‘I couldn’t think of anything worse to attend’: Some Opposition TDs snub invite to US Independence Day celebration
Others Opposition TDs are considering attending event in ambassador’s residence due to ties between Ireland and US
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‘A roof over your head is seen as a luxury’: Hundreds attend housing protest outside Dáil
Among Raise the Roof demonstrators were couple in ‘very secure jobs’ but ‘still not able to afford property in Dublin’
Planning objections now a legal industry as ‘people run down to Four Courts’, official claims
New 12-person taskforce is attempting to unblock barriers to key projects
Ceta: New Bill to fast-track EU-Canada trade deal in Dáil amid US tariffs threat
Simon Harris to bring memo to Cabinet after Supreme Court ruled part of deal was incompatible with Constitution
Sinn Féin failed to build required bridges with left parties before last election, McDonald says
Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney says parties ‘ruling out coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael would be a good start’ to forming alliance
Dublin homeowner at centre of insulation planning action in clear after council U-turn
Tallaght homeowner Clive Ryan says it is a 'huge relief' as 'the threat of imprisonment shook me to the core'
Insurers should ‘show their sums’ to customers to explain premium prices, says Green Party
Party wants insurers to display key factors used in calculating quotations including any weightings that might be attached to the customer’s location, their claims history and their job
Combining forces: Opposition plans to break the big two’s stranglehold on power begin to germinate
With Sinn Féin taking the lead, contact grows between parties of the left, though Labour and the Social Democrats are wary of having their identities eroded
Government has downgraded climate as priority, says Green Party leader
Roderic O’Gorman says the Coalition has regressed to the old ways and is afraid to make the hard decisions
Irish Times poll: Current model of neutrality backed by 63% of voters
Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds wealthier voters and women are most likely to support current model of neutrality
The Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll April 2025: the full results in charts
Sinn Féin appears to have recovered some of its mojo, jumping six points to 26 per cent
The ‘foot may be coming off the action pedal’: Climate plan fails to build on ambition
Government’s delayed 2025 initiative is arguably lacking fresh actions and policies
Minister committed to enacting legislation to ban sex for rent
Jim O’Callaghan says ‘appalling, exploitative’ behaviour totally unacceptable as cross-party group introduces Bill with fine of up to €50,000
Housing land dezoned in Dundalk despite regulator’s intervention
The site, owned by Glenveagh, had been earmarked for some 500 new homes
The debate: Should the State develop a terminal for liquefied natural gas?
Geopolitical upheaval, energy security and reliance on UK for supplies are forcing a rethink on the ban on LNG
Will Sinn Féin back a left unity candidate for the presidency?
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Left-wing parties intensify discussions on joint candidate for presidential election
Leaders of Labour Party, Sinn Féin, Green Party and Social Democrats, as well as a representative from People Before Profit, expected to attend talks on Wednesday
Dublin city councillors agree to ban Airbnb-style lockboxes from next month
Labour councillor says the contraptions are ‘dirty’, ‘unsightly’ trip hazards
Residents fear for safety and privacy over plans to increase drone deliveries of fast food
Company wants to broaden its delivery area into southwest Dublin
Airborne burritos part of a drone delivery ‘wild west’, Dáil hears
Green Party leader calls for clarity on planning, safety and privacy, warning of possibility of serious crashes
Failure to submit emission targets to UN indication climate is not priority for Government, says Green Party leader
Ireland will provide joint commitments with EU later this year, Department of Climate says
Greens to lose €850,000 a year, Social Democrats and Aontú to gain in new funding allocation
Exchequer funding given to nine parties obtaining at least 2 per cent of first preferences
New senators set out stalls as Mark Daly of FF elected unopposed as Cathaoirleach
Almost all 60 senators spoke on first day of new Seanad as Irish unity, disability and housing among platforms for future debate
Government ‘peddling myth’ about Occupied Territories Bill, former coalition minister says
Claim of need to ‘start from scratch’ is to ‘avoid taking action’, Roderic O’Gorman says
The public may not care who gets to speak in the Dáil, but they do care about being taken for fools
Problem ultimately wasn’t about low-stakes speaking time or terrible political nous: it was over a proposal that utterly failed to pass the bulls**t test
Seanad election: Aontú and Social Democrats win first seats in Seanad, Labour loses by tenth of a vote
Social Democrats set to win first Seanad seat; Fine Gael gains a seat as Fianna Fáil down two
An ominous year: the climate change omens for 2025 look very dark indeed
The problem boils down to one of politics versus populism, as politicians who promote unpopular but crucial policies struggle to be re-elected
Jaws, Piranha, the big, bad wolf ... no wonder there is a serious disconnect with nature
Having othered nature throughout history, we continue to do so in Ireland. Once you demonise something, it is easy to discount it
Trump’s ‘golden age’ of climate destruction would be a disaster
Trump says he wants to be remembered as a peacemaker. If he delivers on his promises on oil and gas expansion, he’ll be remembered as an Emperor who fiddled while Rome burned
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
How green is the programme for government?
Absence of climate ambition, continuity rather than scaled-up targets and vague language stand out
Labour, Soc Dems and Greens agree vote-trading deal in bid to secure Seanad election seats
Electorate of just under 1,200 including 941 councillors, 174 incoming TDs and outgoing Senators issued their postal votes for the 43 seats on five vocational panels
Ireland’s risk-averse civil service cannot speed up delivery of the things we need most
We are going to have to decarbonise and dampen down current spending to avoid overheating the economy
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