With prices inching closer to the dreaded €2-per-litre mark, political nerves are jangling amid dark mutterings that reversing excise cuts would be ‘political suicide’
Prize livestock, baking stalls, best-dressed farmers and hundreds of commercial stands among attractions
The Independent Ireland MEP can’t serve up evidence to back up his ‘farcical’ facts, but he has a theory
Contradiction in Irish farmer protests against Bord Bia chair over ‘minuscule’ amount of Brazilian beef, while importing grain from South America, says MEP
Farmers availing of sought-after extension to derogation will have to observe wider environmental standards - Jessika Roswall
Tech, pharma and farming lobbyists all busy meeting Irish MEPs, logs show
The Fianna Fáil MEP said he felt unwell in Strasbourg last week
From manifesto-stitching to partnership, and from Independents’ day to confidence-and-supply: people at the heart of previous talks recall how the deals were done
Election 2024: Former Sinn Féin member Carol Nolan says there are no safe seats in newly recast three-seater
Election 2024: Former Fine Gael minister for justice Charlie Flanagan has decided not to contest the election
Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other
Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’
Sinn Féin spent €166,800 with Meta and Google, with Fine Gael’s online advertising costing €75,900 and Fianna Fáil spending €74,900 over three months
Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh
Donegal senator said he was ‘angered’ by ‘ill-judged’ comments from colleague, who said words were taken out of context
TD calls for random spot checks on Border as 160 people transferred from tents along Dublin’s Grand Canal in early morning operation
Expanded Midlands-North-West constituency alone will be contested by 28 people
European election candidates - including the ‘Billy Barry kids’ - take coffee with supporters ahead of tough battle
Former jockey says she would bring ‘resilience and perseverance’ learnt from horse racing to EU Parliament
Environment Minister wants to block future data centres that do not have their own carbon-neutral sources of energy
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Senators Lisa Chambers and Niall Blaney added to the ticket alongside convention winner Barry Cowen
Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property
Men who agitate about labels or being supplanted by hordes of vengeful women should look around them. Fewer than a quarter of our TDs are women
Business failures are rising but, for now, remain below levels prior to Covid crisis
TD for Laois-Offaly sees off Niall Blaney and Lisa Chambers to run for Fianna Fáil in the Midlands North-West constituency in the EU elections, but he won’t be riding into the sunset just yet
Offaly TD edged out nearest rival by 70 votes in Mullingar count
Cowen warns that regulator must not be arbiter of digital growth
Former minister for agriculture wants to contest election in Midlands North West
Government had originally hoped the Planning and Development Bill would be on the statute books before Easter
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns exchequer to stick to rule limiting net spending growth to 5%
Leo Varadkar should stop ‘posturing’ after doubling down on budget demands in Irish Times interview, says Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen
TDs must list occupation of landlord or lessor if they have rental income of more than €2,600 a year
Eviction ban: Offaly TD said he is sorry if people were offended by the comment meant as analogy for stopgap solution
Rural homes can achieve B1 BER for €11,000 by switching ‘renewable-ready gas boilers’ with building upgrades
Sources acknowledge damage caused by election-spending affair to Government and Minister
Barry Cowen started off by saying very nice things about Paschal. Then moved on to say even nicer things
In letter to party officials, TD contends motion to bring him back into parliamentary group should not have been delayed because of complaint by councillor
Party struggles with lack of a clear identity as well as having no obvious challenger for the leadership
Government parties remain broadly united despite a relentlessly bleak environment
Tougher sentences for violent crime and sexual offences among proposals set out
Fianna Fáil was hoping no one would mention the War of the Buttons two years later
Dáil Sketch: O’Connor bags a meeting with the Taoiseach as MacSharry forgets who’s who
Special meeting scheduled for September 1st will now be part of party’s think-in on September 9th
Taoiseach’s remarks come as some in Fianna Fáil say he should go as leader
TDs cast doubt on whether Micheál Martin will lead party into next general election
Party TDs express disappointment at slowness of report and poor byelection showing
Former minister doesn’t mention leadership issue but says electorate deserve ‘cohesive’ party
Senior TD Barry Cowen says Martin should step down as party leader before next vote
The coalition leaders showed more competence in dealing with the big issues that faced them in winter, but with the virus still surging, they will undoubtedly face further enormous challenges in the coming year
2020 in review: Megxit, Weinstein, missing paddleboarders, Black Lives Matter: it wasn’t all Covid-19
Project stalled after department refused immigrant investment programme application
‘Game-playing he constantly engages in has to end,’ says senior Fianna Fáil figure
Party veteran says low poll figures show organisation facing ‘existential crisis’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
