Inside the Fianna Fáil presidential vote: standing ovations, ‘thunderous’ applause and tears Fianna Fáiler emotion before the vote: excitement; nervousness; giddiness; anticipation; tensionTue Sept 09 2025 - 21:00
Jim Gavin ‘honoured’ to be selected as Fianna Fáil presidential candidateParliamentary party voted by 41-29 favour of GAA stalwart over Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher Tue Sept 09 2025 - 12:27
Mary Lou McDonald rules out Áras bid as Sinn Féin considers backing Catherine ConnollyParty leader says Sinn Féin ‘will be looking to engage’ with Connolly’s campaign before making a decisionMon Sept 08 2025 - 12:19
Irish public debt at ‘high level’ of €40,500 per headReport warns that cost of servicing debt will rise over coming years as ‘cheap’ debt rolls over on to higher ratesFri Sept 05 2025 - 10:20
Labour accuses Sinn Féin of ‘dithering’ on approach to presidential election campaign Party leader Ivana Bacik says conversations with Alan Kelly private after TD indicates reluctance to back Catherine Connolly’s candidacyThu Sept 04 2025 - 19:00
Áras hopeful Jim Gavin secures backing from five more Fianna Fáil TDsDeclarations bring former Dublin GAA football boss’s support to 30 members of parliamentary partyWed Sept 03 2025 - 17:44
Presidential election: Just three weeks for Independent candidates to secure nominationNominations due to open on Friday, with polling day expected to be October 24thWed Sept 03 2025 - 06:00
Irish exports to US surged to €75bn ahead of tariffsCabinet to be briefed in increase in use of DNA profiles during garda investigations Wed Sept 03 2025 - 06:00
Fine Gael confirms Heather Humphreys as candidate as presidential vote set for October 24thFormer cabinet minister secured overwhelming backing of the party’s TDs, Senators and MEPs to contest October 24th voteTue Sept 02 2025 - 13:22
Billy Kelleher allies believe there is ‘route to win’ Fianna Fáil presidential nomination, despite Jim Gavin’s leadFianna Fáil will make its choice in a secret ballot of its 71 parliamentary party members next TuesdayTue Sept 02 2025 - 06:00
Bob Geldof speaks to Micheál Martin about presidencyBut Fianna Fáil leader says he cannot back musician activist as he is committed to supporting Jim GavinMon Sept 01 2025 - 19:36
Presidential election: Jim O’Callaghan backs Jim Gavin to be Fianna Fáil candidateMinister for Justice says former Dublin GAA manager would be ‘uniquely qualified’ to succeed Michael D HigginsMon Sept 01 2025 - 13:10
Ex-Dublin manager Jim Gavin gains early momentum in FF presidential nominee race MEP Billy Kelleher also confirms surprise candidacy, while conservative campaigner Maria Steen indicates interest Sat Aug 30 2025 - 06:00
Inside Catherine Connolly’s presidential election campaign Connolly is still the only confirmed election candidate, as she fights to become the first Independent presidentSat Aug 30 2025 - 06:00
Jim Gavin wins backing of two FF ministers as Bertie Ahern declines to rule himself outBilly Kelleher calls for ‘healthy’ contest as three candidates emerge for nominationFri Aug 29 2025 - 18:39
Labour’s Alan Kelly tells colleagues of ‘regret’ over radio interview Tipperary TD addresses ‘elephant in the room’ regarding criticism of party and Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly Fri Aug 29 2025 - 17:38
Billy Kelleher expected to seek Fianna Fáil nomination for presidencyCork MEP seeking support of colleagues in parliamentary party in bid for Áras successThu Aug 28 2025 - 20:16
Alan Kelly criticises Labour’s decision to back Catherine Connolly for presidentAcademic Deirdre Heenan says ‘watch this space’ when asked about presidential ambitionsWed Aug 27 2025 - 16:52
Oireachtas broadcasting workers may strike over pay and conditionsThey say contracts offer precarious work, but employer claims there has been ‘ill-informed criticism’ of termsTue Aug 26 2025 - 16:00
Potential end of Lebanon peacekeeping mandate brings focus on misuse of vetoes by US, Catherine Connolly says Presidency candidate has had ‘very positive’ response from Sinn Féin members but respects party’s process around contesting electionTue Aug 26 2025 - 13:04
Bertie Ahern not among Fianna Fáil favourites for presidential runParty viewing former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin as serious prospectTue Aug 26 2025 - 06:00
Major IT issues hit finance officials in hours before last year’s budgetWorkers were locked out of documents and faced frozen systems as laptops overheatedTue Aug 26 2025 - 06:00
Investigating historic schools abuse a ‘major pull’ on Garda resources, authority warnsFewer offences of possession of child sexual abuse material due to resource issues at online child exploitation unitSat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí managing serious investigations while ‘relying on manual spreadsheets or paper-based systems’Gardaí managing complex and serious investigations while ‘relying primarily on manual spreadsheets or paper-based systems’Wed Aug 06 2025 - 06:00
Ending of electricity credits will bite hard this winterA total of 301,000 households are in arrears on their electricity bills. The figures are creeping up even when the weather is mildSun Aug 03 2025 - 07:05
