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Ceann Comhairle no confidence motion ‘a bit rich’ given Opposition’s behaviour in Dáil, says Taoiseach
Opposition has objected to inclusion of controversial new speaking time slots for coalition-supporting Independents and Government backbenchers on Dáil schedule
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy to face no-confidence vote next week as she denies Opposition claims
Bitter row over speaking rights dominated Dáil for second day as three opposition leaders called for Ms Murphy’s resignation
Michael Lowry gives masterclass in smug ingratitude amid Dáil chaos over speaking time
Two-digit TD for Tipperary gloated dismissively as Opposition raged over Ceann Comhairle’s decision to bring Dáil confrontation over speaking rights to abrupt end
Opposition leaders stop short of no confidence motion in Verona Murphy
Opposition stops short of tabling motion of no confidence in Ceann Comhairle following her decision to push through vote on controversial changes
Presidential election starting to look like a lose-lose bet for Sinn Féin
Mary Lou McDonald knows she can’t afford to oversee yet another poor performance - but can the party credibly sit this one out?
Conor McGregor visits the White House as McDonald and Martin brawl in the Dáil
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Government plan to push through changes to Dáil speaking rights criticised as ‘brazen’ and ‘outrageous’
Long-running dispute centres on efforts to carve out speaking time for a small group of Independents involved in Government-formation talks
EU leaders to discuss biggest programme of rearmament since 1930s
Dáil rows revolve around housing while speaking rights dispute rumbles on
Taoiseach rejects claim of stalling over Oireachtas committees to protect Michael Lowry group
Sinn Féin leader says Dáil in ‘cold storage’ and that Government’s priority is ‘money for junior Ministers’
Taoiseach’s ‘sniggering’ in Oval Office was action of ‘obsequious coward’, claims Sinn Féin leader
Martin says McDonald's 'feigned outrage' ignores his comments about housing being Ireland’s number-one issue
Taoiseach: O’Neill’s absence from St Patrick’s Day events in Washington ‘a big mistake’
Micheál Martin says Sinn Féin’s boycott was ‘opportunistic’
Growing numbers of unionists open to conversation on united Ireland, McDonald says
Sinn Féin leader tells Dublin event there has been ‘revolution in terms of how people self-define’
Sinn Féin TD Thomas Gould seeks chance to address Dáil over arrest
The politician ‘emphatically’ rejects accusations of an alleged €150,000 fraud at a former employer
Thomas Gould arrest: Mary Lou McDonald to address issue before Dáil
Sinn Féin TD denies wrongdoing over alleged €150,000 fraud and will remain as party’s junior spokesperson on housing
Thomas Gould: former logistics manager and defender of IRA
Gould is Sinn Féin spokesman on addiction and recovery
McDonald should tell Dáil what she knows about Sinn Féin TD’s arrest, says Michael Healy-Rae
Solicitor acting on behalf of Cllr Kenneth Collins says his client denies wrongdoing
Alan Gilsenan: ‘I would have had a dreamy, artsy-fartsy notion that a united Ireland would be great’
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
Sinn Féin’s Thomas Gould confirms he is TD at centre of fraud investigation
Cork North Central TD (56) was arrested and questioned by gardaí yesterday
Miriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboree
Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite
All criminal suspects ‘can’t be interned’, says Taoiseach, responding to ‘shocking’ bail figures
Mary Lou McDonald says bail situation ‘cannot continue’ as 40,348 suspects were on bail last year
Left-wing parties intensify discussions on joint candidate for presidential election
Leaders of Labour Party, Sinn Féin, Green Party and Social Democrats, as well as a representative from People Before Profit, expected to attend talks on Wednesday
Sinn Féin’s Doherty defends going to funeral of ‘friend’ and ex-IRA man ‘Bik’ McFarlane
Sinn Féin has faced criticism for its tributes to Brendan McFarlane, who died last month
Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane obituary: IRA figure linked to kidnapping, killings and prisoner escape
He became a firm supporter of the peace process
Europe’s leaders lined up to sway Trump on Ukraine - but did it work?
From Dáil speaking rights row to the German elections, it's your essential end-of-week politics catch-up
Opposition to withdraw Dáil ‘pairing’ arrangements in row over ‘dangerous’ speaking rights plans
Fiery Dáil exchanges over impasse as promise of solution dubbed a ‘con’
Taoiseach erupts at Sinn Féin lecturing others about doing the right thing while canonising IRA slaytriots
Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams and Pearse Doherty among mourners at funeral of former senior IRA member
Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane led a mass break-out in September 1983
Mary Lou McDonald’s White House boycott is a sign of a more aggressive Sinn Féin approach
In the North, Sinn Féin has stumbled into a trap; it has been able to hold on to the position of First Minister only by virtue of doing very little with it
Former justice minister criticises McDonald’s tribute to late IRA figure ‘Bik’ McFarlane
Charlie Flanagan describes tribute as ‘nauseating’
Sinn Féin will not attend White House’s St Patrick’s Day event
Mary Lou McDonald said she could not visit while there was a threat of mass expulsion hanging over the Palestinian people
Simon Harris hedges bets to include both Biden and Trump on his Christmas card list
Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants
Combined Opposition leaders firmly oppose ‘cynical attempt to manipulate speaking time’ in Dáil
Government proposals to resolve row over speaking rights ‘utterly unacceptable and will not be tolerated’
House prices could increase due to relaxation of garden-room planning rules, say experts
Department of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission
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