The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
Bríd Smith
Local and European elections: Canvassing with People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, you can sense a cooler atmosphere, and Sinn Féin is certainly no longer flavour of the month
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Seán Fleming subsequently withdrew remark in case anyone ‘felt the comments were directed at them’
Bríd Smyth asks Martin ‘what exactly is it that you want to do that you can’t already do with our Defence Forces inside the triple lock?’
Rural Independents say Ireland now effectively a ‘colonial outpost of an EU regulatory empire’ as Minister stands over 80% border crossing figure
Opposition accuses Government in Dáil of abandoning neutrality
Opposition accuses Government of delaying on proposals, but Ministers reluctant to bring in legislative change before next election
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith says women still being treated as criminals for accessing reproductive healthcare
Reallocating road space rather than penalising motorists is best fix for congestion, says Eamon Ryan
Sinn Féin accuses Coalition of adopting London-style congestion charges in the absence of adequate public transport
How the Government lost - and the No side won - the care and family referendums
Taoiseach hits out at Mayo councillors over anti-refugee motion as Opposition deputies criticise Government in Dáil over management of refugee crisis
Ceann Comhairle suspends chamber after People Before Profit TDs, calling for a debate on Gaza, fail to resume their seats
Bríd Smith accuses some TDs of echoing far-right, while Ceann Comhairle says her claims diminish ‘appalling nature’ of Nazism
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