Helen McEntee

Cabinet expected to approve new ‘resilience plan’ for ESB to ensure the State’s energy grid is better equipped to withstand extreme weather events

New fast-tracking measures introduced in mid-year for applicants from Nigeria and Jordan significantly reduced numbers applying from those countries

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said there were the same number of Ministers with the name James as there were women

Simon Harris takes Foreign Affairs, while Helen McEntee moves to Education, making way for Jim O’Callaghan at Justice

What was essentially a pro forma day has descended into a fiasco

Fianna Fáil’s Mary Butler and Fine Gael’s Martin Heydon are among TDs tipped for promotion

Who is likely to end up where after the confabulations are done and dusted?

The bulk of the six-week negotiations happened between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, but the Regional Independent Group played a vital role in forming the new government

Explainer: decisions about government policy and proposals for legislation are made at cabinet meetings

Across the different parties and groups, more than 20 negotiators have been working hard to hammer out a deal

Regional Independent group and two Healy-Rae brothers set to join new government if negotiations are successful

Lack of even a basic list raises questions about how the scheme was monitored

Harsher sentencing will be imposed if the demonstration of hatred towards a protected group is proven

Daily arrivals have dropped, but the number of asylum applications has increased significantly

A year of change heralds a future of more of the same

Far-right-inspired violence and continued sluggish efforts to grow the Garda force dominated Harris’s final full year in charge

Bookmakers told Government about concerns some pubs were permitting black-market betting

Mandy Kelly, from Dundalk, said her estranged husband, the children’s father, refused to let the boys return from a family holiday in Cairo in 2022

Controversy over tax bills on retirement shone light on value of pensions for senior figures in public service in comparison with private sector, where average pension pot is just over €80,565

Two officers attacked are members of Dublin Armed Support Unit

There is now a troubling narrative that too much oversight is bad for policing. This can take the form of special pleading by vested interests and must be viewed with deep scepticism

Minister for Justice says fall of Assad regime ‘really positive’ but it is not clear what will happen next in Syria

Labour and Regional Independent group to decide on pursuing negotiations with two outgoing ruling parties

Helen McEntee is due to discuss asylum issue at EU meeting on Thursday following ousting of Assad in Syria

Gangs are charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid an English Channel crossing, say officials

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris tells families of commitment to bringing them closure while Minister for Justice Helen McEntee speaks of improved unidentified human remains database

Fianna Fáil leader says there is an urgency to assembling a coalition because of ‘pressing issues internationally’ after general election

Election 2024: Thornton Hall, although outside the constituency, may be a flashpoint issue

Support across the political spectrum for Dublin woman who was awarded almost €250,000 in damages after High Court jury found that she was raped by Conor McGregor

Willie O’Dea called her 'the worst minister for justice in the history of the State' while Jim O’Callaghan said she had copied his ideas

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael embroiled in election campaign row over law and order

Party’s general election manifesto to provide ‘older persons’ guarantee’ including extending free TV licences and payments for heating bills

Like other parties, Fine Gael has also pledged that parents will pay no more than €200 per month per child

Fine Gael is expected to pledge to cut inheritance tax substantially when it unveils its manifesto at the weekend

More than 12,000 people have been arrested in centre capital since January, Minister for Justice says

Man's remains exhumed to allow DNA samples to be taken for comparison with missing persons databases

Helen McEntee, Charlie McConalogue and Eamon Ryan bring families ‘step closer’ to truth

Two years ago about 375 Syrians were interviewed in Lebanon by Irish officials and told they would be resettled in Ireland before 2024. They’re still waiting - amid bombs, deprivation and discrimination. Sally Hayden spoke to some of those people, who feel trapped, scared and forgotten

Ten people died in incident at Applegreen service station in Donegal village in October 2022

Helen McEntee to update Government on impact of accelerated processing measures for international protection applicants