Will new housing plan help a first-time buyer on €65,000 to buy a home?
Policy needs to tilt in favour of those needing a home and away from people who already have one
Fianna Fáil
Breaking news, analysis and comment on Irish political party Fianna Fáil
How Ireland plans to speed up the delivery of big projects
Department of Public Expenditure has been criticised over hurdles large projects have had to clear
‘Jim O’Callaghan could stop all this. He hasn’t’: Inside Fianna Fáil’s post-election crisis
Taoiseach and party leader Micheál Martin is deemed vulnerable by insiders after the Jim Gavin debacle, but there is a sense that any potential heave is on hold
The success or failure of new housing plan will define the term of this Government
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Opposition to exert pressure on Coalition to include services in Occupied Territories Bill
Taoiseach has cautioned Dáil previously that tracking services may ‘just not implementable’
FF’s Áras contender Jim Gavin says he’s ‘great’ in first public remarks since ending campaign
Former Dublin GAA manager says people need ‘resilience’ to cope with challenges and the most important thing is ‘what you do next’
Taoiseach ‘not as exercised as others’ about Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign review
Micheál Martin rejects suggestion that review into Jim Gavin’s candidacy has been delayed
What will new housing plan mean for renters? What you need to know about today’s announcement
Minister for Housing James Browne ‘will not accept a lack of ambition’ to ensure progress; time will tell
From Housing for All to Rebuilding Ireland: How did other housing plans perform?
New housing plan has promised the building of tens of thousands of homes
Review into Fianna Fáil’s presidential election not expected until December, party told
Micheál Martin is understood to have told party meeting he had a duty to lead the country and fulfil mandate
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy expected to visit Ireland next month
State has offered political and non-lethal military support since Russian invasion
EU launches ‘Democracy Shield’ to fight disinformation and interference online
Michael McGrath says initiative aims to safeguard fairness of elections and counter foreign information manipulation
Micheál Martin not stepping down ‘any time soon’, EU commissioner believes
Michael McGrath defends Fianna Fáil leader who is facing continued pressure over failed Jim Gavin presidency campaign
Miriam Lord: Connolly’s inauguration was a bit like a big Irish wedding, solemn and joyous
Simon Harris walked Catherine C up the aisle in Dublin Castle before giving her away to the people of Ireland
Ivan Yates insists he ‘broke no rules’ in controversy over Jim Gavin media training
Pundit and media trainer says he was relying on his ‘personal integrity’ rather than disclosing work for party
Sinn Féin promoting policies that ‘are not left wing’, says Holly Cairns
The Social Democrats leader said she would rather lose her seat than adopt a more popular position on the nitrates derogation
‘Make them see something’: Political communication skills, from Ivan Yates to Zohran Mamdani
Against the background of the Fianna Fáil media coaching controversy, a leading political communications trainer puts our reporter through his paces
High Court stays final orders in Athlone international protection accommodation case
Protests took place last year over plan to develop tented accommodation on site to rear of existing direct provision centre
Ex-FF councillor told waitress he was ‘a kind of a stalker’, sentencing hearing told
Joseph O’Donovan returned to the woman’s place of work multiple times after being asked to leave and said he ‘could not help it’
Media regulator, PR experts invited to address Oireachtas committee on transparency issues
Move follows controversy over former minister Ivan Yates providing coaching to Jim Gavin while broadcasting on political matters
Where was the broadcast media’s due diligence on Ivan Yates?
It’s time the media C-suite removed the mote from its own eye
Zohran Mamdani is a throwback to a time when politicians weren’t all managerial centrists
I cannot help but bristle at those who take solace in boring politicians, as evidence of a stable system
Fianna Fáil TDs unhappy at being named on ‘naughty list’ for questioning party leadership
At Fine Gael meeting, Simon Harris tells colleagues emergency legislation can be used for critical infrastructure
Anti-woke Ivan Yates must have seemed the obvious choice to toughen Jim Gavin up
Men such as Yates are indulged because they get to play the bombastic, slightly shocking counterpoint to their snowflake partner
Irish households are wealthier than ever. You’re not the only one who didn’t notice
There is a wealth illusion, and poorer households are particularly vulnerable to the policies that flow from it
Politicians must wake up to Ireland’s duty to act on climate, says leading scientist
Prof John Sweeney: Cop30 summit will struggle to make progress
How Ivan Yates’s links to Fianna Fáil landed him, and the party, in hot water
In the News podcast: Hugh Linehan on how the Yates controversy could impact public trust in the media
Letters to the Editor, November 5th: On the right to fly, immigration disinformation, and Ivan Yates
‘Air travel is absurdly underpriced because its environmental costs are shouldered by no one – except the planet’
Jack Chambers endures silent tsunami of schadenfreude in the Dáil
With the Taoiseach abroad, Chambers and the Yates connection take centre stage at Leinster House
Jack Chambers rejects Sinn Féin claim he should have declared Fianna Fáil hired Ivan Yates
Minister says matter for broadcaster to declare conflict of interest, not for him as party’s director of elections
The Irish Times view on Coalition strains: it’s the little things that trip you up
The Yates affair touches raw nerves on both sides
Simon Harris calls for ‘rational, calm, informed debate’ on immigration
Tánaiste stands by comments that number of migrants coming into Ireland is ‘too high’
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