Sinn Féin and Fine Gael coalition question gets Kenny in a needless tangleBut Mary Lou McDonald had already deliberately made the first moveSat Jan 28 2017 - 03:00
Fine Gael TDs opposed to any future coalition deal with Sinn FéinComments from Kenny and Varadkar and Adams and McDonald suggest parties could link upFri Jan 27 2017 - 16:35
Interview: Gerry Adams casts doubt on future of NI executiveSinn Féin leader suggests ‘cash for ash’ row must be settled before powersharing resumesFri Jan 27 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach not ruling out coalition with Sinn FéinGerry Adams says SF position on coalition could easily be overturned at an ardfheisFri Jan 27 2017 - 01:00
HSE decision to drop pay appeal will severely impact health budgetThe Government is effectively on the run when it comes to the public pay billThu Jan 26 2017 - 19:31
Brexit, Trump, threaten gains since WW2, says MoscoviciUK’s post-Brexit arrangements with the EU must be ‘inferior to membership of the EU’Tue Jan 24 2017 - 12:14
Welcome to the Era of The DonaldInside Politics: Sinn Féin moves from generation war to generation politicsTue Jan 24 2017 - 08:53
Rural plan gathers existing pledges under one roofAnalysis: Much of the investment and many of targets can be found in previous documentsTue Jan 24 2017 - 06:50
Enda Kenny to warn the UK not to renege on Belfast AgreementTaoiseach is to hold talks on Brexit and Stormont with Theresa May next weekTue Jan 24 2017 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: Challenging times for Sinn Féin both sides of BorderMartin McGuinness’s departure adds complexity to transition of the old guardSat Jan 21 2017 - 03:00
Pat Leahy: Future of Border becomes focus of Brexit talksTheresa May’s speech suggests Irish goods will face tariffs when exported to UK marketSat Jan 21 2017 - 01:00
Michelle O’Neill expected to be named SF leader for North electionsChoice marks move to new generation which has grown up since ceasefires of the 1990sFri Jan 20 2017 - 18:54
EU deal must not leave Britain with advantage, says FlanaganMinister says ‘if I chose to resign from my golf club I could not expect to turn up the next day and play for free’Fri Jan 20 2017 - 16:58
‘Enormous contribution’: Tributes paid to Martin McGuinnessMinister for Foreign Affairs says SF leader ‘unstinting in efforts to secure powersharing’Fri Jan 20 2017 - 12:36
Department of Finance warns of impact of hard BrexitPredictions include reduction in national wealth and 40,000 fewer in workThu Jan 19 2017 - 20:01
Austerity is not responsible for the recovery, experts claimNew book also argues that the troika was not behind State’s post-crash economic policyThu Jan 19 2017 - 01:00
Government welcomes May’s speech on BrexitSome Ministers say the promised hard Brexit will lead to significant difficulties for IrelandWed Jan 18 2017 - 01:01
Donohoe asked how he will pay for public service top-upMinister says money will be found through ‘savings and efficiencies’ identified throughout the yearTue Jan 17 2017 - 20:29
Ireland still has questions after Theresa May’s Brexit speechAnalysis: EU stance in relation to maintaining Common Travel Area is keyTue Jan 17 2017 - 14:40
Bus Éireann issue ‘being played out in media’ instead of with staff – NBRUDermot O’Leary says it has yet to receive any communication from company on issueMon Jan 16 2017 - 09:22
Border tariff fears loom as UK edges towards hard BrexitTheresa May expected to say Britain prepared to exit single market and customs unionMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
May’s speech likely to suggest Brexit is getting harderImpact on North seems to be minor factor in Britain’s approach to leaving the EUMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Bus Éireann staff to be shown cost-saving proposalsTransport authority and Minister Shane Ross under fire as troubled firm aims to save €8mMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Eoghan Murphy: Hard Brexit is now inevitableUK exit from customs union would have implications for the BorderSun Jan 15 2017 - 15:40
The Government would not survive a Trump-Brexit recessionIrish economy will be hit by Theresa May’s article 50 speech and the new US presidentSat Jan 14 2017 - 03:00
