People Before Profit Alliance

‘Huge loss to a disadvantaged community’: Future of long-running addiction support service in doubt

Number of staff members at Neart le Chéile are being made redundant

First Minister Michelle O’Neill among leaders seeking UK sanctions on Israel

Politicians from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales urge Keir Starmer to recall UK parliament to take action against Israel

Two names in the race for the Áras: early-mover advantage or risky tactic?

In the News podcast: Catherine Connolly and Mairead McGuinness have declared

Dublin city homeowners’ Local Property Tax bills to rise next year

Dublin city councillors abandon discounts, with homeowners facing increases of between €18 and €797

Opposition parties likely to announce own preferred presidential candidate rather than agreed one

Greens and SF say internal deliberations not yet completed and it could be late summer before they declare intentions

Concern over law causing separated parents to lose widow’s pension

People Before Profit’s Ruth Coppinger uses her own story to highlight legislative issue

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy freed again by Egyptian authorities

Dublin TD first detained while attempting to march to Gaza to deliver aid for the enclave

US democracy is in danger, but what about Ireland?

‘The greatest threat to Irish democracy comes from a sense that it is not delivering materially for people’

Carlow gunman disclosure set to lead to scrutiny of An Garda Síochána

The case of Evan Fitzgerald has been referred to Fiosrú, the police ombudsman

Hecklers ejected from Dublin event as Bernie Sanders refuses to call Israel’s actions genocide

US Senator says actions in Gaza are ‘horrific’ events unfolding and does not want discussion of Israel ‘bogged down’ by word

Sinn Féin failed to build required bridges with left parties before last election, McDonald says

Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney says parties ‘ruling out coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael would be a good start’ to forming alliance

Ruth Coppinger apologises for calling journalists ‘very pathetic’ in late night tweet

People Before Profit TD says she will continue to refuse questions from right-wing news outlet Gript

Are the Government spooked by the consequences of the Occupied Territories Bill?

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Pope Francis funeral: Level of State commemoration trails that afforded John Paul II in 2005

Government confirms public flags to be flown at half-mast on Saturday to mark pontiff’s funeral

Tech giant algorithms are pushing ‘horrendous’ content at young people, it has been claimed

People Before Profit brings forward bill to switch off algorithms for under 18s

Opposition parties link up in alliance to challenge Government plans on Irish neutrality

The Irish Neutrality League announced a cross party initiative in Dublin

Richard Boyd Barrett to step back from politics after cancer diagnosis

The People Before Profit TD has been diagnosed with throat cancer

Garda defend treatment of Gaza protesters outside Leinster House and deny ‘cavity search’ allegation

Protesters’ claims about searches by gardaí were raised in Dáil by Richard Boyd Barrett

Threatening graffiti targeting Stormont member ‘a sign of desperation’ by ‘isolated far right’

People Before Profit’s Gerry Carroll says he will not be deterred ‘by a pathetic minority who skulk around under cover of darkness’

Will Sinn Féin back a left unity candidate for the presidency?

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Five things to watch in 2025 as the next government takes shape

Year ahead promises no shortage of intrigue and challenge for the political classes as they look to digest a new reality brought about by the year of elections

‘Leo the leak’ affair still lingers five years on

Sipo has resolved for a second time not to investigate the leaking of a draft State contract with the Irish Medical Organisation when Varadkar was taoiseach

Three constituencies that show why Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin outperformed Fine Gael

Voting patterns in this trio reveal why some parties exceeded expectations and others fell short of hitting targets

Dublin South-West constituency candidates list: Green Party seat looks most vulnerable in this left-leaning five-seater

Election 2024: Sinn Féin’s Seán Crowe won almost 30 per cent of the vote in 2020

New law required to protect transport workers, says NBRU

Union wants to see new legislation to tackle antisocial behaviour on buses and trains

Two-party coalition not mathematically possible on latest Irish Times poll figures

Social Democrats, Labour and Greens jostling for position among smaller parties

When it comes to following the money at election time, don’t even try

Scanned, handwritten PDFs spread across multiple institutions is not acceptable in 2024 and does not enable accountability

What did we learn from the election debate?

The debate between 10 party leaders was at its most energetic when dwelling on the cost-of-living and the economy

Usual hams hogging most of the limelight: Miriam Lord’s election debate leaders’ ratings

Debate meandered for over two hours with the Simon and Micheál tag-team combining to stick it to the Shinners and anyone else who threatened to wreck their brotherly buzz

Childcare providers warn scale of electoral commitments causing uncertainty in the sector

All main political parties have committed to capping fees charged to parents, with most saying €200 per child would be the most any family would have to pay

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to stand on their record in government

Taoiseach Simon Harris says the three Coalition parties had governed well together and passed five progressive budgets

Tánaiste and People Before Profit TD’s row among combative exchanges on Dáil’s last day

Retiring TDs clear out their offices as Micheál Martin and Bríd Smith get into head-to-head over alternative government and both their fathers being ‘busmen’

Dublin’s Liberties has everything. Except vision, planning, care and attention

It’s difficult to imagine any other European city allowing the development that has blighted the Liberties

Local property tax to remain the same next year for Dublin city homeowners

Council agrees to keep 15 per cent reduction in 2025, with increases expected from 2026

Budget 2025: Opposition calls for election as Coalition defends budget ‘bonanza’ in face of fierce criticism

Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees

Abolishing college fees not a priority if returned to Government, say Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

Sinn Féin and Labour express support for scrapping €3,000 student registration charge, but two main Government parties say boosting student grants is more equitable

People Before Profit seeking formal left-wing voting pact with Sinn Féin ahead of next election

Dublin West TD says parties must ‘come together to learn from what has happened in France’ in call for agreement

Time for a new united left alliance to topple Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael

Another five years of FF/FG rule would be disastrous for the country. Left parties and Independents must come together and stop this happening

Local Elections: Wexford County Council results

Verona Murphy’s Wexford Independent Alliance makes a splash and has five councillors elected

Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly retains Ireland South seat, with Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher set to take second seat

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

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