Galway West constituency candidates list: Can Gráinne Seoige inherit vote from retiring poll-topper Éamon Ó Cuív?
Election 2024: Sinn Féin’s Mairéad Farrell finished third in 2020 but may face a bigger battle this time around
Éamon Ó Cuív
Tribute paid to retiring TDs as Dáil completes final rush of legislation
Questions raised about ‘unaccountable’ €2m funding for Secret Service in €104bn Appropriations Bill
Gráinne Seoige: Can she reconcile her celebrity with parish pump politics?
The GAA has traditionally provided Irish politics with instantly recognisable ‘names’ but more recently broadcasters have joined the fray
Former minister Éamon Ó Cuív to retire from politics at next election
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has paid tribute to Mr Ó Cuív’s commitment to peace and reconciliation on island of Ireland
TD calls for end to Army security provision for paramilitary prisoners
Soldiers provide 24-hour security at State’s highest security prison in Portlaoise, which cost approximately €1.9m in 2023
Tánaiste contacts two councillors over ‘completely unacceptable’ Galway hotel fire comments
Micheál Martin rejects suggestion attack was prompted by Government policy on immigration
Fianna Fáil TD seeks clarity on change to Triple Lock on troops deployment
Government needs to clarify type of mission Triple Lock has prevented in past, says Éamon Ó Cúiv
Safe deposit boxes which have lain undisturbed since 1700s may be opened by State
Concerns raised about the draft legislation relate to cost, indemnity and the sheer level of potential work
Centenary of the end of the Civil War to be marked by national event on Sunday
Garden of Remembrance will see both sides gather to remember the dead of the war
Former Fianna Fáil minister ‘wary’ of any change to Irish neutrality
Policy has served country well in helping to develop strong tradition of promoting world peace, says Éamon Ó Cuív
Suppliers pulling out of school meals scheme due to rising food costs, Minister says
Humphreys says ‘a number of people’ have said they cannot deliver hot dinners at a cost of €2.90 per pupil
‘I’m going to call it a day’: Boris Johnson’s father Stanley gets a grilling on Newstalk
Radio review: Jonathan Healy interrogates Johnson about his son, in a striking piece of radio
Taoiseach signals rules on face masks could be eased after meeting with Holohan
Focus on vaccination as 800,000 to become eligible for booster in March, Martin says
Range of proposals on criminal justice outlined to Fianna Fáil party
Tougher sentences for violent crime and sexual offences among proposals set out
Stephen Donnelly may be having his own Zappone moment
Appointment of chair of abortion legislation review receives almost no scrutiny
Miriam Lord: Baby of the House throws a strop over a bypass
Dáil Sketch: O’Connor bags a meeting with the Taoiseach as MacSharry forgets who’s who
Revised €165bn national infrastructure plan to include funding for extra roads
National Development Plan, to be published on Monday, will include more than 50 projects with a price tag of more than €100m
Minister denies delay to Fianna Fáil’s election postmortem is ‘kicking can down the road’
Special meeting scheduled for September 1st will now be part of party’s think-in on September 9th
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin condemned to linguistic knots over Jerry McCabe
Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and TD Martin Browne were singing different songs
Failure to restart family visits and religious services in prisons condemned in Dáil
TD hits out at ‘another plan’ as Prison Service develops ‘framework’ for easing restrictions
Senator calls for Dublin Airport to be named after Seán Lemass
Call comes ahead of 50th anniversary of former taoiseach’s death on May 11th
Locals object to ‘meaningless’ and misspelled name for Dingle estate
Kerry County Council in talks with housing agency Clúid to seek to change the name
Minister urged by Government TDs to enter media blackout on reopening special schools
Norma Foley asked to go into Brexit-style ‘tunnel’ until solution is found for impasse
Taoiseach does not envisage having to close non-essential retail again
Micheál Martin tells parliamentary party there will be sufficient vaccine for everyone
‘Family comes first’: Galway locals divided on festive travel
Rosscahill residents hope to see relatives, but some fear Covid-19 risk remains too high
Remote working hubs for public servants to be rolled out across rural Ireland - Minister
Humphreys encourages employees of multinationals to work from islands off coast
Why are some in Fianna Fáil unhappy with Micheál Martin?
