Micheál Martin

All of our news, analysis and features on Fianna Fáil leader and former taoiseach Micheál Martin

Housing crisis: Proposals to boost LDA’s remit under consideration to boost housing output

Government considering steps to allow Land Development Agency to build more private housing at its projects

China’s intimidation of an Irish citizen in Dublin: ‘I wanted to escape. It’s scary’

One Irish citizen living in Dublin receives regular calls from the police in China and believes she is being monitored

Pope Francis’s funeral: ‘Pope among the people’ mourned by hundreds of thousands in Rome

Mass mirrored most Catholic funerals, albeit with hundreds of cardinals and dignitaries present

Martin and Harris: how is the Coalition working?

The Government faces a big challenge with trade and the economy, but the bigger fears are around chronic problems – most acutely, in housing

Micheál Martin would be a more credible leader of Fine Gael than Simon Harris

It’s a sign of Fine Gael’s watered-down identity that it’s easy to imagine Harris in Labour or the Social Democrats

Pfizer warned Taoiseach against EU pharma reform plans

Pfizer lobbied Taoiseach Micheál Martin to push back on EU overhaul of pharma regulations

Ireland’s hopes of a net-zero economy are floating in the wind

Separate reports in the past week have poured scorn on talk of the State becoming the ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’ and challenge the narrative that a switch to clean energy will deliver cheaper energy prices to consumers

Taoiseach hails refurbishment of Cork castle as boost to cultural tourism in the area

Admission to the castle will be free for the 2025 season

Pope Francis’s funeral: who is attending and how it will be marked in Ireland

World leaders to gather in Rome on Saturday but arrangements at home are more muted

Chief medical officer Mary Horgan: ‘People often forget how bad infections were; our memories sometimes are short’

Chief medical officer Mary Horgan on Covid-19, alcohol warning labels, and the goals for her time in office

Pope Francis ‘a voice for humanity and justice’, says President Higgins

Late pontiff advocated on behalf of the poor, marginalised and those affected by war and conflict – Taoiseach

This Irish town produces the world’s entire supply of Botox, but now Trump wants to bring it back to the US

Westport makes the world’s entire supply of the anti-wrinkle drug — now the feat is that production could move to the US

Mary Hanafin ‘open to conversation’ with Fianna Fáil on presidential run

Former minister for education and Dún Laoghaire TD says the decision will ultimately be up to Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Daughter of Easter Rising participant ‘proud’ to attend GPO commemorative event

President Michael D Higgins led a commemoration ceremony outside the GPO to mark the 1916 Easter Rising

Irish and British futures are codependent and entangled

Worldview: Running through contemporary debates is a battle between those who say reconciliation should come before constitutional change and those who argue for the reverse

Policing short-term lets to become a legal nightmare

Plan suggested for deciding penalties on errant platforms seems promote bureaucracy over efficiency

Miriam Lord’s Easter awards: Best Varadkar tribute act, Jemser balance respected and outstanding Dáil dust-up

From the Burke family to Mattie McGrath and Michael Lowry, here are the winners of Miriam Lord's Easter awards

Urgent action needed to ‘clear fog’ and progress transition to clean energy 

The Nesc findings would be used to inform ongoing work of Government to deliver the transition

Rory McIlroy’s wish to be identified as Northern Irish is typical of his generation

Support for Sinn Féin is growing in the North, but support for a united Ireland isn’t. This is not as strange as it might seem

Pat Leahy: Poll shows voters are already grumpy with the Government

Fears over Donald Trump and impatience on housing highlighted by new survey

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