2024 - 15:52
Dublin Bay North: Tom Brabazon (FF)Former lord mayor elected to Dáil on first attemptMon Dec 02 2024 - 15:45
Dublin Bay North: Barry Heneghan (Ind)Councillor and fluent Irish speaker part of ‘locked out’ generationMon Dec 02 2024 - 15:43
Dublin Bay North: the story of the countSocial Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan tops the poll in a constituency that also elects three new TDsMon Dec 02 2024 - 14:46
Dublin Bay South: Jim O’Callaghan (FF)Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan (56) has made no secret of his ambition to be minister for justiceSun Dec 01 2024 - 21:50
Dublin Bay South: Eoin Hayes (SD) Bagpipe player was elected to Dublin City Council last JuneSun Dec 01 2024 - 21:00
Dublin Bay North: Denise Mitchell (SF)Mitchell has built a solid base in Coolock, where she has lived all her life, and is regarded as an excellent constituency TDSun Dec 01 2024 - 20:50
Voter turnout in decline despite public campaign by Electoral CommissionAlmost 60% of electorate vote compared to nearly 63% in 2020Sun Dec 01 2024 - 20:17
Dublin Bay South: story of the countEoin Hayes of Social Democrats wins at expense of Sinn Féin’s Chris AndrewsSun Dec 01 2024 - 20:14
Dublin Bay North: Cian O’Callaghan (SD) Social Democrats deputy leader and housing spokesman a persistent, articulate critic of Government policySun Dec 01 2024 - 16:04
