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Read Full ArticleA man has been arrested on suspicion of stalking Fianna Fáíl senator Lisa Chambers. The man, aged in his early 20s, i...
Read Full ArticleFianna Fáil Senator Lisa Chambers believes her party should cut ties with Eamon Ryan and the Green Party if the Gover...
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Read Full ArticleThe reality of government is setting in for Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, as its ministers steer the three key finan...
Read Full ArticleThe Government is to expedite an overhaul of Ireland’s defamation laws in the coming months amid fears Sinn Féin will...
Read Full ArticleMayo County Council has unanimously passed a motion calling on council staff to cease cooperation with the Department...
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Read Full ArticlePeople in the small townland of Rosscahill in Co Galway have said they are stunned to be at the centre of a national ...
Read Full ArticleAn internal Fianna Fáil committee will decide on sanctions for two Galway party councillors over their opposition to ...
Read Full ArticleA red tray with a label that reads ‘Minister’s Data’ sits on the edge of Stephen Donnelly’s desk in his Department of...
Read Full ArticleFormer minister Robert Troy is facing a public hearing run by the State’s ethics watchdog into allegations he broke t...
Read Full ArticleSINN Féin looks on course to regain a European Parliament seat in Dublin and controversial Independent MEP Clare Daly...
Read Full ArticleFIANNA Fáil TD Barry Cowen has confirmed he is to seek a party nomination to run in next year’s European elections.
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Read Full ArticleLast June, in the Fine Gael parliamentary party room at Leinster House, Leo Varadkar confronted his critics head on. ...
Read Full ArticleHousing Minister Darragh O’Brien has defended his decision to pose for a picture alongside a prominent developer and ...
Read Full ArticleLast May, Mary Lou McDonald attended the opening of the Salesforce Tower on North Wall Quay. The US tech company’s la...
Read Full ArticleTaoiseach Leo Varadkar has refused to say whether he will continue to lead Fine Gael if the party is forced into oppo...
Read Full ArticleThe Government will have to push through a controversial and potentially divisive Dáil vote in order to cut welfare p...
Read Full ArticleCatherine Martin, the Media Minister, was not aware that her special adviser – who had been involved in talks on RTÉ’...
Read Full ArticleHousing Minister Darragh O’Brien has been criticised for appearing alongside a prominent developer and party donor — ...
Read Full ArticleMichael McGrath is back in Cork this weekend ahead of an intense nine days that will culminate in his first Budget.
Read Full ArticleThe top civil servant in the Department of Housing is to get a €15,000 pay increase and thousands of euro more in bac...
Read Full ArticleSinn Féin is on course to win 67 seats and be by far the largest party in the newly enlarged Dáil but will be unable ...
Read Full ArticleSupport for Sinn Féin forming a historic coalition government with Fianna Fáil has grown as political parties begin t...
Read Full ArticleThe Electoral Commission is set to recommend that the next Dáil should have just over a dozen new TDs in its boundary...
Read Full ArticleAn increase in the €140 monthly child benefit payment – affecting 650,000 families – has been put on the table in coa...
Read Full ArticleTwo photos of Helen McEntee pinged around the WhatsApps of a few government advisers and Fine Gael figures last month.
Read Full ArticleNightclubs will be allowed to remain open until 6am and pubs will be allowed to serve after midnight seven days a wee...
Read Full ArticleMichael McGrath does not fit the mould of a Fianna Fáil finance minister. He is neither venal like Charles Haughey no...
Read Full ArticleSupport for a Sinn Féin-led government without Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has increased in the last month, with Mary L...
Read Full ArticleThe Government is to invoke special powers to appoint an outside auditor to review RTÉ’s finances, the Sunday Indepen...
Read Full ArticleThe vast majority of the public blame senior management at RTÉ for the scandal over secret payments to Ryan Tubridy, ...
Read Full ArticleA growing number of Fianna Fáil TDs and senators privately believe Micheál Martin could resign as Tánaiste next year,...
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