Stephen Donnelly

Film director Simon Fitzmaurice remained “full of humour” and “jolly and courageous” right up until his death, despite his difficult battle with motor(...)

Fianna Fáil councillor Emma Coffey has called for the imposition of a hard Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic to “protect the influx of (...)

At least Leo got a break on Wednesday: a nice few hours of downtime in the Dáil doing the bread and butter stuff such as answering questions and needl(...)

After a typically eloquent oration on the need for more strategic, long-term thinking to deal with Brexit and other economic challenges at the annual (...)

Ireland needs a new, transformative economic plan, along the lines of the one drawn up by former taoiseach Sean Lemass and civil servant TK Whitaker i(...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has given a “cautious welcome” to the speech by British prime minister Theresa May in Florence, describing it as a “genuine eff(...)

Fianna Fáil today feels a strengthening wind behind it. Perhaps not one that will bring it back to the days of yore when its hegemony was un(...)

The Government had a “big hand and a big part” in the drafting of the European Commission paper which saw the EU formally adopt the Irish view that it(...)

Irish politicians need to get over the fantasy that the return of a land Border on this island can somehow be avoided after Brexit. The soft words in(...)

The peace process must not be used as a “bargaining chip” in the Brexit negotiations between the European Union and the UK, the Government has warned.(...)