Election results: The candidates and constituencies to watch and what the main parties are hoping for
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
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Change in the air on Moore Street as candidates get a frosty reception from stallholders
Local and European elections: Canvassing with People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, you can sense a cooler atmosphere, and Sinn Féin is certainly no longer flavour of the month
Trump’s trial verdict tops political agenda overseas, but Palestine is the big story at home
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
‘Puppets of Putin’: Dáil suspended amid heated row over junior minister’s comments
Seán Fleming subsequently withdrew remark in case anyone ‘felt the comments were directed at them’
Tánaiste accused of abandoning Government commitment to ‘fully maintain neutrality’ in Dáil
Bríd Smyth asks Martin ‘what exactly is it that you want to do that you can’t already do with our Defence Forces inside the triple lock?’
Numbers seeking asylum in Ireland would rise if EU migration pact rejected, McEntee says
Rural Independents say Ireland now effectively a ‘colonial outpost of an EU regulatory empire’ as Minister stands over 80% border crossing figure
Taoiseach insists neutrality ‘not at risk’ with removal of triple lock for UN peacekeeping missions
Opposition accuses Government in Dáil of abandoning neutrality
Abortion reform unlikely before next general election
Opposition accuses Government of delaying on proposals, but Ministers reluctant to bring in legislative change before next election
Harris rejects claims he is sitting on his hands in relation to abortion services reform
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says women still being treated as criminals for accessing reproductive healthcare
Reallocating road space rather than penalising motorists is best fix for congestion, says Eamon Ryan
Sinn Féin accuses Coalition of adopting London-style congestion charges in the absence of adequate public transport
Five reasons why the Yes side failed and the No campaign won the day
How the Government lost - and the No side won - the care and family referendums
Council’s ‘à-la-carte’ relationship with Government ‘not tenable’, says Varadkar
Taoiseach hits out at Mayo councillors over anti-refugee motion as Opposition deputies criticise Government in Dáil over management of refugee crisis
Dáil briefly suspended on first day back dominated by immigration, housing and Gaza
Ceann Comhairle suspends chamber after People Before Profit TDs, calling for a debate on Gaza, fail to resume their seats
Echoes of ‘Nazi supporters’ lies’ about refugees from members of Rural Independent group, TD claims in Dáil
Bríd Smith accuses some TDs of echoing far-right, while Ceann Comhairle says her claims diminish ‘appalling nature’ of Nazism
Micheál Martin ‘very open’ to recommendations to change Ireland’s abortion law
Tanáiste says Government giving ‘very serious consideration’ to proposals to amend abortion laws
Woman carrying baby with fatal foetal anomaly is denied a termination, Dáil hears
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says woman will be forced to travel to UK for abortion
Public sector worker living in emergency accommodation has to share bed with teen son, Dáil told
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith was speaking as Sinn Féin put forward a motion condemning Budget 2024′s housing measures
No way of recording ‘warnings’ issued to protesters outside abortion clinics, Committee told
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says it would not be appropriate for him to be involved in regulating Garda operational matters
Should more politicians step aside to ‘make way for the next generation’?
