From manifesto-stitching to partnership, and from Independents’ day to confidence-and-supply: people at the heart of previous talks recall how the deals were done
Election 2024: Former Sinn Féin member Carol Nolan says there are no safe seats in newly recast three-seater
Election 2024: Former Fine Gael minister for justice Charlie Flanagan has decided not to contest the election
Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other
Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’
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
Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh
Donegal senator said he was ‘angered’ by ‘ill-judged’ comments from colleague, who said words were taken out of context
TD calls for random spot checks on Border as 160 people transferred from tents along Dublin’s Grand Canal in early morning operation
Expanded Midlands-North-West constituency alone will be contested by 28 people
European election candidates - including the ‘Billy Barry kids’ - take coffee with supporters ahead of tough battle
Former jockey says she would bring ‘resilience and perseverance’ learnt from horse racing to EU Parliament
Environment Minister wants to block future data centres that do not have their own carbon-neutral sources of energy
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Senators Lisa Chambers and Niall Blaney added to the ticket alongside convention winner Barry Cowen
Returns of politicians’ interests for 2023 show 29 of the 160 TDs declared that they were landlords or owned rental property
Men who agitate about labels or being supplanted by hordes of vengeful women should look around them. Fewer than a quarter of our TDs are women
Business failures are rising but, for now, remain below levels prior to Covid crisis
TD for Laois-Offaly sees off Niall Blaney and Lisa Chambers to run for Fianna Fáil in the Midlands North-West constituency in the EU elections, but he won’t be riding into the sunset just yet
Offaly TD edged out nearest rival by 70 votes in Mullingar count
Cowen warns that regulator must not be arbiter of digital growth
Former minister for agriculture wants to contest election in Midlands North West
Government had originally hoped the Planning and Development Bill would be on the statute books before Easter
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns exchequer to stick to rule limiting net spending growth to 5%
Leo Varadkar should stop ‘posturing’ after doubling down on budget demands in Irish Times interview, says Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen
TDs must list occupation of landlord or lessor if they have rental income of more than €2,600 a year
Eviction ban: Offaly TD said he is sorry if people were offended by the comment meant as analogy for stopgap solution
Rural homes can achieve B1 BER for €11,000 by switching ‘renewable-ready gas boilers’ with building upgrades
Sources acknowledge damage caused by election-spending affair to Government and Minister
Barry Cowen started off by saying very nice things about Paschal. Then moved on to say even nicer things
In letter to party officials, TD contends motion to bring him back into parliamentary group should not have been delayed because of complaint by councillor
Party struggles with lack of a clear identity as well as having no obvious challenger for the leadership
Government parties remain broadly united despite a relentlessly bleak environment
Tougher sentences for violent crime and sexual offences among proposals set out
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
