Green Party loses €877,000 in State funding due to heavy electoral losses
Parties shared more than €15.7 million in State funding as most had coffers boosted due to increased numbers elected
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From Gerry Hutch to Ray McAdam: Candidates lists finalised for Dublin Central and Galway West byelections
Fourteen candidates are running in Dublin Central and there are 17 candidates in Galway West
Michael Healy-Rae resignation: Is the Coalition now under threat?
The prospect of tougher times ahead for the Government is not unlikely as it looks weaker and more brittle
Government critical of fuel protesters as demonstrations set to continue into third day
Ministers insist they will only speak to organisations such as Irish Road Hauliers Association and Irish Farmers Association
New critical infrastructure laws will block climate-based legal challenges
Green Party says move is ‘death’ of climate act
Some fuel alternatives
Bowing to pressure and abandoning oil and gas exploration will cost us dearly in terms of future energy security
Nigel Farage’s ‘turquoise wave’ set to crash on Norfolk shores
Prosperous rural region of east England is among the areas the Reform UK leader intends to turn into a graveyard for the Tories
Ending of EU nature funding will be ‘deeply regressive’ for Irish conservation
Oireachtas committee challenges EU plan to end scheme through which Ireland has secured over €200m in investment
Absence of religious fervour in debate about Sunday shopping in North is suspicious
The classic image of Sunday closure in Northern Ireland is of unionist councils chaining up playground swing in the 1960s – the non-swinging '60s
Government has not published risk assessment since 2024 despite rising global tensions
Most recent risk assessment was published in September 2024 ‘and remains valid today’, says Taoiseach
Lobbying after politics: The former TDs now working for outside interests
Former politicians involved in such advocacy can exploit vast experience of how Government and politics operate
Two sections of planned south Dublin greenway dropped
Public consultation shows 48% of people against the project linking Cornelscourt to Cherrywood
What are the Government’s options for easing rising energy costs and will they happen?
Coalition is taking a cautious approach amid the Middle East conflict and resisting Opposition calls for immediate action
‘Greens can win everywhere’: Success in UK can inspire byelection victories here, O’Gorman says
Roderic O’Gorman tells Green Party national convention that party can win upcoming byelections
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