With Sinn Féin taking the lead, contact grows between parties of the left, though Labour and the Social Democrats are wary of having their identities eroded
Mooney Goes Wild should do a programme from Leinster House
Dáil furore over unnecessary hip surgeries and Social Democrats on manoeuvres among other stories of the week
Dáil hears that 13 local authorities applied no levy and 17 have collected ‘zero’ in fines for properties lying idle
What is going on with Irish government's will they, won’t they approach to tax giveaways?
Martin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgery
Trump practices art of the deal in Saudi Arabia as HSE seeks new boss
Micheál Martin was concerned enough about impending draft report to say ‘the implications are disturbing’
People Before Profit TD says she will continue to refuse questions from right-wing news outlet Gript
Row brewing over Leaving Cert reforms; Martin trades barbs with Orban
Plus: former Mary Lavin home back on market; John Collison’s castle life; and Declan Ganley’s conservative Roman party
Government says ministers will ‘gift back a portion of their salary’ to the State
Michael McDowell coy at book launch, Bertie gives state-of-the-world address and Mark Daly feels the heat
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Red faces for Government benches in ‘no show’ for speaking rights slot that convulsed Dáil for months
Back at home, Government likely to come under pressure over Occupied Territories Bill
The outcry over the camogie skorts rule made its way from the pitch to the plinth, and ultimately on to the floor of the Dáil
Department of Finance report to EU Commission lays bare the impact of tariffs for Ireland’s economy
WHO’s Mike Ryan describes Israel’s continuous onslaught of Gaza as an ‘abomination’
James Browne talks up his A-Team, TDs watch the pros in action while Pa Daly delights in saying nothing
Trump heads a list of challenges for the Taoiseach that includes housing, childcare, pensions and a raucous Dáil. He could hardly be said to have hit the ground running
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Timeline ‘under consideration’ with eye on US tax impact on drinks industry
Gabriel Makhlouf warns Trump’s tariffs pose ‘major downside risk’ to Ireland’s economy
Only one man can ruthlessly deliver and scale up like a mutant amphibious accountant in the country’s drains
Taoiseach accused of double standards over new agency chief’s salary, potential increases for heads of 30 semi-States
James Browne’s intervention on appointment has already led to a thinly veiled rebuke from a spokesman for Simon Harris
Party yet to decide if it will put forward one of its own members or join with others in backing an independent
Government is already facing a brewing political row over mooted salary for ‘housing tsar’
The Government faces a big challenge with trade and the economy, but the bigger fears are around chronic problems – most acutely, in housing
Dispute over speaking time for Independent TDs had held up decisions to hand out key roles with €10,880 salary top-up
From the Burke family to Mattie McGrath and Michael Lowry, here are the winners of Miriam Lord's Easter awards
TDs alleged members of Mothers Against Genocide group faced ‘strip searches, degrading treatment and cavity search’
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Is Eoin Hayes a Social Democrats TD, or is he not?
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore warns of ‘endless, relentless toxic feeds’ to children ‘in doom loop’
Pearse Doherty claims thousands of children could be affected as parents speak of procedures a decade ago
On the home front, draft laws on short term lettings stalled as they were due to go to Cabinet on Tuesday
Party successfully pushes for representation based on election result rather than current Dáil numbers
Kerfuffle over the exact status of Eoin Hayes provided light relief on a doomy day of worry about tariffs and the economy
Mothers Against Genocide plan to lodge complaint over treatment by gardaí
Garda policy is to consider non-physical means before using force to resolve public order incidents
Dáil hears of women waiting nine years for diagnosis, forced to go abroad for specialised surgical treatment
Elsewhere, Simon Harris is in DC to meet the man who has dubbed Ireland his 'favourite tax scam'
It’s a real turn-off for voters when critical issues such as housing crisis and looming trade war have been overshadowed by aggressive and chaotic Dáil scenes
New term also indicates a special committee to be convened on artificial intelligence
A rare stillness fell on the chamber as TDs and Ministers wished Richard Boyd Barrett well following his cancer diagnosis
The Government knows it is in the teeth, already, of the first big thing that will define its term
Quite the occasion for Christine Lagarde, as Paschal Donohoe reacts to Trump’s tough tariffs wondering ‘what we can do that can unite us’
Oonagh Peters says she was led to a cell by a woman garda, told to remove her jeans, pull down her knickers and lift up her bra
Last week’s shouting down of the Ceann Comhairle by Opposition parties have set a dangerous new tone for Irish politics
The language has become coarser but it is striking how fuelled by testosterone the Dáil has always been
Minister says Senators’ legislation puts ‘legal obligation on State to do something it can’t actually do’
No specific tariffs for Ireland but fears over loss of competitiveness with the UK and New Zealand on agricultural, food and drink exports.
A few Government buckeroos squawked their disapproval as Mary Lou and her boys made for the double doors to the right of Verona
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
