What happens on Wednesday? Election of the Taoiseach, tea in the Áras, and a nervous wait for ministerial hopefuls
Wednesday heralds a day of triumph for longstanding Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin
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Ireland’s next Cabinet: Who are the frontrunners and how do they rank?
Who is likely to end up where after the confabulations are done and dusted?
Fianna Fáil members overwhelmingly ratify programme for government
Micheál Martin stands over his criticism of Michael Lowry when the Moriarty tribunal’s report was published in 2011, and said what was revealed by the tribunal was ‘shocking’
Independent TD sought restoration of €32,000 travel allowance for junior ministers
Non-payment of cash in recent years has penalised office holders, says Galway East TD Seán Canney
Occupied Territories Bill to be replaced by new legislation, Tánaiste confirms
The contentious proposed law had outlined a ban on trade with Israeli firms operating in occupied Palestinian territory
What are Dáil speaking rights, what is a technical group and what is the row involving Independents?
Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benches
Mulcahy’s push for alternative to Fianna Fáil in 1948 government talks ‘enhanced democracy’, UCD event told
Parties involved in present government formation talks owe debt of gratitude to former FG leader, says Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
‘I’d like to know what the rules are’: First Fine Gael meeting to ratify new government deal raises queries about opposition speaking time
Former minister Nora Owen pointed out there is precedent for non-ministerial members of the Regional Independents Group sitting on the opposition benches in the Dáil
Next Government’s newborn savings plan for newborns needs to aim higher
A ‘conservative’ interest rate of 4% was noted in Fine Gael’s election manifesto for the savings out to age 18 but the S&P has performed much better than that over long time frames
Fraught few days for Martin and Harris as they mull over Cabinet picks
Fianna Fáil leader has seven Cabinet jobs and the chief whip’s post to give out but he has about a dozen realistic contenders so many are going to be disappointed
Chaos for coalition colleagues as RIGs and Raegionals openly identify as part of opposition
The Healy-Rae brothers refer to working in government, even if Danny wants to be able to bark questions at that government as if still sitting on the opposition benches
Bashed tables, dad dancing and pizza: how the deal for a new government was done
The bulk of the six-week negotiations happened between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, but the Regional Independent Group played a vital role in forming the new government
The Irish Times view on the Programme for Government: the fallacy of common sense
The next government it seems, will be uninterested in structural reform
Ireland’s next government: Butler, Calleary, Heydon and Carroll MacNeill tipped for promotion
Fianna Fáil set to have 8 Cabinet seats and 7 will go to Fine Gael with Micheál Martin becoming next Taoiseach
The numbers game: ministers, junior ministers and technical groups as the next government beds in
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
How green is the programme for government?
Absence of climate ambition, continuity rather than scaled-up targets and vague language stand out
Plan for mini-budget by new government dropped
Fine Gael proposal dropped amid concerns about international instability and economic uncertainty
Programme for government is notable not just for a lack of ideology, but a lack of passion
Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake
Pat Kenny’s outrage at imaginary injustices raises his show to jaw-dropping heights
Radio: The veteran presenter grows ever more outraged by imaginary injustices as he highlights potential shortcomings of the new builders’ register
Fianna Fáil to get substantially more time in taoiseach’s office than Fine Gael
Healy-Raes say they will not be ‘whipped’ when it comes to ‘fundamental issues’ and ‘matters of conscience’
Programme for government: Three new junior minister roles to be created, bringing total to record of 23
New Government’s plans criticised by opposition as lacking ambition
Programme for government: Five of the most notable new economic promises
Irish government blueprint contains a number of existing measures but also some new ones
Why Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael paid such a hefty price to secure coalition with Independents
Although there is a new government, Irish politics has not changed all that much
Programme for government pledges cheaper childcare, 300,000 new homes and a ‘Year of the Invitation’
New plan to replace Housing For All and more public sector investment in infrastructure part of coalition’s deal
Programme for government as it happened: ‘Fair but firmer’ migration system, tax breaks and regeneration of Dublin’s main streets
Full programme for government agreed, with parties set to meet to review and ratify document
What’s in the programme for government: the main points, from housing and health to transport and trade
Department of Justice will incorporate home affairs and migration
New government in pictures: The super juniors, Healy-Raes, independents and next taoiseach
A deal has been reached between a group of Independent TDs to support the incoming Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-led government
Two Independents to sit at cabinet as new government agreed, while Healy-Raes expected to give support after talks
Full text of new programme to be made available today in advance of meetings of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary parties
Regional Independent Group strikes deal with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on formation of next government
VAT to fall from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent for food, hospitality, hairdressers and entertainment in next budget
What is going on in coalition formation talks?
In the News podcast: The Healy-Rae brothers are in advanced talks with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
Government formation: Policy talks enter final stage
Some political issues remain to be ironed out around the structures underpinning a new government and asks from Independent TDs
‘It has been intense’: Inside the room of Government formation
Across the different parties and groups, more than 20 negotiators have been working hard to hammer out a deal
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael face further criticism over Michael Lowry talks
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said tribunal findings were ‘very clear’
Coalition talks: Agreement close on programme for government, with possible junior ministry for Healy-Raes
Fianna Fáil likely to get Department of Justice, with Dublin TD Jim O’Callaghan among names floated for the ministerial role
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