Martin and McDonald’s leadership not under threat after poor byelection results, say TDs
Fianna Fáil’s defeat in Dublin was its worst byelection performance; Sinn Féin failed to secure a seat in either byelection
Micheál Martin
Fianna Fáil leader
Fine Gael and Social Democrats land morale-boosting byelection wins
Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne clinches Galway West contest after Social Democrats’ Daniel Ennis takes Dublin Central seat
Mary Lou McDonald says she is under ‘no pressure whatsoever’ after Sinn Féin defeats
Party leader dismisses questions over her leadership after candidate fails to win seat in McDonald’s own constituency of Dublin Central
Planning rules for one-off housing to be eased under new proposals
Changes will be a ‘loosening’ of current restrictions but ‘not a free for all’, Government source says
Ennis and Kyne in poll position on a bad day for big parties
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Ireland’s reaction to Israeli treatment of Flotilla activists
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Who would want the most difficult job in Ireland? Quite a few people
No matter what the substantial anti-Micheál Martin faction says, his will be big shoes to fill
Smartphone video ‘ambushing’ and the changing nature of political campaign trails
‘Bertie is an analogue politician in a digital age,’ says one Fianna Fáil TD on risks of being recorded while canvassing
Irish aid flotilla detainees due to fly home on Saturday
Fourteen Irish citizens among more than 400 pro-Palestine activists Israel deported on Thursday
Taoiseach raises abuse redress by religious orders with Pope Leo
Micheál Martin offers help of Irish officials involved in peace process to Vatican Middle East efforts
Housing crisis will prevail until politicians legislate to prioritise owner-occupiers
Successive governments have facilitated mega-wealthy individuals and funds in purchasing large swathes of new and existing housing
Occupied Territories Bill to ‘move forward’ – but without restriction on services
Helen McEntee to raise EU-wide action again in Brussels as long-proposed legislation to be revived in Dáil
Israeli minister’s taunts ‘accelerate momentum’ for EU action, Taoiseach says
Video of Gaza aid flotilla activists being mistreated has ‘shocked the world’
Fourteen Irish flotilla activists subjected to ‘shocking treatment’ by Israel arrive in Turkey
Taoiseach calls for EU ban on Israeli settlement products after ‘shocking treatment’ of Global Sumud Flotilla activists
What is the EU-Israel association agreement and could it be suspended?
Support for suspending key deal has never reached required threshold
Ireland leads calls to review EU-Israel trade
Inside Politics: Micheál Martin says behaviour of Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir towards Gaza flotilla activists was ‘disgusting’ and ‘disgraceful’
Fears grow in Government over further tech job losses after Meta cuts 20 per cent of Irish workforce
More cuts expected as roll-out of artificial intelligence technology takes its toll
Taoiseach called ‘slíbhín’ for defence of changes to rental system amid record rent hikes
Micheál Martin accuses Mary Lou McDonald of ‘empty rhetoric, no solutions’ during testy exchanges and heckling in Dáil
‘Immigration not a big issue on the doors’: Galway West win for Noel Thomas would be a fresh blow to FF
Independent Ireland candidate says many people believe Government ‘completely disconnected from the ordinary person’
RTÉ plunged into crisis again – it’s like the world cliff diving championships in Montrose
If crisis were a sea, the national broadcaster would never be out of it
Laws bringing RTÉ under supervision of State spending watchdog approved by Cabinet
Legislation also beefs up mechanisms for assessing the performance and funding of national broadcaster
All to play for in Dublin Central and Galway West in last days of byelection campaigns
Plus RTÉ, Big Tobacco and some splendid news
EU will prevent sale of goods for use in Russia’s military, says bloc’s sanctions official
Group of MEPs demand EU stop export of aluminium products to Russian defence industry
These figures tell the real story of Fianna Fáil’s impact on housing
In 2020, about half of all houses appeared in an estate agent’s window for sale; in 2025, that figure was fewer than one in three
Dublin Central and Galway West byelections: Four things to watch in the last week of campaigning
Expect a frantic final few days in the constituencies as the campaigns enter the home stretch
RTÉ to be brought under remit of State’s independent spending watchdog
Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan will seek approval for a new Broadcasting Bill at Cabinet
Fianna Fáil critics stay in shadows during Micheál Martin’s weekend in the spotlight
Inside Politics: Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer, and there’s been suspicious betting on the Dublin Central byelection
Irregular betting on byelection; bodyguards to protect special care staff
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Leadership, byelections and Bertie: Five things we learned at the Fianna Fáil ardfheis
Mood was pretty good as party led by Taoiseach Micheál Martin for past 15 years gathered in Dublin on Saturday to celebrate its centenary
Government to examine level of profit in private health insurance market, says Taoiseach
Recent remarks on immigration by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern were ‘particularly disappointing’, says Martin
Lessons of humanity from famine ‘continue to resonate’, Taoiseach tells commemoration
National Famine Commemoration in Co Galway hosted by Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan
The delegates’ views: Fianna Fáil members say ‘leadership in waiting is very patient’
Party faithful give mixed views on Micheál Martin’s tenure, with no obvious challenger emerging amid concerns it is ‘difficult to find a TD who spans the generations’
Bertie’s outburst wasn’t part of a Fianna Fáil master plan. It was worse than that
The real victim here, Ahern implied, was not “the Africans” or Muslim children who are going about their weekend oblivious to their designation as a national security threat, but himself
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