Dáil sounded like a Formula 1 grand prix this week but was really a slow bicycle race
Inside Politics: Changes to rent regulations prompt high-decibel bad-tempered exchanges
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Starmer faces crucial byelection as Martin issues fresh State apology
Inside Politics: Sinn Féin selects Janice Boylan for Dublin Central byelection
Maria Steen: ‘If you are in the centre and everybody else moves left, all of a sudden you look right wing’
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Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald trade blows as Ukraine waits for more support
Inside Politics: What Ukraine wants and needs is money and weapons to continue the war
Ukraine marks four years of war with Russia amid questions over western support
EU leaders confront divisions over €90bn loan as Zelenskiy addresses parliament
Council chiefs threatened with visit to headmaster’s office over housing sluggishness
Inside Politics: Council chiefs threatened with visit to headmaster’s office over housing sluggishness
From matters of war to the search for alien life: a week in the life of Donald Trump
Inside Politics: Former prince Andrew’s arrest, Ireland’s EU presidency plans and U-turn on SNAs dominate news too
Where would Ireland be without big tech and pharma?
Inside Politics: A new report warns that reliance on a small number of companies for tax take ‘carries significant risk’
Pausing SNA review buys Government time to sooth tensions but leaves schools in limbo
Meta wants Irish Government to to urge EU to ditch law intended to crack down on addictive social media features
As rain teems down, it’s revealed councillors tried to zone flood-prone sites for development
Inside Politics: Government accused of prioritising tourism over housing
Golf stuff for Trump, whiskey for Zelenskiy and maybe a tastier return for the Irish public
Simon Harris says the Government is looking at ways to encourage Irish people to save and invest
From rent reform rows to short-term lets: Housing remains biggest issue in Irish politics
Inside Politics: Sinn Féin under fire for opposing €90bn loan to Ukraine; Taoiseach stages landmark moment in the Dáil
Martin looks to shatter silence over Freddie Scappaticci
Taoiseach’s Dáil naming of Freddie Scappaticci as infamous M15 agent Stakeknife will pressure British government to follow course
Michael Healy-Rae’s win leaves questions about Government’s zeal for ending homelessness
Inside Politics: preferred pronouns in schools, and incentives for immigrants to join the Defence Forces
Epstein files fallout could affect Ireland through Keir Starmer and in a more opaque way
Micheál Martin urged to raise issue of Irishman held for in US by Ice for five months despite having valid work permit
Irish adviser’s resignation may not be enough to save Keir Starmer
Democrats in US are getting worked up about what Donald Trump might do in advance of November’s midterm elections
Is it too early for byelections fever?
Inside Politics: Busy week sees new opinion poll and the President in Northern Ireland
Micheál Martin gets a boost, while Keir Starmer risks getting the boot
There is some relief this morning for Taoiseach Micheál Martin in our first Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll
European Commission rebuts US politicians’ claim of Irish 2024 election social media censoring
Irish regulators are accused in US Congress panel report of working with ‘biased fact checkers’
After the floods, Micheál Martin makes a raft of promises
Residents of Enniscorthy were not shy about sharing their disappointment and scepticism with the Taoiseach
This week’s floods highlight the failure of successive governments on issue
Inside Politics: Housing completion figures offer some good news for Coalition
Grace Lynch’s death exposes shortfalls in implementing laws
Government planning to ban scramblers from public places
Storm floods homes while Ministers brainstorm priorities
Inside Politics: The bad weather is due to continue. But fear not – the National Emergency Co-ordination Group is meeting
Cabinet faces packed domestic agenda as world watches Trump
Inside Politics: Ministers are set to approve travel plans for St Patrick’s Day
Micheál Martin knocked by poll as he ponders walking Trump tightrope
Fellow Fianna Fáilers Jim O’Callaghan and Darragh O’Brien have been out promoting what they’ve been doing
After Davos, the US can no longer be treated as a normal EU ally
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney seized the agenda in the Alps with a speech immediately hailed as an historic milestone
Peace in our time? With Trump you never know
The US president has climbed down over Greenland, for now, but the spat has exposed fundamental weakness in the EU
Another day of Europe trying to climb out of a Donald Trump rabbit hole
Ireland will support the collective measures of the EU but won’t lead on them
The moment politics became Greenland, Grok and grotesque
Donald Trump has focused his attack on the EU’s three big weaknesses
For how much longer can Ireland embrace both Boston and Berlin?
It’s getting tougher to sell the Irish message of ‘careful now’
Donald Trump taking control of Greenland could smash the western alliance
The prospect of a definitive break between the EU and the US over Greenland is a horror show for Ireland
Denmark expands military presence in Greenland amid transatlantic megaphone diplomacy
Danish move comes after White House talks over the future of the Arctic island ended after just 50 minutes
Politics braces for fiercer storms as State set to miss emissions target by half
Ireland’s climate experience closely follows the global trend, with 2025 the country’s second-warmest year on record
Housing pressures, FF unrest and a tricky meeting with Trump in prospect as Dáil returns
Opposition parties set to focus on affordability and Government waste and bureaucracy
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