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Gaza aid flotilla: Irish citizens detained by Israel denied access to lawyers, Dáil hears
Organisers name 15 Irish on boats likely intercepted by Israeli forces during attempt to deliver aid to enclave
EU leaders huddle in Copenhagen amid growing threat from Russia
Summit hears talk of a ‘drone wall’ to secure EU’s eastern frontier against Russian incursions
Big Jim moves to dispel any notion that colleagues are at budget loggerheads
The run up to the budget this year has been unusually quiet. Except within the merciless confines of the Mixed Ministerial Arts octagon in Government Buildings
Gaza peace negotiations ‘at crucial stage,’ says Tánaiste
Social Democrats claim Government is denying family reunification for Palestinians, citing case of mother of four
‘Breathtaking evidence’ of accommodation operators overcharging State, says Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin accuses Government of ‘utter incompetence’ over public funds as Minister says contracts renegotiated
EU leaders meet amid recent airspace violations blamed on Russia
There is growing fear among EU countries that Moscow is stepping up its hostilities
Martin, resplendent in his single transferable suit, was not ready for Bike Shed Part II
This was one anniversary Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald wasn’t going to miss
Connolly will be happiest after first debate
Catherine Connolly was fluent and coherent but spoke only to her base of left-wing voters
Miriam Lord’s Week: McDowell turns a page as Steen seethes
Senator relaxes at book launch as failed presidential hopeful vents in blame game
Presidential election field thins to three, the shortest ballot paper since 1990
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TDs and Senators warned about block-booking Leinster House tours
One politician’s office provisionally booked 118 tour slots at Leinster House, Oireachtas authorities say
Former Rehab chief Angela Kerins submits legal bills of €2.1m to Oireachtas
Clerk of Dáil tells Public Accounts Committee controversy over €300,000 bike shed caused reputational damage
Steen campaign flares and fizzles out
Presidential election: conservative campaigner believes the establishment has locked her out of the contest
Spanish warship to protect Gaza flotilla carrying Irish and international activists
Global Sumud Flotilla is targeted by Israeli drone attacks
Handbag at the Dáil for Maria Steen as her Áras run comes to an end
Catherine Connolly continues her duties as a TD while Heather Humphreys hits the campaign trail ladder
Teenagers get vapes that ‘match their party outfits’, TD tells Dáil
Social Democrats TD Jen Cummins hits out at marketing of nicotine products, ‘the bane of parents’ lives’
Steen races against the clock to join Áras contest
Conservative campaigner seeking two more nominations to get on the ballot
Maria Steen, opponent of marriage equality and abortion, championed as a symbol of choice
Independent Ireland took irony to new level in statement of support for presidential hopeful
Irish Government has done more for people of Palestine than any other, Minister says
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns says Coalition is ‘still dithering’ over Occupied Territories Bill
Taoiseach and Tánaiste join world leaders for UN summit on Gaza
It is ‘offensive’ that Palestinian Authority officials were blocked from travelling to New York summit, says Simon Harris
Threats to politicians ‘a phenomenon’ that can no longer be ignored, says Verona Murphy
Ceann Comhairle rejects idea that tackling issue could prove contentious, given protections for free speech
Jim Gavin survives gate-gate as mystery over Sinn Féin’s presidential endorsement deepens
Michael D Higgins and Irish Government were at odds again in the week where the Dáil returned
Government accused of acting as if all is ‘rosy’ while consumers are ‘hammered’ by soaring prices
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty cited rents, student fees and property prices as problems faced by workers
Is there a new path to solving North’s legacy issues?
Opposition putting pressure on Government to include fresh electricity credits in Budget
Taoiseach corrects Aontú leader as case of missing boy is raised in Dáil
Independent Ireland requests minute’s silence for Charlie Kirk as Dáil returns amid tight security
Taoiseach accepts ‘shortcomings’ in children’s surgery provision as Opposition goes on attack
Mary Lou McDonald raised case of the late Harvey Morrison Sherratt, saying he was failed by Government
Political theatre of the Dáil returns with budget on horizon
The Dáil returns after two months of summer break, with weeks of pre-budget leaking to come
Politicians at the Ploughing: It must be time for the return of the Inside Politics digest
Our team will have our hands full during this political term with presidential election, budget 2026 and the Occupied Territories Bill
Leo Varadkar on resignation, regret and repressing his identity: ‘Coming out was like emigrating’
The 46-year-old is enjoying retirement, even if becoming taoiseach was the pinnacle of an obsession he’d had with politics since he was seven
Where did Irish politicians go on holiday and what did they get up to?
Books aplenty on reading lists of TDs including Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin, Labour’s Ivana Bacik and Fianna Fáil Minister James Lawless
Heather Humphreys profile: Popular Fine Gael matriarch is no stranger to controversy but has broad appeal
Monaghan Presbyterian’s work as minister for rural and community development seen as her greatest strength as presidential candidate
Dáil clerk job up for grabs with a salary of just under €250,000
Overheard: Tourism bosses see upside of Norman invasion and Michael Flatley lets flute do the talking amid Áras speculation
People discarded jackets in the heat, but Princess Anne was clad in scarf and gloves
British media outlets described the visit as possibly Michael D’s last engagement with a ‘senior royal’
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