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Barry Andrews: Wind energy can deliver clean electricity, support 20,000 new jobs and reduce energy bills
To ramp up its wind power resources, Ireland needs to reform its planning system and launch a public awareness campaign to highlight the long-term benefits of the renewable energy source
Independent senator Aubrey McCarthy expresses interest in possible Áras run
Businessman and charity co-founder the latest person to reveal they are considering presidential tilt
Fintan O’Toole: Politicians are in a long-distance relationship with the consequences of their decisions
Take Ireland’s top manufacturer of insulation - not Kingspan, but the HSE. It creates layers of impenetrable padding between political decision-makers and the consequences
European election results: Who is still in line for a seat and where will the transfers flow?
Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume
Mary Lou McDonald is the chief mourner at RDS as local elections throw up an unexpected result
Local and European elections: Taoiseach Simon Harris does lap of honour at count centre as Sunday’s tale of two parties came with an ending neither was expecting
European elections: Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews tops the poll in Dublin constituency
FG’s Regina Doherty comes in second but candidates placed third to sixth separated by less than 5,000 votes after first count
Local election results: Hundreds of seats yet to be filled as FF and FG set to battle it out to be largest party
Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’
At least €423,000 spent on online advertising for political parties and candidates in lead-up to polling day
Sinn Féin spent €166,800 with Meta and Google, with Fine Gael’s online advertising costing €75,900 and Fianna Fáil spending €74,900 over three months
Being favourite in opinion polls makes Barry Andrews nervous
The Dublin MEP says he will have to fight to retain his seat despite being seen as the frontrunner
Fianna Fáil forced to clarify position on EU farming derogation after Barry Andrews comments
MEP ‘clearly said he does not support the continuation’ of nitrates derogation, says IFA president
‘Think more about Crumlin and not the Kremlin’: Five takeaways from European election Dublin debate
All eight Dublin MEP candidates were very well briefed, armed with immediate data and quotable quotes, and did not hold back during a spiky debate
John Bailey was man of ‘compassion’, mourners told at funeral
Daughter Maria Bailey TD said father reared her to be a ‘strong, independent woman’
Clare Daly says she will ‘rattle the cages’ in Europe
Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews takes fourth seat, saying he will ‘figure out what to do’ until Brexit
Dublin City Council investigating early election posters
Politicians risk €150 fine per early election poster
Love is not in the air for Fianna Fáil over confidence-and-supply deal
Inside Politics: Party rolled its eyes when John McGuinness was on radio
Ireland should become ‘advocate for Britain’ after Brexit – former minister
MEP candidate Conor Lenihan also says he has nothing to hide in past Russia dealings
Barry Andrews appointed director general to Dublin-based think tank
Former children’s minister takes up position with Institute of International and European Affairs
Goal considered merger with Concern before Oxfam
Concern plan ended when Goal’s board opted for a rival merger pitch from Oxfam Ireland
‘Donors said: If we don’t have Goal, who is going to do this?’
New general manager believes troubled aid agency is winning back trust of its funders
Aid agency Goal seeks to shed 25 jobs in Dublin, London
Charity says it needs to reduce its cost base as it deals with fallout from Syria spending inquiry
Fianna Fáil eyes up political return for Barry Andrews
Former Goal chief previously held Dún Laoghaire seat for party
Government releases €4m funding to aid agency Goal
More than €7m had been withheld over USAID inquiry into bribery claims
Goal appoints new manager to regain trust of donors
Celine Fitzgerald appointed and says next 12 months will be ‘critical’ for the aid agency
Goal to name new general manager this evening
Charity to appoint replacement after Barry Andrews stood down amid USAID inquiry
Under a cloud of suspicion
Aid agency Goal needs to restore the full confidence of international donors
Chief executive resigns as Goal reels from Syria inquiry
Charity faces US inquiry into alleged bribery and bid-rigging on Turkey-Syria border
Give Me a Crash Course in . . . Goal’s funding problems
Almost €3m has been frozen while the US investigates alleged fraud in Syria. The charity says it has managed to keep its projects going despite the setback
Goal funds withheld pending US inquiry into alleged fraud
Government refuses to give millions of euro to the aid agency amid investigation
Goal seeks to allay concerns over US fraud inquiry
Department of Foreign Affairs had withheld almost €3m in funding from the aid agency
Irish charity sector is being drained by duplication
Agencies are funded mainly by the State, but expanding payrolls are burning up that money
Mary Robinson travels to Ethiopia to witness impact of drought
Former president to visit country with aid agencies to see response to food crisis
Jo Cox was a true humanitarian – she stood up for the Syrian refugees
International Refugee Day: As we mourn the death of Jo Cox, sadly, the war in Syria continues to worsen
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