A political year of shocks and surprises somehow ended up as it began: with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in cahoots. The politician of the year may have had something to do with it
Plus: Keith Duffy in a falling out over knees, Enda Kenny artfully backs a winner, and it turns out RTÉ and Sinn Féin can feel at home with each other after all
Close-fought races and the tantalising prospect of power brought relief for the victorious but crushing lows for those rejected by the electorate
Plus: no sign of the next laureate for fiction; the less-than-diverse membership of Aosdána; and Niall Blaney’s poor attendance record
The former MEP has announced he will stand two weeks before election day
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Election 2024: Former MEP to run in four-seater where TDs include Mary Lou McDonald and Paschal Donohoe
Taoiseach and his wife celebrate his birthday by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and hungry leader on the brink of his first general election
Former MEP’s son died earlier this week from a brain tumour at the age of 30 after becoming unwell at a music festival
Joseph Barry Wallace, one of the politician’s four children, played as a midfielder for Wexford Youths
Outgoing Ireland South MEP says he was ‘demonised’ by media as Fianna Fáil’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú takes final seat in five-seat constituency
Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume
European election: Independents Michael McNamara and Mick Wallace, Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion, Green Party’s Grace O’Sullivan and Fianna Fail’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú are battling for the other three seats
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
Coalition-building across political groups more important in European Parliament than in the Oireachtas
Experts in behavioral psychology examine a selection of posters from the campaign trail to reveal hidden meanings
Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive
Names on European candidates’ replacement lists matter more than usual with a general election on the horizon
One startling fact: the number of Independents elected to the Dáil in recent years has exceeded the combined number elected to all other EU member state parliaments
Response from two elected members of the European Parliament to Stephen Collins’s Opinion piece
Statement from Regina Doherty called on left MEPs to answer questions about links to Latvian politician
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly took part in five activities in 15 months with Tatjana Ždanoka on Russian-related themes
Left independent MEPs travelled to Lithuania twice with Tatjana Ždanoka, who has denied the allegations
Six Irish MEPs also call for resignation of Hungarian commissioner Oliver Varhelyi
Midlands North-West MEP said line dedicated to restoring habitats could be obstacle to farming
Brussels votes are a distorted mirror, with anti-establishment sentiment to the fore. Can Sinn Féin wrestle it from longtime independents?
TV interview featuring Irish MEP stating ‘Taiwan is part of China’ shared by Chinese government accounts
Happy Pear’s co-founder’s house plans, Liebherr’s love of Killarney, Mick Wallace’s complaint against the Irish Mirror, and Catherine Noone’s new role as a lobbyist
Decision to keep VAT rate for hospitality sector at 9% shows handouts go not to those in most need
MEP’s earnings from wine bar business, initially omitted from financial declarations, emerged after video posted on social media
In interview on South East Radio on Monday, Wallace claims he receives sum for providing ‘contacts with wine producers in Italy’
No ownership of wine bars or a vineyard was declared in the declaration of financial interests that the TD made when he joined the European Parliament in 2019
Ireland South MEP said in video he has three wine bars, but none feature on official register of financial interests
MEPs only two in parliament to vote against adding a debate on Dnipro to the agenda on Monday
From politics to entertainment and sport, Eoin Butler casts a critical eye over the heroes and the zeros of 2022
From canteen chaos, Wallace’s wine and cheese party to Mountjoy matches, it was a busy week in politics
Victim blaming is the lowest form of defence, yet the MEP has chosen to blame protesting women and girls rather than the vile police state that beats and kills them
Figures emerge in documents filed with the companies office for three Cerberus entities
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced a reckoning – but Vladimir Putin retains powerful friends in the West
A new Irish Times investigation shows the MEPs’ outsized profile in regime-controlled media
Cases lodged by Independent MEPs on Monday concern alleged defamation
Russia’s invasion means the nod-and-wink approach to Ireland’s neutrality has run out of road
‘He should have voted in favour. One child being murdered is one too many’
Martin will not ‘cut off channels’ that could aid contact with Irish people in difficulty
Standing ovation at extraordinary European Parliament session but West rules out no-fly zone
Richard Boyd Barrett condemns Russia but says Ireland should ‘not line up with Nato’
Member states cannot ignore such blatant breach of international law, Minister says
Controversial MEPs say Russia should not run naval exercises off Irish coast
Hermann Kelly works for right-wing Romanian MEP who opposes ‘mandatory’ vaccines
Allegations against former garda commissioner have been dismissed by tribunal
Disclosures Tribunal dismisses 22 claims made by Garda Nicky Keogh against senior officers
Irish MEPs reject rebuke over what were deemed unofficial election observation trips in Venezuela
Nicky Keogh ‘irrational’ and ‘paranoid’ after allegations in wake of protected disclosure
MEP tells Global Times Chinese system of government is ‘serving interest of people’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
