Brexit boost will not be enough to win Fine Gael an electionThe party is agonising over timing of vote but getting the message right is more importantSat Nov 17 2018 - 04:00
May fights on in face of Eurosceptic coup to topple her over draft Brexit dealPrime minister gets boost after pro-Brexit minister Michael Gove decided not to resign, and trade secretary Liam Fox backed herSat Nov 17 2018 - 01:00
Coveney wants Sinn Féin in Commons for Brexit voteMinister for Foreign Affairs says May’s deal offers Northern Ireland ‘best of both worlds’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 21:17
‘Law Library insiders’ delaying judicial appointments BillVested interests ‘hell-bent’ on maintaining political influence, claims Shane RossFri Nov 16 2018 - 01:00
Embattled May fights on in bid to deliver Brexit dealConcern in Dublin for May’s prospects as ministers resign and MPs move to oust herThu Nov 15 2018 - 22:49
Gloss comes off Irish Government’s Brexit backstop victoryIf draft treaty is destroyed, prospect of a soft, managed Brexit may evaporate with itThu Nov 15 2018 - 20:36
Shane Ross’s attacks on judiciary have horrified Fine GaelSenators joke that one of them may die before judicial appointments Bill gets passedThu Nov 15 2018 - 20:23
Peadar Tóibín plans new anti-abortion group after quitting Sinn FéinTD says he will seek support from like-minded people in Sinn Féin and Fianna FáilThu Nov 15 2018 - 17:12
May faces party revolt after winning cabinet backing for Brexit dealProtocol on Northern Ireland provides backstop guarantee that will safeguard a soft borderThu Nov 15 2018 - 00:34
Now May must find a way between a hard Brexit and no Brexit at allThe 585-page treaty is complex but it seems the Irish Government got what it wantedWed Nov 14 2018 - 22:28
Varadkar says Brexit deal contains key Irish backstop demandsTaoiseach says unionists may be feeling vulnerable, isolated and worriedWed Nov 14 2018 - 21:17
Q&A: What has just happened in the Brexit negotiations?With the EU and UK having agreed draft of withdrawal deal, we are in the endgame nowWed Nov 14 2018 - 07:48
President promises to build a ‘Republic of joy’ at inaugurationMichael D Higgins sends warning of ‘deepening inequalities’ as he begins second termMon Nov 12 2018 - 01:00
Abortion Bill to attract resubmitted amendments by TDsBoth sides to continue with efforts to modify legislation at report stage later in NovemberMon Nov 12 2018 - 00:24
Pat Leahy: Mary Lou McDonald’s political strategy is unravellingPresidential election disaster and stalemate in North pose challenges for Sinn Féin leaderSat Nov 10 2018 - 04:00
Theresa May faces showdown with DUP over Brexit backstop planArlene Foster accuses British PM of breaking promises over proposal for Northern IrelandSat Nov 10 2018 - 00:52
Low rural broadband take-up rate alarms GovernmentScant interest in high-speed broadband plan casts doubt on viability of national rolloutFri Nov 09 2018 - 01:00
Commission intensifies preparations for no-deal BrexitSeries of seminars planned to help EU countries prepare for difficultiesThu Nov 08 2018 - 00:57
Doctors seek consultation with Minister over abortion Bill provisionsGroup of GPs concerned with plans to begin abortion services in less than two monthsWed Nov 07 2018 - 21:59
Proposed US visa deal welcomed by campaignersBill could bring Ireland into E3 visa scheme, and benefit undocumented IrishWed Nov 07 2018 - 01:00
Brian Hayes: Challenge to Enda Kenny marked turning point in careerAs an MEP, he was regarded as a big beast of the party, and a possible return to national politics was occasionally mootedTue Nov 06 2018 - 13:14
Major moment: US voters go to the pollsInside Politics: midterm elections are seen as a referendum on presidency of Donald TrumpTue Nov 06 2018 - 08:04
Health committee to debate 180 amendments to abortion BillGovernment to accept only minor changes to legislation published before referendumTue Nov 06 2018 - 06:00
Harris bloodied but unbowed by former HSE chief’s attackResilient Minister for Health will survive criticism Fine Gael TDs see as unwarrantedTue Nov 06 2018 - 01:00
