Ring offloads management of rural post offices to NaughtenMove comes after weeks of tension between pair over responsibility for 1,100 post officesWed Mar 29 2017 - 01:00
Irish situation to be explicitly recognised in Brexit moveTriggering article 50 comes amid positivity to idea of need for Common Travel AreaWed Mar 29 2017 - 01:00
Fact there’s so little trust in gardaí is not just sad, it’s dangerousGovernment accepts nature of cultural problems in force and the need to fix themTue Mar 28 2017 - 19:09
Nóirín O’Sullivan’s statement in part ‘quite literally, incredible’Brendan Howlin rejects Garda Commissioner account of exaggerated breath testsTue Mar 28 2017 - 01:00
Ireland cannot block final Brexit deal even if terms not favourableOnce Article 50 triggered on Wednesday a two-year countdown to UK departure beginsTue Mar 28 2017 - 01:00
Sinn Féin’s problem with history hasn’t gone awayAs the party’s leadership changes generation, the real question about Sinn Féin is not why has its support grown, but why hasn’t it grown more?Sat Mar 25 2017 - 03:00
Kenny farewell has Government in suspended animation‘Normally the Taoiseach’s Department would be banging heads together. That’s not happening’Sat Mar 25 2017 - 01:00
Downsizing of post office network to spark fierce responseAn Post says more than half of the company’s 1,100 outlets are ‘uneconomic’Fri Mar 24 2017 - 01:00
Farewells in Derry and attacks in London dominate newsInside Politics: Key political figures to attend funeral of Martin McGuinnessThu Mar 23 2017 - 08:47
Decision to fly Dáil Tricolour at half-mast made by Ceann ComhairleSeán Ó Fearghaíl following protocol in honouring Martin McGuinnessWed Mar 22 2017 - 20:01
Government will block Bill to insert rights in ConstitutionIndependents supported proposal in 2014 to include social, economic and cultural rightsWed Mar 22 2017 - 01:00
Plan to introduce new services to rural post officesCabinet to be asked to authorise series of pilot projects in bid to keep post offices viableTue Mar 21 2017 - 01:00
Government believes it can secure Brexit deal on BorderMinisters prepare for an intensification of negotiations on UK’s departure from the EUTue Mar 21 2017 - 01:00
Brexit and North more vital than departure date, says KennyTaoiseach indicates he may delay stepping down to deal with political ‘priorities’Sat Mar 18 2017 - 06:34
Pat Leahy: Kenny’s return from US will spur leadership raceForget political ideals, the question of money will be the inconvenient truth in the contestSat Mar 18 2017 - 03:00
Maureen Haughey, wife of one taoiseach, daughter of another, dies aged 91Micheál Martin praises ‘patriot . . . whose life was steeped in cause of Irish republicanism’Fri Mar 17 2017 - 17:45
Claims on NI power-sharing talks progress ‘entirely misleading’Irish Times Inside Politics podcast: Tories, FG not really invested in process - Gerry AdamsWed Mar 15 2017 - 18:59
George Mitchell warns against return of hard BorderBrexit is ‘unwise but must be dealt with’, says former US envoy to Northern IrelandWed Mar 15 2017 - 01:00
‘Dark day’ in history of the Coast Guard, President says‘We are all grateful for the courage, resolution and exemplary commitment’ Higgins saysTue Mar 14 2017 - 19:01
Michael Noonan and PAC set to clash over Project Eagle reportMinister says he was not given a chance to answer criticism of meetings with CerberusTue Mar 14 2017 - 01:00
Sturgeon’s referendum move puts pressure on Brexit planDowning Street says Theresa May will not trigger article 50 this week as expectedMon Mar 13 2017 - 20:43
Abuse compensation deal a get-out-of-jail-free card for churchAnalysis: The State cannot force Catholic orders to pay more due to 2002 accordSat Mar 11 2017 - 14:06
Pat Leahy: Government is fixated on all the wrong thingsThere are more important issues than Garda whistleblowers and Fine Gael’s leadershipSat Mar 11 2017 - 03:00
Give Me a Crash Course in . . . the rising price of stampsA 72c stamp will now cost €1, as one step in getting An Post out of its financial crisisSat Mar 11 2017 - 00:00
Anti-Austerity Alliance changes party name to SolidarityChange reflects broader social movements the party is involved in, says MurphyFri Mar 10 2017 - 01:00
