The Irish Times

Carer settles €1m tax bill with Revenue

Defaulters list show 35 taxpayers agree to pay total of €6 million in first quarter

Tue Jun 09 2020 - 16:24

Mayo results: FG’s Michael Ring, SF’s Conway-Walsh elected on first count

Green Party’s rising star Saoirse McHugh was knocked out after the fifth count

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 03:00

Election 2020 in Co Mayo: ‘Many people are disillusioned with Fine Gael’

The regulars at Guiry’s Bar in Foxford are tired of the ‘same old’ politics

Mon Feb 03 2020 - 20:59

Election 2020 outtakes: Absent Mary Lou comes out on top

Candidates try to avoid campaigns going up in smoke while country is king in Mayo

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 19:00

Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swagger

The party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon Harris

Sat Oct 12 2019 - 01:56

Miriam Lord: Thin-skinned Taoiseach’s stand-up gags fall flat

Varadkar makes lame jokes about Oliver Callan as Michael Collins lip syncs to Abba

Sat Mar 30 2019 - 02:00

Maria Walsh hopes to ‘ruffle feathers’ in MEP bid

Former Rose of Tralee launches election campaign as candidate in Co Mayo

Mon Mar 25 2019 - 21:54

Mayo wind farm project takes on shades of Corrib controversy

Protests near the site at Bellacorick highlight concerns about the developers’ approach

Mon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00

Canvassers get cold reception over vote on ‘silly’ blasphemy rule

Uninterested reaction from early morning commuters at train station canvass

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 12:52

TDs alerted to need for tighter security in constituency offices

Gardaí advise politicians on how best to assist staff in wake of rising threat from public

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 01:30

‘No evidence whatsoever’ animals are dying from malnutrition

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed defends his handling of fodder crisis

Wed Apr 11 2018 - 20:12

TDs can claim expenses for CCTV and alarms at constituency offices

Move follows reports of staff being verbally abused and threats of violence against them

Mon Mar 12 2018 - 01:00

Retailers to have three options in how they display alcohol

Minister says deal with retailers will see alcohol become less visible in shops

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00

UN will challenge Ireland further if abortion law unchanged, Oireachtas told

Anti-abortion professor declines to give evidence to ‘kangaroo court’

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 20:28

Harris accedes to some Fine Gael alcohol legislation objections

Minister prepared to ‘tweak’ contentious Public Health Alcohol Bill being debated by Senators

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 14:33

Anti-abortion witness declines to go to ‘kangaroo court’ committee

US professor is second ‘pro-life’ witness to decide not to give evidence on Eighth Amendment

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 10:27

Enda Kenny rules out standing for the Dáil again

No members of Kenny’s family will seek to succeed him as a TD for Mayo

Sun Nov 05 2017 - 23:20

Fine Gael Senators say alcohol display plans ‘unworkable’

Minister has proposed Bill amendment to ease effect of changes on small, rural retailers

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 01:00

Enda Kenny expected to say he will not stand for re-election

Former taoiseach has been a TD since 1975

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 10:03

Miriam Lord’s Awards: Winners of this year’s political gongs

Dáil movers, shakers, losers and inbetweeners: A selection from the corridors of power

Sat Jul 22 2017 - 06:00

‘I love money and I love spending it’: Ring pledges boost for Mayo

Policies will be ‘rural-proofed’, new Minister tells homecoming celebration in Westport

Fri Jun 16 2017 - 12:53

Hard Border post-Brexit will encourage smugglers, Seanad told

‘Absolutely no doubt’ racketeers and criminals that flourished on Border would return

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 18:43

Miriam Lord’s Week: Garda team cracks the crime of the century

Moving her lips and swinging her hips, Michelle Mulherin makes all the right moves

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 01:00

Una Mullally: Delays to voting age Bill are extremely cynical

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have co-operated to push back the legislation by nine months

Fri Mar 31 2017 - 01:00

Syrian refugees need psychological support, Senator says

Condolences expressed in Seanad for attacks in Berlin and killing of Russian ambassador

Tue Dec 20 2016 - 19:52

Mixed reaction among Senators to Trump victory

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik calls for foreign policy debate

Thu Nov 10 2016 - 01:00

Man pleads guilty to arson attack on Michelle Mulherin’s Mayo office

John Clarke threw home-made petrol bomb through office window in January 2015

Wed Oct 26 2016 - 15:41

Court told of petrol bomb attack on Michelle Mulherin’s office

Accused man (41) ‘severely psychotic’ at time of arson attack on Fine Gael politician’s office

Tue Oct 25 2016 - 23:07

GAA accused of discriminating against Senators over All-Ireland

FG members claim the Seanad was not given the chance to buy final tickets

Wed Oct 12 2016 - 20:44

All-Ireland final: Fans’ hopes not dampened by ticket scarcity

Mayo supporters and Senators travel to Dublin in search of seats and long-awaited glory

Sat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00

James Reilly expected among Taoiseach’s Seanad appointments

Former ministers Paudie Coffey and Jimmy Deenihan also thought to be named

Fri May 27 2016 - 01:00

Taoiseach may appoint Averil Power to the Seanad

Enda Kenny can select 11 candidates for Upper House and will choose some ex-FG TDs

Wed May 11 2016 - 01:00

James Reilly among likely nominated Senators

Sources say Minister open to idea of taking one of 11 seats in gift of next taoiseach

Sat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00

Unsociable media comes to the fore in election campaign

Jack Chambers was among the victims of the personal attacks which are now the norm

Mon Mar 07 2016 - 00:00