Dublin North-West results: Fine Gael’s Noel Rock has been elected after ninth countLabour TD John Lyons is eliminated on the eighth countSun Feb 28 2016 - 00:39
‘Ger-ry, Ger-ry, Ger-ry!’: starstruck children meet TV starMistresses, media, flowers, Irish language and cheering crowds for Sinn Féin leaderThu Feb 25 2016 - 15:33
Parties make final pleas to voters on eve of electionFianna Fáil says Kenny and Burton photocall showed ‘desperation’Thu Feb 25 2016 - 15:30
Green Party in appeal to voters: ‘Don’t give up on politics’Deputy leader hopeful ‘a new generation of Greens will break through this weekend’Wed Feb 24 2016 - 15:35
Social Democrats warn opponents: ‘Beware the young voter’Party claims Coalition has created two-tier society, loading brunt of austerity on youthTue Feb 23 2016 - 17:16
‘Don’t vote for parties that think money grows on trees’ - RenuaLucinda Creighton outlines social progress index plan at ‘decent society’ policy launchTue Feb 23 2016 - 14:00
Irish education enrolment segregated, study revealsTeachers’ racist remarks exposed: ‘Shut up Allah’; ‘take that stupid thing off your head’Mon Feb 22 2016 - 01:00
Renua: ‘Thugs have made playground of rural Ireland’Candidate John Leahy says life sentence should mean life, not current average of 20 yearsSat Feb 20 2016 - 19:29
Villiers joins Vote Leave campaign in support of BrexitFlanagan, Adams and Noonan say they believe UK should remain in European UnionSat Feb 20 2016 - 18:27
Noonan rejects Varoufakis criticisms as ‘excuses for failure’Minister says Greek counterpart fired by his prime minister and did not seek re-electionSat Feb 20 2016 - 16:38
Nursing home residents and postal voters cast their voteDublin city voters in 43 nursing homes will vote from MondaySat Feb 20 2016 - 08:45
Irish Water was Fine Gael’s idea, Fianna Fáil claimsSenator says party never made a decision on water utility or charges while in powerFri Feb 19 2016 - 15:07
Pearse Doherty defends Gerry Adams’s leadershipSinn Féin TD says he has ’no personal ambition’ to leadFri Feb 19 2016 - 01:00
Gerry Adams denies misleading public on water chargesPearse Doherty defends Sinn Féin leader after interview is described as ‘embarrassing’Thu Feb 18 2016 - 14:00
Joan Burton: ‘Standing back, doing a bit of Downton Abbey and teacups is not me’Election 2016: Tánaiste defends her passion for politics in face of ‘strident’ criticismWed Feb 17 2016 - 18:41
Abolition of Irish Water would cost €271m, claim AAA-PBPSocialist Party claims outlay would include expense of repaying those who paid chargeTue Feb 16 2016 - 17:22
Boyd Barrett emerges victorious in leaders’ debate – colleaguesIssue of crime not sufficiently teased out during the debate, says People Before ProfitTue Feb 16 2016 - 17:15
McDonald accuses Noonan of ‘brazenly cooking the figures’Sinn Féin deputy leader says not a ‘whit of difference’ between FF and FGMon Feb 15 2016 - 17:22
Election 2016: Citizens’ convention urged on climate changeOpen letter from academics calls on parties to back establishment of countrywide forumFri Feb 12 2016 - 19:28
Exclusion of Independents ‘political snobbery’ says McGrathMain parties ‘will have to chew their words after the election’ says Dublin Bay North TDFri Feb 12 2016 - 16:09
Burton plays down poll saying she will lose her seatTánaiste points to high level of undecided voters in Dublin West constituencyThu Feb 11 2016 - 16:04
Dublin Bay North ballot papers to be half metre longAmalgamation leads to constituency having 22 candidates running for electionThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00
Social Democrats will not raise minimum wage, says DonnellyParty wants employers to move voluntarily to the living wage, assessed at €11.30Wed Feb 10 2016 - 14:56
Crime gangs operate in ‘subterranean world’ but live quietlyTDs in Crumlin area say crime issue not coming up on doorstep after David Byrne’s deathMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Alex White fends off questions about Labour Party leadership‘There isn’t a single TD who doesn’t want to be leader of his or her party,’ says Alex WhiteMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Labour party touts sale of AIB shares to fund green economy€1 million for cycle to school scheme to tackle obesity, encourage ‘lifelong’ commitmentMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Mixed fortunes for Government parties in three opinion pollsBehaviour & Attitudes poll shows dissatisfaction with Government highest among womenSun Feb 07 2016 - 13:34
Social Democrats launch election campaign in DublinParty plans to reduce the cost of living and leaves all coalition options openFri Feb 05 2016 - 13:46
Seanad adjourns indefinitely as tributes paid to retiring SenatorsElectorate praised for voting ‘in their wisdom’ in referendum to retain SeanadThu Feb 04 2016 - 12:56
Former ministers among 19 TDs retiring from DáilMore than €14 million set aside to cover TDs’ and Senators’ pensions and associated costsWed Feb 03 2016 - 17:03
Election 2016: President Higgins dissolves 31st DáilOrder for polling day on Friday, February 26th is signed by Alan KellyWed Feb 03 2016 - 14:22
The gradual reduction of 31st Dáil’s historic majorityAttrition of full five-year term in office took toll on Government’s 30-seat majorityWed Feb 03 2016 - 09:53
Government not protecting workers from ‘rogue employers’Joan Collins clashed with Richard Bruton over contracts for 530 Xtra-vision employeesWed Feb 03 2016 - 01:00
Leo Varadkar cautions on teen girls’ vaccine fearsVaradkar says no need to change the way HPV vaccines are usedWed Feb 03 2016 - 01:00
Senators commend whistleblowers in foster home abuse caseHSE explanation to Public Accounts Committee ‘stinks of cover-up’ - Máiría CahillTue Feb 02 2016 - 19:09
Questions raised over Irish Water contract with AbtranSocial Democrats TD Catherine Murphy points to failings in previous contractsFri Jan 29 2016 - 01:00
Bill proposes ban on drones photographing or videoing homesLegislation would also make it an offence to fly a drone over another person’s homeThu Jan 28 2016 - 22:24
FG’s David Stanton criticises poor attendance at committee meetingsCandidates for Ceann Comhairle must have support of seven TDs under new Dáil rulesThu Jan 28 2016 - 22:16
