So the North still says no. But for how much longer?The South has no hesitation saying yes to unity – as long as it doesn’t cost any money or involving changing a flag or an anthemSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
South opposed to joining Nato or Commonwealth to smooth Irish unityVoters in Republic at odds with those in North who say a united Ireland should belong to both organisationsSat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Introducing the North and South project: A series presenting unbiased information on the unification questionSurveys and deliberative forums examine the state of public opinion in the Republic and Northern IrelandFri Feb 07 2025 - 06:00
Support for Irish unification growing in Northern Ireland, poll findsWhile unity vote would be soundly defeated in North a growing number of unionists support the holding of a border pollFri Feb 07 2025 - 06:00
Government to face early challenge on Occupied Territories BillSinn Féin to introduce motion when Dáil returns on WednesdayTue Feb 04 2025 - 16:26
It normally takes a government a bit longer than this to look so out of touchPreparing for the inevitable consequences of a heating world is an urgent task for governments everywhere. Ours hasn’t given it remotely enough attentionSun Feb 02 2025 - 06:00
Ireland’s neutrality under attack: shifting geopolitics bring pressure to changeA policy of neutrality is increasingly being questioned by EU members Fri Jan 31 2025 - 12:10
Cabinet gender balance row intensifies after just six women appointed Minister of StateOpposition zone in on ‘shameful record’ in addressing gender balanceThu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
Junior ministers to be paid extra €45,846 on top of TD salaries An extension of an allowance for travel and accommodation, ranging from €6,000 up to €32,000, is also plannedTue Jan 28 2025 - 21:01
‘We’ll see’: Bertie Ahern coy on presidential ambitions as he receives award at Trinity College DublinFormer taoiseach honoured by university’s Law Society for contribution to building peace in IrelandTue Jan 28 2025 - 19:00
Storm Éowyn: Crews from Britain and EU countries set to help ESB restore power Up to 100,000 customers likely to be without power for the rest of the weekMon Jan 27 2025 - 19:10
Focus now moves to appointment of 23 Junior Ministers Under the agreement between the two parties Fianna Fáil will have 10 Junior Ministers and Fine Gael will have eightSat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
Angry Dáil scenes were partly the result of Sinn Féin’s determination to be a more aggressive OppositionWhat we witnessed was the end of a consensus in which the big parties all agreed that parliament had to work. The feelings that erupted won’t dissipate quicklySat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
New Government pledges to go on offensive over US tradeCabinet criticised as ‘very male’ with only three women as full ministers, down one from last timeFri Jan 24 2025 - 06:00
Micheál Martin finally appoints his new Cabinet amid temporary Dáil ceasefirePolitical wounds may take some time to heal in 34th Dáil after acrimonious 24 hoursThu Jan 23 2025 - 18:09
Parties meet for late-night talks aimed at avoiding second day of Dáil disorderCeann Comhairle Verona Murphy and Opposition parties in talks on Wednesday night to hammer out solution to standoffWed Jan 22 2025 - 22:03
Dáil shenanigans over speaking rights may herald a new era of angry, scratchy politics Government’s position clearly indefensible, but Opposition reaction, preventing election of new taoiseach, was disproportionateWed Jan 22 2025 - 19:42
Ministers to be unveiled today as almost all departments set to changeFianna Fáil’s Mary Butler and Fine Gael’s Martin Heydon are among TDs tipped for promotionWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:00
What happens on Wednesday? Election of the Taoiseach, tea in the Áras, and a nervous wait for ministerial hopefulsWednesday heralds a day of triumph for longstanding Fianna Fáil leader Micheál MartinTue Jan 21 2025 - 18:00
Opposition parties to challenge Ceann Comhairle’s view on technical group membershipControversy continues over bid by Independent TDs to boost Dáil speaking time by joining technical groupMon Jan 20 2025 - 18:33
Have our politicians forgotten what happens when you lose control of the public finances? Things are good now, but there’s a worrying sense in our new government that the economy will look after itselfSun Jan 19 2025 - 07:00
Strong expectation of several promotions and new portfolios when cabinet is announcedParty leaders anxious to refresh cabinet with new appointments but leaders yet to sign off on final decisionsSat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Fraught few days for Martin and Harris as they mull over Cabinet picks Fianna Fáil leader has seven Cabinet jobs and the chief whip’s post to give out but he has about a dozen realistic contenders so many are going to be disappointedSat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Fianna Fáil to get substantially more time in taoiseach’s office than Fine GaelHealy-Raes say they will not be ‘whipped’ when it comes to ‘fundamental issues’ and ‘matters of conscience’Thu Jan 16 2025 - 20:47
Incoming coalition promises ramped up infrastructure spending and economic stability Government to take office with Micheál Martin as taoiseach and majority of 17 in Dáil backed by IndependentsThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
