Social Democrats

Cap on data centres ruled out despite surge in energy use

New figures reveal data centres in the Republic used as much electricity as urban households last year

Pat Leahy: Mood for change is tempered by the fact many don’t want everything to change

Sinn Féin is conducting the difficult balancing act of promising change while reassuring voters the things they like will stay the same

What Opposition parties would do with €65bn surplus, from housing to climate

Sinn Féin, Labour, Social Democrats and People Before Profit offer answers ranging from debt payments to a sovereign wealth fund

Regency murder trial: Gerard Hutch acquittal puts Special Criminal Court under spotlight

Review may favour reform of non-jury court rather than abolition

Oireachtas committee to seek further hearings on botched Tony Holohan appointment after fractious Watt session

Oireachtas committee members were ‘shocked’ after a fractious session with Department of Health secretary general Robert Watt

Dáil struggling with housing crisis despite TDs experiencing issue from both sides

The Dáil includes TDs who are landlords but TDs on both sides of the House have experienced eviction

Labour needs to stop aping Sinn Féin

Since losing office the party appears more concerned with apologising for what it failed to do rather than claiming credit for what it achieved

Gerard Howlin: The younger generation are screwed, and the system is stacked against them

Expediency drives decisions on issues such as increased pension age and wealth tax, all of which would benefit the young

Holly Cairns’ opening salvo strikes an economic chord

Combined impact of housing crisis and stagnant wages highlighted by 2021 ESRI study

Una Mullally: Cars have to go. People can fight this all they want, but it has to happen

We need to start confronting the environmental factors that denigrate public health in Dublin city

Almost a year after Ivana Bacik’s election as leader, Labour is in disarray

Holly Cairns is just one of the Labour party’s problems. It has bigger issues closer to home

Strong cross-party support for expansion of State scheme to buy properties from landlords

Some politicians advocate allowing Approved Housing Bodies to buy properties from private landlords for cost-rental tenancies

Catherine Murphy was an unlikely nemesis for Denis O’Brien

The government sat like frightened mice as she took on one of the most powerful men in Ireland

Una Mullally: Holly Cairns will draw people to the Social Democrats, especially young women

If you’re looking for the most on-the-nose outcome of the social revolution of the 2010s, there you have it

Number of no-shows of learner drivers for tests has fallen dramatically, says RSA

Safety body acknowledges clearing backlog of those waiting to take driving test unlikely to occur until mid-2024

Holly Cairns: ‘They say rural Ireland is so conservative. It’s not true and it’s kind of insulting’

New Social Democrats leader on how the 2018 abortion referendum was her introduction to political activism, and the electoral challenge posed by Sinn Féin

Varadkar marks Holly Cairns’s big day by talking about Varadkar

New leader of the Social Democrats receives world-weary advice from Taoiseach on the burdens of leadership

Holly Cairns a breath of fresh air for Soc Dems, but leadership will be tested soon

Honeymoon period for new party leader unlikely to last long as major challenges lie ahead

Successive governments ‘diminished or destroyed’ dreams of entire generation, says Cairns

New Social Democrats leader says nowhere was political betrayal of young people more evident than in the ‘housing disaster’

Bemusement among those opposed to Brexit as Sunak hails ‘prize’ for Northern Ireland in his deal with EU

Inside Politics: British prime minister said the North would be ‘the world’s most exciting economic zone’ with access to EU and UK markets

Holly Cairns to be officially appointed as new Social Democrats leader

Cairns will today attempt to reach out to disengaged voters, and will take her first Leaders’ Questions slot in the Dáil

Social Democrats leader objects to north Dublin data centre plan

Róisín Shortall cites grid capacity problems but developers have said they will not connect to grid until those issues are resolved

Holly Cairns: Cork horticulturalist who quickly gained a national profile after election to the Dáil

Catalyst for 33-year-old’s entry into mainstream political life was the Eighth Amendment referendum in 2018

Holly Cairns will become next Social Democrats leader

Prospective candidates Cian O’Callaghan and Jennifer Whitmore to support Cork TD

Miriam Lord’s Week: Hallucinatory scenes give way to realpolitik in the Dáil

Drug talk and a pirate appearance soon overtaken by Soc Dems co-leaders’ exit announcement

‘When you go to a Social Democrats convention, you’re struck by how young its supporters are’

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Social Democrats leadership race: O’Callaghan has most public endorsements from councillors

Duo have backing of at least two local representatives each, while Jennifer Whitmore has one endorsement so far

Holly Cairns front-runner for Social Democrats leadership

Cork South-West TD ‘taking time’ to consider bid, while Cian O’Callaghan and Jennifer Whitmore have not ruled out running

Housing crisis could be made ‘much worse’ by extending eviction ban, Martin says

Tánaiste warns extension could hit supply and cause increasing rents

Social Democrats to hold leadership election as Murphy and Shortall step down

Holly Cairns declines to comment on report she is expected to be the next leader unopposed

Social Democrats face decision on new leadership and possible new partners

Party enters uncharted territory as it faces decision over possible coalition partners

Holly Cairns left ‘terrified’ after online stalker showed up at her home

Social Democrats TD said she would not have run for public office had she known the level of abuse she would face

Galway SocDems councillor Owen Hanley resigns following allegations

Party says statutory authorities were notified as soon as it became aware of the claims against him

Rally on cost of living at Leinster House to coincide with appointment of new Taoiseach

Demonstration designed to highlight impact of cost of living rises during 2022

Minister for Education currently on a career break, Dáil hears

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald ‘gobsmacked’ that Norma Foley’s is to cut career breaks while she is on one herself

Government ‘telling fairy tales’ about housing crisis, Sinn Féin leader claims

Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath warned Mary Lou McDonald’s policies could ‘further drive landlords out’ of Irish market

Poor attendance by TDs at Dáil housing debate, with no Fine Gael TDs present

Debate on Sinn Féin motion to declare a housing emergency took place in advance of the Raise the Roof protest in Dublin on Saturday

Dublin airport under growing pressure to cut passenger delays

DAA facing heavy criticism over terms and conditions on offer to security staff it is hiring

Diplomat expulsions overshadow major pension and Leaving Cert reforms

Inside Politics: Russian embassy expulsions followed weeks-long backbench campaign

Cum-ex tax fraud revelations further ‘blotch’ on Ireland’s reputation

Irish funds involvement scheme has ‘serious implications’ for country’s reputation

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