Michael Healy Rae

There was a time when we were rightly appalled about the language used about migrants in Brexit Britain. Now it is steadily being normalised here

Rural Independents say Ireland now effectively a ‘colonial outpost of an EU regulatory empire’ as Minister stands over 80% border crossing figure

Michael McGrath in heated exchange with Kerry TD and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty over increases in motor fuel excise duty

It may be left to the political parties to make their positions clear on the matter in advance of the general election

Timeframe should be extended to a year for those with neurodegenerative condition, committee says

Two Fine Gael members of committee say chairman Healy-Rae undermining credibility of report on eve of publication

Man in his 60s remains in custody over the murder of firearms trader whose body was found outside his home on Sunday

Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property

Danny Healy-Rae struggled to find the right words to convey his admiration for Michael O’Regan, ‘one of the best Kerrymen that ever came out of Kerry’

Sara Baume’s publisher chances its arm; prospects for Healy-Raes: The Next Generation; A mystery for a crime writer

The politician brothers have substantial business interests in Kerry and business connections with State bodies

They've been ‘incredibly good at PR. Thatcher had Saatchi & Saatchi. The Healy-Raes had the Healy-Raes’

Politician who runs Kilgarvan post office calls on people to ‘use it or you will lost it’

New York construction firm founder Dónal O’Sullivan started a six-month US jail sentence last month for fraud - but people in his native Kerry are keen to highlight his generosity

Dáil told that the total cost for people in IPAS accommodation between 2016 and 2022 is in excess of €1 billion

Mary Tangney was a ‘great, hardworking woman’ with a ‘heart of gold’ whose death has left community of Beaufort and Black Valley in Co Kerry in shock

Harry McGee looks at the party's performance in Government ahead of the party's annual conference in Cork

Taoiseach said Government is interested in buying scenic site but would not pay €10m asking price for the lands, woods and lakes

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Those involved in Wednesday’s protests were ‘professional hatemongerers’ and Irish society needs to wake up to the threat

A crowd of around 200 gathered outside Leinster House, setting up a mock gallows and jostling and abusing politicians of all parties as they arrived

Intern Abby Caballero had her mobile phone taken as a hostile crowd jostled, pushed and threw objects at her boss, Michael Healy-Rae

McEntee says she would not like to see ‘sterile’ zone around Leinster House after some TDs required Garda escort amid protests which saw 13 arrests

Activists’ incoherence and pathetic behaviour could have been hilarious if it were not so serious

Up to 200 demonstrators turn out on first day of new Dáil venting anger on issues including immigration and proposed hate-speech laws

Rosemont Guesthouse currently houses Ukrainian refugees but proposed development was ‘excessive’, says council

The Rural Independent Group’s draft pre-budget submission was released in error

Radio: Veteran presenter seems unlikely to take foot off pedal in either the studio or car, while Miriam O’Callaghan needs more gripping material to arrest decline

The TD’s Tralee guest house itself is currently being used to house a number of Ukrainian refugees

Calls made for a return to the respectful discourse of the past

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform takes it handy while deputising for Taoiseach at Leaders’ Questions and blands Opposition TDs pleasantly to sleep

Michael Healy-Rae casts a ‘boo-bonic’ plague on the Coalition

Irish Doctors supporting Medical Assistance in Dying concerned bill will fall with change of Government

Taoiseach’s remarks about 2014 water charges protest ‘scandalous’, says People Before Profit TD

The Dáil includes TDs who are landlords but TDs on both sides of the House have experienced eviction

Post-tax loss of €13,641 reversed

Denis O’Brien and the Ryder Cup, playing Mattress Mick, Haughey’s Alibaba share sale and an Irish ‘Revoluter’

Independent TD for Kerry previously refused to disclose details of department contract

Kerry TD accommodating 13 Ukrainians in former guesthouse in Tralee

Kerry TD says there is ‘absolute consistency’ between holding the contract and his calls for cap on refugee numbers

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