What is a Dáil technical group and why is there a row about Independents looking to form one?
Oireachtas has said it is a matter for incoming ceann comhairle Verona Murphy to determine whether a technical group will be recognised
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Ireland’s next government: Butler and Calleary tipped by FF colleagues as most likely promotions to Cabinet
Fianna Fáil set to have 8 Cabinet seats and 7 will go to Fine Gael with Micheal Martin becoming next Taoiseach
How green is the programme for government?
Absence of climate ambition, continuity rather than scaled-up targets and vague language stand out
Plan for mini-budget by new government dropped
Fine Gael proposal dropped amid concerns about international instability and economic uncertainty
Programme for government is notable not just for a lack of ideology, but a lack of passion
Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake
Pat Kenny’s outrage at imaginary injustices raises his show to jaw-dropping heights
Radio: The veteran presenter grows ever more outraged by imaginary injustices as he highlights potential shortcomings of the new builders’ register
Fianna Fáil to get substantially more time in taoiseach’s office than Fine Gael
Healy-Raes say they will not be ‘whipped’ when it comes to ‘fundamental issues’ and ‘matters of conscience’
Programme for government: Three new junior minister roles to be created, bringing total to record of 23
New Government’s plans criticised by opposition as lacking ambition
Programme for government: Five of the most notable new economic promises
Irish government blueprint contains a number of existing measures but also some new ones
Why Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael paid such a hefty price to secure coalition with Independents
Although there is a new government, Irish politics has not changed all that much
Programme for government pledges cheaper childcare, 300,000 new homes and a ‘Year of the Invitation’
New plan to replace Housing For All and more public sector investment in infrastructure part of coalition’s deal
Programme for government as it happened: ‘Fair but firmer’ migration system, tax breaks and regeneration of Dublin’s main streets
Full programme for government agreed, with parties set to meet to review and ratify document
What’s in the programme for government: the main points, from housing and health to transport and trade
Department of Justice will incorporate home affairs and migration
New government in pictures: The super juniors, Healy-Raes, independents and next taoiseach
A deal has been reached between a group of Independent TDs to support the incoming Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-led government
Two Independents to sit at cabinet as new government agreed, while Healy-Raes expected to give support after talks
Full text of new programme to be made available today in advance of meetings of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary parties
Regional Independent Group strikes deal with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on formation of next government
VAT to fall from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent for food, hospitality, hairdressers and entertainment in next budget
What is going on in coalition formation talks?
In the News podcast: The Healy-Rae brothers are in advanced talks with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
Government formation: Policy talks enter final stage
Some political issues remain to be ironed out around the structures underpinning a new government and asks from Independent TDs
‘It has been intense’: Inside the room of Government formation
Across the different parties and groups, more than 20 negotiators have been working hard to hammer out a deal
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael face further criticism over Michael Lowry talks
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said tribunal findings were ‘very clear’
Coalition talks: Agreement close on programme for government, with possible junior ministry for Healy-Raes
Fianna Fáil likely to get Department of Justice, with Dublin TD Jim O’Callaghan among names floated for the ministerial role
Coalition talks: Once a programme for government is agreed, what happens next?
Negotiators continue to work through policy areas with rolling sessions raising the possibility of imminent agreement
Having a job is no longer a guarantee of being able to house yourself. That breaches the social contract
Ireland’s conservative thinking holds that because people have personal choice, they are responsible for their own destiny in life. This is a half-baked, divisive, meritocratic philosophy
Their day has not come: Sinn Féin prepares for another five years in opposition
As Sinn Féin heads into next Dáil, it faces a crucial moment in its quest for growth, power and delivering on its mission of seismic change
Intensive government coalition talks to get under way today
Regional Independent group and two Healy-Rae brothers set to join new government if negotiations are successful
Sinn Féin is mistaken if it thinks Conor Murphy in the Seanad will inch us closer to a united Ireland
Party’s vision of early Border polls followed by a united Ireland is in stark contrast to the new government’s approach
First formal engagement between FF, FG and Regional Independents to take place today
Group of eight Independent TDs will submit a position paper to the two bigger parties setting out its preconditions for entering government
Michael Lowry ‘fully confident’ he has no case to answer as Moriarty tribunal file goes to DPP
Tánaiste and Taoiseach both reject suggestion that independent TD will be a ‘kingmaker’ in government formation talks
Why has Ireland joined the ICJ case against Israel? Is it simply that it’s the right thing to do?
There are several reasons why our sympathy for the Palestinian cause has not been tempered by the pragmatic realities of international diplomatic relations, as is the case elsewhere
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to meet Independents as Government formation talks step up a gear
Independent Ireland party has repeatedly expressed its desire to be involved in negotiations on a new government
Political science must not trump climate science. Here are the key tests for the new government
The scale and speed of change required to tackle climate issue is unprecedented and not always immediately popular
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