Is it wrong for a politician to plead for leniency in all circumstances?Defendant in this case is sole carer of four childrenFri Jun 20 2014 - 01:00
Dáil ethics committees not to take action against Clare Daly over envelopes useThu Jun 19 2014 - 09:27
Banking inquiry may not have powers to investigate Cabinet meeting on night of bank guaranteeAct precludes Oireachtas committee from compelling evidence or asking questions about Cabinet discussionsThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:02
Bill to enable transgender people to secure legal recognitionDraft legislation allows for lowering of age of recognition to 16 yearsTue Jun 17 2014 - 22:11
Labour leadership contenders defy gloom with lively eventHow to deal with Sinn Féin among tricky questions at Galway hustingsTue Jun 17 2014 - 08:48
Coalition not to apply the whip to banking inquiryTaoiseach and Tánaiste hold talks to discuss Stephen Donnelly’s resignationMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:01
Lobbying Bill to focus on nature of contactLegislation to propose register of lobbying, accessible onlineMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Mixed reaction for resignation from banking inquiry of a different type of politicianUnknown before his election, Stephen Donnelly has built up a strong national profileMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Ireland: an economic snapshotIt’s six months this weekend since we exited the bailout and said goodbye to the troika – until their next visit, anyway. ‘Irish Times’ journalists assess how we’re doing, with a graphical guide by Pamela DuncanSat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Government adds two members to banking inquiry committeeAlex White says move is kind of behaviour that ‘gives politics a bad name’Thu Jun 12 2014 - 13:17
Mother-and-baby survivors want inquiry by international figureWide coalition of groups came together yesterday to highlight the injustices affecting them that needed to be addressed as a priorityThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:00
High mortality rates in homes to be investigatedStatutory inquiry to scrutinise secret and illegal adoptions as well as burial practicesWed Jun 11 2014 - 08:37
Three decades on, Irish exam felt far more user-friendlyHow would the teenage Harry McGee have fared with this year’s Irish?Wed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
Inquiry into mother and baby homes to be set upTerms of reference likely to include mortality rates, burial practices, adoption and clinical trialsTue Jun 10 2014 - 17:07
Flanagan to tell Cabinet full inquiry on homes now likelyPreliminary briefing on high mortality rates, burial practices, forced adoptionsTue Jun 10 2014 - 08:07
Cooke report into GSOC bugging may be published this weekFormer judge looked at three alleged security breaches during investigationTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Lobbying Bill will come before Cabinet for Government approval todayBill will make professional lobbyists subject to a register and regulation for the first timeTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Coalition willing to widen Tuam inquiry to other institutionsInter-departmental review group to report on circumstances behind high death rateFri Jun 06 2014 - 07:13
Pressure builds for Tuam babies inquiryArchbishop of Tuam says archdiocese would co-operate with any inquiryThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:09
Church has no records of burials at Tuam home, says archbishopNeary welcomes examination into the burial arrangementsThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Burton pulls ahead with support of 17 TDs and SenatorsOnly five have endorsed sole rival Alex White in Labour Party leadership contestWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Labour’s hopefuls: candidates for leadership and deputy leadershipProfiles of Joan Burton, Alex White, Alan Kelly, Seán Sherlock, Michael McCarthy and Ciara ConwayWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Noonan says treatment for cancer on arm ‘went very well’Minister for Finance reveals details of illness ‘to ensure accuracy and clarity’Wed Jun 04 2014 - 00:16
Parties eye up partners for next general electionOpinion: A Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil coalition or a Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin one would provide stable government, but would have downsidesMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Eamon Gilmore: ‘What Labour needed was a fresh voice’Outgoing leader says close friends advised him to stay on after poor election resultsSat May 31 2014 - 07:03
Eamon Gilmore: ‘I never worked as hard as I did in the past three years’Labour leader is proud of what went right and reflective about what went wrongSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Guerin criticisms of department ‘not well founded’Brian Purcell insists there was not a failure to deal with McCabe dossierThu May 29 2014 - 01:00
Recheck in Midlands-North West as Harkin leads by 275 votesIndependent has narrow lead over Pat The Cope with recheck on Wednesday morningWed May 28 2014 - 10:32
Midlands North-West: Carthy takes third seatLuke ‘Ming’ Flanagan and FG’s Mairead McGuinness already electedTue May 27 2014 - 21:58
Sinn Féin policies to face scrutiny in push for powerIn its move towards the mainstream, Sinn Féin will find its fiscal strategies drawing deeper analysisTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Seven deputies who might run for leader of Labour PartyIt is the ordinary members of the 4,000-strong party and not parliamentarians who will choose new leaderTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Burton front-runner in Labour leadership contestSeven TDs reported to be considering entering the race to succeed GilmoreTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Hayes and Childers elected in Dublin after recountGreen Party leader Eamon Ryan failed to win a seat while Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan topped pollMon May 26 2014 - 19:10
Dublin MEP constituency becomes a cliffhangerAnalysis: Elimination of Socialist Party candidate changes landscape at RDS countMon May 26 2014 - 10:41
Labour take a drubbing with lowest support figure since the mid 1980sDevastating losses centred on capital reveal party’s usurping by Sinn FéinMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Individuals and small left-wing parties fill a voidSome of the new faces elected at the weekend may find it difficult to get onMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil gains confirm party’s recovery gaining momentumOverall local elections support of 25% establishes party as among big winners in pollMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Disappointment outweighs success for Fine Gael with big losses in local electionsParty’s share of votes has dropped by more than 12% even as new names electedSun May 25 2014 - 22:29
State of the parties: FF emerges as the big moverAnalysis: Scale of Labour losses masking a very poor result for Fine GaelSun May 25 2014 - 17:42
‘Want to commit political hara kiri? Go into Government’Analysis: A good election for Sinn Féin but the party could struggle to sustain the momentumSun May 25 2014 - 07:37
On the campaign trail with Eamon GilmoreHarry McGee speaks to Gilmore as he emerges ‘unscathed’ from Kinnegad canvassingThu May 22 2014 - 10:58
Sinn Féin’s Boylan and Hayes of Fine Gael in pole position in DublinBattle for third European seat between Mary Fitzpatrick, Eamon Ryan and Emer Costello, with FF candidate appearing to have slight edgeWed May 21 2014 - 22:25
Dublin Chamber calls for 10-year price freeze for water chargesRobust planning crucial for clear understanding of costs, assets and basis for chargesWed May 21 2014 - 21:56
On the campaign trail with Micheál Martin and Mary FitzpatrickHarry McGee finds voters engaging with the Fianna Fáil leader in south DublinWed May 21 2014 - 10:35
Euro hopefuls could become MEPs without facing electionMing Flanagan has chosen whistleblower Garda John Wilson as his replacementWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
On the campaign trail with Eamon RyanHarry McGee catches up with the eternally optimistic Green Party leaderTue May 20 2014 - 09:38
An attractive study celebrating 150 years of the JesReview: Harry McGee on Tom Kenny’s handsome record of a Galway institutionMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
Massive South stretches from Bray to BaltimoreOf the leading contenders, only FG’s Simon Harris is based in LeinsterMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
Three high-stakes electionsThey may seem like insignificant midterms, but the trio of ballots next Friday could have far-reaching consequencesSat May 17 2014 - 01:00