Pat Leahy: Winds of change shift Irish political centre to leftGovernment’s budget spending shows priorities of President now mainstreamSat Nov 03 2018 - 04:00
Pressure mounts on Ireland to accept EU digital taxThe Republic continues to resist proposal as European opposition to the levy slips awayThu Nov 01 2018 - 07:01
Political parties now almost wholly reliant on State fundingFF, FG and Labour in rude good financial health, Sipo accounts showWed Oct 31 2018 - 01:12
Parties use millions of public funds for election war chestsFianna Fáil received €5.6m in State funding last year under three schemesWed Oct 31 2018 - 00:58
Peter Casey must get elected if he wants Renua leadershipJohn Leahy says he will not stand in way of presidential runner-up taking over his partyTue Oct 30 2018 - 13:24
Higgins begins preparations for second term after landslide victoryFianna Fáil rebuffs Casey plan to join and lead partyMon Oct 29 2018 - 01:00
President expected to devote more time to Northern IrelandDespite its triumphant ending, the campaign has been bruising for Michael D HigginsSun Oct 28 2018 - 18:09
Seán Gallagher says he makes ‘no excuses’ for his reduced vote‘If I can use my skills and abilities I will, but how, I don’t know’Sun Oct 28 2018 - 17:20
Michael D Higgins vs Peter Casey: some perspective is importantAnalysis: Casey’s comments about Travellers will embolden a hundred cheaper imitationsSat Oct 27 2018 - 15:37
Five things we learned from the presidential election campaignThere is a responsibility on councillors to exercise a more rigorous judgment when controlling admissions to the presidential raceSat Oct 27 2018 - 04:00
Irish Times exit poll: Higgins set to win, surge for CaseyIrish Times exit poll projects blasphemy referendum will be passed comfortablyFri Oct 26 2018 - 21:56
National Broadband Plan may cost more than €3 billionGovernment officials are working on ‘plan B’ amid fears over possible collapse of processFri Oct 26 2018 - 00:29
Presidential election: The Irish Times to publish exit pollFriday evening poll to give projected results of election and blasphemy referendumThu Oct 25 2018 - 15:38
TDs are warned contact with Taiwan ‘will offend China’Ceann Comhairle claims State adheres to ‘one China’ policy in letter to DeputiesThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
UK Brexit backstop offer ‘strange’, says Leo VaradkarExtension of transition period not something that can be exchanged, Taoiseach insistsWed Oct 24 2018 - 20:33
Turnout in presidential election could be below 50%, Labour leader warnsBrendan Howlin says Sinn Féin candidate Liadh Ní Riada was ‘squirming’ in RTÉ debate on how much of her salary she takesWed Oct 24 2018 - 18:48
Michael D survives presidential debateDebate format did not help candidates or viewersWed Oct 24 2018 - 07:54
Tuam babies exhumation unlikely to start until next yearMinister signals children interred at mother-and-baby home site ‘to have a dignified burial’Tue Oct 23 2018 - 21:39
Coveney: UK repudiating Border pledge ‘not going to fly’Tánaiste alludes to no deal after Brexit secretary Raab suggests backstop ‘alternative’Mon Oct 22 2018 - 13:48
Martin says Varadkar would be ‘reckless’ to call election now‘The one person who has done the most to create an aura of instability around his own Government is the Taoiseach himself’Sun Oct 21 2018 - 17:49
President Higgins ‘not given to extravagancy’, FF leader saysIncumbent criticised over use of Government jet but holds huge poll lead as campaign nears endSun Oct 21 2018 - 17:18
Former Fine Gael TD Seymour Crawford dies aged 74Taoiseach says ex-Cavan-Monaghan deputy played important role during peace processSun Oct 21 2018 - 16:29
Pat Leahy: Ireland had better get used to minority governmentsPoll shows majority for Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil is out of question so deals will be doneSat Oct 20 2018 - 04:00
Brexit: Varadkar says transition extension is not alternative to Border backstopTaoiseach says any Brexit deal must be acceptable to European ParliamentFri Oct 19 2018 - 12:24
UK’s Brexit transition period may be extendedMerkel and Macron turn up heat on May to find a political solution to impasseFri Oct 19 2018 - 09:36
