Chris Andrews claims he was defamed in Irish Times article concerning Sinn Féin response to October 7th Hamas attack on Israel

Internal correspondence from top official acknowledges State has provided comparatively less help to Ukraine than other EU allies

Hildegarde Naughton: farming lobby protests ‘potentially very damaging’ to agri-food sector

Public also gives views on triple lock, a visit by Donald Trump and social media regulation

Farmers’ groups called for the head of the Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin, some mixing him up with the famous drummer

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Inside Politics: Busy week sees new opinion poll and the President in Northern Ireland

They should stop trotting behind Sinn Féin and show a willingness to go into government with other big Dáil parties

Fewer than a third of voters think Government is making progress on housing, Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds

UK practice uses drones to track offenders and avoid ‘high speed chase dangers’, TD says

President, Taoiseach, Tánaiste and others offer condolences following North Earl Street incident

Testy exchanges over flooding as Government accused of ‘decade of broken promises’

Why does the party govern in Northern Ireland as if it is afraid of its own shadow?

Bord Bia chair ‘crossed a red line’ by importing meat, SF agriculture spokesman Martin Kenny says

Fianna Fáil leader gets overwhelming backing of his party’s voters

Forming behind the party is an orderly queue of alternatives, all aware that the electorate is frustrated

Birthday boy and deputy head usher Mick O’Brien bows out before Micheál wades through a flood of questioning

Leader Roderic O’Gorman says ‘we are in this to win’ after party’s near-wipeout in general election

‘Our games, our music, our languages should never divide us,’ the President told a packed room at Ulster University in Belfast

It’s not a simple question of spending money on services here or bolstering Ukraine’s defence