Sinn Féin believes Assembly election will suit party’s interestsArlene Foster will put pressure on voters to keep First Minister’s office in DUP handsFri Jan 13 2017 - 01:01
Governments not hopeful of avoiding Assembly electionsMartin McGuinness is understood to have been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorderThu Jan 12 2017 - 02:00
North no longer the priority it once was for governmentsIt may feel like old times around Stormont but the focus has changed over last decadeThu Jan 12 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach urges Northern parties to use ‘limited window’ for talksNorthern secretary says elections are highly likely after contacts with Sinn FéinWed Jan 11 2017 - 19:24
McGuinness resignation comes at pivotal moment for Sinn FéinThe question of who will succeed McGuinness and Adams is now firmly in the spotlightWed Jan 11 2017 - 01:00
Mary Lou McDonald launches scathing attack on DUPTD indicates Sinn Féin may not form a new power-sharing administration in the NorthTue Jan 10 2017 - 18:41
State losing more than €1bn a year to vulture funds, says DonnellyGovernment insists it has closed most tax loopholes which were exploited by investorsTue Jan 10 2017 - 01:01
Flanagan says North’s parties should ‘act responsibly’Government concerned but not surprised at collapse of Northern ExecutiveTue Jan 10 2017 - 01:00
Chancellor denies Brexit preparations ‘badly handled’UK government yet to decide on single market and customs union, says Philip HammondMon Jan 09 2017 - 19:38
Hammond meets Noonan on post-Brexit relationshipIrish visit marks start of diplomatic push by British chancellor before departure from EUMon Jan 09 2017 - 17:48
Delegation of TDs to travel to Cairo to meet Ibrahim HalawaIrish politicians to discuss imprisonment of Irish citizen with Egyptian officialsMon Jan 09 2017 - 12:14
Pat Leahy: Predictable response to a predictable hospital crisisCompeting interests and focus on immediacy makes long-term strategy difficultSat Jan 07 2017 - 03:00
Citizens’ Assembly to meet at weekend to discuss abortion lawDelegates will hear from experts on medical, legal and ethical issues in MalahideFri Jan 06 2017 - 13:08
Ballaghaderreen to house 80 mostly Syrian refugeesRoscommon Co Council to meet as some disquiet expressed locally at lack of consultationFri Jan 06 2017 - 10:47
Apple chief Tim Cook declines invite to Oireachtas committeePearse Doherty says decision not to discuss EU tax ruling ‘disrespectful’Thu Jan 05 2017 - 17:52
Government spending on consultancy services to riseCivil Service running cost to rise 5 per cent to €2.2 billion in 2017, revised figures showThu Jan 05 2017 - 01:00
Number of patients on trolleys to stay near record levelSimon Harris responds to crisis as John Halligan calls for the HSE to be disbandedWed Jan 04 2017 - 19:57
‘Chaotic’ HSE should be disbanded, Minister saysJohn Halligan says independent international experts should be brought in to adviseWed Jan 04 2017 - 13:55
Irish officials make case to Brussels to secure common travelIrish fear of hard Brexit grows as top British diplomat Ivan Rogers resignsWed Jan 04 2017 - 01:00
Resignation raises chance of hard Brexit, say officialsEU envoy Ivan Rogers quit months before formal triggering of British exit mechanismTue Jan 03 2017 - 17:29
Denis Naughten spends night in ‘full capacity’ emergency departmentMinister for Communications taken to Portiuncula Hospital after being hit by a carTue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
Fine Gael leadership talk is ‘disruptive’, Minister saysCharlie Flanagan says the speculation is undermining Brexit preparationsTue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
Denis Naughten hospitalised after being struck by carMinister for Communications was cycling near his home in Co Roscommon when the incident happenedMon Jan 02 2017 - 15:30
The hot political issues of 2017From Brexit and Trump to public-sector pay and the homeless crisis, the Government is facing some major challengesSat Dec 31 2016 - 06:00
Pat Leahy: Irish populists are right about one thingThere is a very large cohort of people who have lost faith in conventional politicsSat Dec 31 2016 - 01:00