Bill to cut penalty for abortion to €1 defeated in DáilAll but three Fianna Fáil TDs vote with Government while Sinn Féin abstainsThu Mar 09 2017 - 19:17
Majority of post offices are loss making, says An PostStatement increases the prospect that far more than 80 rural post offices will closeThu Mar 09 2017 - 01:00
Donohoe to signal to unions Haddington Road hours must stayMinister to tell conference reforms must remain in place in return for public pay risesThu Mar 09 2017 - 01:00
Dail grapples with State’s treatment of womenInside Politics: Katherine Zappone declined to agree a Cabinet position rejecting the latest abortion BillWed Mar 08 2017 - 08:42
An Post warns it cannot meet wage bill next monthCompany says it needs to increase price of stamps to raise money to pay employeesWed Mar 08 2017 - 01:00
FG voters opt for Coveney over Varadkar by 49%-44% – pollVoters ambivalent about ‘new politics’ and want much greater change in Irish politicsMon Mar 06 2017 - 10:35
Government issues warning to North’s parties after electionSinn Féin and the DUP told the onus is on them to resurrect Stormont’s institutionsMon Mar 06 2017 - 09:58
‘Irish Times’ poll: Majority want Nóirín O’Sullivan to step downNew survey also shows how McCabe row has damaged confidence in An Garda SíochánaMon Mar 06 2017 - 09:00
Former leaders urge ‘bold actions’ for future of EUGroup including John Bruton and Jacques Delors calls for ‘fully developed’ unionMon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: New politics working for Fine Gael and Fianna FáilThe ‘Irish Times’/Ipsos MRBI poll shows the two main parties still dominateSat Mar 04 2017 - 05:00
Campaigners in abortion debate reject idea of replacing Eighth AmendmentPoll showed 38% support for constitutional change allowing greater access to abortionFri Mar 03 2017 - 20:41
Poll shows public support for abortion is cautious and conditionalMore voters support reform than repeal of Eighth Amendment, survey findsFri Mar 03 2017 - 09:02
Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll: Replace constitutional control on abortionReplacing Eighth Amendment with more liberal provision favoured by 38% of votersFri Mar 03 2017 - 06:00
‘Irish Times’ poll: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil almost levelSinn Féin support up four points since December to 21%, with Labour down two to 4%Thu Mar 02 2017 - 06:00
‘Irish Times’ poll: Fianna Fáil fails to pull away from Fine GaelAnalysis: No incentive for Martin to push for election as relative strengths largely unchangedThu Mar 02 2017 - 06:00
No Irish laws broken by Trump’s Muslim travel banUS pre-clearance facilities in Dublin and Shannon airports to remain unchangedWed Mar 01 2017 - 01:00
Shane Ross to insist he will not intervene in crisis at Bus ÉireannStrike scheduled to go ahead from next Monday in protest at management’s survival planTue Feb 28 2017 - 21:04
Peter Mathews, former FG and Independent TD, dies aged 65Tribute paid to ‘true gentleman’ diagnosed with oesophageal cancer after routine check-upTue Feb 28 2017 - 13:53
Michael Noonan attacks EU body over corporate tax plansMinister accuses EU Commission of reneging on previous deals in proposed reformsTue Feb 28 2017 - 04:37
The ‘new politics’ one year on: Different? Yes. Better? NoIt was the election that nobody won, producing a Government that struggles to govern. A new series assesses minority Government and Ireland’s changing political landscapeSat Feb 25 2017 - 06:00
Pat Leahy: Government needs a reboot – whoever leads itFine Gael must restore faith in its competency if it is to maintain a hold on powerSat Feb 25 2017 - 03:00
Fine Gael leadership succession race under wayKenny pledge to ‘conclusively’ deal with issue on return from US a signal to contendersWed Feb 22 2017 - 21:43
Being underestimated has been Kenny’s political strengthTaoiseach has a reasonable claim to being Fine Gael’s most successful leaderWed Feb 22 2017 - 20:07
Government business stalls amid Fine Gael leadership questionsInside Politics: Dominance of issue is likely to hasten Enda Kenny’s departure on return from WashingtonWed Feb 22 2017 - 08:13
Government bogged down by fight to lead Fine GaelRecent controversy and party contest means little real work being done in Leinster HouseWed Feb 22 2017 - 01:00