Majority in FF do not want leader’s removal, but many take issue with his operating style
Éamon Ó Cuív calls for Micheál Martin to be replaced as Fianna Fáil leader
Party veteran says low poll figures show organisation facing ‘existential crisis’
Week is a long time in politics for Micheál Martin
Cowen affair may mean as many as one-third of party TDs no longer support the Taoiseach
Covid-19: Overseas visitors are causing ‘stress and anxiety’ in some areas, TDs say
Constituents in tourist areas are worried about perceived lack of control on travel, say Deputies
Michael Collins’ grandniece welcomes decision to leave portrait in Taoiseach’s office
Nora Owen says having Collins and De Valera together is appropriate symbol of new deal
Judging by Ryan Tubridy’s show, we have Covid-19 on the run
Radio review: The chipper presenter barely referred to the pandemic this week
How will parties consult members on government formation amid Covid-19?
Ireland’s political factions face a number of logistical challenges due to the pandemic
Martin faces down parliamentary party critics of his strategy
Fianna Fáil leader to continue efforts to form a coalition with Fine Gael
Noel Grealish faces fight to retain Galway West seat, poll suggests
TG4/Ipsos MRBI survey suggests Social Democrats and Greens in contention
Where to now after the debacle over the RIC/DMP commemoration?
Row does not auger well for the years and the many other commemorations ahead
Michael Viney: These hills are made for walking
Study says hill farmers should supplement income by developing recreational activities
State must consider reparations for Travelling community, committee hears
Oireachtas given detailed breakdown of Travellers’ experiences in education system
Gold prospecting ban should extend to Connemara, Dáil hears
TD is ‘baffled’ by Government’s ‘illogical’ approach to mineral exploration
Miriam Lord: A scare in Sligo as FF ghosts come out for ‘Mac the Knife’
Blasts from the party’s past gather to pay homage to former tánaiste Ray MacSharry
More midnight rural train links, committee recommends
Midnight commuter services needed to better link rural towns and urban centres
Brexit: EU cash for cross-Border co-operation ‘vital for North’
Oireachtas group flags ‘urgent need for certainty on funds’ to swerve return of Troubles
Real IRA leader who plotted royal visit attack dies in prison
Seamus McGrane (64) planned to carry out explosion during Prince Charles’s 2015 trip
FF-SDLP partnership has a chance, but both sides must commit
Northern Ireland is a sceptical place, and previous alliances failed to achieve lift-off
Pilot scheme offering late night transport in rural areas extended
Services aimed at tackling rural isolation to run until end of March, says Shane Ross
Major crowd gathers to mark centenary of Soloheadbeg ambush
Over 1,000 people attend as families of all involved commemorate momentous episode
Hard to see what’s in an SDLP merger for Fianna Fáil
Brexit and its associated discontents may put FF off marching northwards
Newton Emerson: Former Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín seems to be finding a niche
An implausible bolt from the blue, former Sinn Féin TD seems to be finding own niche
Soloheadbeg group says decision by President Higgins not to attend ‘a missed opportunity’
Killing of two policemen in ambush started War of Independence and remains controversial
Áras silent on Higgins turning down centenary invitation
President not to attend Soloheadbeg event to mark IRA attack on Royal Irish Constabulary
Miriam Lord: Micheál Martin's notions prove to be wide of the Marc
FF’s backbench baritone pleads with leader to abandon confidence-and-supply deal
Blazing a trail: The 19 female ministers since 1918
After Constance Markievicz, Ireland had no woman at cabinet for 60 years. In the past century, there have been just 19 female ministers - and two female presidents
FF parliamentary party leaning towards extension of deal with FG
Micheál Martin has asked both parliamentary party and frontbench to trust his judgment
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