Miriam Lord’s review of the year: Shock resignations, ruptured relations and an over-eager new Taoiseach
A year of change heralds a future of more of the same
Catherine Murphy
‘It’s not for the faint hearted’: Catherine Murphy on poor planning, emigration and political conflict
The Social Democrats co-founder, who has retired from the Dáil, says problems that got her into politics four decades ago remain to be resolved
Kildare North constituency candidates list: Transfers between Coalition parties could see one of them return second TD
Election 2024: Impending retirement of Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy sees a gap open up in the constituency
Harris accused of displaying ‘height of arrogance’ by centre left parties
Labour and Social Democrats target Fine Gael leader for ruling out multi-party left wing alliance
State paid consultants €514,000 for 33 pages of Dublin metro plan reports
Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy accuses State bodies of ‘out of control’ expenditure on consultants
RIP FF-FG-Green Coalition, 2020-2024 - Miriam Lord’s look back at the Government
Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other
PAC members ‘furious’ after bid to quiz children’s hospital organisations before election is unsuccessful
Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy says refusal of bodies to appear before committee was ‘unacceptable’
Brian Stanley controversy: Government ‘bottled’ fight to block new PAC chair nomination, SF says
Mairéad Farrell was sent forward to Dáil by committee with unanimous approval after Mr Stanley’s resignation from party
Ireland is transfixed by the disappearance of a giant of the Golden Age of Sinn Féin
Brian Stanley has gone missing in the political undergrowth, despite noble efforts to find him by media search parties
Consultants in RTÉ governance reviews paid more than €900,000
Department of Media says overall cost of reviews following controversy was €1,146,315
Children’s science museum cost fears rise as detail of €560,000 legal bill emerges
TD says proposed €70m project for Dublin could turn into a ‘mini national children’s hospital’
‘Your bike could still get wet’: Review into ‘inexcusable’ €336,000 bike shed at Leinster House requested
OPW says public money must be spent ‘transparently’ as Minister of State confirms review into cost
Conversion of urban buses to zero-emission vehicles will cost more than €1.3bn, NTA forecasts
Transport authority plans to phase out diesel and hybrid vehicles operating in urban areas by 2035
PR firm warned Road Safety Authority about ‘tricky’ Public Accounts Committee members
Dublin public relations agency Drury provided short biographical notes on each TD
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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