Harry McGee

Harry McGee

Political Correspondent

Harry McGee is a Political Correspondent with The Irish Times.

Áras campaigns: Jim Gavin and Catherine Connolly out on manoeuvres in Roscommon and Dublin

Voters react to first TV debate with comments on the performances of presidential election candidates

Presidential TV debate: Candidates discuss housing, immigration and united Ireland

Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys and Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin hold first debate

Fuadar go leor, ach triúr fágtha ina seasamh

A leithid de chorraíl agus ruaille buaille, ní fhaca muid le fada an lá.

Paying €10,000 to families to drop asylum claims will ‘save money’ for State, says Jim O’Callaghan

Minister says it costs €122,000 in accommodation and processing for every international protection applicant

Dublin is a safe city despite alleged attack on NFL player, says Jim O’Callaghan

Skylar Thompson, a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, suffered minor injuries in alleged incident

The campaign teams behind the Irish presidential election candidates

Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael, Jim Gavin of Fianna Fáil and Independent Catherine Connolly have assembled experienced backroom teams

Maria Steen seeking three more nominations before deadline to get on presidential election ballot paper

Independent Ireland’s decision adds four TDs and a considerable boost to Steen’s efforts to get on the ballot paper

Na polaiteoirí ag treabhadh leo

Bhí na maithe móra agus Tadhg an mhargaidh i láthair ag an gComórtas Treabhdóireachta - agus na hiriseoirí ar ndóigh

Presidency election set to be three-horse race unless Maria Steen can muster late support

Gareth Sheridan dropped out of the reckoning on Monday when two councils rejected his nomination

‘A hammer blow’: Gareth Sheridan concedes that bid for presidential nomination has ended

On a bad day for Independents, Maria Steen also fell short with 18-member Leitrim County Council

Ireland-UK plan to address North’s Troubles legacy a ‘sea-change’ approach, says Taoiseach

Micheál Martin says Westminster has addressed key issues such as immunity

Sinn Féin will endorse presidential candidate with ‘plenty of Irish’, says McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald says announcement on Saturday will be a ‘game changer’

Daniel Aruebose ‘was failed in life, let’s not fail him in death’, Dáil told

Tánaiste says case of missing boy ‘horrific and tragic’ while Taoiseach warns against a ‘rush to judgment’ in case of boy missing for years

Is there a new path to solving North’s legacy issues?

Opposition putting pressure on Government to include fresh electricity credits in Budget

Political theatre of the Dáil returns with budget on horizon

The Dáil returns after two months of summer break, with weeks of pre-budget leaking to come

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