Election 2024: Sinn Féin and Soc Dems launch manifestos with pledges on housing and healthFianna Fáil to aim to reduce class sizes at primary level in education policy promiseTue Nov 19 2024 - 18:45
What did we learn from the election debate?The debate between 10 party leaders was at its most energetic when dwelling on the cost-of-living and the economyTue Nov 19 2024 - 07:48
More than €6bn hole in Sinn Féin affordable housing plan, claims Fianna FáilOpposition party reacts to FF over record destitution, rising house prices and ‘out of control’ rentsMon Nov 18 2024 - 18:32
Sinn Féin plans audit of State spending to cut wastePearse Doherty launched six-point plan to tackle ‘the things we don’t even know about yet’Mon Nov 18 2024 - 18:15
Tensions over spending begin to shape general election campaignGeneral election: That balancing act and tension - between a headlong rush of ambition and credibility - will be a feature of the rest of the campaignMon Nov 18 2024 - 08:37
‘Everything costs more now.’ Meet the Irish Times voter panel for General Election 2024Housing, the cost of living and immigration top our reader panel’s priority list as they weigh up who to vote forSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Fine Gael to court grey vote with slew of promisesParty’s general election manifesto to provide ‘older persons’ guarantee’ including extending free TV licences and payments for heating billsSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Row between former partners after Fianna Fáil claims Fine Gael made ‘no progress’ while in charge of justiceMinister for Justice Helen McEntee said that if it was deployed it would have expedited the investigation into the Dublin riots last NovemberFri Nov 15 2024 - 17:55
Election 2024: TV bust up and SF down but not out - here’s what went on in week one of campaigningYour essential end-of-week politics catch up: O’Leary cuts the legs from under teachers; Independents move up the pollsFri Nov 15 2024 - 15:19
Sinn Féin’s US arm corrects filing to say it received free New York office from building magnateUS-based attorney said it came to his attention after filing report that he had answered the question incorrectlyFri Nov 15 2024 - 06:00
Election 2024: Fine Gael play law-and-order card Contentious facial recognition technology among proposals in manifesto due out on SundayFri Nov 15 2024 - 06:00
Harris rebuffs Martin’s suggestion for Fine Gael de-escalating election attacks on Fianna Fáil‘Giving out about being attacked whilst then attacking is an interesting way of doing things’, says Taoiseach while canvassing in DublinThu Nov 14 2024 - 16:23
FF accuses Greens of putting more hurdles in front of first-time home buyersElection 2024: Darragh O’Brien says proposal for Help to Buy scheme would ‘bring in price variations across the country’Wed Nov 13 2024 - 13:55
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael trade criticisms about figures each party is using for tax and expenditure pledgesPaschal Donohoe accuses Fianna Fáil of inflating figures in manifesto by up to €5.2 billionWed Nov 13 2024 - 06:00
Election 2024: Coalition parties turning on one another or a phoney war of words?That old political chestnut the personalised briefing had been lurking for some time, but now it’s out and getting aboutWed Nov 13 2024 - 06:00
Fine Gael to announce plans to ‘phase out’ third level fees in election manifesto, says Simon Harris Paschal Donohoe accuses Fianna Fáil of inflating campaign figures by up to €5.2bnTue Nov 12 2024 - 21:56
Green Party manifesto pledges €10bn more for investment in public transportElection 2024: Party also proposes new tax on business class flights and higher speeding fines for people with more disposable incomeTue Nov 12 2024 - 16:56
‘Inane’ and ‘factually incorrect’: Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil trade accusations on housing policy Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien wrote to Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin taking aim at the party’s key affordable housing policy and Mr Ó Broin respondedMon Nov 11 2024 - 18:17
Sinn Féin promises to cut USC within first 100 days in GovernmentTax cut would remove USC on first €45,000 of income for all earners, costing €1.8bnMon Nov 11 2024 - 13:10
Greens ‘don’t know whether to laugh or cry’ at Fianna Fáil’s climate pledgesParty manifesto promises Minister of State for energy among series of climate-related pledgesSat Nov 09 2024 - 12:59
Sinn Féin pledges to win back working-class base Mary Lou McDonald admits recent mistakes had cost the party supportFri Nov 08 2024 - 16:54
Coalition to face intense pressure over housing in opening days of election campaignTaoiseach Simon Harris will today travel to Áras an Uachtaráin to ask the President to dissolve the DáilFri Nov 08 2024 - 06:00
Trump’s return could pose a threat to Irish economy, Ministers are warnedFuture trade between the US and EU could be affected by the imposition of tariffs imposed by the new US regimeThu Nov 07 2024 - 06:00
Jack Chambers warns of threat to future foreign investment from ‘more interventionist’ Trump policy Minister for Finance raises concern about economic risks from new Republican administration’s plan to tax importsWed Nov 06 2024 - 19:28
Explainer: How did the Government come up with its latest housing target of 50,500 new homes a year?The Coalition did not want to set targets it could not meet within the duration of the current Government – although Ministers would likely contest thisWed Nov 06 2024 - 05:00
