Leo Varadkar

Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal

Strategies, slogans and manifestos are being finalised behind the scenes as polling day looms

Ireland needs to develop the ability to conduct national security assessments of proposed foreign investors, says security expert

Plus: You can’t keep Phil Hogan down, trouble at Jack’s Hole in Brittas, and Ireland’s starring role in reality TV

Former Tory PM makes claim about US president in new memoir, Unleashed, which also focuses on Brexit tensions over Irish Border

If Keir Starmer wants to be remembered as a prime minister for the United Kingdom, not just England, he needs to address the question of a Border poll

The afterlives of political leaders are often greater measures of their character than their times in office are. It’s hard to let go - just watch former leaders who lack the grace to dial down the wise-after-the-event pronouncements

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar said every party should make Irish unification ‘an objective, not an aspiration’. But is that the right goal? And what needs to happen first?

The main reason people are homeless in Dublin is not that they left direct provision or arrived from abroad

An analysis of immigration numbers following Leo Varadkar’s remark that people are ‘right’ to believe numbers have risen too quickly

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Former taoiseach warns against populism and prejudice but concedes immigration a challenge for Irish society

The word ‘safe’ comes up a lot from the students, as does the desire for a peaceful future, more university places in their home city and the chance of a job locally

Former taoiseach says people could first vote on the idea in principle before getting a subsequent confirmatory vote on a proposed new constitution

Former taoiseach calls for all parties to make pledge on Irish unity

Former taoiseach believes a New Ireland Forum should be established to plan the journey to Irish unity

Hey, kids – we have a roadmap. Just hang on in there and try not to get too angry and ashamed about being poor in a rich country

Plus: Alan Shatter seeks to protect the inheritance; a campaign for a Colm Meaney statue in Killarney; and Clare Daly’s political future

Sean Brown was abducted and murdered by loyalists while locking the gates at his local GAA club

Multinationals’ expressions of concern part and parcel of foreign direct investment but some feel fears for further inflow not without foundation

Fine Gael needs to provide details of proposed new State-run early education and childcare service to give it credibility

Former taoiseach to publish his memoirs next year in a publishing deal reportedly involving a six-figure sum

Former EU commissioner who resigned after Golfgate scandal has built an extensive advisory business since stepping back from politics

The former Fine Gael leader said it is ‘as much a personal memoir as it is a book about political history’

Former taoiseach spent week as guest of Nancy Pelosi at Democratic National Convention in Chicago

There are bound to be twists and turns along the road to November, but both Simon Harris and Kamala Harris are in with a fighting chance

Meat and dairy provides only 13% of calories globally but are responsible for nearly 85% of greenhouse gas emissions linked with food production

One of 15 Fine Gael TDs retiring from Leinster House, the Mayo veteran reflects on the good and bad sides of modern politics

Ethics body writes to PBP deputy Paul Murphy telling him it will inform him of the outcome of its reconsideration

Football match on another channel boots Social Democrats down to just 9,000 viewers in 2022

The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin

It might be to the party’s advantage to present a fresh slate of younger candidates, many coming off strong performances in June’s local election

Party could use departures as opportunity to put forward more women candidates

Varadkar did something which is becoming increasingly difficult in fractured modern-day politics: he read the room. He sensed that voters had soured on him

TD who brought judicial review case calls on the Sipo to respond to judgement publicly

Potential new TDs would need their mental acuity assessed if they were not given pause by hearing about masked protesters outside the Taoiseach’s home

Radio: Henry McKean’s raw account of ‘really ugly scenes’ in Coolock captures how quickly an anti-immigration protest descends into chaos

Former taoiseach says time has come to ‘explore new options and opportunities’

And it works both ways. Harris’s warmth towards the UK is being rewarded with a softening of Keir Starmer’s stance on a Border poll

The way he contested the leadership of Fine Gael with Leo Varadkar in 2017 won him many admirers