Refusal to raise Help-to-Buy threshold and reduction of VAT rate on apartments signal shift in relationship with traditional three-bed semi-Ds

John Moran’s remarks come amid row over local authority corporate plan approved by councillors last week

He badly mishandled the abortion referendum in 1983 and failed to oversee the legalisation of divorce in 1986, but what he always had was a vision

Jim O’Callaghan tells Dáil International Protection Bill will be amended following comments by TDs

Couple and children with special needs face living in hostel due to impending ‘no fault’ eviction, Dáil told

Birds’ noisy pecking is weaking wooden poles carrying electricity lines, says ESB

International Protection Bill ‘a profound failure of political judgment’, Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke tells Dáil

Party supports provision of humanitarian aid but says proposed loan is ‘primarily for military expenditure’

Minister’s previously indicated choice, ex-Nama chief Brendan McDonagh, withdrew amid controversy over salary

Expensive defence projects not be extended to new developments, says Kevin Boxer Moran

Hildegarde Naughton: farming lobby protests ‘potentially very damaging’ to agri-food sector

Former EU commissioner says she was disappointed but outcome ‘doesn’t cause me sleepless nights. That ship has passed’

Instead of action, Ministers can take refuge in process. But public patience is wearing thin

Most are ascribed to shortfalls in Government planning, policies, action and communications

Public also gives views on triple lock, a visit by Donald Trump and social media regulation

Many high-profile political aides have taken up lucrative post-government careers elsewhere

Calls for fast-tracking of Clontarf Road flood defences in Dublin, due for completion in 2033

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Inside Politics: Busy week sees new opinion poll and the President in Northern Ireland

Fewer than a third of voters think Government is making progress on housing, Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds