Sinn Fein’s Dessie Ellis: said he was a former political prisoner, as were many leading members of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in the past

Founders of the Irish State would not be permitted to hold a taxi licence under new legislation to regulate the i(...)

A woman 
toda
y presented herself at Ennis Garda Station to tell 
gardaí
 
that 
she drove over a body lying on a road in a residential area of Ennis on Wednesday night.

A woman today presented herself at Ennis Garda station to tell gardaí she drove over a body lying on a road in a residential area of Ennis on Wedne(...)

Issues arising from the reform of the Seanad or its abolition have not been adequately debated. In the absence of public discussion, the Govern(...)

As the largest party in the Oireachtas, Fine Gael came top of the list for state funding with a total of € 4.9 million paid to the party last year. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The
Irish Times

Political parties received almost €14 million in state funding last year, according to official figures released today by the Standards Commiss(...)

Minister for Energy Pat Rabbitte is initiating a formal review of the fiscal terms for oil and gas exploration but he has rejected demands from an Oireachtas committee for a Norwegian-style regime with very heavy taxation.

Minister for Energy Pat Rabbitte is initiating a formal review of the fiscal terms for oi(...)

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams: Government “took its eye off this most important issue”. Photograph: Peter Morrison

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he would discuss concerns about the peace process raised by the Sinn Féin leader when he meets senio(...)

Marie Louise O’Donnell: overcome with admiration for the Taoiseach

Faced with a threat of excommunication, Enda Kenny calmly and succinctly told the bishops last weekend where to go with their bell, book and ca(...)

Dick Barry (second from right), then parliamentary secretary (minister of state) to the minister for health, pictured in April 1974 at the annual general meeting of St Ultan’s Hospital in Dublin with JJ Jones, chairman; Anne McEvoy, matron; and Seán Hurley, secretary. Photograph: Paddy Whelan

Former Fine Gael TD and minister of state Dick Barry played a prominent role on the Cork political stage but also served as a stalwart for Fine(...)

The Dáil chamber. “Our parliament could do with an injection of vitality.” Photograph: Alan Betson

Ireland is now one of the few parliamentary democracies in which members of parliament are not allowed free votes on issues of conscience. It’s(...)

Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES.

Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has given his “full support” to the idea of using part of the €2 billion child benefit budget to fund a sec(...)

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