The Irish Times

Celebrity: Who had a good 2020 and who had a bad one?

2020 in Review: The year was good to some, and not so good to others

Fri Dec 25 2020 - 05:00

Fine Gael’s Catherine Noone secures nomination to run for Seanad

Senator gets nod despite ‘autism’ controversy, as ex-TDs seek election to Upper House

Mon Feb 17 2020 - 01:00

Breda O’Brien: Election result shows the perils of treating people as outsiders

The general election was won by outsiders who know how to listen to the excluded

Sat Feb 15 2020 - 01:00

Dublin Bay North results: Social Democrats, Labour, FF take final seats

Sean Haughey and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin secure positions without reaching quota

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 20:28

Election 2020 outtakes: Fine Gael’s online strategy falls flat

Ben Gilroy ready to run through walls while Verona Murphy’s posters look awful familiar

Mon Feb 03 2020 - 09:00

Election 2020 outtakes: Fine Gael chases early risers at Dublin Port

Bruton takes pole position in Dublin Bay North while Healy-Rae wants high office

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 14:54

Ciara Kelly tries to stir the autism controversy without offending anyone. She fails

Radio review: Ray D’Arcy shows all politics is personal, while Ciara Kelly ties herself in knots

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00

Breda O’Brien: We must vote against the stifling political and media consensus

Public funding and media visibility stack the deck in favour of ensconced political parties

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 01:00

Varadkar says Noone’s autism comments were ‘ignorant’

Taoiseach says Catherine Noone’s comments are ‘not proportionate for her to lose her job’

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 11:12

Bruton not consulted on decision to halt vote management with Noone

After ‘autistic’ comments, Noone request to speak to media declined over mock interview

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 00:06

Fine Gael performs U-turn on Catherine Noone’s voting pact

Party earlier ‘paused’ the pact with Richard Bruton amid ‘autism’ comments controversy

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 09:41

On the Canvass: Varadkar running mate eyes second seat

Fine Gael likely to need 30% of vote for Emer Currie to take seat in Dublin West

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 01:00

Catherine Noone’s apology over autism comment ‘good enough’, Taoiseach says

Dublin Bay North FG candidate told reporter Leo Varadkar is ‘autistic like, he’s on the spectrum’

Tue Jan 28 2020 - 17:35

Autism comments not Catherine Noone’s first brush with controversy

Fine Gael politician (41) is attempting to move from Seanad to Dáil for second time

Tue Jan 28 2020 - 17:35

Five things to look out for in political party social media campaigns

Short campaign means digital battle could play a major role in how election plays out

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 05:00

Election 2020: Politicians playing catch-up with social media

‘Small things can get you noticed, and that can translate into wider media coverage’

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 17:09

Election 2020 outtakes: Vintage van and limo prove a stretch

Catherine Noone’s Volkswagen runs her into bother while Kevin O’Keeffe’s joke backfires

Tue Jan 21 2020 - 12:14

Anti-abortion protest sparks renewed calls for exclusion zones

Simon Harris ‘appalled’ by protest by 100 people outside National Maternity Hospital

Wed Jan 01 2020 - 18:41

Miriam Lord: The Dara Murphy Fierce Big Job in Europe award goes to . . .

Political awards for 2019: Gongs for Varadkar, Healy-Rae . . . and Bertie

Tue Dec 24 2019 - 00:47

Senators report separate cases of identity theft and ‘death threat’

Gerard Craughwell (Ind) and Catherine Noone (FG) were speaking during a Seanad debate

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 22:10

Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swagger

The party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon Harris

Sat Oct 12 2019 - 01:56

Fine Gael Senator proposes ‘positivity seminar’ to boost party morale

Some within Fine Gael believe the Taoiseach may go to the country within weeks if a Brexit extension or deal is achieved

Sat Oct 12 2019 - 00:07

Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling Senators

Back in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheap

Tue Sept 24 2019 - 23:00

International students have ‘eye opening’ experience in Leinster House

Meeting the Taoiseach, Brexit, bus stops and ’violence’ of French education system

Mon Sept 16 2019 - 21:50

Tech companies ‘must take responsibility’ for dating app safety

Women’s council calls for State survey into sexual violence to include analysis of dating apps

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 20:14

The year conservative, Catholic Ireland lost its mojo

The abortion referendum result was the ‘culmination of a quiet revolution in Ireland’

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00

Taoiseach criticised in Dáil as families queue for nappies

Varadkar says many people ‘for their own reasons’ go to charities rather than State

Tue Nov 27 2018 - 20:48

Election talk abates as politicians head off on holiday

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity as Fine Gael continues to select candidates

Mon Jul 30 2018 - 01:00

Senator Catherine Noone added by Fine Gael to Dublin Bay North constituency

Candidate will run alongside Richard Bruton in next election

Mon Jul 23 2018 - 21:01

Ministers unlikely to raise NI abortion law with British counterparts

Irish and UK politicians call on British government to reform North’s abortion laws

Sun Jul 22 2018 - 17:41

European body urges Government to reconsider judicial Bill

Fine Gael Senator describes legislation as an ‘insult to legal profession’

Thu Jul 05 2018 - 00:15

Government to proceed with referendum on woman’s place in home

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan proceeds with deletion despite concerns

Wed Jul 04 2018 - 00:23

Sports clubs losing members over under-age competitiveness

Oireachtas committee hears children dropping out because they can’t get games

Wed Jun 13 2018 - 13:48

How Simon Harris became the ‘Yes Minister’

The strongest political advocate for repeal was also the abortion referendum’s biggest winner

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00