Social Democrats TD warns against using UK definition as industry has exploited loophole in British law

Opposition and farmers condemn EU move to allow South America trade deal to operate provisionally

Poor European harvests led to surge in potato imports in 2024

Dáil passes legislation by 74 to 65 votes and Bill now goes to Seanad

Vacant Dáil seat stemmed from election of former independent TD Catherine Connolly as president

More than 120 staff were receiving financial support intended to cover pay before it was discontinued last December

Derelict site branded ‘biggest white elephant’ in Cork City by Social Democrats

An artist’s alliance says changes to the pilot scheme are causing ‘enormous distress’ among current recipients

Expectations that she would enter into open conflict with Government Buildings have not transpired, though some observers believe she is feeling her way into the role

Alan Shatter says Gary Gannon’s post led to a ‘tsunami of invective and antisemitic abuse’

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

International Protection Bill ‘a profound failure of political judgment’, Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke tells Dáil

Hildegarde Naughton: farming lobby protests ‘potentially very damaging’ to agri-food sector

The party’s national conference in Cork underlines its ambitions and its appeal among younger voters

Plus: Eamon Dunphy’s Michelin star mission; the Washington Post lays off a reporter in a war zone; and the pagans strike back

‘You are caught between parked cars where you could be ‘doored’ at any moment, or fast-moving traffic’

Social Democrats leader tells party conference that Government should put its plans to scrap the triple lock to a national vote

Department of Education ‘suddenly very forthcoming once closure happened’

They should stop trotting behind Sinn Féin and show a willingness to go into government with other big Dáil parties

Fianna Fáil leader gets overwhelming backing of his party’s voters