Less than a quarter of TDs in the 33rd Dail are women and the average age is 48.5

Much remains to be done to make politics an attractive career option, not least as regards maternity leave and working hours

Cavan-Monaghan elects last two TDs putting Micheál Martin’s party on 38

Green Party’s O’Gorman takes final seat as Sinn Féin’s Paul Donnelly comes out on top

Brendan Howlin presented the party with a challenge in terms of image

Previously unshakeable fealty of electorate to party system shattered

Patrick Noonan decided to postpone finding a new job and run for election instead

Election 2020 Dublin West canvass: keen competition for four seats

Mary Lou chooses big installation. The Labour Party goes for chiselled old masters

Party plans to double bank levy and seeks to reduce unemployment to 4 per cent or less

Inside Politics: Pension issue comes to fore as parties prepare to publish manifestos

Green councillor has chance with Burton, Coppinger and Donnelly in dog fight for last seat

Cormac Ó Braonáin ‘patchwork quilt of a person with a thousand passions’, says sister

Plans to replace system delayed as users pay third parties to secure appointments

19-year-old died after being struck by Luas at near Charlemont Bridge on Sunday morning

Taoiseach and Minister insist ‘vast majority’ of community events will not be affected

Two weeks later the increase was announced in budget package for 2019

More than 9,300 mortgages held by over-60s in arrears and of questionable sustainability

Josepha Madigan defends sending question on heritage funding to Department of Justice

Increase of 30c will only be introducted in event of orderly Brexit, Dáil hears

Labour claims it is a ‘sham budget’ for health that will do nothing to deal with year-round winter conditions in hospitals

Budget would mean frustration in many homes as there is ‘absolutely nothing for them’

Social welfare rise and increase in stamp duty for overseas property also advocated

Donohoe received review of incoming Central Bank governor from New Zealand government

National Economic Dialogue hears of multiple threats to economic prosperity

Gabriel Makhlouf due to take up post in September

New Zealand finance official Gabriel Makhlouf facing inquiry over budget hack claims

Helen Maguire (71) left infant daughter in temporary care at St Patrick’s Guild in Dublin

Gabriel Makhlouf facing an inquiry during last weeks in New Zealand finance ministry

Parties will pore over results in the coming weeks to discern trends for the next general election

Anger at housing crisis does not translate into support in same way as water charges

Josepha Madigan suggests permanent exhibition on women’s role in Irish history

By treating drug addiction as a health issue, crime would be reduced, say supporters

Minister tells of concern that initiative could affect legal process in relation to structural defects in buildings

Tánaiste for talks with senior Trump administration officials and Congress members

Events celebrating female talent to take place from London to Warsaw to Washington

Varadkar says Harris was right to prioritise CervicalCheck tribunal Bill

‘I need something now to tell me that I am my parents’ daughter, that I was properly adopted’

Numbers up 20%, with almost 100 people under 18 earning €20,000 or more in 2017