National Concert Hall sought government exemption from funding revampNational Concert Hall chief wrote to Department of Culture to outline HR issues over transfer of NSO from RTÉ, documents showFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:28
The National Concert Hall’s official memos: On revamp costs, one-off payments and HR ‘issues’ Chairperson has sought assurances from Government that NCH will not have to fund multi-million euro redevelopmentFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:00
Occupied Territories Bill: former Ceann Comhairle ‘confident’ Government will include ban on servicesThe foreign affairs and trade committee will publish its report this afternoonThu Jul 31 2025 - 21:04
Galway city councillor resigns from Social DemocratsEibhlín Seoighthe contested general election for party in Galway West last NovemberThu Jul 31 2025 - 17:09
Eoin Hayes readmittance by Social Democrats a bid to put an end to difficult question for partyOne TD fears party could lose members and supporters over lifting of suspensionThu Jul 31 2025 - 13:18
Children’s ombudsman stopped visiting asylum seekers due to budget cutsDr Niall Muldoon warned his office could not fulfil its statutory obligations with existing resourcesThu Jul 31 2025 - 06:00
Reform of ‘triple lock’ for overseas military missions to begin in autumnReport argues for a strengthening of Oireachtas oversight of Defence Forces activities abroad if triple lock removedWed Jul 30 2025 - 18:19
Verona Murphy attends Swiss conference alongside sanctioned Russian politicianUkraine says Valentina Matviyenko’s attendance at summit of women speakers ‘disgraceful and should never have happened’Wed Jul 30 2025 - 16:11
OPW spent €17,000 on consultants for committee hearings, more than any other State body Spending data from 2021 to last month shows OPW spent over €17,000 last year as it faced rolling controversiesWed Jul 30 2025 - 06:00
Grants of up to €35,000 for firms planning move into new markets to cushion US tariffs blowMeanwhile, new steps will limit ability of property owners to take advantage of €600 monthly paymentTue Jul 29 2025 - 21:21
RTÉ investigating potential cyber security incidentNational Cyber Security Centre made contact with broadcaster in recent daysMon Jul 28 2025 - 19:23
The Covid files: what the government was told and how it coped in the early days of the pandemicA trove of unpublished documents shows the information given to government as it made radical decisions affecting people’s livesSun Jul 27 2025 - 06:00
Foreign Affairs Committee expected to recommend services be included in Occupied Territories Bill Committee meeting on Friday to finalise reportFri Jul 25 2025 - 17:27
Government likely to delay VAT reduction for hospitality sector until mid-2026 Potential for lower rate of 9% to be extended only to hospitality and not accommodationThu Jul 24 2025 - 06:00
Tony Holohan ‘reflecting’ on how to contribute to public life in future Peadar Tóibín says Aontú is not interested in talking to former CMO if he seeks nominations to run for presidencyWed Jul 23 2025 - 18:57
‘Economic vandalism’: Unions condemn plan to cut VAT for hospitality sector Ictu says sector is growing not struggling after Peter Burke earlier said cut was aimed at keeping it ‘sustainable’Wed Jul 23 2025 - 14:06
Budget plan for €9.4bn public spending boost will be reconsidered if tariffs hitCoalition leaders vow to protect infrastructure spendingTue Jul 22 2025 - 21:02
Ireland’s Summer Economic Statement: what does it say? Document is important part of pre-budget choreography but theme running through this year is economic uncertaintyTue Jul 22 2025 - 15:56
National Development Plan main points: how much is being spent and what are the big winners?NDP is a total investment of €275.4bn from 2026-2035Tue Jul 22 2025 - 13:57
State agencies to implement new rules aiming to enhance transparency in political ads Introduction of alcohol warning labels to be deferred for two years, Ministers to hearTue Jul 22 2025 - 06:00
Fast-track planning to speed up national infrastructure in €200bn plan Investment in housing, water and grid infrastructure, defence, prisons and sports facilities planned under NDP Tue Jul 22 2025 - 06:00
Sinn Féin wants 111 changes to Bill reforming ‘triple lock’ Irish troop deploymentOireachtas defence committee to meet this week to discuss its recommendations on the legislation Mon Jul 21 2025 - 19:00
Who is Mairead McGuinness, the early front-runner in the presidential race?Fine Gael hopeful is seen as a superb communicator and ‘parliament whisperer’, but her proximity to Ursula von der Leyen may not be an electoral assetSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
Number of asylum seekers who can access labour market to ‘reduce significantly’, analysis findsUpdate to Irish law required to bring it into line with EU legislation, which would bring first-instance decision on international protection within five monthsFri Jul 18 2025 - 17:24
Irish-Syrian activists ask Labour not to support Connolly’s presidential bidGalway West TD Catherine Connolly officially confirmed her candidacy on TuesdayThu Jul 17 2025 - 06:00
