Leo Varadkar

Ireland needs to develop the ability to conduct national security assessments of proposed foreign investors, says security expert

Plus: You can’t keep Phil Hogan down, trouble at Jack’s Hole in Brittas, and Ireland’s starring role in reality TV

Former Tory PM makes claim about US president in new memoir, Unleashed, which also focuses on Brexit tensions over Irish Border

If Keir Starmer wants to be remembered as a prime minister for the United Kingdom, not just England, he needs to address the question of a Border poll

The afterlives of political leaders are often greater measures of their character than their times in office are. It’s hard to let go - just watch former leaders who lack the grace to dial down the wise-after-the-event pronouncements

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar said every party should make Irish unification ‘an objective, not an aspiration’. But is that the right goal? And what needs to happen first?

The main reason people are homeless in Dublin is not that they left direct provision or arrived from abroad

An analysis of immigration numbers following Leo Varadkar’s remark that people are ‘right’ to believe numbers have risen too quickly

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Former taoiseach warns against populism and prejudice but concedes immigration a challenge for Irish society

The word ‘safe’ comes up a lot from the students, as does the desire for a peaceful future, more university places in their home city and the chance of a job locally

Former taoiseach says people could first vote on the idea in principle before getting a subsequent confirmatory vote on a proposed new constitution

Former taoiseach calls for all parties to make pledge on Irish unity

Former taoiseach believes a New Ireland Forum should be established to plan the journey to Irish unity

Hey, kids – we have a roadmap. Just hang on in there and try not to get too angry and ashamed about being poor in a rich country

Plus: Alan Shatter seeks to protect the inheritance; a campaign for a Colm Meaney statue in Killarney; and Clare Daly’s political future

Sean Brown was abducted and murdered by loyalists while locking the gates at his local GAA club

Multinationals’ expressions of concern part and parcel of foreign direct investment but some feel fears for further inflow not without foundation

Fine Gael needs to provide details of proposed new State-run early education and childcare service to give it credibility

Former taoiseach to publish his memoirs next year in a publishing deal reportedly involving a six-figure sum