Appointment of first full ambassador from Palestine approved by GovernmentJilan Wahba Abdalmajid to become full envoy after carrying out role of ‘ambassador — head of mission’Tue Nov 05 2024 - 19:24
Sinn Féin clashes with Tánaiste over Occupied Territories Bill Opposition raise claims Government warned by US ambassador of ‘consequences’ if legislation is passedTue Nov 05 2024 - 11:49
New housing target to be set at average of 50,500 homes a yearMinister for Housing brings revised draft of national planning framework to Coalition leaders for approvalMon Nov 04 2024 - 21:01
Green Party to promise new migration agency to overhaul approach to asylum seekersParty’s election manifesto to propose new body called the Asylum and Integration Agency which would bring together functions carried out by existing agenciesMon Nov 04 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s housing targets: Why a lack of revised goals has real consequencesBuilders, frustrated by the wait and by politicians failure to fully understand demand for housing, say the absence of new targets has real consequencesSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
Former international referee to seek Dáil seat for Fianna Fáil in WexfordMichelle O’Neill was an assistant referee at 2019 Women’s World Cup finalFri Nov 01 2024 - 16:18
Sinn Féin proposing free prescriptions for all if elected to GovernmentElection 2024: Sinn Féin to launch new healthcare policy as it fights to regain momentumMon Oct 28 2024 - 06:00
Can Sinn Féin still mobilise voters?Party made it through Wednesday with no major development in the cascading series of scandals around itThu Oct 24 2024 - 07:17
Social Democrats promise to spend €250m on early years education and cap fees at €250 a month‘Twin-track’ system would use budget surpluses to buy existing childcare businesses and build new facilitiesWed Oct 23 2024 - 14:39
Inside Politics: Greens face losing TDs but still hope for coalitionThe most pessimistic in Leinster House believe the Greens could see just two or three TDs in the next Dáil, all in DublinWed Oct 23 2024 - 07:26
Car testing contracts expose RSA to absorbing inflation costs, report findsRoad Safety Authority’s surplus could be reduced or eliminated ‘due to having to meet the costs of contracts indexation’Wed Oct 23 2024 - 06:00
OPW to defend ballooning cost of modular homes for people fleeing UkrainePublic Accounts Committee will also quiz OPW on progress of flood relief schemesTue Oct 22 2024 - 08:28
Final pieces of the pre-election jigsaw falling into placeCoalition flashpoint over the election date appears to have passed after agreement was reached last night that the election will be held this yearTue Oct 22 2024 - 08:20
Price hikes for drivers sought as ‘unsustainable RSA’ funding model highlightedReport outlines ‘unsustainable’ funding model at the Road Safety Authority and suggests it be overhauled with some some functions transfering to the Department of TransportTue Oct 22 2024 - 06:00
General election in late November or early December looking increasingly likely Taoiseach to engage with Coalition leaders next week to consider dates for dissolution of Dáil and holding of electionSat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin says its records show person at centre of Ó Donnghaile controversy was 17 when he received messagesFine Gael TD and former Labour Senator have publicly suggested, including on the floor of the Dáil, that the individual was 16 at the timeThu Oct 17 2024 - 20:08
Brian Stanley controversy: Government ‘bottled’ fight to block new PAC chair nomination, SF saysMairéad Farrell was sent forward to Dáil by committee with unanimous approval after Mr Stanley’s resignation from partyThu Oct 17 2024 - 19:01
‘Very unusual’ for President to suggest concerns around Planning Bill without referring it to Supreme CourtStatement from President suggests a dedicated case taken to the Supreme Court would be more appropriate than a referral under his own constitutional powersThu Oct 17 2024 - 18:26
Sinn Féin nominates Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell as new PAC chairParty names replacement for former TD Brian Stanley on influential committeeWed Oct 16 2024 - 17:16
Sinn Féin faces political pressure over claims it misled Oireachtas on Niall Ó Donnghaile’s resignationNiall Ó Donnghaile was named on Tuesday as the party member who stepped down after sending inappropriate text messagesTue Oct 15 2024 - 22:09
Paschal Donohoe denies allocation of extra money is clearing the decks for general electionMinister told Cabinet of plans to allocate net €6.3bn to fund capital works, public pay costs and cost of living measuresTue Oct 15 2024 - 16:39
McDonald to make statement on former Sinn Féin member who allegedly sent inappropriate texts to teenager Cover letter related to inquiry into complaint against Brian Stanley understood to make reference to text messages between parties involvedTue Oct 15 2024 - 13:51
Six unanswered questions over the Sinn Féin-Brian Stanley controversyPAC chairman’s departs from party after complaint led to internal inquiry and referral to gardaíTue Oct 15 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin row with Brian Stanley deepens over referral of claims to GardaUncertainty in Garda about nature of complaint filed, with one source saying it was not filed in Dublin or with Garda HQMon Oct 14 2024 - 21:56
Brian Stanley: Everything we know so far about the controversy surrounding the former Sinn Féin TDLaois-Offaly deputy resigned from party last weekend, adding to the problems facing it on both sides of BorderMon Oct 14 2024 - 19:52
