Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil leader

Sinn Féin leads a scattered field

Forming behind the party is an orderly queue of alternatives, all aware that the electorate is frustrated

Relief for Micheál Martin as polls swing back

Fianna Fáil leader gets overwhelming backing of his party’s voters

Social media groups cannot catch all harmful posts, TikTok tells Oireachtas committee

X criticised by rival social media groups over snub to Oireachtas committee after controversy over Grok nudification feature

‘Let’s get to it!’ Claire Byrne wheels out the big guns for her first day back at Newstalk

Radio: Former RTÉ host anchors station’s rejig, Anton Savage brings faintly rakish charm to breakfast; The Hard Shoulder gives Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman welcome extra time

After the floods, Micheál Martin makes a raft of promises

Residents of Enniscorthy were not shy about sharing their disappointment and scepticism with the Taoiseach

Plans to ban scramblers in public places to go before Cabinet

Government promised reforms in bike use following death of 16-year-old Grace Lynch

Taoiseach arrives in sceptical Enniscorthy with assurances of immediate flood relief

Micheál Martin’s tour of badly hit counties comes amid warnings of further rain, turning to ice by week’s end

Enniscorthy to get interim flood defences amid fears of further flooding in Leinster and Munster

Government ‘will do all we can’ to provide aid and prevention measures, Enniscorthy residents told

Micheál Martin: ‘When there’s too much internal criticism, the party doesn’t do well’

In a changing world, Taoiseach looks to an era of expanded military capacity but with a grip on neutrality

Six qualities make you cool, according to science. Trying too hard isn’t one of them

There’s a lesson here for politicians or political analysts who put great store in image management

Taoiseach urges caution on idea of standing up to Trump administration

‘No getting away from’ critical trading and economic relationship despite some EU views on confrontation

Fresh flood risk for eastern and southern counties as new rain warnings issued

Micheál Martin set to visit flood-hit towns in Carlow and Kilkenny

Is sending Verona Murphy off to Los Angeles really in the national interest?

Shipping the entire Government off to drink green beer and hum along to Zombie in far-flung places on St Patrick’s Day is an expensive form of therapy

The Irish Times view on scrambler bike regulation: fatally slow

It should not have taken loss of a life to concentrate minds

Grace Lynch made people ‘feel happy just to be around her’, teenager’s funeral hears

There are ‘mad youngsters full of bravado’ driving scramblers on roads that ‘will kill and be killed’, priest says

Keir Starmer meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as UK-China ties warm

Mutual trust is foundation for development of relationship between countries, Chinese president tells British PM

Communities bracing for more rain in areas already battered by Storm Chandra

Wexford County Council warns of ‘high risk’ of more flooding in Enniscorthy over bank holiday weekend

Ban on use of scramblers in public places being planned following teenager’s death

Coalition also plans to introduce ‘far tighter’ regulations on e-scooters and e-bikes, source says

Jim Gavin steps down as chair of North East Inner City Taskforce

Former presidential candidate was responsible for leading the taskforce and was appointed to the role in 2023

China suspends Irish beef imports due to bluetongue virus outbreak

Move comes just weeks after China lifted previous ban in place for more than a year

Not ‘one iota’ of Coalition’s values compromised in dealings with White House, Dáil hears

‘An insult to celebrate’ Irish migration experience, says Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger, ‘with somebody who’s terrorising migrants’

Taoiseach and McDonald clash over claims up to 20 new gardaí cannot start work for lack of Garda vetting

Row erupts over Minister for Justice’s remarks to committee about issues with vetting process

Death of Grace Lynch jolts Micheál Martin into promise of prompt action

Taoiseach vows to ban scramblers from public roads following death of 16 year old in Dublin

‘Worst not over’ warns Met Éireann as Storm Chandra floods homes and businesses in Wexford, Dublin and Wicklow

Met Éireann says risks ‘persist for the rest of the week’ amid more rainfall and slow drainage

Micheál Martin to issue State apology to survivors of industrial school abuse

Move comes alongside supports agreed to end 51-day hunger strike outside Leinster House last year

Ireland’s embrace of EU-India trade deal over Mercosur boils down to one thing

With beef off the table, Government welcomes access to Indian market as positive opportunity

Rent and triple lock plans look set to trigger fierce political battles

The Government is happy to take short-term pain for long-term gain - but only the first of those is certain

Taoiseach pledges to do ‘anything and everything’ to get scrambler bikes off the roads

Grace Lynch (16) was ‘failed catastrophically’ by Government, says SF leader

St Patrick’s Day trips: See which countries Ministers are visiting this year

Nine will go to the United States including the Taoiseach, who is expected to meet US President Donald Trump

Micheál Martin knocked by poll as he ponders walking Trump tightrope

Fellow Fianna Fáilers Jim O’Callaghan and Darragh O’Brien have been out promoting what they’ve been doing

Who are the 19 special advisers to Micheál Martin and Simon Harris, and what do they do?

Academics, former journalists and long-time loyalists are among the Government’s most trusted advisers and policy wonks

‘It’s just stressful’: Workers facing two and three hour commutes into Dublin

TD missed start of Dáil debate calling for wider right to remote and flexible working as journey from Kildare took more than three hours

Taoiseach criticises ‘shocking’ level of ignorance about Holocaust

Department of Education working on plans to ensure schoolchildren are educated about the murder of six million Jews in second World War

Diversions, delays and an icy walk into town: Taoiseach’s gruelling trip to Davos

Micheál Martin endures arduous journey to World Economic Forum and IDA Ireland dinner

Former Fianna Fáil MEP Brian Crowley dies aged 61

Cork native was one of Fianna Fáil’s most prolific vote-getters and enjoyed huge popularity inside and outside party

How Davos 2026 forced Europe to confront an uncomfortable truth

While geopolitics may appear to be unravelling at times, many of the old reliable forces remain constant – not least Davos itself

Greenland dispute shows why Europe must be more self-reliant, Taoiseach says

Speaking at Davos, Micheal Martin also confirmed Ireland had been invited to join Trump’s Gaza peace board

Peace in our time? With Trump you never know

The US president has climbed down over Greenland, for now, but the spat has exposed fundamental weakness in the EU

Sinn Féin calls on Bord Bia chair to resign over his firm’s use of Brazilian beef

Taoiseach defends State agency, telling Mary Lou McDonald: ‘Don’t try and drag down a good organisation’

Three more Trump years? For God’s sake, Holly, don’t remind us of Ol’ Fanta Face

US president’s increasingly disturbing behaviour dominates Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil

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