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2025 in Irish politics: A messy Dáil start, more housing woes and, finally, a new president
Discord dominated in the Dáil, Fianna Fáil tripped up in the race for the Áras and housing hasn’t gone away, you know
Why 2025 will be remembered as a pivotal year in Irish politics
In the News podcast: In a hectic political year, the challenge was to choose just a handful of stories
Left rising, Lowry’s comeback and a blackface controversy: the year in politics
One important thing that happened in 2025 was something that didn’t happen – the monstering of the Irish economy by Trump’s tariffs
Donohoe vetoed proposal to borrow €100m for military equipment under EU plan
Department of Defence believed there was agreement at ministerial adviser level for Ireland to seek money under EU loan scheme
Defence Forces has no rules of engagement for dealing with drones despite rising threat
Devices sighted in skies of Dublin Bay on night Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in State
Move to avail of €100m EU loan for defence spending was blocked by Department of Finance
EU initiative allowed member states to tap €150 billion in long-term loans to increase their defence capabilities
The Complex is ‘the only place that does it all’: Dublin can’t let another arts venue vanish
Dublin city is used to this cycle: a cultural space is threatened and people immediately organise to save it. Now it’s the turn of The Complex
Greek finance minister to meet Simon Harris in Dublin and press case to become next Eurogroup president
Kyriakos Pierrakakis is one of two candidates vying to succeed Paschal Donohoe as Eurogroup president
Gerry Hutch can take seat if he wins Dublin byelection due to gap in TD tax compliance law
Criminal Assets Bureau and Revenue pursuing criminal for almost €800,000 from allegedly undeclared income
Harris takes the purse strings just as Ireland’s golden economic decade may be ending
This week’s Ifac report outlines challenges facing the Irish economy, and the few options facing Simon Harris
Budget watchdog hands Harris his first headache
Without plans or forecasts, Coalition already committed to big tax package in 2027
Coalition ‘budgeting like there’s no tomorrow’, warns fiscal watchdog
Ireland is ‘flying blind’ without the medium-term spending plan promised in programme for government
Gerry Hutch plans to register new voters as part of bid for seat in Dublin byelection
Unsettled €800,000 tax demand from Cab will not disqualify criminal figure from running, say officials
Message from the Editor: Exit Paschal Donohoe
The abruptness of the minister for finance’s departure leaves the Coalition facing a significant reset
What next for Fine Gael and the Coalition after Paschal Donohoe?
Senior party figures lament former minister’s departure but back Simon Harris as natural fit for role
Fine Gael’s ‘new generation’ who quit: ‘Many TDs don’t see it as a career any more’
The party’s brightest stars of the 2000s walked away from politics by the age of 51
Only thing predictable about Irish politics is that nothing is predictable
Right now, Sinn Féin are the bookies’ favourites to win the next general election, but you might as well ask Mystic Meg
Diarmaid Ferriter: Departing Fine Gaelers leave a mixed legacy
Leo Varadkar, Paschal Donohoe and Simon Coveney are gone but the question remains: what does Fine Gael stand for?
Hardly a dry seat in the house as Paschal Donohoe makes his exit
Outgoing minister for finance effusive in his praise for party leader and ministerial successor Simon Harris at Fine Gael gathering
The Irish Times view on the Government after Donohoe: does Harris have what it takes?
His move into Finance could herald a different sort of Coalition
Sole borrowers snapping up apartments and Paschal Donohoe’s legacy
The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Was Paschal Donohoe a safe pair of hands or the luckiest minister for finance in history?
Was he handed a golden ticket and is the ‘Prudent Paschal’ moniker justified?
Ireland deserves a Minister for Finance with the right skill set. Is Simon Harris this person?
Finance is not a ministry one ‘figures out’ over time. It requires deep fluency in how capital moves, how complex systems behave, how shocks propagate and how a small open economy survives
Paschal Donohoe’s worst sin: being ‘a wee bit scabby on nights out’
On RTÉ Radio 1, Oliver Callan mourns the departure of the minister for finance in winning style
Paschal Donohoe uses final Dáil speech to appeal for continued support for libraries
Tánaiste says he never thought he would see the day when former finance minister would ‘ask me to spend more money’
What’s in the in-trays of the new Ministers? Just some very big political challenges
Occupied Territories Bill, volatile tax receipts and school spaces for those with additional needs among responsibilities
Dublin’s MetroLink challenge as army of 8,000 workers will be needed
The mind-bending scale of the MetroLink is beginning to reveal itself
Who will run for Paschal Donohoe’s vacant Dáil seat in the Dublin Central byelection?
Vote is expected in late spring 2026 and looks set to field contenders from across the political spectrum
Paschal Donohoe explains his departure and defends his record in his last political interview
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Philosophical Donohoe leaves incomplete Eurogroup legacy
Paschal Donohoe was in reflective mood at what prove to be his last visit to the ECB as Eurogroup president
Paschal Donohoe admits he considered not running in 2024 general election
Former minister for finance says he applied for his new role with the World Bank
‘Ireland’s loss is the world’s gain,’ says new Minister for Education on Donohoe’s resignation
Newly-appointed Minister for Education says she comes to role with ’360 degree understanding’ of brief
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