Speaking rights for Michael Lowry would not be on my list of issues critical to our democracy
Row is yet more evidence of politicians’ preoccupation with trivia as storm clouds gather abroad and housing crisis worsens at home
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‘I would not even consider voting for that horrid man’: Councillors respond to Conor McGregor’s bid for presidential nomination
Mixed martial arts fighter wants run in this year’s election to succeed Michael D Higgins
Conor McGregor presidential bid: All but one of 188 councillors would not vote for MMA fighter, survey shows
Councillors are bracing for a chaotic bid to seek presidential nomination
Verona Murphy will survive vote of confidence as Ceann Comhairle but at what cost to her standing?
Row over speaking rights has put all other Dáil business in abeyance for two months
Independent senator Aubrey McCarthy expresses interest in possible Áras run
Businessman and charity co-founder the latest person to reveal they are considering presidential tilt
Former Fianna Fáil fundraiser Des Richardson lived life to full, funeral told
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern among those in attendance at Mass for man associated with party’s ‘Galway tent’ years
‘I fully intend to continue’: Verona Murphy rejects ‘unfounded allegations’ of partiality and ‘will remain’ as Ceann Comhairle
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy responds as Opposition publishes no-confidence motion
Michael Lowry gives masterclass in smug ingratitude amid Dáil chaos over speaking time
Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end
Housing land dezoned in Dundalk despite regulator’s intervention
The site, owned by Glenveagh, had been earmarked for some 500 new homes
Des Richardson, former Fianna Fáil fundraiser and Bertie Ahern ally, has died
A loyal supporter of the former taoiseach, he was part of a group known as the ‘Drumcondra mafia’
Conor McGregor’s presidential hopes are a warning to the Government parties to unite behind a strong candidate
Heather Humphreys is an obvious contender - but will Fianna Fáil go along with it?
Miriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboree
Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite
North, South and across party lines, voters are open to remaking Ireland’s institutions after reunification
Different changes draw varying levels of support and hostility, but change in general has backing
Have your say: How should Taoiseach Micheál Martin approach his US visit?
There had been calls for Mr Martin not to attend the St Patrick’s Day event given Trump’s tumultuous presidency
Charlie Haughey was framed and then he disappeared. But soon the mystery was solved
Micheál Martin was thrilled although for a while it looked like there’d been a drastic rewriting of history
‘An ugly lack of respect:’ How a row over a small group of Independent TDs has darkened the Dáil’s atmosphere
Another effort to resolve the increasingly bitter Dáil speaking rights controversy ended in disarray this week. Where to now?
Taoiseach erupts at Sinn Féin lecturing others about doing the right thing while canonising IRA slaytriots
Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry
Can Jim O’Callaghan live up to his brand as the law and order politician?
In Justice, political ambition quickly collides with political reality
Speaking rights row set to reignite as opposition insists those who support Government must not speak on their Dáil time
Government Chief Whip Mary Butler set a deadline of Wednesday for submissions from political parties about Dáil reform and speaking rights
Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness is new Leas-Cheann Comhairle
The TD wins Dáil vote by 96 to 66 against Sinn Féin nominee Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Fianna Fáil interventions on housing prompt puzzlement in Fine Gael
Mood ahead of first Cabinet housing subcommittee more taut than might have been expected, following interventions by Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Taoiseach leads tributes to Fianna Fáil junior minister Dan Wallace (82)
Former minister of state, who twice served as Lord Mayor of Cork, died on Monday
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil divided over proposed tax breaks for developers to boost supply of homes
Simon Harris warns over failed policies of the past, but Micheál Martin’s party wants drastic action to meet housing targets
Micheál Martin is still the adult in the room, but now with added barbs and an air of impatience
There’s a sense that this is probably the last extended act in a long political career and that time is short
Department of Transport strongly backs Dublin Airport expansion and easing of passenger gap
Transport docs
Greens to lose €850,000 a year, Social Democrats and Aontú to gain in new funding allocation
Exchequer funding given to nine parties obtaining at least 2 per cent of first preferences
Legislation to increase number of Ministers rushed through Dáil, passing by 92 votes to 72
Labour finance spokesman Ged Nash describes the legislation as a ‘jobs for the boys Bill’ and says the new posts will cost State €7.5 million over five years
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald writes to Ceann Comhairle following Dáil row with Taoiseach
Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims
New senators set out stalls as Mark Daly of FF elected unopposed as Cathaoirleach
Almost all 60 senators spoke on first day of new Seanad as Irish unity, disability and housing among platforms for future debate
Tax breaks for developers back on table as pressure grows over housing goals
Housing, crime and public spending are set to feature in political exchanges as the Taoiseach talks AI in Paris
When your chance of owning a home depends on whether your parents do, the system is rigged
A third of first-time buyers receive help from their home-owning parents, so it feels like the system perpetuates privilege
Southerners and northern nationalists dislike Commonwealth more than Nato
North’s Protestants strongly favour membership of the Europe-North America military alliance in event of Irish unity
Jim O’Callaghan and the new ministers out to make a good first impression
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Coalition confident shock 2020 defeat of its candidate for leas-cheann comhairle will not be repeated
John McGuinness expected to be elected, but secret ballot injects uncertainty
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