Pearse Doherty

Pearse Doherty branded ‘an angry man’ amid fractious exchanges on home building

From house prices to cost of living, the Government and Opposition parties need to win on these issues during any upcoming campaign

Graham Dwyer prosecutor Seán Guerin defends his home plans; the Irish public annoy Donald Trump; and Irish journalists snub Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit

The party faces strategic problems over where it positions itself and who its core voters are. And as it’s trying to figure all this out, it gets hit with one controversy after another

The fallout from the TD’s surprising resignation from Sinn Féin has created confusion in a recently redrawn constituency and left many local voters eager for clarity

The blizzard of scandals since the Dáil returned from summer holidays is Mary Lou McDonald’s GUBU moment

Bill is first significant reform of sector, estimated to be worth between €6bn and €9bn annually, since 1956

Brian Stanley accuses Mary Lou McDonald of abusing Dáil privilege ‘in desperate attempt’ to shift focus off Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin figures did not know what to say about the party’s handling of job references for a former official now convicted of a child sex offence, but it was the issue they couldn’t escape

Stephen Donnelly says commissioning of facility accelerated and staff could move in ‘maybe before final completion date’

Budget 2025: No big new policies, no inspired plans, just more than €2 billion in a budget-day giveaway

Budget 2025: Chambers of Commerce Jack and Been-there-Donahoed-that Paschal cheerily served up a belly buster budget buffet for the voters

Budget 2025: Labour hit out at ‘lack of imagination’ while Social Democrats call budget ‘a giveaway on steroids’

Campaigns are dynamic, unpredictable and volatile, but the party faces an uphill battle

Sinn Féin’s ruling body will have to call a special conference to determine party’s position on future referendums after motion passed by delegates

Number of 4,000 at the start of last year has now risen to more than 16,000

Budget 2025: Party always intended to pledge higher spending than Coalition, but will voters trust it to balance the books?

Labour leader says Sinn Féin’s call for restrictions on housing scheme amount to ‘new low in political vernacular’

When under attack for the Children’s Hospital fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box

Cabinet decision will give wealthiest workers tax-free pension pot of €2.8 million when average pot is only €111,000

Sinn Féin stops short of promising free childcare by 2030 which was the party’s manifesto ambition in 2020

No one would campaign under the slogan ‘To Hell With the Future’ but it is starting to look like the coming election will merit such a rallying cry

Sinn Féin’s housing plan is nothing if not detailed, but voters may be cautious of untested solutions

Party would put less money in infrastructure and climate change funds to pay for increased housing investment up front

A letter to Michael McGrath suggested increasing 10% stamp duty on bulk purchases by investment companies

Party wants to replace Camhs with new service for young people up to the age of 25 employing 84 additional specialist psychiatric teams

Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review

Car insurance premiums have increased by more than 8% in the past year, CSO figures show

Sinn Féin’s finance spokesman claims effort ‘at the very heart of Government’ to limit support for homeowners in redress scheme

TD and festival organiser says Taylor Swift gigs and ‘Swiftmania’ give false impression that Irish music festival scene is ‘booming’

Coalition’s standing will hardly have improved after the usual winter hospital crisis and a further influx of asylum seekers

Sinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsed

Data published on Friday show that between April 22nd and 28th, there were 14,009 people in emergency accommodation

During the Davy/Sinn Féin jaunt to London, Pearse Doherty assured investors that his party would not attempt to upend the Irish economic model

‘Massive loophole’ emerged after the removal of a benefit-in-kind charge on employer pension contributions

Ceann Comhairle accuses Donegal TD of being an ‘arch strategist of interruption and heckling’

Dáil passes legislation to create two new funds to deal with future spending pressures and potential economic shocks

An aspect of the party’s proposals that has received little attention would prove significant for those earning over €100,000

The State did not invest in AIB, it was forced to bail out the system with borrowed money. Any decision to sell its remaining shares must be informed by investment logic not just ideology

Martin dismisses ‘so-called recruitment embargo’, says needs to be a focus on ‘deployment and outcomes’