A decisive showdown over Micheál Martin’s leadership might be best for everyone
Not yet having the numbers to push the button, his opponents within Fianna Fáil are now hoping to harry him to destruction
Bertie Ahern
Six key moments in the unravelling of Jim Gavin and Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign
Report bluntly states ‘nothing further was done’ after word of former candidate’s tenancy issue began to come to light
CMAT at 3Arena review: One of the best gigs of 2025 by an artist at the peak of her powers
Having conquered an arena, the immediate feeling now is that a stadium awaits her
‘Prone to lose the run of himself’: Ireland’s taoisigh, from de Valera to Micheál Martin
Diarmaid Ferriter reviews The Taoiseach: A Century of Political Leadership, a collection of essays on the State’s 16 political ‘captains’
Why should Catherine Connolly have to take a religious oath to become president?
Rite & Reason: Ireland has become increasing secular in recent years with same-sex marriage, divorce and other human rights well established
‘The election blew up in our face’: how Jim Gavin and Fianna Fáil dramatically fell out of the race
Exit of former Dublin GAA luminary raised questions about his selection, and the future of Micheál Martin
Miriam Lord’s campaign awards: the real winners (and losers) of the presidential election
From Jim Gavin’s white chinos to Maria Steen’s handbag to Catherine Connolly’s snappy slogan, the votes are in
At home with Heather Humphreys: ‘I was surprised to be asked about something my husband was doing before I met him’
The Monaghan woman on getting Jarlath Burns’s support over questioning about her husband’s past Orange Order ties, criticism of her by Lucia O’Farrell, and her hopes of being a unifying president
The Bailout Babies by Adam Maguire: Occasionally entertaining but an opportunity missed
Ultimately it is hard not to feel short-changed by what could have been a more substantive polemic about fallout from the financial crash
This presidential election could be about to get even weirder
Jim Gavin debacle has put Micheál Martin’s leadership back in the spotlight. And all this might yet play out in a very strange way
Martin Mansergh risked career to progress peace process in early stages, funeral hears
‘Unambiguously republican’ politician understood unionist tradition, mourners in Tipperary hear
A timeline of Jim Gavin’s short-lived push for the presidency
Former Dublin GAA manager made a shock exit from the campaign late on Sunday night
Martin Mansergh: Mandarin who quietly nudged this island towards peace
On his secret talks with Sinn Féin in the late 1980s, he said: “I was given the instruction just to listen but I’m afraid I did a great deal more than that”
Miriam Lord’s Week: McDowell turns a page as Steen seethes
Senator relaxes at book launch as failed presidential hopeful vents in blame game
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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