Micheál Martin

Labour Court and Workplace Relations Commission only found out on the day of strategy’s unveiling

The writer on his book about Ireland’s taoisigh, the ones who have least impressed him, and his admiration for Margaret Thatcher

Taoiseach starts 2026 juggling competing diplomatic pressures while the backbenchers grumble back home

Mixed messages and ‘red-line’ threats didn’t win favour with fellow Independents

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

A masterclass by the farming lobby captured both the Government and Opposition

Micheál Martin says European Union should take steps to make its own economy more competitive

Europe does not have the military capacity to resist a US seizure of the territory, but it does have the ability to fight back through politics and trade

Independents and farming lobby resist backing the trade agreement, which is expected to pass

Greenfield site of 41 hectares had historically been earmarked for use by companies coming into Ireland

Simon Harris said the government’s position stands: ‘We will vote against the agreement’

Michael Healy-Rae’s intervention dashed any chance of voting for trade deal between the EU and South American bloc

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien said there was ‘flexibility’ in funding under the National Development Plan

Micheál Martin says during visit to China that premier Li Qiang wants a more open trading environment

Taoiseach indicates ‘a lot of progress made’ on contentious deal between EU and South American bloc

HSE expressed concern about ‘high degree of risk’ associated with protest

States reiterate support to deploy troops from European nations to reassure Kyiv in event of truce with Russia

Regulator, Rape Crisis Ireland and civil liberties campaigners criticise generated images using Grok

Micheál Martin says programmes run in China by Irish colleges are good for students and institutions in both countries

Catholic Primate of Ireland Eamon Martin asked Taoiseach to do all he could to support plea of murder victim’s family

Taoiseach Micheál Martin says Lir Chocolates co-founder held true commitment to public service

Chinese president and Micheál Martin discover shared interest in revolutionary novel by Ethel Voynich

Micheál Martin spoke after a meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing

Micheál Martin's official visit will be the first by a sitting Taoiseach since Enda Kenny’s in 2012

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Barry Heneghan pushes back against Taoiseach’s insistence there is no deal for his constituency for support of Coalition

With a healthy majority thanks to Independents, the Coalition should have time to get a grip on the issues of most concern to voters

UK ‘very happy to be a partner’ to Ireland on security, says ambassador

Dara Calleary urges employees and employers to get behind new pensions auto-enrolment scheme

As the new year dawns, there is no shortage of reasons for concern

Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’

Personal testimonies reveal how inaccessible transport, housing and workplaces are among the day-to-day realities for disabled people

It was a weird political year, featuring a humiliating presidential election for the Government parties and a far happier time for the Opposition

The problems were well diagnosed. What was missing was urgency

Taoiseach denied measure to conserve supplies was a return to unpopular bills

Martin ‘hurt and taken aback’ by commentary over what his team knew about Jim Gavin’s issue with former tenant, he tells The Irish Times

‘Climate adaptation’ became the new buzzwords but there was much evidence of business as usual

Not yet having the numbers to push the button, his opponents within Fianna Fáil are now hoping to harry him to destruction

Micheál Martin met Lebanese prime minister to express ‘anger at slow pace of criminal justice system’

Micheál Martin was speaking during a visit to Lebanon to meet Irish peacekeepers on Saturday