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Energy vulnerabilities exposed

Last week’s events showed how reliant we remain on fossil fuels and how culturally embedded that dependence is

Can new €500m package end political turmoil over fuel?

Inside Politics: Government defends plans as ‘most generous in EU’ while Opposition and protesters dismiss measures as insufficient

Fuel protests: Coalition’s worst week shows Ireland unprepared for economic deterioration

Demonstrators’ blockades only lifted after Garda action and €500m of Government supports

Fuel protests to continue after ‘insulting’ package aimed at tackling prices, says key figure

Measures announced on Sunday evening ‘not enough’, says farmer James Geoghegan

Why the failure of Noël Browne’s mother and child scheme still matters 75 years later

Proposals for free, universal healthcare were successfully blocked by the medical profession with support from the Catholic Church

‘You know who’s in control’ - How the fuel protests brought the country to a standstill

The seeds of this week’s disruption were sown in meetings in late March and fomented in online forums and WhatsApp groups

Multimillion-euro financial package will not be unveiled until nationwide fuel protests cease

Fuel protests movement vows to extend disruptive actions into weekend as talks under way for solution

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has big ambitions – but can she succeed in health?

Articulating the scale of the challenge will be a test of the Health Minister’s willingness to make the changes required

Seán Lemass, The Lost Memoir: Leadership, Ireland’s economic transformation and Fianna Fáil

Ronan McGreevy’s new book edits 22 hours of private recordings to reveal the inner workings of the former taoiseach’s mind

Big field in Galway West makes byelection outcome unpredictable

Final showdown will likely be between candidate of the left and of centre-right with transfer pacts being key

US airlines warned Minister that Dublin Airport cap breached treaty

Industry group highlighted risks of annual 32m passenger limit, documents show

Gender pay gap agenda is contrived, pointless and ignores the reality of women like me

What about the professional Irish women who, when their household income allows it, quit work or reduce their hours to look after their children?

Fear of electricity blackouts in Ireland prompts new protocols for data centres

Mass disconnection by sector during brief faults risks system instability, says EirGrid

Two men who drowned while fishing in Co Clare named as Afghan brothers based in Limerick

Tajuddin Safi (30s) and Salahuddin Safi (20s) were ‘well-regarded members of community’

Drowning of two men near Doonbeg described as ‘huge tragedy’

Bodies of anglers recovered from sea by Aran Island Lifeboat following co-ordinated operation on Tuesday

Rory O’Hanlon, former minister and ceann comhairle, dies aged 92

Taoiseach Micheál Martin praises former Cavan-Monaghan TD’s ‘real commitment to public service’

Deputy Lord Mayor Stephens selected by Fianna Fáil for Dublin Central byelection

Fianna Fáil has not had a TD representing Dublin Central since former taoiseach Bertie Ahern

Price rises part of bleak backdrop to talk of ending US-Israeli war on Iran

Inside Politics: Sinn Féin says Government response made up of ‘half measures’

Decision on fuel excise cuts will not be affected by byelections, says Minister

Fianna Fáil selects Cllr Cillian Keane (24) as its candidate to run Galway West constituency race

Miriam Lord’s Easter awards: ‘Air raid’ O’Donovan a clear winner of the Sulky Bunny gong

Mammy and Ammi Burke land the Best Easter Egg Hunt prize for their elusive turn

Three councillors to contest Fianna Fáil nomination for Galway West byelection

Mayor of Galway Mike Cubbard to stand in May election as Independent candidate

Lemass did not want to keep old divisions alive, Taoiseach says at launch of new book

Sean Lemass, The Lost Memoir by Irish Times journalist Ronan McGreevy is based on a trove of private recordings not made public for 50 years

‘Big ticket’ promises for children ‘yet to materialise’ almost 18 months after election

Children’s Rights Alliance report gives Government a ‘D grade’ on social housing among other issues

Micheál Martin, master of platitudes, steps into Trump’s Oval Office bear pit

Immigration, tariffs, the Irish-US trade imbalance and State’s reputation as pro-Palestinian could derail diplomatic setpiece

Lobbying after politics: The former TDs now working for outside interests

Former politicians involved in such advocacy can exploit vast experience of how Government and politics operate

Government preparing cost-of-living interventions to meet Middle East fallout

Simon Harris underscores support for hospitality VAT cut following comments from Fianna Fáil’s Niall Collins

Bigger extensions, dormers, subdivided homes, bike sheds: What planning changes are coming?

Proposals being made to shelve, or ease, requirements for a range of minor works

‘Even if the US president is an idiot ...’ Six lessons from Seán Lemass for today’s politicians

The former Taoiseach recorded a memoir in the 1960s in which he spoke of the lessons he learned from five decades in politics

Michael Healy-Rae: What does ‘Ireland’s wealthiest TD’ own and what is it worth?

Dáil register of members’ interest has drawn attention to Kerry junior minister’s huge property portfolio and State contract to accommodate Ukrainians

Two sections of planned south Dublin greenway dropped

Public consultation shows 48% of people against the project linking Cornelscourt to Cherrywood

After the deluge: How two months of rain affected motorists, flyers, sports clubs and cows

‘It’s been the worst experience we have had weather-wise in the last 30-odd years’

Government open to providing new cost-of-living supports as prices rise, Minister says

Thomas Byrne says Coalition ‘open to examining’ help for households and warns cost of food supplies could also increase

Some gardaí working until age 64 for the first time in history of force

Mandatory retirement age for gardaí, sergeants and inspectors previously 57 years but increased to 62 in 2024

An ‘outrageous’ gender oversight and turmoil for St Patrick’s Day plans

It’s not just stranded tourists and discommoded influencers who have been repatriated, Eoin Hayes has returned to the Dáil

UUP leader might have point about an Irish Government apology for conduct in Troubles

Saying sorry may not be on the agenda, but some serious reflection about State’s behaviour is warranted

Claims electricity grid being opened for privatisation are ‘nonsense’, Oireachtas committee told

Wind and solar groups say 13% and 16% of energy produced in their respective sectors was wasted last year due to grid ‘challenges and congestion’

‘Parents haven’t a clue’: Ireland urged to get young people off ‘toxic’ social media

People Before Profit Bill aims to ban recommender algorithms suggesting content for under 18s

Taoiseach’s Operation Septic Turkey prompts epic levels of fury on Opposition benches

But Fine Gael TD Edward Timmins emerges as unlikely star in Fianna Fáil’s leader’s two hours of need

Ireland has spent the last 70 years unsuccessfully trying to dethrone King Cattle

Mind-blowing documentary on RTÉ shows the parallel planet of Ireland’s cattle monarchy continues to exist

Expect to hear the phrase ‘Governments don’t win byelections’ a lot in the months ahead

Coalition leaders will not relish Dublin Central and Galway West contests. Just ask Keir Starmer

Nine TDs declared travel to Taiwan in 2025

Trips among declarations by 21 TDs with other destinations including Qatar, the United States and Ukraine

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