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith won’t contest the next election because she believes it’s time to make way for younger politicians
‘A model socialist’: People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith to retire from politics at next election
Ms Smith (61) is a former trade unionist and veteran of many campaigns ran by People Before Profit and the Socialist Workers Party over the past three decades,
‘I’d say the f***er would have come through the window’: angry bulls test Colm Ó Mongáin on Liveline
Radio: The current affairs host faces his toughest Radio 1 test yet as he fills in for Joe Duffy
PBP abortion Bill ‘goes miles beyond what people voted for’, Stephen Donnelly says
Minister for Health one of a number of Government members who abstained from Dáil vote
Government not putting review of abortion law on ‘long finger’, Dáil told
Immediate priority must be to expand availability of termination in hospitals and tackling ‘uneven geographic spread’ of GPs providing services, Tánaiste says
Proposed changes to abortion law may not be made until new year
Government seeks to stall progression on legislation People Before Profit TD is due to table in Dáil this week
Abortion review finds providers are being shunned and service considered an ‘indulgence’
Split in Cabinet among Ministers around some of the recommendations made by Marie O’Shea in her review of the State’s abortion law
Abortion review to recommend sweeping changes to existing law
Recommendations for widespread changes by report chair expected to reignite debate on abortion provision in Ireland
Free public transport would incentivise excessive travel, says report
Eliminating fares for buses and trains would result in just 1% reduction in car travel, Ernst and Young tells NTA
Varadkar ‘not overly concerned’ about unnecessary public transport trips
Taoiseach said free public transport would create ‘genuine problems’ after Minister Ryan raised objections
Oliver Bond flats: ‘I had to move my room around to keep the baby away from the mould’
Dublin City Council has a regeneration plan for the flats but it could take up to 15 years to complete; meanwhile, mould and damp are making many children ill
Children missing school because of mould and damp in flat complexes, Dáil hears
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says residents of Emmet Buildings and Oliver Bond flat complexes in Dublin living in ‘disgracefully damp and mouldy conditions’
Drimnagh protests fuelled by ‘misinformation’, according to local politicians
Ukrainian refugees billeted at Mourne Road school over Christmas, leaving before start of the new term
Return to ‘normal’ rate of refugees may take years, McGrath says
Deputy Bríd Smith claims some TDs are feeding into a ‘racist, ugly narrative’ about refugees
State must act against landlords ‘exploiting housing crisis’ with unsafe rentals, Dáil told
Labour leader Ivana Bacik and PBP TD Bríd Smith highlighted unauthorised accommodation after Irish Times report
Right to union recognition may be meaningless as ‘good faith’ negotiation cannot be enforced, Tánaiste says
Oireachtas committee hears right to representation is important issue for women working in low-paid sectors
Decision to approve NMH move criticised as ‘bad day for Ireland’ and ‘mistake’
Deal unchanged following intense debate over ownership and ethos of new hospital
Minister has ‘absolute certainty’ all procedures to be permitted in new NMH
Language in new hospital documents subject to recent scrutiny over potential influence of Church
Miriam Lord: Maternity hospital drama a turn-off for target audience
Ongoing saga of the new National Maternity Hospital has a rather convoluted plot
Zelenskiy address: No pomp or frills, just a direct and uncompromising message
Inside Politics: Ukrainian leader’s speech to Oireachtas was unadorned and powerful
Government welcome to attend but not speak at Saturday women’s rally
The National Women’s Council of Ireland rally will mark International Women’s Day
Progress on gender equality wanted ‘urgently’
New Oireachtas committee hears recommendations to ‘force’ change quickly
National Women’s Council of Ireland will continue to get State funding, Minister says
Government criticism of council over forthcoming rally leads to questions in the Dáil
Energy company profits not tied to prices says watchdog
Families see 27.4% rise in bills as profits at ESB Networks increased by €74 million
Stephen Donnelly may be having his own Zappone moment
Appointment of chair of abortion legislation review receives almost no scrutiny
McEntee calls for ‘societal and cultural change’ to tackle violence against women
Killing of Ashling Murphy has been a ‘watershed moment’, says Taoiseach
Miriam Lord: TDs fume as Antigen 4 All in the Dáil gets noses out of joint
Elsewhere this week, Bertie Ahern’s comments on the North go completely south
Cop26: Ireland among backers of pledge to cut methane emissions by 30%
Gas linked to livestock seen as being behind about half of global average temperature rise
Taoiseach accused of ‘spin’ on climate action
Opposition suggest free public transport and car scrappage scheme to cut emissions
TDs urged not to turn Dáil into ‘Ballymagash’ in row over photos taken in chamber
FG TD Paul Kehoe accuses SF TD Thomas Gould, PBP TD Bríd Smith of taking photos in House
Decision on Mandarin Leaving Cert exam ‘outrages’ Chinese communities
Exam subject that students can sit from 2022 will only allow for simplified Chinese script
Miriam Lord: Dr Feelgood needs his Project Happy now
Micheál gets ratty in slugfest over housing, CO2 monitors and Belarus comparisons
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin condemned to linguistic knots over Jerry McCabe
Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and TD Martin Browne were singing different songs
‘Exhausting’ being a woman in Ireland in constant fight for health services – TD
TD hits out ongoing ‘unfair, unethical, inhumane’ restrictions on maternity visits
Proposed law to give retirees a say in pension disputes to be debated in the Dáil
Move follows years of lobbying by former employees
National Maternity Hospital land to be safe from repossession
Once State signs lease, bank cannot seize St Vincent’s site for duration of up to 149 years
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