Why Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael paid such a hefty price to secure coalition with IndependentsAlthough there is a new government, Irish politics has not changed all that muchThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
Two Independents to sit at cabinet as new government agreed, while Healy-Raes expected to give support after talksFull text of new programme to be made available today in advance of meetings of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary partiesWed Jan 15 2025 - 08:30
Regional Independent Group strikes deal with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on formation of next governmentVAT to fall from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent for food, hospitality, hairdressers and entertainment in next budgetTue Jan 14 2025 - 21:38
Coalition talks: Agreement close on programme for government, with possible junior ministry for Healy-RaesFianna Fáil likely to get Department of Justice, with Dublin TD Jim O’Callaghan among names floated for the ministerial roleSun Jan 12 2025 - 21:37
Coalition talks: Once a programme for government is agreed, what happens next?Negotiators continue to work through policy areas with rolling sessions raising the possibility of imminent agreementSun Jan 12 2025 - 20:18
Government getting nervous about contentious Occupied Territories BillGovernment likely to pursue a middle way, promising to enact the proposed legislation but kicking it into a process to draw up amendments and consider possible costsSun Jan 12 2025 - 07:00
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to meet Independents as Government formation talks step up a gearIndependent Ireland party has repeatedly expressed its desire to be involved in negotiations on a new governmentWed Jan 08 2025 - 20:01
Simon Harris and Micheál Martin say they are happy to work with Michael LowryTaoiseach says he accepted findings of Moriarty tribunal but that he knows ‘the practicalities of how the Dáil works’Wed Jan 08 2025 - 06:00
Government formation: Negotiations ‘in the landing zone’ to conclude in January - TaoiseachSimon Harris says he believes there will be a new government within eight weeksTue Jan 07 2025 - 13:38
Target-beating €12.8bn exchequer surplus to aid coalition talksDepartment of Finance data show total tax receipts soared almost 23% to record €108bn last yearTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
Talks resume between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on new government Parties report steady progress but difficult areas yet to be discussedMon Jan 06 2025 - 19:58
We need to see an explosion in house building and new ideas this yearIf the next government wants to solve the housing crisis, then it will have to treat it as a crisisSat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
Mary Lou McDonald reiterates demand for Border poll ‘in this decade’Sinn Féin leader aims to advance the goal of Irish unity while in oppositionWed Jan 01 2025 - 16:50
Income tax, USC and rent tax credits: What budget changes are now in effect for 2025?National minimum wage increases by 80 cents to €13.50 an hourWed Jan 01 2025 - 14:38
These four trends reshaped Irish politics in 2024 The Dublin riots changed politics, but not in the way anyone expectedSat Dec 28 2024 - 07:00
New government unlikely to be formed before Dáil returns on January 22ndGovernment formation talks to ‘intensify’ in new year but sources say ratification will take timeTue Dec 24 2024 - 06:00
Explain Irish politics to visiting foreign relatives with Pat Leahy’s informed sceptic’s guideWondering about how you’ll explain Irish politics to visiting foreign relatives – or to yourself? Wonder no moreSun Dec 22 2024 - 07:00
Harris concedes Martin will get first turn as taoiseach in new rotation deal to form governmentNew coalition government ‘on track’ to be formed by January 22nd, Simon Harris saysSat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
What we learned about incoming Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Independent administration on Dáil’s first dayVerona Murphy elected Ceann Comhairle on a day mostly about symbolism and ceremonyWed Dec 18 2024 - 19:00
Ireland is ‘extreme against Israel’, says ambassadorPresident Michael D Higgins says accusations of anti-Semitism are ‘gross defamation’Tue Dec 17 2024 - 19:00
Taoiseach strongly rejects charges of anti-Semitism by Israel’s foreign ministerUS Chamber of Commerce raised concerns with Irish Government about the Occupied Territories BillTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
Israeli foreign minister calls Taoiseach Simon Harris ‘antisemitic’Taoiseach said he would not comment on ‘personalised and false attacks and remains focused on the horrific war crimes being perpetrated in Gaza’Mon Dec 16 2024 - 18:05
Smart people still insist the truth of a patent absurdity – that Gerry Adams was never in the IRAThe observation that ‘the past is never dead – it’s not even past’ seems especially true in Northern IrelandSat Dec 14 2024 - 07:06
Labour Party ‘unlikely’ to enter government but not out yet, says BacikLabour keen to let process ‘play out’, sources sayFri Dec 13 2024 - 18:21
Labour’s government dilemma resolved by the tyranny of the numbersThere is a strong expectation that Labour leader Ivana Bacik will recommend that the party does not proceed with negotiations about joining a coalition governmentThu Dec 12 2024 - 19:00
