Just seven more women in new Dáil compared with 2020 election
Latest count figures show Sinn Féin has highest number of female TDs at 13, with Fine Gael next on nine – but just four women elected in Munster
Mairéad Farrell
Galway West constituency candidates list: Can Gráinne Seoige inherit vote from retiring poll-topper Éamon Ó Cuív?
Election 2024: Sinn Féin’s Mairéad Farrell finished third in 2020 but may face a bigger battle this time around
PAC wants children’s hospital organisations to appear at final meeting before election
Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board say they can attend at a future date but not this week
Dáil confirms SF’s Farrell to replace Stanley as new PAC chair without debate, vote
Galway West TD succeeds Brian Stanley who resigned from Sinn Féin and is no longer a member of PAC
Sinn Féin nominates Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell as new PAC chair
Party names replacement for former TD Brian Stanley on influential committee
Landlord threatens legal action over ban on forcing students to take 51-week leases
Yugo accuses Government of ‘unseemly haste’ over fast-tracked July legislation
Students urged to examine leases ahead of signing of Bill allowing academic term-only tenancies
Malcolm Noonan advises caution ahead of law to be passed on Thursday providing for 41-week agreements
Dáil to debate SF Bill that seeks new protections for students living in digs
Memo to be circulated to Cabinet before Sinn Féin bill reaches debate stage on Tuesday
Confusion over new protections for student renters as clock ticks down to new academic year
UL student told he would lose his deposit and be held liable for rent if he vacated property after finishing his studies for the year
Student accommodation: A market plagued by bed shortages, rising rents and 51-week leases
Private investors are still circling the Irish student housing market amid a significant shortfall in beds
O’Donovan must ‘push through’ new laws protecting student lease lengths - study abroad providers
Industry body says switch to 51-week lease model represents ‘an existential threat’
‘Not desirable’: Student housing operators criticised for offering only 51-week tenancies
Developers of two student housing blocks in Dublin told local planners tenants would be offered 40-week leases
Israel has right to defend itself, but response should not be disproportionate - minister
Thomas Byrne calls for two-state solution as Sinn Féin asks for return of Dáil to push for international intervention
No return to eviction ban even if homelessness spikes, Varadkar says
Taoiseach said Good Friday Agreement had left ‘cold peace’ but is still basis for future of island
It’s hard to hoodwink Pat Kenny. But this week he sounded strangely naive about politics
Radio: Newstalk’s seasoned broadcaster was probably kicking himself for an uncharacteristic misfiring over Paschal Donohoe’s election expenses
Martin and Ryan defend Paschal Donohoe as election expenses controversy rumbles on
Fianna Fáil and Green Party leaders stop short of saying they are confident Minister has nothing more to disclose
Sinn Féin puts Irish unity top of its agenda - but voters want action on housing, health and inflation
Party’s TDs are keenly aware from their canvassing of voters’ pressing concerns, but they won’t allow reunification to be sidelined
On a Dublin backstreet, a once-thriving hub of Russian finance is falling apart
If Cafico’s services were discreet, its clients were anything but
Oireachtas finance committee stops short of calling in John Callinan
Manner of appointment of Callinan to top civil servant role criticised by politicians
Fintan O’Toole: Why is the Government stonewalling on Russian money at the IFSC?
We owe it to people huddling in bomb shelters to close down the money havens
Whistleblower safeguards do not go far enough, says McGrath
Protected disclosures Bill to provide for transposition of EU directive into Irish law
State’s statutory inquiry model needs to be ‘revisited’, Taoiseach says
Commissions of investigation taking ‘too long’ to provide answers, committee hears
Demands to tackle cost of living fail to take account of national debt, Minister warns
Paschal Donohoe says public debt is currently over one-quarter of a trillion euro
GRA calls for pandemic bonus to be extended to gardaí
Agency workers in public hospitals will receive the €1,000 payment, says Tánaiste
Former justice minister criticises decision not to release politicians’ staff names
‘Decision is the antithesis of openness and transparency’, says Charlie Flanagan
European cum-ex tax fraud scheme a ‘concern’ for Central Bank
Irish role a ‘bad mark on this State’ Sinn Féin TD tells Oireachtas committee
Sinn Féin delegates gather in Dublin believing their day has come
Party spokespeople presenting themselves as ministers-in-waiting, ready for power
Cum-ex tax fraud revelations further ‘blotch’ on Ireland’s reputation
Irish funds involvement scheme has ‘serious implications’ for country’s reputation
Miriam Lord: Joe Duffy sleeps in oxygen tent to prepare for reaction to free contraceptives
Outbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it down
Budget increase in carbon taxes a ‘con job’, says Sinn Féin
Budget 2022: Opposition parties accuse Government of being ‘out of touch’ and ‘directionless’
Watch the live stream: Kennedy Summer School resumes after year absence
Event features discussions around Irish and American history, culture, and politics
Pressure on Coveney to explain circumstances of Zappone appointment
New ‘special envoy for freedom of expression’ role raises accusations of ‘cronyism’
‘Oversight’ by Coveney in Zappone envoy appointment, says Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar dismisses Opposition ‘cronyism’ suggestions as ‘nonsense’
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin condemned to linguistic knots over Jerry McCabe
Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and TD Martin Browne were singing different songs
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