It’s like no other job in the country. If you think anyone can do it, you have no idea what’s involved

State papers: An MP colleague also remarked that Mandelson’s tunnel vision was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness

Party leader accuses media of ‘cheerleading’ Sinn Féin as if outcome of the next election is a ‘slam dunk’

House in Farmleigh Estate, refurbished for use as taoiseach’s residence by OPW, rarely used by office holders

Clara, Co Offaly, native spent a year in hospital, after suffering a bleed on the brain four years ago

Ryan Tubridy has a sense of timing, but Montrose behaves as though the outside world hasn’t changed since Gaybo's heyday

Senator Gerard Craughwell claims ‘secret arrangement’ allowing British intercept aircraft in Irish airspace ‘unconstitutional’

Micheál Martin speaking at launch of book on decarbonising Europe by Dr Eddie O’Connor and Irish Times journalist Kevin O’Sullivan

Moya Doherty was right to have challenged Micheál Martin about the Government’s inaction on public-service broadcasting reform

Fianna Fáil had little choice but to call an election in which the coalition parties were routed. The Tories could meet same fate

AIB is emerging from the pandemic in a strong position given its earnings potential and rising interest rates

The party will opt to ‘make Northern Ireland work’ . . . for now

Some of State’s biggest listed businesses have invested heavily in sanctions-hit Russia

Séan FizPatrick and two of the bank’s directors played golf with Brian Cowen

Budget 2022: Pension and welfare increases reflect focus on cost of living

Many properties transferred to trusts set up shortly before publication of Ryan Report

Controversy over report far from over following commission chair’s robust response

The Irish Times satirist on the X case cartoon, those worms and his inability to draw

Minister is continually compared to some other, fantasy minister who would do a far better job

Agenda: The subvention argument tends to view the North as a deadweight, a financial burden to be shouldered by whatever entity follows