‘I’m proud that I represent a society that gives people a second chance,’ candidate says

Summit hears talk of a ‘drone wall’ to secure EU’s eastern frontier against Russian incursions

Proposed €9.4bn package ‘poses a risk of overheating the economy’, oversight committee warns

There is growing fear among EU countries that Moscow is stepping up its hostilities

Senior Ministers yet to settle financial positions for 2026 as budget day looms

Catherine Connolly was fluent and coherent but spoke only to her base of left-wing voters

Jim Gavin has a difficult debating debut as Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys deliver as expected

Does her experience suggest anyone who holds socially conservative views is excluded from public life?

Move part of State tightening of asylum regime and intended as incentive to those without valid claim for international protection

Mansergh entered electoral politics after decades as a backroom figure and served as minister of State

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín says Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and others ‘pulled up the ladder’ to stop conservative from challenging them

A barrage of social media pleas, letters and emails made up the last, frantic hours of campaign

To carry the centre ground, this candidate of the left will be required not to equivocate when it comes to the Islamist group

Derogatory posts about former Dublin GAA manager were shared on social media without provision of any evidence