‘Nail in the coffin of Irish neutrality’ or global reality check? The triple lock war rages on
War of words breaks out over legal measure that requires Government, Dáil and UN approval to deploy troops abroad
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More than 70,000 people left Irish emergency departments before completing treatment
Figures for first seven months of 2026 show issue most prominent at Dublin’s Mater and St James’s hospitals
Triple lock Bill passes Dáil vote amid Opposition anger
Government narrowly wins vote on proposed legislation removing need for UN approval of Irish troop deployments
Only way to combat ‘drugs intimidation’ is to inform gardaí, Jim O’Callaghan says
Matt Carthy calls for ‘immediate, determined crackdown’ on gangs ‘terrorising communities’
Jim O’Callaghan accused of treating solicitors’ pay dispute ‘like it’s a game’
Taoiseach defends Minister for Justice on issue saying ‘essence of the reforms are here to stay because we do owe it to the taxpayer’
Sinéad Gibney on The Fall of The West by Owen Jones: ‘We all need to read this book’
Despite us being brought up to believe the West is a place of democracy and peace, for many it’s justifiably linked only to death, destruction and corruption
McEntee to raise Sally Rooney book sales withdrawal with UK foreign secretary
Minister for Foreign Affairs ‘shocked’ publisher can no long sell works because of author’s support for Palestine Action group
Academic and lawyer Maeve O’Rourke to run for Seanad
Byelection will be decided solely by TDs and Senators, suggesting she will likely need support from Government parties
Big tax increases should require a compelling justification
Tax hikes should not be the default response to budgetary pressure
Micheál Martin’s feathers ruffled by claims he is ‘playing chicken’ with striking workers
‘Enhanced social dialogue’ offered by Taoiseach more suited to AI summit than public sector unions’ pickets
Dáil sitting next Wednesday cancelled due public sector workers’ strike
Government had provisionally scheduled a full day of Dáil business but this was contingent on staff at Leinster House being available
Opposition parties ‘will not’ cross picket lines if Leinster House staff strike next week
Government Chief Whip says Dáil ‘must’ sit on Wednesday, the day earmarked for public sector strike
‘A KitKat budget from a TikTok Tánaiste’: Ivana Bacik takes a bite out of the Coalition
The day after Budget 2027, Sinn Féin seemed to have forgotten about it, but no amnesia among Labour and Soc Dems
College student protest uses 90s hits to draw politicians into listening
Students at the demonstration highlighted how housing difficulties have pushed many to the margins of the traditional university experience
Opposition’s alternative budgets propose windfall taxes and €400 energy credits
Budget 2027: Sinn Féin eyes 3% ‘solidarity tax’ and €600 for additional properties, while offering €500 ‘essentials card’
Three alternative Budget 2027 plans with one thing in common: spend, spend, spend
Labour, Sinn Féin and Social Democrats are going all in on the cost of living
Taoiseach tells Social Democrats reports of €7.50 pension increase ‘may not be true at all’
Cian O’Callaghan says reported €7.50 pension increase ‘doesn’t even keep pace with inflation’
Figures suggest new legal aid model a ‘thorough yellow packing’ of solicitors’ services
Data supplied by Minister for Justice show 75% of cases dealt with in one appearance under new system and 99% within five dates
Lawyers lose out on €6.6m in payments amid criminal legal aid dispute
Figures for payments in July and August show financial impact on lawyers in dispute with Department of Justice
Latest poll numbers show neither Government nor Opposition all that popular with electorate
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‘Help is on the way’ with energy costs, Simon Harris says in advance of budget
Pearse Doherty warns of more increases in electricity prices before Budget 2027 and criticises cut in energy credits
Poll reveals growing fragmentation of the Irish political landscape
Combined support for Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin declines 20 points over last four years, but no clear challenger emerging
Public disenchanted with the Government, but not entirely convinced by the alternatives
Cost of living is the clear issue for voters
Petrol bombing of homes should be treated as attempted murder, Dáil told
TD highlights drug dealers’ criminal spree in Cork, says death by suicide of young people over drug intimidation should also be treated as attempted murder
Five Opposition parties unite on climate action, seeking ban on LNG imports
Sinn Féin, SocDems, Labour, Greens and PBP join 40 campaign groups in calling for Climate Action Plan
Expect things to get fractious during new Dáil term amid wrestling for budget allocations
Inside Politics: Micheál Martin to face questions from Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats on Wednesday
Absence of Eoin Hayes throws a spanner in the works at Social Democrats think-in
Dublin Bay South TD later arrived at party’s pre-Dáil meeting, but issues from his life before politics stole focus for a second successive year
The Oireachtas farmers: who are the largest landowners in Leinster House?
One in seven Oireachtas members have an interest in farming with some owning large landholdings
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns will miss party’s think-in following medical advice
Cairns, who is in the third trimester of her second pregnancy, has been advised to rest at home for a number of weeks
‘The only people on the streets are here to oppose him’: Thousands protest Trump visit
Breakaway group burns US flag before setting off firecrackers and chanting against US troops in Shannon
FF Senator paid €16,700 in travel expenses while sick at home for eight months
Holly Cairns criticises Oireachtas system that led to her being mistakenly paid €8,500 in travel expenses while on maternity leave
HSE spending controls have ‘not had sufficient impact’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says scale of projected HSE overspend ‘cannot be explained by demand pressures alone’
Cost-of-living measures should be budget priority, say opposition groups
Plan to increase public transport fare by 15% ‘absolutely outrageous’, says TD Paul Murphy
‘Community care’ is exposed as an empty concept when a carer dies
An advocacy group for ageing parents of children with disability believes we have replaced the high walls of the institutions with kilometres of distance instead
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